LaQwasia Stepney Season 2022-23

Career Performance List

Honors
USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (Long Jump - 2022 Outdoor)
Big Ten Silver Medal (Long Jump - 2022 Outdoor)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2021; Spring 2024)

2024
Indoor: Posted a 60m hurdles win at the Prairie Wolf Indoor Invitational (8.73), while adding runner-up finishes at the Nebraska Tune-Up (8.71) and the Graduate Classic (8.73)…placed seventh in the long jump and eighth in the 60m hurdles at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.

Outdoor: Finished fourth in the long jump at the Shocker Open with a distance of 18-6 (5.64m)...added a ninth-place finish at the Jim Click Shootout with an 18-10 (5.74m) in the long jump…ran a 14.64 in the 100m hurdles at the Drake Relays to place 24th.

2023
Indoor: Did not compete.

Outdoor: Did not compete.

2022
Indoor: Finished sixth in the long jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (6.15m/20-2.25)...had an indoor season best of 6.19m/20-3.75 at the Nebraska Tune-Up to finish third...ran a 60m Hurdles time of 8.48 at the Gorilla Classic...won the long jump title at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Placed 13th in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at 6.22m/20-5 to earn second-team All-America honors...was the runner-up in the long jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships at 6.21m/20-4.5...placed third in the long jump at the Michael Johnson Invitational with a wind-aided 6.34m/20-9.75...ran the 100m Hurdles in a season-best 13.54 at the Michael Johnson Invitational...had a long jump of 6.23m/20-5.25 at the NCAA West Preliminary Round to qualify for nationals for the first time. 

2021
Indoor: Placed 18th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with mark of 17-8 (5.38m) in the long jump…had a leap of 19-4 3/4 (5.91m) in the long jump to place sixth at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational…finished fourth in the long jump and fifth in the 60m hurdles at the Husker Quad.
 
Outdoor: Finished sixth in the long jump with a mark of 19-7 1/2 (5.98m) and 24th in the 100m hurdles at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…clocked a season-best 13.61 to place third in the 100m hurdles at the Husker Big Ten Invite…placed sixth in the long jump at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays.

2020
Indoor: Finished 11th in the long jump with a leap of 18-9 (5.71m) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...recorded season-bests in the 200m (26.73) at the Graduate Classic, 60m hurdles (8.71) at the adidas Classic and long jump (19-3 1/4, 5.87m) at the Graduate Classic...was the runner-up in the 60m hurdles at both the Prairie Wolf Invitational and adidas Classic and the runner-up in the long jump at the Nebraska Tune-Up.

Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Before Nebraska
Joined the Huskers after a prep career at Belleville West High School in Illinois…recorded prep bests of 14.10 in the 100m hurdles and 20-2 1/4 in the long jump…was the 2018 Illinois state long jump champion…finished as the runner-up in the 300m hurdles at the 2018 Illinois state meet…took third in both the 100m hurdles and long jump at state in 2019 and third in the 100m hurdles in 2018.

Personal
Born Feb. 4, 2000...parent is Angela Horton...majors are criminology and criminal justice.