Huskers Head to Iowa for First Road Meet

>> The Nebraska track and field team continues the 2021 indoor season at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa this weekend. Action at the Iowa Recreation Building gets underway at 1 p.m. on Friday and Noon on Saturday. Along with the Huskers and host Hawkeyes, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin will compete at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational. This weekend’s meet will be streamed on BTNPlus.com (subscription necessary). Live results can be found at WayzataResults.com. 

>> Nebraska is coming off a successful season-opening Husker Triangular last weekend at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Eight Huskers won event titles and six Huskers joined the all-time top-10 in school history:

    • Dais Malebana (5,000m): 3rd (14:16.56)

    • Erika Freyhof (5,000m): 3rd (16:27.29)

    • Papay Glaywulu (Triple Jump): T-4th (53-6 1/4, 16.31m)

    • Kevin Shubert (Shot Put): 7th (61-10 1/2, 18.86m) 

    • Ryan Martins (5,000m): 10th (14:24.20)

    • Marika Spencer (Shot Put): 10th (61-7 3/4, 18.79m)

>> The Huskers return four athletes who have achieved USTFCCCA All-America indoor honors in their NU careers. George Kusche was an All-American in the mile and 3,000 meters last indoor season, and he is the school-record holder in both events. Burger Lambrechts Jr. and Kristina Insingo were both named All-Americans last year after qualifying for indoor nationals in the shot put. Mayson Conner was a 2019 first-team All-American in the high jump after finishing seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships. 

>> NU’s 2021 indoor schedule features two home meets, four road meets and the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Geneva, Ohio. After the Husker Triangular, NU will head to Iowa City, Iowa for the Larry Wieczorek Invitational on Jan. 22-23. The Huskers are in Champaign, Illinois the following weekend (Jan. 29-30) for the Illinois Combined Event. Nebraska returns to the Devaney Center to host the Husker Quad against Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota on Feb. 6. The Huskers split up between the Hawkeye B1G Invitational in Iowa City and the SPIRE Pre-Big Ten Meet in Geneva, Ohio the weekend of Feb. 12-13. After a weekend off, the Huskers will compete at the Big Ten Indoor Championships on Feb. 25-27. The indoor season concludes with the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas on March 11-13.

>> The Husker men placed fourth and the women were 10th at the 2020 Big Ten Indoor Championships. Three Huskers captured Big Ten titles: Alencar Pereira (weight throw), Brent Wetovick (600 meters) and Ieva Turke (triple jump). Turke returns to lead the Husker women this year as she owns the No. 9 indoor triple jump mark (43-0 1/2, 13.12m) in NU women’s history.

>> The Nebraska men’s track and field team was crowned the indoor dual meet champions by Track & Field News Magazine for the second straight season in 2020. The Huskers claimed the title on the strength of two home quadrangulars, the Mark Colligan Memorial and the adidas Classic, as well as outstanding running-event balance. Nebraska posted a 6-0 record in dual meets to top No. 2 Indiana (1-0) and No. 3 Texas A&M (2-0) for the top spot. The Nebraska men won the absolute – indoor and outdoor combined – dual meet championship in 2017.