Ben Schutter

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Indoor

Heptathlon, 5,474

Pentathlon, 3,501

60m, 7.07

200m, 22.62
1,000m, 2:41.35

60H, 8.33

High Jump, 6-1 1/2 (1.86)

Pole Vault, 14-11 (4.54)

Long Jump, 22-7 1/4 (6.88)

Shot Put, 48-8 1/4 (14.83)

Outdoor

Decathlon, 7,081

100m, 10.9

400m, 50.01

1,500m, 4:32.40

110H, 15.36

High Jump, 6-0 (1.82)

Pole Vault, 14-3 1/4 (4.34)

Long Jump, 23-0w (7.01)

Shot Put, 39-8 3/4 (12.10)

Discus, 130-9 (39.85)

Javelin, 184-3 (56.15)

 

Honors

USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2006, 2007)

First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2007, 2008)

Big 12 Fall Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2005, 2006, 2007)
Big 12 Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll (2006, 2007, 2008)

 

Husker Rankings

Indoors: Heptathlon (6th)

Outdoors: Decathlon (11th)

 

NCAA Championships

2007 (I): Heptathlon, DNF

 

Big 12 Championships

2006 (I): Heptathlon, 5198 (8th)

2006 (O): Decathlon, 7,081 (7th)

 

2008 (Senior)
Ben Schutter (pronounced Skutter) was once again hampered by injuries and was only able to compete in three meets during the entire season... finished ninth in the shot put (44-1) at the first meet of the year, Holiday Inn Invite... tied for seventh place at the NWU Invite in the 200-meter dash with a personal-best time of 22.62... ended Husker career at the Prairie Wolf Invite with a ninth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 20-11 3/4... leaves Nebraska ranked No. 6 all-time in the indoor heptathlon and No. 11 all-time in the outdoor decathlon.

 

2007 (Junior)
Ben Schutter (pronounced Skutter) made his first appearance in the NCAA Indoor Championships heptathlon... it was the first Husker entry in the event since Chris Richardson competed in the 2004 meet... injury in the first event made it impossible to continue on in the event... recorded his career-best heptathlon (5,474) to win the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational for the second straight year, recording individual bests in the 60-meter hurdles (8.33) and shot put (48-8 1/4)... despite entering the Big 12 heptathlon with the second best score prior to the meet, could not compete due to family matters... set a personal record in the 60-meter dash (7.07) at the Holiday Inn Invitational... outdoors, injuries limited him to only one competition, the John Jacobs Invitational, where he threw a career-best 130-9 in the discus.

 

2006 (Sophomore) 
Schutter put together a standout season in the multi-events in his first year at Nebraska... just missed qualifying for both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, as his indoor heptathlon and outdoor decathlon scores ranked 24th and 30th nationally... 16 and 26 individuals were selected for the respective national meets... placed eighth in the heptathlon at the Big 12 indoor meet after setting individual event bests in the 1,000-meter run and high jump... posted his personal-high score to win the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational heptathlon and earn his first career NCAA provisional qualification... set event bests in the pole vault, long jump and shot put... recorded other career bests in the 60-meter dash at the Nebraska Wesleyan Triangular and 60-meter hurdles at the Tyson Invite... earned seventh place in the decathlon at the Big 12 outdoor meet with a lifetime-best point total... set individual event bests in the 100- and 400-meter dashes, 1,500 meters, 110-meter hurdles, pole vault and long jump during the competition... recorded a career-best in the high jump while placing seventh (6,707) in the decathlon at the Audrey J. Walton Decathlon... also set event bests in the shot and javelin at the Doane Relays and the discus at the Ward Haylett Invite.

 

Before Nebraska (Doane College)
Schutter transferred after missing his freshman year in 2004 due to injury... was slowed by injuries again in 2005, but recorded an indoor personal-best score of 3,501 in the pentathlon at the Kip Janvrin Pentathlon hosted by Doane in Crete, Neb.

 

High School (Great Bend)
Schutter competed only one year in high school track and field as a senior under Coach Lonnie Carter... placed fifth in the 400 meters for <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Great BendHigh School at the 2003 Kansas 5A state meet with a time of 50.97... also reached the state meet in the 200 meters.

 

Personal
Major is biochemistry... parents are Mark and Harriet Schutter... born April 4, 1985.