NCAA Championships At-Large Bids Announced

Lincoln ? The Nebraska men’s and women’s track and field teams were represented by 28 athletes on the declaration list released Tuesday evening for the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships, scheduled to be held June 8-11 in Sacramento, Calif.

NU recorded 23 automatic qualifiers at last weekend’s NCAA Midwest Regional in Norman, Okla. Five more at-large selections (Gable Baldwin, Frances Keating, Ray Scotten, Laura Wortmann, Issar Yazhbin) were added to the Huskers’ total with the release of Tuesday’s qualifier list. The total of 28 athletes ranks second among all squads competing at the national meet. Only Texas Tech (31) qualified more athletes, while Nebraska ranked ahead of USC (26), Arkansas (25), UCLA (25), Stanford (24), Florida (21) and Texas (21).

The Huskers will feature balanced men’s and women’s squads with respective roster sizes of 15 and 13. The only athletes competing in multiple events for NU will be the four members of the men’s 4x100-meter relay: Arturs Abolins (long jump), Oliver Williams Jr. (100 meters), Nate Probasco (200 meters) and Dusty Stamer (100 meters).

Nebraska Women’s NCAA Entries
Sara Jane Baker, Jr. ? Heptathlon
Kwonya Ferguson, Jr. ? Triple Jump
Frances Keating, Fr. ? 100m Hurdles
Christi Lehman, Sr. ? Pole Vault
Priscilla Lopes, Jr. ? 100m Hurdles
Justine Roach, So. ? 400m Hurdles
Dace Ruskule, So. ? Discus
Ashley Selig, Jr. ? Heptathlon
Anne Shadle, Sr. ? 1,500 Meters
Egle Uljas, Fr. ? 800 Meters
Kayla Wilkinson, So. ? Javelin
Casie Witte, Jr. ? High Jump
Laura Wortmann, Fr. ? Discus

Nebraska Men’s NCAA Entries
Arturs Abolins, So. ? Long Jump; 4x100m Relay
Gable Baldwin, So. ? Pole Vault
Richard Davidson Jr., Sr. ? 110m Hurdles
Mark Harrison, Sr. ? 400m Hurdles
Dusty Jonas, Fr. ? High Jump
Courtney Jones, Jr. ? 110m Hurdles
Nenad Loncar, Sr. ? 110m Hurdles
Dmitrijs Milkevics, So. ? 800 Meters
Aaron Plas, Jr. ? High Jump
Nate Probasco, So. ? 200 Meters; 4x100m Relay
Ray Scotten, Jr. ? Pole Vault
Dusty Stamer, Sr. ? 100 Meters, 4x100m Relay
Peter van der Westhuizen, Fr. ? 1,500 Meters
Oliver Williams Jr., Jr. ? 100 Meters; 4x100m Relay
Issar Yazhbin, So. ? Hammer Throw