GENEVA, Ohio – The Nebraska track and field team won four more individual titles on the final day of the Big Ten Indoor Championships on Saturday at the SPIRE Institute, giving the Huskers six gold medals for the meet, their most since 2013.
The Husker men finished in third place in the team standings with 90 points, while the women tied for seventh with 51 points. The Iowa men (117) and Minnesota women (102) were crowned team champions.
Mayson Conner found the top spot on the high jump podium for the third time in his career. After winning the high jump title both indoors and outdoors as a freshman in 2019, Conner came in first for a third time on Saturday by clearing 7-2 1/2 (2.20m).
The Huskers swept the Big Ten high jump titles, as freshman Jenna Rogers claimed the women’s gold medal with a clearance of 5-11 1/4 (1.81m). Rogers was perfect on her first three heights to clinch the win.
Alex Talley brought home the weight throw title with a toss of 72-3 (22.02m). The first-year Husker was a two-time Summit League weight throw champion at North Dakota State and placed sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships last year in the event.
Papay Glaywulu repeated as the Big Ten indoor triple jump champion, leaping a season-best 52-0 (15.85m) on his second attempt to defend his title. It was only Glaywulu’s second competition this indoor season, but he produced a jump that was enough to score 10 more team points for the Husker men.
Ashley McElmurry picked up her second straight Big Ten indoor triple jump medal by finishing second at 41-8 1/2 (12.71m). She finished third in 2021 but improved her medal position by one spot this season. Ieva Turke was seventh in the event with a jump of 40-11 1/2 (12.48m). Terrol Wilson earned sixth place in the men’s triple jump with a season-best 50-8 1/4 (15.45m).
Henry Zimmerman also medaled for the Huskers, throwing a personal-best 71-3 1/4 (21.72m) in the weight throw to earn the bronze medal with the No. 3 throw in school history. Three Huskers scored in the men’s weight throw, as Maxwell Otterdahl took sixth place with a throw of 68-3 (20.80m).
Michael Hoffer finished fourth in the high jump (7-0 1/4, 2.14m), and Tyus Wilson added an eighth-place finish at 6-8 3/4 (2.05m) to score for the Big Red.
Winsome Harris ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.38 to finish in fifth place for the NU women, its best finish on the track at this year’s championships.
Nick Bryant posted the seventh-fastest time in the 600 meters in school history on any size of track, 1:17.21, to finish the final in sixth place. Dais Malebana finished eighth in the mile in 4:10.35. Till Steinforth finished out the heptathlon in seventh place with 5,387 points, while Matthias Algarin scored a personal-best 5,293 points to finish ninth. The Husker men took eighth place in the 4×400-meter relay in 3:12.04.
Tyler Drew placed seventh for the Huskers in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.99, tying his personal best that he set on Friday. The event was a heartbreaker for the Huskers as Darius Luff, the Big Ten leader in the event who had the fastest preliminary time on Friday, was disqualified for a false start. Luff will get a chance to redeem himself at the NCAA Indoor Championships in two weeks, which he is currently qualified for with the No. 9 time in the nation.
The top-16 individuals in the nation qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Other Huskers who are currently in line to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships are Axelina Johansson (No. 3 shot put), Burger Lambrechts Jr. (No. 7 shot put), Conner (No. 7 high jump), Talley (No. 8 weight throw and No. 8 shot put), Darby Thomas (No. 8 long jump), Rogers (No. 9 high jump) and Mikaelle Assani (No. 12 long jump).
The NCAA Indoor Championships will be held March 11-12 in Birmingham, Alabama.
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