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Nilsen set [[List of North, Central American and Caribbean junior records in athletics|American & NACAC outdoor pole vault U-20 record]] {{convert|5.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and [[List of North, Central American and Caribbean junior records in athletics#Men 2|American & NACAC indoor pole vault U-20 record]] {{convert|5.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.
 
Nilsen honored as 2017 Summit League Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and 2017 Summit League Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year. Nilsen honored on the[[The Bowerman]] Watch List throughout the 2017 outdoor season.
 
Nilsen won 2018 [[Texas Relays]] clearing {{convert|5.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}, later battled [[Sam Kendricks]] at 2018 [[Drake Relays]] where he cleared {{convert|5.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}} and described the competition in [[Des Moines, Iowa]] to [[Sioux City Journal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/track-and-field/college/south-dakota-s-chris-nilsen-continues-to-impress/article_07520407-d8c8-5257-a4da-41289e61434f.html |title=South Dakota's Chris Nilsen continues to impress |author=JEFF BUDLONG |access-date=June 6, 2018}}</ref>
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Nilsen placed second at [[2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships]] and won the pole vault title in an [[NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships#Event records|NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships meet record]] at [[2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]].
 
Nilsen won [[Summit League]] student-athlete of the week honors for the 9th time in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports-briefs/article_34701879-3b58-56b5-85a2-a79ff4df195e.html |title=South Dakota junior Chris Nilsen has been named the Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week |access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref> [[University of South Dakota’sDakota|South Dakota]]’s Chris Nilsen captured the men’s most outstanding performer of the championship accolade after capturing his third consecutive league pole vault title with a meet record vault of 19-0.75 ({{convert|5.81m)81|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kvrr.com/2019/05/10/ndsu-men-women-sweep-summit-league-track-field-championships/ |title=NDSU Men, Women Sweep Summit League Track & Field Championships |work=[[KVRR-TV]] |access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref>
 
Nilsen jumped an indoor personal best of {{convert|5.93 meters|m|ftin|abbr=on}} at the Devaney Sports Complex on February, 2020. This jump represented an [[List of United States collegiate records in track and field|Indoor NCAA Collegiate record]], previously held by [[LSU Tigers track and field|LSU]] Freshman, [[Mondo Duplantis]] which stood until February 2021 [[KC Lightfoot]] cleared {{convert|6.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}}.
 
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