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Meet: Nebraska Open (meet schedule - pg. 4 of notes)
Where: Lincoln, Neb. (Ed Weir Stadium)
When: Saturday, May 8 (Field Events: 2 p.m. / Running: 3 p.m.)
Teams: Nebraska, Kansas State, South Dakota
The No. 15 men’s and No. 16 women’s Nebraska track and field teams will finish out the 2010 regular season this weekend at home when they host Kansas State and South Dakota for the Nebraska Open at Ed Weir Stadium. The meet is schedule to start at 2 p.m. with the women’s hammer throw and men’s javelin, while the first action on the track will start at 3 p.m. with the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Bullock Leaps to the Top
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. On Saturday, May 1 at the Texas Tech/Nebraska Dual, Bullock took over the 18-year old record with a winning jump of 6-2 3/4. The jump currently ties her for No. 6 on the world list, ranks her No. 2 in the NCAA and solidifies her even more as the top jumper in the Big 12 Conference, as no other jumper has cleared higher than 5-10 3/4.
Fourie Finds Another Gear
Lehann Fourie’s wind-aided 110-meter hurdle time of 13.41 at the Texas Tech/Nebraska Dual on Saturday, May 1 secured him the second-fastest performance in school history, trailing Kirkland Thornton’s wind-aided time of 13.36 in 2009. In 2010, Fourie ranks No. 1 in the NCAA and it tied for No. 6 on the world list.
Big Red Sweeps Red Raiders
The then No. 14 women’s and No. 20 men’s Nebraska track and field team swept the No. 12 women’s and No. 6 Texas Tech Red Raiders at the Texas Tech/Nebraska Dual on Saturday, May 1 at the Terry and Linda Fuller Track and Field Complex. An underdog on both sides, the NU women narrowly won 99-98, while the men’s squad escaped Lubbock by a score of 104-98.
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 13th-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 six other vaulters for seventh 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 Sling Farther
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 36th in the NCAA and 16th in the West Region.
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.
Pepin back for 30th Season
The all-time winningest track and field coach in the history of the Big 12 and the former Big Eight Conference, Nebraska Head Coach Gary Pepin is coaching his historic 30th season at NU. The longest tenured active coach in Cornhusker athletics, Pepin is in his 27th season as head coach of both the Husker men’s and women’s teams.