Tyler Nickels Award Rookie Week Of 9/20/2021 Sport Men's Cross Country School Clarkson University Year Freshman Position Hometown Tolland, Conn. High School Tolland Clarkson University first-year Tyler Nickels finished 15th among 58 runners at the Aldrich Invitational hosted by Middlebury College, closing out the 8,000-meter event in 28 minutes, 50.5 seconds.