Lohman Breaks Hammer Throw Record Again

Lincoln - For the second meet in a row, Will Lohman broke his own hammer throw school record, as the Nebraska track and field team rolled to 14 event titles at the Husker Spring Invite on a sunny Saturday at Ed Weir Stadium.

Lohman, a senior from Chewelah, Wash., threw 216-2 (65.89) in the hammer throw, topping his previous school record of 214-7 (65.42) set on March 27 at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invitational.

"That was a big improvement from how the meet started," Lohman said. "I didn't know it was going to be that far. I was hoping it was going to be 63 or 64 (meters). It's nice to get the season going like that. I'm looking forward to the next meets for sure."

Later in the afternoon, Lohman added the shot put title with a toss of 61-3 (18.67). In other throw events, Alex Meyer won the women's discus with a PR of 170-1 (51.84m). Sarah Firestone picked up her second javelin title in as many meets this outdoor season with a throw of 168-4 (51.30m). Carlie Pinkelman was second in the women's shot put (50-4, 15.34m), while Nick Percy was the collegiate runner-up in the men's discus (175-8, 53.54m).

The Huskers had the top collegiate finisher in six of the eight field events. The NU women dominated the long jump, finishing 2-6 behind former Husker Mara Griva (20-1 3/4, 6.14m). Jazmin McCoy was the top collegiate jumper at 19-7 (5.97m). In the triple jump, Mollie Gribbin won with a PR 41-10 1/2 (12.76). Marusa Cernjul matched her PR in the high jump of 6-1 1/4 (1.86m) to win the event. Paula Andrie took first in the pole vault, clearing 13-3 3/4 (4.06m).  

Steven Cahoy won his second pole vault title of the outdoor season, clearing 17-8 1/4 (5.39). Grant Anderson matched his PR in the high jump of 7-0 1/2 (2.15m) to win the event, his first as a Husker. Davon Clark was second in the triple jump with a wind-aided PR 49-0 1/4 (14.94m).  

One of the best Husker runnning events of the day was the women's 100-meter hurdles. Four Huskers finished in the top five, all with PRs. Melissa-Maree Farrington won the event with the 10th-fastest time in NU outdoor history, 13.54. Jordan Stiens was second in 13.69. Kristen Dowell was fourth (13.93), and Morgan Smith was fifth (14.04).

The Husker men (John Welk, Ricco Hall, Nikita Pankins, Malcolm White) won the 4x100 relay in 40.48. White later captured the 100-meters title with a season-best time of 10.52. Mate Koroknai was the 400-meter hurdles champion with a time of 51.17. Moujtaba Mohammed cruised to the 800-meter title with a PR 1:50.69.

Shawnice Williams and Sam Bransby each placed second in the 400 meters with PRs, Williams in 56.18 and Bransby in 48.05. Haley Harsin (PR 4:39.91) and Connor Gibson (3:53.31) both finished second in the 1,500 meters. Sean Pille (13.89) and Oladapo Akinmoladun (13.92) finished second and third, respectively, in the 110-meter hurdles. Antoine Lloyd was the collegiate runner-up in the 200 meters, finishing in 21.10, a PR. 

For more Husker finishes, view the final results here. 

The Huskers travel to the Michael Johnson Classic in Waco, Texas next Saturday.