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Huskers Win Three Throws Events at ASU Invitational – University of Nebraska

Huskers Win Three Throws Events at ASU Invitational - University of Nebraska

The Nebraska track and field team picked up three throws titles on Saturday at the ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz., to wrap up the first weekend of the outdoor season.

The Huskers swept the javelin titles with Maddie Harris winning the women’s title and Trey Patterson claiming the men’s title. Maxwell Otterdahl won the men’s shot put title with a top-10 throw in school history.

Harris, who was the Big Ten javelin champion in 2021 as a freshman, claimed gold at her first competition of the season with a throw of 172-3 (52.50m). Mirta Kulisic brought home runner-up honors at 169-2 (51.57m). 

For the men, redshirt freshman Trey Patterson registered a throw of 204-2 (62.23m) to win the javelin, while sophomore Tyler Brown finished second with a throw of 202-10 (61.84m). 

Otterdahl was the top athlete in the shot put at 62-0 1/2 (18.91m), the 10th-best throw in Nebraska outdoor history. Kevin Shubert finished third with a mark of 58-5 3/4 (17.82m). In the women’s shot put, Kalynn Meyer placed third and Nya Diew placed fifth for the Big Red.

Elsewhere, three Husker decathletes competed at the Emporia State Relays and Combined Events on Saturday in Emporia, Kan. Kolby Heinerikson led the trio with PRs in the javelin (176-0, 53.64m) and 110-meter hurdles (15.13).

 

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Roadrunners win 10 events on Saturday at UTSA Invitational – UTSA Athletics

Roadrunners win 10 events on Saturday at UTSA Invitational - UTSA Athletics
SAN ANTONIO — Highlighted by a record-setting performance in the men’s 4×100-meter relay, the UTSA track & field teams won 10 events on Saturday at the UTSA Invitational at Park West Athletics Complex.
 
Combined with three victories on Friday, the Roadrunners collected 13 total gold medals during their annual home meet. Overall on Saturday, UTSA registered 18 top-three finishes — 12 by the women and six for the men — to give them 29 for the weekend. 
 
Speed was on display on the track all afternoon, as the Roadrunners totaled seven victories in the running events on Saturday.
 
The men’s 4×1 took down the school and meet records in the first race of the day. The quartet of Dennis Phillips, Diego Pettorossi, Trevion McCalla and Jose Garcia passed the baton around the track to a time of 39.34 seconds for a comfortable win ahead of runner-up UIW (40.11), eclipsing the previous program standard of 39.59 set in 2010 and the UTSA Invitational mark of 39.52 established by South Plains College in 2014.
 
McCalla came back later in the day and broke the meet record in the men’s 200m with a time of 20.99, beating fellow freshman teammate Brice Chabot, who clocked a 21.17 for runner-up, to the line. The freshman from Houston toppled the previous UTSA Invitational standard of 21.39 set by Purdue’s Kinard Rolle in 2017.
 
Meanwhile, the women’s 4×1 opened the track activities with an easy triumph, as Ibiso David-West, Thennelle Williams, Geraldy Barron and Vera Chinedu cruised to a 46.08 clocking ahead of second-place Stephen F. Austin (48.15).
 
Williams matched McCalla by racing to gold in the women’s 200m with a 24.56 clocking, while Chinedu and David-West placed third (24.81) and fourth (25.23), respectively.
 
Marie Duvigneau added to the winning tally with a victory in the women’s 400m, circling the oval in 55.94 ahead of teammate Creshaun Cresser’s runner-up time of 56.81.
 
Mike Roth was the first collegian to cross in the men’s 400m with a time of 47.38 that was good for third overall behind a pair of unattached runners.
 
UTSA posted a 1-2 finish in the women’s 400m hurdles with Mackenzie Grimes collecting her first collegiate win with a personal-best time of 1:00.45. Alanah Yukich was right behind her in 1:00.61 for second place.
 
Yukich and Grimes joined Cresser and Duvigneau to help the 4x400m relay finish third in 3:48.07 in the final race of the afternoon.
 
Earlier on Saturday, the Roadrunners struck gold in three field events.
 
Sigrid Kleive earned her second victory of the meet with a clearance of 1.67 meters (5-5.75) in the high jump on her first attempt, bettering SFA’s Mathilde Coquillaud-Salomon, who took three tries to clear the bar at that height.
 
Meanwhile, Danielle Spence and Grant Szalek swept the triple jump titles. Spence, an All-American and the school record holder at 13.42m, skipped to a winning mark of 12.47m (40-11). Szalek, the 2021 C-USA Indoor champion, matched his collegiate best with a 15.63m (51-3.5) measurement for top honors.
 
In other Saturday action in the field, Paul Bouey claimed silver in the men’s discus with a throw of 49.94m (163-10) in his first collegiate meet competing in the event.
 
Lacee Barnes finished fourth overall and third among collegians in the women’s discus with a 45.31m (148-8) effort in a field that was won by 2020 Olympic gold medalist and American record holder Valarie Allman, who launched the platter to a facility record distance of 68.13m (223-6).
 
Oreoluwa Adamson leaped to a silver medal in the women’s long jump, breaking the sand at 6.06m (19-10.75).
 
On Friday evening, Kleive took home top honors in the javelin with a throw of 44.29 meters (145-3) to score the first gold of the meet for the Roadrunners. 
 
Also on Friday, the Roadrunners swept the 5,000m crowns, as Brooke Veltman won the women’s race in 19:30.11, while Harrison Wade crossed second overall behind an unattached competitor with a time of 15:34.97 in the men’s 5k.
 
The Roadrunners will return to action next Wednesday-Saturday, March 23-26, when they make the short drive to Austin for the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

 

 
UTSA Results
 
Men
 
200 Meters
1. Trevion McCalla 20.99
2. Brice Chabot 21.17
6. Diego Pettorossi 21.49
12. (11.) Dennis Phillips 21.74
15. (14.) Jose Garcia 21.80
18. (17.) Zachary Perkins 21.99
20. (19.) Antony Ma 22.57
 
400 Meters
3. (1.) Mike Roth 47.38
7. (5.) Logan Masters 49.22
10. (8.) Noah Rhodes 49.72
12. (10.) Elijah Frizell 51.69 
 
800 Meters
6. (5.) Michael Paredes 1:57.12
7. (6.) JD Corona 1:58.52
 
1,500 Meters
4. Victor Charo 4:05.31
9. Jake Smith 4:08.40
10. Michael Paredes 4:10.98
12. Harrison Wade 4:15.47
13. JD Corona 4:18.78
 
5,000 Meters
2. (1.) Harrison Wade 15:23.96
3. (2.) Idol Ramon 15:34.97
4. (3.) Jake Smith 15:47.70
5. (4.) Gabe Hernandez 16:04.20
6. (5.) Joshua Gonzalez 16:13.67
7. (6.) Landon Blankenship 16:18.16
8. (7.) Adan Hernandez 16:42.68
 
110-Meter Hurdles
11. Gabriel Green 15.68
16. Justin Wright 17.38
 
400-Meter Hurdles
4. Gabriel Green 56.12 
 
4×100-Meter Relay
1. UTSA (Dennis Phillips, Diego Pettorossi, Trevion McCalla, Jose Garcia) 39.34
4. UTSA “B” (Antony Ma, Lirim Emerllahu, Zachary Perkins, Brice Chabot) 41.40
 
4×400-Meter Relay
5. (4.) UTSA (Noah Rhodes, Logan Masters, Mike Roth, Elijah Frizell) 3:19.26
 
High Jump
6. Jack Turner 1.93m (6-4)
 
Pole Vault
6. Marcus Ramirez 4.15m (13-7.25)
7. Jonathan Barraza 4.15m (13-7.25)
 
Triple Jump
1. Grant Szalek 15.63m (51-3.5) 
 
Shot Put
3. Jorge Ayala 16.56m (54-4)
4. Angel Robles 15.62m (51-3)
10. Jack Turner 13.43m (44-0.75)
 
Discus
2. Paul Bouey 49.94m (163-10)
7. Ronald Lozano 42.38m (139-0)
11. Joel McFarlane 38.05m (124-10)
12. Jack Turner 37.19m (122-0)
17. Justin Wright 30.51m (100-1)
 
Hammer Throw
5. Angel Robles 46.01m (150-11)
6. Jorge Ayala 44.51m (146-0)
 
Javelin
8. Joel McFarlane 50.38m (165-3)
10. Justin Wright 45.70m (149-11)
 
Women
 
200 Meters
1. Thennelle Williams 24.56
3. Vera Chinedu 24.81
4. Ibiso David-West 25.23w (+2.1)
11. Geraldy Barron 25.47w (+2.1)
 
400 Meters
1. Marie Duvigneau 55.94
2. Creshaun Cresser 56.81
6. Kaylyn Landry 1:02.34
 
800 Meters
4. Brooke Lomax 2:13.33
5. Abby Balli 2:15.16
8. Maddy Blair 2:26.32
 
1,500 Meters
5. Abby Balli 4:49.73
 
5,000 Meters
1. Brooke Veltman 19:30.11
2. Savana Alt 19:36.06
3. Lily Morrill 19:36.52
4. Sidney Bravo 19:52.24
 
400-Meter Hurdles
1. Mackenzie Grimes 1:00.45
2. Alanah Yukich 1:00.61
6. Maren Wilms 1:05.02
 
4×100-Meter Relay
1. UTSA (Ibiso David-West, Thennelle Williams, Geraldy Barron, Vera Chinedu) 46.08
 
4×400-Meter Relay
3. UTSA (Alanah Yukich, Creshaun Cresser, Mackenzie Grimes, Marie Duvigneau) 3:48.07
 
High Jump
1. Sigrid Kleive 1.67m (5-5.75)
 
Long Jump
2. Oreoluwa Adamson 6.06m (19-10.75)
4. Maren Wilms 5.63m (18-5.75)
 
Triple Jump
1. Danielle Spence 12.47m (40-11)
 
Shot Put
3. Lacee Barnes 14.85m (48-8.75)
8. Zoe Shanklin 13.95m (45-9.25)
 
Discus
4. (3.) Lacee Barnes 45.31m (148-8)
 
Hammer Throw
3. Acacia Astwood 55.98m (183-8)
 
Javelin
1. Sigrid Kleive 44.29m (145-3)
3. Marilis Remmel 40.88m (134-1)
17. Maren Wilms 29.95m (98-3)
 
-UTSA-

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Huskers to Play in 2022 ESPN Events Invitational – University of Nebraska

Huskers to Play in 2022 ESPN Events Invitational - University of Nebraska

Lincoln – The Nebraska men’s basketball team will return to Orlando, Fla., this fall to participate in the 2022 ESPN Events Invitational, as the 2022 field was announced today.  This year’s edition take place from Nov. 24-27 at HP Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Fla.

The eight-team field also includes Florida State, Memphis, Ole Miss, Oklahoma, Seton Hall, Siena and Stanford. This will mark the second time the Huskers have participated in the event, and the first since the 2017-18 season.

Seven of the eight teams have previously participated in the event, including Florida State (2009, 2018), Memphis (2013, 2018), Oklahoma (2012), Seton Hall (2016) Siena (2008, 2013) and Stanford (2016). Ole Miss is the only team making its tournament debut.

The tournament could feature the first matchup between Nebraska and Oklahoma on the hardwood since the Huskers joined the Big Ten after the 2010-11 season. Besides the Sooners, who NU has played 197 times over the years, the rest of the field has played the Huskers just 16 times.  NU faced Stanford nine times, but the last meeting was during the 1965-66 season.

Information on tickets, travel packages and more is available on the ESPN Events Invitational web site (espnevents.com).

Nebraska vs. the 2022 ESPN Events Field











Opponent Series Record Last Meeting
Florida State 1-1 2014-15
Memphis 0-1 1954-55
Oklahoma 83-104 2010-11
Ole Miss 1-2 2007-08 (NIT)
Seton Hall 1-0 2018-19
Siena Never Played  
Stanford 3-6 1965-56

 
 

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Seahawks Win 16 Events In UNCW Invitational – UNC Wilmington Athletics

Seahawks Win 16 Events In UNCW Invitational - UNC Wilmington Athletics

WILMINGTON, North Carolina – The UNCW men’s and women’s track and field teams combined for 16 first-place finishes to kick off the outdoor season in style with Saturday’s UNCW Invitational at the Harold Greene Track & Field Complex.
 
“What a special team this is,” said Jeff Klaves, UNCW’s third-year head coach. “They are fun to coach and this snapshot shows we’re doing all the right things to keep pushing the mark. Our mission statement this year has been ‘Be The One’ and today there were many. That’s a great sign.”
 
Each team registered eight first-place finishes on the day and 13 different individuals picked up a gold medal in the first of back-to-back meets for the Seahawks.
 
Junior Josh Parks of Kannapolis, N.C., led the way for the Seahawks with three golds. He won the 100 Meters, 200 Meters and 110 Hurdles. Freshman Dalton Zimmerman of Thomasville, N.C., claimed first in the 400 Meters and ran a leg on the winning 4×400 Relay unit with Ryan Kobziak, Nikolis Anderson and Cooper Wright.
 
On the women’s side, Alexa Woltjen of Mount Laurel, N.J., and Gabby Ryan of Durham, N.C., collected a pair of first place finishes. Woltjen raced to first in the 800 Meters and 1,500 Meters, while Ryan captured the 400 Hurdles and Long Jump.
 
Nine men’s teams and nine women’s teams competed in the event. In addition to UNCW, the men’s teams included Barton, Methodist, Methodist, Mount Olive, N.C. Wesleyan, Pfeiffer, UNC Pembroke and William Peace. The women’s teams entered were UNCW, Barton, Meredith, Methodist, Mount Olive, N.C. Wesleyan, Pfeiffer, UNC Pembroke and William Peace.
 
The Seahawks return to their home oval next Saturday, Mar. 12, for the Seahawk Invitational.
 

UNCW Invitational Results | March 5, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 








Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles
1. Josh Parks 14.39
2. JT Allen 14.92
3. Khairi Williams 15.24
5. Ryan Hunt 16.06

 






Men’s 400 Meter Hurdles
2. Khairi Williams 58.47
3. JT Allen 58.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

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USC Track & Field Wins Five Events During Final Day Of Inaugural Pac-12 Invitational – USC Athletics

Track & Field | February 26, 2022

Alyssa Brewer won the women’s 800m, Jasmine Jones the women’s 60m hurdles, Jan’Taijah Ford the women’s 400m, Earnest Sears III the men’s high jump and the women’s 4x400m relay cruised to victory to lead the Trojans during the final day of the Pac-12 Invitational in Seattle, Wash. today (Feb. 26).

  • Brewer won the women’s 800m with a time of 2:05.07.  Teammate Gigi Maccagnini placed second with a season-best time of 2:06.40 to better her fifth-place standing on USC’s all-time indoor list.  Janiah Brown had a time of 2:10.37 to take eighth place in the 800m.

  • Jones won the women’s 60m hurdles with a time of 8.06.  Only one other finalist had a sub-8.30 time.

  • Jan’Taijah Ford won the women’s 400m with a time of 52.41 and Kimberly Harris was fourth with a time of 53.18.

  • Earnest Sears III won the men’s high jump with a clearance of 7-2.50 (2.20m).  He entered the competition at 6-9.75 (2.08m) and cleared that on his second attempt, made 6-11.75 (2.13m) on his first attempt, passed at 7-1.50 (2.17m) and cleared 7-2.50(2.20m) in his second attempt to win the event.

  • The women’s 4x400m relay team of Bailey Lear, Chioma Okonkwo, Jones and Ford posted a season-best time of 3:31.49 to win the event by over a second.

  • Kasaun James placed second in the men’s 60m with a time of 6.60.  Brendon Steward placed third in the men’s 60m with a time of 6.62 and Eric Allen Jr. placed eighth with a time of 6.88.

  • Nicholas Ramey placed second in the men’s 400m with a season-best time of 46.42.  Johnnie Blockburger had an indoor 400m PR of 46.59 to finish third and better his seventh-place standing on USC’s all-time list. 

  • The men’s 4x400m relay team of Ramey, Blockburger, Ashton Allen and James finished third with a time of 3:06.61.

  • Bobby Poynter had a PR of 1:49.26 to finish fourth in the men’s 800m and move from seventh to fourth on USC’s all-time indoor 800m list.  Sam VanDorpe finished fifth with a season-best time of 1:50.63 and Jack Carter had a PR of 1:52.80 to place 10th and move into ninth on USC’s all-time list.

  • Dallas Wise competed in his first triple jump competition as a Trojan and placed fourth with a best jump of 48-4.75 (14.25m).  That triple jump mark is a career best for Wise.


USC will next compete indoors at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships from March 10-12 in Birmingham, Ala.  USC will open the outdoor season on March 5 at the Long Beach Opener in Long Beach, Calif.
 

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SJU Wins 15 Events in Home Invitational – Saint John’s University Athletics

SJU Wins 15 Events in Home Invitational - Saint John's University Athletics

Results

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Saint John’s track and field won 15 of the 18 events at its home invitational on Saturday, Feb. 12, in the Donald McNeely Spectrum. 

The Johnnies recorded 33 top-three marks/times in a field that included participants from Concordia-Moorhead, Minnesota-Morris, the Minnesota Running Club, Division II MSU-Moorhead and the St. Cloud State Run Club.

SJU, led by junior Kevin Arthur’s (Champlin, Minn./Champlin Park) 6.94 seconds, claimed the three fastest times in the 60-meter dash. Seniors Ryan Miller (Maple Grove, Minn./Totino-Grace) and Jack Young (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) followed in second (6.98) and third (7.16), respectively. Arthur also won the 200-meter sprint in 22.97 and Young was second (23.11).

The home squad also recorded the top three times in the 1,000 meters, led by sophomore Tommy Allen (Woodbury, Minn./St. Paul Academy) in 2:32.35. Juniors Alexei Hensel (Buffalo, Minn.) and Will Mattock (Maryville, Mo.) followed in second (2:33.92) and third (2:40.59). The times for Allen and Hensel are the MIAC’s top two in the event so far this season.

SJU swept the top three marks in the high jump, led by freshman Alec Ungar (Eden Prairie, Minn./Chanhassen) at 1.90 meters. Senior Sam Rademacher (Marshall, Minn.) and freshman Anthony Thurk (St. Bonifacius, Minn./Waconia) tied for second after both cleared 1.80 meters on their second attempt. Ungar also placed second in the long jump with a season-best mark of 6.44 meters.

Senior Shawn Schindler (Maple Grove, Minn.) led the SJU trio atop the pole-vault leaderboard with a height of 4.57 meters, and sophomore Joe Charbonneau (New Richmond, Wis.) and junior Joe Stauffer (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) tied for second (4.27 meters).

Junior Jared Stanke (Anoka, Minn./Elk River) and junior Maguire Petersen (Hutchinson, Minn.) went 1 (8.72)-2 (8.75) with season-best times in the 60-meter hurdles. Senior Michael Wallace (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne’s) and junior Elijah Wade (Waco, Texas/Vanguard College Prep) finished first (13.75 meters) and second (12.84 meters) in the triple jump. Wallace’s mark was his best this season and is first in the MIAC.

Junior Eli Mollet (Jefferson, S.D./Bishop Heelan Catholic, Iowa) won the weight throw with a toss of 16.97 meters and classmate Gavin Rupp (Villard, Minn./Minnewaska Area) was close behind in third (16.79 meters). The duo also finished in the shot put’s top three thanks to season-best marks, with Mollet second (14.38 meters) and Rupp third (13.95 meters).

SJU’s other individual event wins:

-Senior Omavi Collison (Nassau, Bahamas/St. Anne’s) in the 400 meters (51.99);

-Senior Dillon Diekmann (Lake Elmo, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall) in the 3,000 meters (8:59.59);

-Senior Andy Goldsmith (Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall) in the 5,000 meters (15:34.45);

-Senior Brady Labine (Detroit Lakes, Minn.) in the 600 meters (1:26.12);

-Junior Tom Nemanich (Red Wing, Minn.) in the mile run (4:35.79);

The Johnnies’ 4×200-meter (1:32.82; Arthur, Miller, Young, Collison) and 4×400-meter (3:32.56; Hernandez, Allen, Hensel, Labine) relays both took first place.

Senior Nathan Meyer (Iowa City, Iowa/Regina) claimed second in the 3,000 meters (9:00.95), while juniors Nathan Clausing (Big Lake, Minn.) and Jorge Hernandez (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson) took second in the 800 (2:04.73) 600 meters (1:28.81), respectively.

The Johnnies travel south to compete at Division II MSU-Mankato’s Maverick Invitational on Friday, Feb. 18.