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Jenna Rogers highlighted the day with a
facility and school record at the Devaney Center Indoor Track, as
Nebraska track and field claimed both the men’s and women’s team titles at the Mark Colligan Memorial on Saturday.
Rogers continues to be the standard in women’s high jump,
setting the facility record as well as the new number one mark in the country with a jump of 1.94m (6-4 ¼).
Ela Velepec (1.77m, 5-9 ¾) and
Brooklyn Miller (1.77m, 5-9 ¾) grabbed second and third respectively.
Dyson Wicker won the men’s pole vault with a mark of 5.53 (18-1 ¾), which is now the
second-best vault in school history and tied for fifth-highest in the country.
Henry Zimmerman added to the title count and got his year started off in style, winning the men’s weight throw with a mark of 21.82m (71-7 ¼).
Seth Schnakenberg threw a personal best 19.69m (64-7 ¼) to finish third. On the women’s side,
Cammy Garabian (19.40m, 63-7 ¾) placed fourth, and
Kellyn Kortemeyer threw a
personal best 19.09m (62-7 ¾) to finish fifth.
Berlyn Schutz (2:07.34) won the women’s 800m title, running this year’s t
hird-fastest time in the Big Ten.
Alea Hardie added a third-place finish, running 2:13.45.
Sam Easley tallied a third-place finish of his own on the men’s side, clocking a 1:53.00.
In the women’s mile,
Brynna Mcquillen ran a
personal best 4:46.89 to take home first. On the men’s side,
Jack Witte added a PR of his own, running 4:09.36 to grab third.
Kavian Kerr (7.33m, 24-0 ¾) and
Lishanna Ilves (6.22m, 20-5)
won the men’s and women’s long jump titles respectively, while
Balvin Israel placed third (7.21m, 23-8). On the women’s side, the Huskers
finished second through fifth as
Velecia Williams (6.21m, 20-4 ½),
Darby Thomas (6.12m, 20-1),
Bariborve Deebom (5.97m, 19-7) and
Favour Wanjoku (5.87m, 19-3 ¼) rounded out the impressive Husker performance.
Pradeep Senthilkumar continued his great freshman campaign, winning the men’s 600m, running a
personal best 1:17.71, and
Logan Lebo (1:20.33) added a second-place finish of his own. On the women’s side,
Jordan Metzler ran 1:35.88 to grab second.
Nebraska took home the
top four spots in the men’s high jump, with
Tyus Wilson winning his third title of the year with a jump of 2.23m (7-3 ¾).
Mason Kooi (2.17m, 7-1 ½) PR,
Reid Nelson (2.14m, 7-0 ¼) and
Ashriel Dixon (2.10m, 6-10 ¾) PR earned second through fourth.
The Big Red swept another event as
Maxwell Otterdahl (19.68m, 64-6 ¾),
Cade Moran (18.08m, 59-4), and
Kael Miedema (17.98m, 59-0) earned the top three spots of the men’s shot put. The women continued the trend, sweeping the top six spots as
Axelina Johansson set a new
number-one mark in the country with a throw of 18.59m (61-0).
Micaylon Moore (15.12m, 49-7 ¼) and
Rhianna Phipps (12.72m, 41-8 ¾) earned event titles in the men’s and women’s triple jump.
Kelsie Belquist won the women’s 200m dash with a time of 25.10, making that her
second event title this weekend.
Sam Kirchner added an event title of his own in the men’s 3000m, running 8:20.02.
In the women’s 400m,
Abrielle Artley ran a
personal best 54.94 to finish second, and
Luciana Medina (56.11) added a fourth-place finish. On the men’s side,
Tyrell Pierce grabbed a fourth-place finish with a time of 48.45.
In the women’s pole vault, Kylie Clark (4.09m, 13-5),
Arina Razina (4.09m, 13-5), and
Jacelyn Neighbors (3.94m, 12-11) earned second through fourth.
Wrapping up the day’s events was the 4x400 relays. The Husker men’s squad of Pierce,
Holden Ruse, Senthilkumar and
James Ledbetter finished second (3:15.87). "
Women - Team Rankings - 14 Events Scored ======================================================== 1) Nebraska 147
2) South Dakota 126
3) Kennesaw State 119
4) Wichita State 101 ======================================================== Men - Team Rankings - 15 Events Scored ======================================================== 1) Nebraska 156
2) Kennesaw State 142
3) South Dakota 121
4) Wichita State 109
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