Darby Thomas Season 2022-23

Career Performance List

Honors
USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (Long - Jump - 2022 Indoor)
Big Ten Champion (Long Jump - 2022 Indoor)
Big Ten Bronze Medal (Long Jump - 2020 Indoor)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2022, 2023)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024*; Spring 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023*, 2024)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2025)

2025
Indoor: Won her second-straight 60m dash, running a personal-best 7.36 at the Graduate Classic, which was good for fourth all-time in school history…Earned top-five finishes in the long jump at the Nebraska Tune-Up (second; 6.02m, 19-9), Mark Colligan Memorial (third; 6.12m, 20-1) and Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational (fifth; 6.00m, 19-8 ¼)...Jumped 6.04m (19-9 ¾) in the long jump to finish 12th at the Tyson Invitational…Jumped 6.07m (19-11) in long jump to earn 10th at the Big Ten Championships, and finished 15th in the 60m, running 7.37.

Outdoor: Won the 4x100m relay Ward Haylett Invite title (44.98)...Ran the second-fastest 100m in school history at the NCAA West Prelims (11.24)...At the Big Ten Championships, placed sixth in the 100m (11.39), seventh in the long jump (6.10m, 20-0 ¼) and eighth in the 4x100m relay (45.10)...Finished fourth in the 100m dash (11.27) and placed 11th in the long jump (5.89m, 19-4) at the 44 Farms Invitational…Ran 11:37, earning an eighth-place finish in the 100m at the Florida Relays…Placed 19th in the long jump at the Michael Johnson Invitational, jumping 5.69m (18-8)...Jumped 6.11m (20-0 ½) in the long jump, securing a ninth-place finish at the Desert Heat Classic.

2024
Indoor: Ran a personal-best 60m time at the Big Ten Championships with a 7.43 to place 11th and move up to No. 6 on the all-time list…finished 11th in the 200m (24.19) and 13th in the long jump (19-5 1/4, 5.92m) at the conference meet…placed ninth in the long jump (19-0 3/4, 5.81m) and 10th in the 60m (7.49) at the Tyson Invitational…clocked a 24.16 in the 200m to place fifth in the 200m, while finishing sixth in the long jump with an 18-9 (5.71m)…finished third in the long jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial…contributed to the first-place 4x400m relay at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 100m, where she ran an 11.42…placed 11th at the Drake Relays, clocking an 11.79 in the 100m…went a season-best 19-7 ½ (5.98m) in the long jump at the Jim Click Shootout to take fifth…crossed the line at 11.35 in the 100m at the Florida Relays with 2.3 m/s wind to finish sixth.

2023
Indoor: Did not compete. 

Outdoor: Did not compete.

2022
Indoor: Earned USTFCCCA second-team All-America honors after finishing 12th in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships at 6.25m/20-6.25...won the Big Ten indoor long jump title at 6.39m/20-11.75...set a long jump season-best of 6.54m/21-5.5 to win the Nebraska Tune-Up, the No. 3 jump in indoor school history...set a triple jump season-best of 12.06m/39-7 at the Tyson Invitational...won long jump event titles at the Mark Colligan Memorial, Adidas Classic, Tyson Invitational and Nebraska Tune-Up...also won the 60m (7.57) at the Mark Colligan Memorial. 

Outdoor: Finished second in the long jump at the John McDonnell Invitational at 6.14m/20-1.75 but missed the rest of the season with an injury.

2021
Indoor: Placed fourth in the long jump (19-8, 5.99m) and 13th in the triple jump (39-1 1/4, 11.92m) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships…had a season-best jump of 20-2 1/4 (6.15m) in the long jump to finish second at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational…placed third in the long jump and posted a season-best leap of 39-3 1/4 (11.97m) in the triple jump at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational…won the long jump and placed third in the 60m at the Husker Triangular.
 
Outdoor: Finished third in the long jump with a leap of 20-1 1/2 (6.13m) and 10th in the 100m hurdles with a run of 13.75 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…posted a season-best mark of 20-9 1/4 (6.33m) to place 16th in the long jump at NCAA Prelims…crowned long jump champion of Husker Big Ten Invite and placed third at Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays.

2020
Indoor: Placed third in the long jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a jump of 19-9 (6.02m) and was 18th in the 60m with a time of 7.58...ran a season-best time of 7.53 in the 60m at the adidas Classic...won the 60m and long jump titles at both the adidas Classic and Nebraska Tune-Up.

Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Before Nebraska
Attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa…had prep bests in the 100m (11.83), 200m (24.33), 100m hurdles (14.28) and long jump (19-6)…was a three-time Iowa state champion in the long jump (2017, 2018 and 2019) and the 2019 state champion in the 100m hurdles.

Personal
Parents is Kristy Large...major is social justice & diversity education.