After a weekend off, the Nebraska track and field team is back in action at the Michael Johnson Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Waco, Texas.
Field events at Clyde Hart Stadium get underway at 11 a.m. on Friday and Saturday. Running events begin at 6 p.m. Friday and Noon Saturday.
The NU men are No. 14 in the USTFCCCA Outdoor Rankings, while the women are No. 21. Prior to having last weekend off, the Husker men climbed all the way to No. 6, their highest national ranking since 2009. And the women’s team held the No. 11 rank, their best in-season ranking since 2011.
Husker junior Maddie Harris is the national leader in the women’s javelin after her school-record 193-1 (58.85m) at the Jim Click Shootout. Darius Luff ranks fourth in the nation in the 110-meter hurdles with a school-record time of 13.39. Jonah Wilson ranks fifth in the shot put at 65-4 1/4 (19.92m), as does Till Steinforth in the decathlon (7,845).
Steinforth Named B1G Field Athlete of the Week
Nebraska sophomore Till Steinforth was named the Big Ten Men’s Field Athlete of the Week on April 12. Steinforth captured the decathlon title at the Jim Click Shootout in Tucson, Ariz., posting nine personal-best marks and six event wins. Steinforth tallied 7,845 points through the 10 events, moving him up to fourth in school history.
It’s the second career Big Ten weekly award for Steinforth. He was also the Big Ten Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 8.
Steinforth opened the decathlon on day one with a 100m victory in 10.69 and a long jump win with a personal-best mark of 25-2 (7.67m). In the shot put, Steinforth threw for 45-9 (13.94m) to lead the decathletes. He closed the day with a third-place finish in the high jump with a personal-best 6-4 3/4 (1.95m) and a runner-up finish in the 400m with a personal-best 49.42.
After taking three decathlon events on the first day, Steinforth opened day two with a decathlon 110m hurdles victory in 14.52. He pitched in another personal-best performance in the pole vault, clearing 16-0 3/4 (4.90m) to win it, moving him up to first in the overall decathlon standings with two events remaining. In the javelin, Steinforth threw for 181-2 (55.22m) to gather his sixth win. Steinforth covered the track in 4:52.50 during the 1500m to cap off his 10 events and secure the title.
2023 Indoor Season Recap
The Huskers are coming off a record-breaking indoor season under first-year head coach Justin St. Clair. Nebraska had 10 indoor All-Americans, while the men had their best national finish (eighth) since 2009 and the women had their best national finish (14th) since 2006. Axelina Johansson (second, women’s shot put), Jonah Wilson (second, men’s shot put) and Darius Luff (third, 60m hurdles) all took home NCAA medals.
Nebraska’s five Big Ten indoor champions included Luff (60m hurdles), Nick Bryant (600m), Mayson Conner (high jump), Wilson (men’s shot put) and Johansson (women’s shot put). The men finished second in the team standings while the women finished eighth.
The Huskers also had five new school records set during the indoor season: Luff (60m hurdles), Bryant (600m), Till Steinforth (heptathlon), Johansson (shot put) and Taylor Latimer (weight throw). NU athletes also combined for 22 new top-10 marks in school history.
2022 Outdoor Season Recap
The Huskers collected six Big Ten titles at the 2022 Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Minneapolis. Maddie Harris repeated as the Big Ten javelin champion, while Jenna Rogers won the high jump title as a freshman. Mayson Conner won the men’s high jump crown, as he and Rogers won all four Big Ten high jump crowns in 2022. Maxwell Otterdahl was the Men’s Field Athlete of the Championships after sweeping the shot put and discus titles. The men’s 4×400-meter relay team of Jacob Hyde, Alex Nelson, Cory Berg and Nick Bryant also won gold in a surprising upset.
At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Harris finished second in the javelin while Johansson placed third in the shot put. The Huskers finished with eight All-Americans.
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