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The Nebraska track and field team heads to Ann Arbor, Michigan, this week for the Big Ten Indoor Championships. Competition will take place on Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23 at the U-M Indoor Track Building. Both days will begin at 9 a.m. (CT) with the heptathlon and will be streamed live by both BTN Plus and FloTrack Pro on their respective subscription services.
The Husker men have won 37 all-time conference indoor titles, including two in the Big Ten (2015 and 2016). NU was second at last year’s Big Ten Indoor Championships with 93.5 points, trailing only Ohio State (101.5). With six athletes currently ranked in the top three in their events, the Husker men look to be in contention for a Big Ten indoor title this year along with Indiana, Iowa and Ohio State.
The Husker women own 24 all-time conference indoor titles, including one in the Big Ten (2012). The NU women were ninth last year with 47.5 points, but the Huskers are set up to have a strong meet this season with three current Big Ten event leaders and eight ranked in the top three. NU could challenge Ohio State, Indiana, Penn State and Iowa for the team title.
The top-eight athletes at the Big Ten Championships score team points (1st = 10, 2nd = 8, 3rd = 6, 4th = 5, 5th = 4, 6th = 3, 7th = 2, 8th = 1). Entering the meet, the Huskers have a number of athletes positioned in the top eight in their respective events.
Husker Men (Top 8 finishers score team points)
Athlete Event Time/Mark B1G NCAA
Mayson Conner HJ 7-3 1/4 (2.22m) 1 11
Elijah Lucy LJ 24-11 3/4 (7.61m) 2 36
Jared Seay Hept 5,687 2 8
Luke Siedhoff 60H 7.84 3 27
Tyler Loontjer PV 17-5 1/2 (5.32m) t3 25
Garrison Hughes PV 17-5 1/2 (5.32m) t3 25
George Kusche Mile 3:59.61 4 24
DMR (De Spong, Barrett, Moss, Kusche) 9:47.07 4 31
Miles Griffith HJ 7-0 1/2 (2.15m) t4 35
Burger Lambrechts SP 62-1 1/4 (18.93m) 4 27
Cale Wagner Hept 5,565 4 12
4x400m (Bentil, Nou, Lucy, Hutchinson) 3:09.69 5 42
Tony Nou 600m 1:18.29 7 --
George Kusche 3,000m 7:57.16 7 30
Michael Hoffer HJ 6-11 1/2 (2.12m) 7 47
Spencer Powell PV 17-0 (5.18m) 7 59
Jared Seay LJ 24-1 1/2 (7.35m) 7 85
Zach Podraza Hept 5,201 7 30
Isaiah Hutchinson 60m 6.77 t8 75
Isaiah Hutchinson 200m 21.18 8 57
Ty Moss 600m 1:18.32 8 --
Vincent Ohlman 60H 7.96 t8 61
Grady Leonard SP 60-6 3/4 (18.46m) 8 42
Husker Women (Top 8 finishers score team points)
Athlete Event Time/Mark B1G NCAA
Jasmine Barge 60H 8.23 1 20
Lara Omerzu HJ 5-10 1/2 (1.79m) 1 21
Angela Mercurio TJ 43-6 (13.26m) 1 10
Lakayla Harris 200m 23.68 2 49
Raynesha Lewis LJ 20-3 1/2 (6.18m) 2 20
Lakayla Harris 60m 7.43 3 59
Andy Jacobs PV 13-7 3/4 (4.16m) 3 31
Ieva Turke TJ 42-6 1/4 (12.96m) 3 27
Chanel Freeman 60H 8.38 4 49
Candice Dominguez HJ 5-9 3/4 (1.77m) 4 39
Deja Ingram 60m 7.50 6 105
4x400 (Barge, Harris, Peskova, C. Jones) 3:41.47 7 75
Johanna Ilves Pent 3,645 7 48
DMR (Morck, C. Jones, Smith, Forsberg) 11:48.86 8 76
Huskers in the NCAA Rankings
With the indoor season winding down, a few Huskers are currently in position to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. The top-16 individuals in each event, as well as the top-12 relays, will qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama on March 8-9. Angela Mercurio is ranked 10th in the triple jump at 43-6 (13.26m). She is also the Big Ten leader. Jared Seay is eighth in the nation in the heptathlon at 5,687, which is also second in the Big Ten. Mayson Conner has the No. 11 high jump mark in the nation at 7-3 1/4 (2.22m), which leads the Big Ten by more than two inches. Cale Wagner is ranked 12th in the heptathlon with 5,565 points.
New Nebraska Top-10 Marks
The Huskers have achieved a handful of all-time top-10 indoor marks in school history so far this indoor season:
• George Kusche - Mile (No. 1, 3:59.61)
• George Kusche - 3,000m (No. 1, 7:57.16*)
• Jared Seay - Heptathlon (No. 3, 5,687)
• Lakayla Harris - 200m (No. 4, 23.68)
• George Kusche - 3,000m (No. 5, 8:08.89)
• Cale Wagner - Heptathlon (No. 5t, 5,565)
• Burger Lambrechts - Shot Put (No. 6, 62-1 1/4, 18.93m)
• Angela Mercurio - Triple Jump (No. 6, 43-6, 13.26m)
• Isaiah Hutchinson - 200m (No. 7, 21.18)
• Tony Nou - 600m (No. 8, 1:18.29)
• Judi Jones - 5,000m (No. 8, 16:34.08*)
• Chanel Freeman - 60m Hurdles (No. 8, 8.38)
• Ty Moss - 600m (No. 9, 1:18.32)
• Jordan De Spong, Bryce Barrett, Ty Moss, George Kusche - Men’s DMR (No. 9, 9:47.07)
• Tyler Loontjer - Pole Vault (No. 10, 17-5 1/2, 5.32m)
• Garrison Hughes - Pole Vault (No. 10, 17-5 1/2, 5.32m)
• Deja Ingram - 60m (No. 10, 7.50)
• Jessi Smith - 600m (No. 10, 1:32.41)
• Grady Leonard - Shot Put (No. 10, 60-6 3/4, 18.46m)
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Huskers Well Represented in USTFCCCA #EventSquad Rankings
The Nebraska track and field team has several event groups ranked highly in the USTFCCCA #EventSquad Rankings, which uses the best qualifying marks from a team’s top-four ranked athletes in that event.
• #1 - Men’s High Jump
• #2 - Women’s Triple Jump
• #4 - Men’s 60m Hurdles
• #4 - Men’s Shot Put
• #5 - Men’s Pole Vault
• #5 - Women’s Long Jump
• #7 - Men’s Long Jump
• #10 - Women’s 60m Hurdles
Husker Men Tabbed Indoor Dual Meet Champions
The Nebraska men’s track and field team has been named the indoor dual meet champions by Track & Field News Magazine for the first time in the program’s history.
Following a strong performance at the Mark Colligan Memorial, where the Huskers scored 172 points to sweep the meet, the Huskers surged from No. 4 to No. 1 in the final rankings of the indoor season. The Huskers posted a 3-0 record in dual meets to top Indiana (1-0) and Texas A&M (2-0) for the top spot. The NU women came in at No. 4 in the final women’s rankings.
To be ranked, a team must compete in one or more dual meets (defined as a scored meet between four or fewer teams) during the indoor season. Teams are ranked on wins and losses, marks, and strength and depth of dual meet schedule. Teams are rewarded for taking dual meet competition seriously.
The Nebraska men won the absolute - indoor and outdoor combined - dual meet championship in 2017. This year’s NU men’s squad is the top-ranked team in the USTFCCA Midwest Region and has several event groups that rank among the best in the nation. The men’s high jump is the No. 1 unit in the nation, while the 60-meter hurdles is ranked third, the shot put is ranked fourth, long jump is seventh and pole vault is ranked ninth.
2019 Men’s Indoor Season Outlook
The Nebraska men are coming off a 2018 indoor season in which they tied for 28th at the NCAA Indoor Championships, their best finish since 2015. Antoine Lloyd graduated after finishing as the NCAA runner-up and the Big Ten champion and school-record holder in the 60-meter hurdles, but junior Luke Siedhoff will look to continue the Huskers’ hurdles tradition. Siedhoff was a first-team All-American in the outdoor 110-meter hurdles last year but will aim to break out in the 60-meter hurdles this season after finishing fifth at the 2018 Big Ten Indoor Championships. Senior Ty Moss will also lead a very young Husker men’s team. Moss was the Big Ten runner-up in the 600 meters last year and was a second-team All-American with the 4x400-meter relay outdoors. He owns the third-fastest 600-meter time (1.16.63) in school history. The Nebraska men finished second at the Big Ten Indoor Championships last year with 93.5 points, but only 29.5 of those points came from Huskers currently on the roster. The new-look Husker men have 46 freshmen and sophomores on their 67-man roster. Nebraska is ranked 70th in the preseason USTFCCCA Rankings.
2019 Women’s Indoor Season Outlook
The Husker women are led by a handful of veterans with Big Ten runner-up finishes to their names. Angela Mercurio was the indoor runner-up in the triple jump last season and finished 15th at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn second-team All-America honors. Junior high jumper Petra Luteran was the Big Ten runner-up last year and would have qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships, but a knee injury on her final Big Ten Championships jump ended her season. Senior Lakayla Harris leads the women’s runners, as she was the Big Ten runner-up in the 60 meters last year and owns top-five 60 meters and 200 meters times all-time at Nebraska. The Husker women will also benefit from the return of sophomore pole vaulter Andy Jacobs, who missed all of last season with an injury. Jacobs was the Big Ten runner-up both indoors and outdoors as a freshman in 2017, and she already owns the No. 7 mark in NU outdoor history. The Husker women scored 47.5 points at last year’s Big Ten Indoor Championships to finish ninth, though 41.5 of those 47.5 points return this season. The Huskers are ranked 43rd in the preseason USTFCCCA Rankings.