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Nebraska Men's Track & Field Wins Big Ten Outdoor Title; Women Take Second

Husker men are back-to-back outdoor conference champions

Kaleb Henry

Nebraska Athletics

What is perhaps Nebraska's most successful men's program of the Big Ten Conference era has struck again with another league title.

NU men's track & field won the Big Ten Outdoor Championship this weekend at Michigan with 136 points, outdistancing second-place Iowa by a whopping 50 points.

This is the second straight Big Ten outdoor title for the Huskers under head coach Justin St. Clair, and the fourth since Nebraska joined the conference in 2011-12.

The Huskers scored in 14 of the 21 events, with event winners of Tyus Wilson (high jump) of Darius Luff (110m hurdles).

The women's side was also successful during the weekend, taking runner-up with 115.33 points, just topping Ohio State's 115 points while falling short of the 131 points put up by Minnesota.

The Husker women made their hay in the field events, with only 16 points coming on the track. Meanwhile, 22 points were scored in both the triple jump and javelin while 18 points were added in the shot put. The Huskers had event winners of Rhema Otabor (javelin), Axelina Johansson (shot put), and Rhianna Phipps (triple jump).

Up Next

Nebraska will compete in the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Fayetteville, Arkansas, May 22-25. Athletes will be attempting to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, at historic Hayward Field June 5-8.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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