2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished 14th in the mile at the Commodore Invitational with a time of 4:16.56 … Finished 15th in the mile at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet with a time of 4:17.56 … Finished 15th in the 800m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best time of 1:53.13 … Finished 13th in the mile at the Music City Challenge with a personal-best time of 4:14.15. Outdoor: Finished 34th in the 1500m at the Florida Relays with a personal-best time of 3:50.91 … Finished sixth in the 800m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 1:53.86 … Along with Chris Burnett, Andres Littig and Avery Bartlett, finished fourth in the 4×800 at the Penn Relays with a time of 7:24.05 … Finished 11th in the 1500m at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 3:55.95 … Finished 24th in the 1500m at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:56.59.
2015 Cross Country:
Competed in three meets in 2015 … Finished 22nd in the 5k event at the JSU Struts Invitational with a time of 15:50.7 … Finished 69th in the 8k event at the Commodore Classic with a time of 26:25.1 … Finished 118th in the 8k event at the Pre-Nationals Invitational with a time of 27:13.9.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Ran a leg of the 4×800-meter relay which placed fifth with a time of 7:46.05 at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet. Outdoor: Logged a career-best time in the 800 meters (1:53.16) at the Georgia Spec Towns Invite.
2014 Cross Country:
Competed in four races … Placed 55th out of 160 runners in the Upstate Invitational with a time of 26:49 … Recorded a career-best 8K time of 26:13 at the Florida Mountain Dew Invitational.
2014 Track:
Indoor: Took fourth in the 800 meters at the Orange and Purple Classic … Helped the DMR take third at the Samford Invite. Outdoor: Ran as part of the 4×400-meter relay team that took third at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Placed second in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Invite.
2013 Cross Country:
Did not compete.
2013 Track:
Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Ran his fastest 800 meters of the season in 1:54.50 at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Put up a season-best 1,500-meter time of 3:57.21 at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
High School:
A two-year letterwinner in cross country and track under head coach Greg Wetzel … Member of the 4×800-meter relay team that was the 2011 State Champion, District 1 Champion and Suburban 1 Conference Champion … Named First Team All-Conference, All-District in All-State for the 4×800-meter relay … Garnered National Silver Elite Status in the mile and 800 meters in 2012, and earned the same status in cross country in 2011 … Earned 2012 All-Intel Track and Field honors in the 1,600 meters by the Doylestown Intelligencer … Also lettered three years in soccer under head coach Sam Sergi … Member of the symphonic band, National Spanish Honor Society and graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Personal:
Full name is Nicolas Francisco Metzler … Born June 6, 1994 in Trenton, N.J. … Son of Bill and Carmen Metzler … Has two siblings Guille and Carmen … Chose to attend Georgia Tech because of the top engineering program, the coaching staff and the warm Atlanta weather … Plans to major in biomedical engineering.