Huskers Host Mark Colligan Memorial

Meet: Mark Colligan Memorial
Where: Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center Indoor Track)
When:  Saturday, Jan. 28 (12:30 p.m.)
Live Results: Huskers.com
Other Teams: Georgia, Akron, Illinois, Michigan (women only)

The Nebraska track and field team continues its home slate on Saturday, Jan. 28 when it hosts the Mark Colligan Memorial at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. The one-day meet is scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m., with the field events, while the running events will start at 1 p.m.

The Mark Colligan Memorial is named in honor of former track and field Assistant Coach Mark Colligan. In his 20 seasons at Nebraska he coached five individuals to a combined 12 NCAA championships and saw his athletes capture 68 All-America awards. He coached throwers to one American and two collegiate records and 72 Big 12 Championships. Colligan passed away suddenly in June at the age of 47.

The meet will use NCAA scoring, which means five-team scoring will be used for the women and the top-six finishers in each event will earn points for their team. First place will earn 10 points, while the next five finishers will earn 8-6-4-2-1, respectively. The men will used four-team scoring, with the top-eight finishers in each event earning points for their team. First place will earn 9 points, while the next seven finishers will earn 7-6-5-4-3-2-1, respectively.

Fans interested in tickets can buy them online at Huskers.com, by calling 1-800-8BIGRED or by visiting the Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office, which is across the street from West Stadium..

Huskers Sweep adidas Classic

The Nebraska track and field team swept the meet titles at the adidas Classic for the fourth straight year on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. The Husker women dominated the field with 203 points, while Houston finished second with 117 points. The men's race was a bit tighter, but NU held off Iowa, 175-133.

NCAA Ticket Punched

Senior Luke Pinkelman used an impressive performance at the adidas Classic to secure a spot a the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho. He notched his third career trip to the national meet with a toss of 63-7 1/2 in the shot put.

Record-Setting Performance

Senior Ashley Miller etched her name into the Husker record books in the 3,000 meters at the adidas Classic, with a personal-best time of 9:21.59 in the event, placing her second all-time among top 3,000 meter performers at Nebraska.

Miller, Pinkelman Earn Big Ten Honors

Nebraska seniors Ashley Miller and Luke Pinkelman were honored by the Big Ten Conference on Monday after being selected as the Big Ten Female Track and Male Field Athletes-of-the-Week. The accolade marks the first Big Ten Indoor Track and Field weekly award for both Miller and Pinkelman.

Phipps Continues Success

Nebraska senior jumper Chris Phipps picked up where he left off last season, claiming titles in the long jump (25-2) and triple jump (51-9) at the Holiday Inn Invitational. He went on to take the long (25-2) and triple jump (51-6 1/2) titles at the adidas Classic.

Winning Ways

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 enters his 32nd season at NU during the 2012 track and field season. The longest tenured active coach in Cornhusker athletics, 2012 will be Pepin's 29th season as head coach of both the Husker men's and women's track teams. Pepin captured 23 Big 12 titles as the Huskers' leader.

In his first 31 seasons at Nebraska, Pepin has coached athletes to 56 NCAA titles, 476 All-America honors and 512 conference titles.

103 and Counting

After winning 51 Big Eight titles during the conference's history from 1974-1996, the Huskers continued to dominate since moving to the Big 12 Conference for the 1997 season. NU won a league-high 23 team titles during the Big 12's 14-year history, including the program's historic 100th conference team title in 2007 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships.

The Huskers added their 101st and 102nd titles during the 2009 and 2010 outdoor seasons when they became the first men's team in Big 12 history to win back-to-back team titles at the outdoor conference meet.

Nebraska also added to its lead of 103 in 2011 as the Husker women took the 2011 Big 12 Indoor Championship. The Huskers won the championship over four-time defending champion Texas A&M.

All-America Pipeline

Nebraska has been a staple at the NCAA Indoor Championships as the men's team alone has produced 116 All-America awards.  The men's squad has been on quite a roll as they have had at least one athlete earn All-American honors at the past 21 national meets. Since the indoor championships began in 1965, the Huskers have failed to leave with at least one All-America award on just five occasions, including 1975, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1990.

The women's team has been just as good indoors since the national meet started in 1980. Along with three straight national titles from 1982 to 1984, the Huskers have two or more All-Americans at every meet except for 2002 when they failed to earn a honor.