Nenad Loncar Season 2004-05

 

Personal Bests:
Indoors: 60m Hurdles, 7.81; 60m, 7.18
Outdoors: 110m Hurdles, 13.60

 

Honors:
Yugoslavian National Record Holder in the 110m Hurdles (13.60)<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

 

NCAA Championships:
2004 (O): 110m Hurdles, 13.79 (15th)
2003 (O): 110m Hurdles, 13.91 (14th)

 

Big 12 Championships:
2004 (I): 60m Hurdles, 7.90 (2nd)
2004 (O): 110m Hurdles, 13.74 (2nd)
2003 (I): 60m Hurdles, 8.02 (4th)
2003 (O): 110m Hurdles, 13.65 (2nd)

2004: Nenad Loncar (pronounced Neh-NED LAWN-char) competed in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, but did not advance past first-round competition... placed fifth in his preliminary heat of the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in a time of 13.79... finished second at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a time of 13.76w to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships... won silver in the Big 12 Outdoor meet with a season-best time of 13.74... won the 100-meter hurdle gold in the K.T. Woodman Classic (13.84w)... won the Nebraska Quadrangular in 13.90... anchored the men’s 4x110-meter shuttle hurdle relay team that set a Nebraska record time of 56.14 to win the Drake Relays championship... finished fourth in the Ward Haylett Invitational in 14.03... ran to a second-place finish in the hurdles in 7.90 at the Big 12 Indoor Championships... won bronze in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.16 in the Holiday Inn Invitational... finished second in the Tiger Classic in 8.01... won the 60-meter hurdles at the Prairie Wolf Invitational with a time of 7.97... was second in the hurdles at the adidas Classic (7.97)... ran season-best time of 7.85 at the Cyclone NCAA Qualifier. 2003: Loncar joined the Nebraska track and field team for the spring semester and was a vital addition for the Huskers... ran a Yugoslavian national record time of 13.65 in the 110-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships for a silver finish... improved his personal best at the European Under-23 Championships in the summer to 13.60 in the semifinals to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games... finished eighth (13.80) in the European U-23 110-meter hurdles final... ended his season with a fifth-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles at the World University Games... was the 2003 Balkan Games champion (13.71)... won the silver medal in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, clocking a time of 13.74 to automatically qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships... advanced to the semifinals at the NCAA meet, finishing 14th overall with a time of 13.91... was a member of the 4x110-meter shuttle hurdle relay that set the school record (56.32) and placed fifth in the Penn Relays... won the gold at the Ward Haylett Invitational in a wind-aided time of 13.73... was a member of the 4x110-meter shuttle hurdle relay team that won the Kansas Relay title in a time of 57.69... was fourth at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.02... ran a season-best time of 8.00 in the semifinals of the 60-meter hurdles at the conference championships... won bronze in his first competition as a Husker at the Wildcat Invitational. In the Former Yugoslavia: Set the Yugoslavian national junior record in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Santiago, Chile, with a time of 14.07... was a member of the Yugoslavian Junior National Team from 1997 to 2000 and began competing for the Senior National Team in 1999... finished third at the 2001 Mediterranean Games, flying over the 110-meter hurdles in 13.90... took fifth place at the 2001 European Junior Championships in the high hurdles (13.94)... won bronze at the 2002 Balkan Indoor Championships with a time of 7.87 in the 60m hurdles... was the 2000 Yugoslavian national champion in the 110-meter hurdles. Personal: Club coach in Yugoslavia was Velibor Novakovic... major is economics... parents are Zoran and Rada Loncar... married Marina Andonovic on July 9, 2003... born March 6, 1981.