Huskers Race to Two More Titles at Husker Invite

LINCOLN, Neb. - The Nebraska track and field team concluded the 42nd annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with two titles on the track on Saturday in front of a crowd of 2,142 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track.

Moujtaba Mohammed stole the show late in the afternoon with a personal-best time of 1:49.28 in the 800 meters to win the event, which he also won as a freshman in 2015. Fellow Husker Ty Moss was third with a time of 1:51.71, his best time this season. Mohammed, a junior from North Star High School, led nearly the entire race and his time ranks ninth on the all-time Nebraska indoor chart. 

"I wanted to be the first guy to the cut, then just stay there throughout the whole race," Mohammed said. "Then once I got to the last 300 meters of the race, I wanted to make a move and try and close in on 24, 25 or 26 seconds for the last 200 meters or so. I was able to do that and get a new PR."

Mohammed has won two 600-meter races already this season and has been part of two first-place 4x400-meter relay teams. His 800-meter title on Saturday was the third of his career in that event.

"This was my first 800 in a year or so, and I think I did a great job," Mohammed said. "I'm getting excited for the Big Ten Championships. We have one more hard training week, and after that we can start tapering off for the Big Tens."

Later in the afternoon, Wyatt McGuire finished as the top collegian in the 3,000 meters with a personal-best time of 8:10.06. McGuire's time was 24 seconds better than his previous PR and put him at No. 5 in NU history in the event. He has now cracked the all-time top 10 in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters this season.

Toni Tupper placed third in the shot put with a mark of 53-0 1/4 (16.16m), a personal best that moved her to No. 7 in school history and No. 3 in the Big Ten this season. Freshman Andy Jacobs took fourth in the pole vault after clearing a personal-best 13-3 1/2 (4.05m), which put her at No. 10 in Nebraska indoor history.

Cody Walton finished fifth in the heptathlon with a new personal best in the event of 5,530 points. His total moved him up to No. 4 in school history and No. 3 in the Big Ten this season. Walton set a personal best in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-1 3/4 (4.92m). Noah Gabel was 10th with 4,630 points and set his third PR of the weekend with a time of 8.41 in the 60-meter hurdles. Freshman Zach Podraza finished 12th with 4,083 points in his first heptathlon. Kentucky's Tim Duckworth won the event with 6,006 points, the second-highest point total in NCAA Division I this season. He was named the most outstanding men's performer. His teammate, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, was the most outstanding women's performer after winning the 60-meter hurdles in a meet-record 8.03, the 200 meters in 23.44 and running with the Wildcats' fifth-place 4x400-meter relay team.

Tierra Williams finished fifth in the triple jump at 41-5 3/4 (12.64m). Reka Czuth, Petra Luteran and Tierney Lindner all cleared 5-8 1/2 (1.74m) in the women's high jump to finish fourth, fifth and sixth. Grant Anderson cleared 6-8 3/4 (2.05m) in the high jump and finished eighth. Antoine Lloyd was seventh in the 60-meter hurdles (8.21). Quashira McIntosh was ninth in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 24.32. 

Five Husker women set personal bests in the women's 600 meters, including Ashleigh Carr (1:32.63) and Chelsey Jones (1:32.78). Their times put them at No. 8 and No. 9, respectively, in school history. They placed seventh and eighth in the event. Bonnie Smith (9:55.13) and Nicole Colonna (9:59.94) set big 3,000-meter PRs and finished fifth and seventh, respectively.

Edgar Propst ran the 600 meters in 1:20.12 to finish 7th. Katrina Santiago ran a personal-best 4:55.65 in the mile to finish 11th. Jacob Olson was 11th in the men's mile with a time of 4:14.46. 

The women's 4x400-meter relay (Kierra Griggs, Chelsey Jones, Jasmine Barge, Lakayla Harris) took fourth with a season-best time of 3:39.97. The men's relay (Andy Neal, Moujtaba Mohammed, Drew Wiseman, Jake Bender) was also fourth in 3:10.05.