Personal Bests
Indoor
60m: 6.94p (1/12/19)
200m: 21.41 (1/26/19)
Outdoor
100m: 10.68w (4/21/18)
200m: 20.93w (4/6/19)
Big Ten Championships
2020 (I): 200m - 21.77o (21st)
2019 (O): 4x100m - 40.03 (5th); 200m - 21.41w (14th); 100m - 10.96 (18th)
2019 (I): 200m - 21.84 (20th); 60m - 7.03 (22nd)
2018 (O): 100m - 10.94 (23rd)
Honors
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2019)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2018, 2019, 2020)
Academic All-Big Ten (2018, 2019)
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (Outdoor, 2019)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; Spring 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2020)
2020 (Senior/COVID-19 Pandemic)
Indoor: Finished 21st in the 200m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a time of 21.77o...ran season-bests in both the 60m (6.97) and 200m (21.50) at the Mark Colligan Memorial...was the runner-up in the 200m at the Graduate Classic and Mark Colligan Memorial.
Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.
2019 (Junior)
Indoor: Finished 20th in the 200m (21.84) and 22nd in the 60m (7.03) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...won the 200m at the Mark Colligan Memorial with a PR time of 21.41...ran a 60m PR time of 6.94p at the Graduate Classic.
Outdoor: Placed fifth in the 4x100m relay (40.03), 14th in the 200m (21.41w) and 18th in the 100m (10.96) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships...qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 4x100m relay and 200m and finished 14th (40.08) and 42nd (21.41), respectively...won the 200m at the Husker Invitational with a PR time of 20.93w and also won the 200m title at the Texas Tech Shootout...was part of the winning 4x100m relay at both the Husker Invitational and Texas Tech Shootout.
2018 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Won the 200m with a season-best time of 21.82 at the Nebraska Tune-Up.
Outdoor: Finished 23rd in the 100m with a time of 10.94 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships...won the 4x100 at the Kansas Relays with a time of 40.82...set PRs in both the 100m (10.68w) at the Kansas Relays and in the 200m (21.42w) at the John McDonnell Invitational.
2017 (Freshman)
Indoor: Set collegiate personal bests of 7.06 in the 60m and a season best time of 22.03 in the 200m...competed in five indoor meets, finishing third in the 200m at the Nebraska Tune-Up with his time of 22.03.
Outdoor: Ran a wind-aided 10.77 in the 100m at the Texas Tech Red Raider Shootout...finished third in the 100m at the Tom Botts Invitational...posted a wind-aided 200m time of 21.81 at the Red Raider Shootout.
Before Nebraska
Attended Watertown High School in South Dakota…was the South Dakota state champion in both the 100m and 200m as a junior and senior and anchored two state-championship relays as a senior…was named the Class AA outstanding performer at the state meet…won the 2016 Howard Wood Relays 100m…set prep bests in the 100m (10.76) and 200m (21.85)…was named the South Dakota Gatorade Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year in 2016.
Personal
Born Feb. 10, 1998...parents are Kevin Hericks and Rachelle Thorson...major is biology.