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Meet: Texas Tech/Nebraska Dual (meet schedule - pg. 4 of notes)
Where: Lubbock, Texas (Drake Stadium)
When: Saturday, May 1 (Field Events: 2 p.m. / Running: 6 p.m.)
The Nebraska track and field team will be on the road this weekend in Lubbock, Texas, for a dual meet with the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Both the men’s and women’s squads for both programs enter the meet ranked in the top 25 of the latest USTFCCCA rankings.
The Husker women improved two spots in the USTFCCCA rankings over the past week from No. 16 to No. 14, while the NU men fell seven spots from 13th to 20th. For Texas Tech, the Red Raider women made one of the biggest jumps of the year this week, as they climbed all the way from No. 35 to No. 12. Tech’s men dropped one spot, but stayed in the top ten as they enter the meet ranked No. 6 in the country.
Dual-meet scoring will be used, with the top-two individuals from each team scoring in each event and one relay team from each program will score. For individual events, the scoring will be as follows: 5-3-2-1 and relay events will award five points for first place and three points for second.
A one-day meet on Saturday, the women’s javelin will be the first event at 2 p.m., while the first running event will take place at 6 p.m. with the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase. If live results are available, a link will be listed at Huskers.com.
Fourie Flies at Penn Relays
Lehann Fourie has continued to run well in the 110 hurdles, as the Pretoria, South Africa native placed second in the championship division of the event at the Penn Relays on Saturday, April 24. Fourie ran neck and neck with LSU’s Barrett Nugent throughout the entire 110 meters, but fell short of the Bayou Bengals’ winning time of 13.58 with a time of 13.62. The time improved on Fourie’s previous season best of 13.67, which he ran at the Spec Towns National Team Invitational in Athens, Ga. Fourie’s time ranks him third in the Big 12 and sixth in the NCAA this season.
Wolkins Fitting In
Adam Wolkins produced a strong NU debut at the Stanford Invitational on Friday, March 26, with a toss of 223-4 in the javelin, the ninth-best performance in NU history. Wolkins, who transferred to Nebraska from Cowley College prior to the 2008-09 school year, was competing in his first meet as a Huskers after redshirting last season.
Now with a few meets under his belt, Wolkins showed what he is capable of at the Kansas Relays on Friday, April 16, with a throw of 230-10, the fourth-best performance all-time at NU and the 11th-best throw in the NCAA this season. The NU junior then followed with a win at the Drake Relays, as he battled tough weather conditions to throw 219-0.
Willer Repeats at Drake
After breaking the American Junior, Drake Relays and NU outdoor record in the vault with a mark of 14-3 1/2 at last season’s Drake Relays, Natalie Willer returned to the Drake Stadium on Friday, April 23 to defend her title. Due to wind and rain, the event was moved indoors to the Drake Fieldhouse, where Willer vaulted 13-5 1/4 to win her second straight Drake Relays title.
In 2010, Willer holds a season-best of 14-1 1/4, which ties her with seven other vaulters for fifth in the NCAA. She is also tied for the top vault in the Big 12 this season with Texas Tech true freshman, Shade Weygandt.
Suckstorf Continues to Climb
The distance just keeps going growing for hammer thrower Brett Suckstorf, as the senior set another personal best in the hammer throw with a toss of 203-5 at the Mt. SAC Relays on Friday, April 16, after previously breaking his personal best at his first two meets of the 2010 outdoor season. Starting the season with a PR of 193-2, Suckstorf first broke his PR at the Stanford Invitational with a toss of 197-4. The Pierce, Neb., native then became the fifth hammer throw in NU history to pass 200 feet with a throw of 201-9 at the Jim Click Shootout. His latest throw of 203-5 ranks him 35th in the NCAA and 15th in the West Region.
Bullock Bounces to New Heights
Senior Epley Bullock started the 2010 outdoor season on fire with a school-record tying leap of 6-2 1/4 in the high jump at the Jim Click Shootout in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, April 3. The mark tied the Allen, Texas, native with Cris Hall for the NU record, with Hall posting the jump in 1992. Bullock cleared the bar on her first attempt and then tried for 6-3 1/2.
Wheatley’s Winning Ways
Nebraska’s Megan Wheatley will look to not only make NU history this year, but also Big 12 Conference history if she can win her third straight conference title in the women’s heptathlon. The two-time defending champion in the event, Wheatley is just the third combined event athlete in Big 12 history to win the heptathlon twice and only the second heptathlete to win titles in consecutive years. Kansas’ Candy Mason won back-to-back titles in 1998-99 and NU’s Ashley Selig won her two titles in 2005 and 2007.
While Wheatley and Selig are the only NU women to win two conference titles in the heptathlon, Nancy Kindig won the pentathlon in 1980 and then was the first women’s athlete to win the heptathlon at the 1981 Big Eight Outdoor Championships when the conference switched from the pentathlon to the heptathlon at the outdoor conference meet.
Home for Heptathletes
The Nebraska women’s heptathletes will be in search of their sixth straight Big 12 heptathlon title this season. Ashley Selig started the run in 2005 and won a second title in 2007, while Sara Jane Baker took top honors in 2006 and Megan Wheatley has been the latest to win with back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2009. The Huskers’ current run in the heptathlon is unmatched by any other women’s team in the conference, as only Kansas (1998-99) and Missouri (2003-04) have earned consecutive titles, with each winning back-to-back crowns.
Overall on the women’s side, only Texas has won more consecutive championships in a single event, including the 100 meters (2002-06), 4x400m (1999-2005), 400 hurdles (1999-2006) and 4x100m (1997-2006).
Adams Opens with Top-Five 5K Time
Following a breakout indoor season, David Adams has continued his success into the outdoor season with a season-opening time of 14:06.38 in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational. Adams, who opened the 2010 indoor season with a school-record time of 14:12.47 in the 5K at the Holiday Inn Invitational, now ranks fourth on NU’s all-time outdoor list in the 5K. Joe Kirby set the outdoor school record in 1990 with a time of 13:51.35.