Huskers Geared Up for NCAA Championships

The nationally ranked Nebraska track and field teams will have 20 entries at the NCAA Outdoor Championships this Wednesday-Saturday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. 

The Huskers’ 20 entries at nationals are their most since 2014. The Husker men have 12 entries at the NCAA Championships, while the women have eight entries. The NU men enter the meet ranked No. 6 in the USTFCCCA Rankings, while the women are ranked No. 9, which is the best outdoor ranking for the Husker women since the poll began in 2008. It marks the first time both the NU men and women have been ranked in the top 10 at the same time in the outdoor poll. 

Competition for the Huskers gets underway on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with Till Steinforth in the decathlon. The men’s 4x100m relay and Darius Luff (110m hurdles) will run in preliminary heats on Wednesday at 6:32 p.m. and 7:32 p.m., respectively. And field events will include the javelin (Arthur Petersen and Dash Sirmon) at 5:40 p.m., long jump (Steinforth) at 8 p.m., and the shot put (Jonah Wilson and Maxwell Otterdahl) at 8:10 p.m. 

Thursday gets started with Steinforth in the decathlon at 12:30 p.m. Rhema Otabor and Maddie Harris will take the stage in the javelin at 7:30 p.m. Velecia Williams competes in the long jump at 9 p.m., and Axelina Johansson and Taylor Latimer take part in the shot put at 9:10 p.m. 

On Friday, Tyus Wilson and Michael Hoffer will compete in the high jump at 7:30 p.m. Otterdahl and Jonah Wilson will throw the discus at 7:35 p.m. The 4x100m relay final is set for 8:02 p.m., and the 110m hurdles final is at 8:42 p.m. 

The meet wraps up on Saturday with three Husker women competing: Jenna Rogers and Madison Yerigan in the high jump at 7:30 p.m. and Rhianna Phipps in the triple jump at 8:10 p.m.

Each event will have a live stream on ESPN+. Television coverage for track events will be at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2 on Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 on Thursday, and 8 p.m. on ESPN2 on Friday and Saturday.

Nebraska’s NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifiers

Brithton Senior/Kavian Kerr/Lorenzo Paissan/Garrett Kaalund, Men’s 4x100m Relay

Maddie Harris, Women’s Javelin

Michael Hoffer, Men’s High Jump

Axelina Johansson, Women’s Shot Put

Taylor Latimer, Women’s Shot Put

Darius Luff, Men’s 110m Hurdles

Rhema Otabor, Women’s Javelin

Maxwell Otterdahl, Men’s Discus

Maxwell Otterdahl, Men’s Shot Put

Arthur Petersen, Men’s Javelin

Rhianna Phipps, Women’s Triple Jump

Jenna Rogers, Women’s High Jump

Dash Sirmon, Men’s Javelin

Till Steinforth, Men’s Decathlon

Till Steinforth, Men’s Long Jump

Velecia Williams, Women’s Long Jump

Jonah Wilson, Men’s Discus 

Jonah Wilson, Men’s Shot Put

Tyus Wilson, Men’s High Jump

Madison Yerigan, Women’s High Jump