Lara Omerzu Season 2018-19

Personal Bests
Indoor
60m Hurdles: 9.08p (1/11/19)
800m: 2:39.85 (2/1/19)
High Jump: 5-10 1/2 (1.79m) (1/13/18)
Shot Put: 36-6 1/4 (11.13m) (1/25/19)
Long Jump: 16-11 1/2 (5.17m) (2/1/19)
Pentathlon: 3,506 (2/1-2/19)
Outdoor
High Jump: 6-1 1/4 (1.86m) (HS)

Big Ten Championships
2019 (I): HJ - 5-6 (1.68m) (10th)
2018 (O): HJ - 5-7 1/4 (1.71m) (9th)
2018 (I): HJ - 5-8 3/4 (1.75m) (4th)

Honors
Academic All-Big Ten (2019)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2017; Spring 2018, 2019)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019)
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2018)

2019 (Sophomore/Redshirt)
Indoor: Finished 10th in the high jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a height of 5-6 (1.68m)...recorded a PR score of 3,506 points in the pentathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational...set personal-bests in four events...won the high jump title at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Redshirted...did not compete.

2018 (Freshman)
Indoor: Finished fourth in the high jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a leap of 5-8 3/4 (1.75m)...set a season-best and claimed the high jump title at the Graduate Classic with a jump of 5-10 1/2 (1.79m)...set a season-best in the 60m hurdles with a time of 9.12 in the prelims of the Prairie Wolf Indoor Invitational and finished fourth in the event with a time of 9.19.

Outdoor: Placed ninth in the high jump at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a clearance of 5-7 1/4 (1.71m)...set a season-best in the high jump and finished third at the Texas Tech Corky/Crofoot Shootout with a leap of 5-9 1/4 (1.76m)...also finished second at the John McDonnell Invitational in the high jump.

Before Nebraska
A talented high jumper from Slovenia...recorded a personal best of 6-1 1/4 (1.86m)...also holds PRs of 18-6 1/2 (5.65m) in the long jump and 5,250 in the heptathlon...finished 12th in the high jump at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships.

Personal
Born Feb. 10, 1998...parents are Vladka and Henrik...major is nutrition, health and exercise science.