Huskers Earn Four Event Titles on Day One of Hurricane Collegiate Invitational

The Nebraska track and field team opened up outdoor competition on Friday in Miami, Fla., at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational. 

Four Huskers won events on day 1 of competition with Noa Isaia winning hammer throw, Arina Razina and Dyson Wicker winning both pole vault titles and Xavier Bogan winning the men’s long jump. 

Isaia started the day off in dominant fashion winning the men’s hammer throw title with a throw of 66.99m (219-9), good for fourth in school history. Seth Schnakenberg (65.80m, 215-10) wasn’t far behind, finishing in second and moving up to sixth all time. Brett Schwartz used a PR of 62.10m (203-9) to finish fourth and Gustav Rydaker (60.92m, 199-10) finished fifth in his first outdoor competition. 

Razina shot up the school record books in the first outdoor meet of the season clearing a personal best 4.32m (14-2) to win the pole vault title and sit in a tie for third all time. 

Bogan used a personal best to win the men’s long jump title, jumping 7.77m (25-6). On the women’s side, Timeke-Jade Coetzee (6.08m, 19-11 ½) added a PR of her own, claiming fourth. 

Wicker continued his winning ways from the indoor season, clearing 5.52m (18-1 ¾) en route to a men’s pole vault event title. Louis Martinez competed for the first time as a Husker, finishing in second and clearing 5.32m (17-5 ½). 

Hillevi Carlsson grabbed a runner-up finish in the women’s hammer throw throwing 58.32m (191-4) and Harshita Sehrawat finished fifth in her first collegiate outdoor action, throwing 56.61m (185-8).

In the men’s discus, Schwartz added another fourth-place finish after throwing 56.39m (185-0) and Kael Miedema followed closely behind with a throw of 54.87m (180-0) to finish fifth. 

Kelsie Belquist ran her first collegiate 300m, finishing second and running 36.59. Sakena Massiah ran 37.51, claiming fourth. 

On the men’s side, Richard Simpson ran a personal best, 33.75, finishing fifth, and Jacorric Allen added his own PR, running 33.96 to finish sixth. 

The Huskers continue action tomorrow with the women’s javelin beginning at 8 a.m. and track events starting at 11 a.m. with the 110m hurdles.