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Huskers Sweep B1G Field Athletes of the Week



Nebraska track and field athletes Till Steinforth and Axelina Johansson swept the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honors, the conference office announced on Wednesday. 

Steinforth broke the Nebraska heptathlon school record and Devaney Center facility record at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational over the weekend. He scored 6,082 points, which shattered the old school record by 188 points and moved him to No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 3 in the nation. Steinforth won the heptathlon 60m with a time of 6.87, the heptathlon long jump at 24-11 (7.59m) (PR), the heptathlon 60-meter hurdles in 7.96, the heptathlon pole vault at 17-0 3/4 (5.20m) (PR), and also set a personal best in the 1,000m (2:47.58). 

Johansson recorded not one, but two school-record throws to win the shot put title at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with one of the all-time best throws in NCAA history. Johansson set a new shot put school record on her second throw, only to break it again on her third throw with a winning mark of 63-4 (19.30m). The previous indoor school record was 60-7 3/4 (18.48m) by Tressa Thompson in 1997. Johansson’s career mark vaulted her to No. 1 in the NCAA this season, and it is the second-best shot put throw worldwide in 2023 and the second-best women’s collegiate indoor throw of all-time, behind only Raven Saunders’ 64-2 1/2 (19.56m) in 2017. Johansson’s personal record is now the Swedish indoor national record as well.

 





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