Three Huskers Earn First-Team All-America Honors At NCAA Track N Field

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The Huskers added a pair of NCAA qualifiers in the men's discus, as senior Nick Percy placed second with a throw of 190-10 (58.17m), while junior Carlos Davis took third with a PR throw of 188-1 (57.32m). Percy, the 2016 NCAA discus champion, will be making his fourth appearance at the NCAA Championships in the event. He also qualified for nationals in the hammer throw on Thursday.

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Brittni Wolczyk (javelin) and Raynesha Lewis (long jump) qualified to the NCAA Championships on Thursday.

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11 qualify altogether. GBR!

 

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“I’m sure that Scott Frost, and I hope that he comes out,” Pepin said of Jurgens. “I hope for us with the men, we only have 12.5 scholarships. So of all the sports in the NCAA that have a championship, track and field have the least number per number of athletes that you need. So any time we can get somebody out from another sport, that’s a tremendous help. He’s really a great athlete, and very good in track and field. I hope he comes out, and I hope Scott continues to recruit some real fast guys, so they could help us in the sprints some too.”

Pepin is hoping the Davis twins won't be the only football players on his track team next year. Incoming 2018 recruit Cameron Jurgens from Beatrice won a combined seven state championships in the shot put and discus the last four years.

In the meantime, Carlos Davis is also keeping a close eye on the summer conditioning program that started in Lincoln last Tuesday. Davis throws next Friday, and he plans to jump back into to football the following Monday when he gets back from Oregon."

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“It would be nice to take a couple of days, but I usually just get right back into since I’ll be two weeks behind,” Davis said. “I’m just going to get right back into it and start on Monday.

“I think the winter definitely weeded out guys that didn’t want to be here. I think we are all bought in right now. We are coming together, and you can see it in the way we interact with each other. We just need to progress that, and keep this thing going.”

 

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Nebraska's USTFCCCA First-Team All-Americans
Antoine Lloyd, 110m Hurdles - 13.94 (5th)
Luke Siedhoff, 110m Hurdles - 13.99 (7th)
Nick Percy, Discus - 186-1 (56.72m) (8th)

Nebraska's USTFCCCA Second-Team All-Americans
Landon Bartel, High Jump - 7-1 3/4 (2.18m) (9th)
Kaiwan Culmer, Triple Jump - 52-9 1/2 (16.09m) (9th)
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay (Andy Neal, Moujtaba Mohammed, Ty Moss, Sam Bransby) – 3:05.43 (10th)

Nebraska's USTFCCCA Honorable Mention Honorees
Brittni Wolczyk, Javelin - 158-9 (48.38m) (17th)
Raynesha Lewis, Long Jump - 19-11 (6.07m) (19th)
Carlos Davis, Discus - 161-1 (49.10m) (23rd)
Nick Percy, Hammer Throw - 202-5 (61.70m) (23rd)
Moujtaba Mohammed, 800-Meter Run - 1:54.78 (24th)

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