Hurdlers Post Seven Regional Marks

Lincoln ? The Nebraska track and field team opened the 2009 outdoor season on a high note, as the men’s hurdler squad had five hurdlers post seven regional-qualifying marks Saturday night at the Baldy Castillo Invitational in Tempe, Ariz.

 

The Husker foursome of Lehann Fourie (13.84), Kirkland Thornton (13.94), Tyrell Ross (14.09) and Eric Lund (14.18) started the night in dominant fashion, taking the top four spots in the 110-meter hurdles. The four Huskers were the only hurdlers to regionally qualify in the event, with Fourie, Thornton and Lund all running personal-best times. Fourie’s leading time of 13.84 tied him with Ben Kearse (1997) as the ninth-best performer all-time outdoors at NU. 

 

Lund came back later in the night at 10:30 p.m. (Central) to regionally qualify in the 400-meter hurdles with a fourth-place time of 52.23. Lund was directly followed by Ross (52.24), Nick Makukutu (52.36) and Cylend Simmons (52.84), with everyone but Ross running a personal best. Ross and Makukutu also joined Lund as a regional qualifier in the 400 hurdles.

 

The Huskers will now prepare for next weekend’s meets as they are schedule to split up and head to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford Invitational and also head back to Tempe for the Arizona State Invitational. Check Huskers.com later in the week for more information.