Nasers Ties NU 800 Meter Mark

Lincoln ? Sophomore transfer Aaron Nasers tied the Nebraska school record and ran the third-fastest time in the country this season with his mark of 1:48.37 in the 800-meter run Friday night in the Prairie Wolf Invitational at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Track.

Nasers transferred to NU from Western Michigan this season and took no time to record the fastest time in school history. His time ranks right above teammate Dmitrijs Milkevics’ 1:48.75 clocking, the fourth-fastest time in the country, set at last week’s Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.

"It felt great," Nasers said. "I started to feel tired at the start of the third lap, but the coaches told me that I have to work the third lap and the fourth would take care of itself and it did. I didn’t know what the school record was, but I had set a goal of 1:48.50. I knew that I could do it."

Junior Nenad Loncar ran a season-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 7.94 in the 60-meter hurdles preliminaries. Loncar became the third Husker men’s hurdler to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships next month in Fayetteville, Ark. Loncar came back to lead a 1-2-3-5 finish by NU in the finals. Loncar was followed by Courtney Jones, Richard Davidson Jr. and Aaron Ross.

Anne Shadle and Danute Ceika took over the Big 12 conference lead in the 1,000 meters. Shadle ran the fifth-fastest time in school history and improved her personal-best mark by four seconds with her winning time of 2:48.48. Ceika was second with her time of 2:49.63.

Junior Kayte Tranel knocked more than 11 seconds off her season and personal-best time to win the women’s 5,000 meters with her 17:19.83 clocking.

The Huskers took a 1-2 finish in the women’s high jump, led by senior Na’Tassia Vice with her leap of 5-9 ?. Ashley Dickinson finished behind her in second, clearing 5-5. Kyle Odvody finished second in the men’s high jump to former teammate Shaun Kologinczak, as both cleared 6-10, but Kologinczak won on misses.

Senior Maggi Escudero won the women’s 60-meter hurdles with her season-best time of 8.62. Sophomore multi-event athlete Casie Witte finished third in 9.11. Authea Chambers won the women’s 200 meters in her time of 24.72. She was followed by Escudero in third with a time of 25.09.

Competing in an off-event, Becky Breisch won the women’s weight throw with a mark of 60-5 ?, which came very close to provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Ineta Radevica clocked a career-best time in the 60-meter dash of 6.76 in the preliminaries, and finished fourth in the finals in 7.77. In the men’s 60 meters, sophomore Oliver Williams Jr. won silver in 6.79.

Radevica won the women’s long jump with a leap of 20-8, followed by former Huskers Krisztina Kovesi and Vesna Kostic.

Freshman Daniel Roper won the men’s triple jump, with his leap of 47-6 ?, while junior Danny Tylka won the men’s pole vault competition, clearing 15-5.

Mark Harrison and Danny Hill ran career-best times in the 400 meters. Harrison took second in 48.44, while Hill was third in 48.55.

Paul Wilson took the win in the men’s 1000-meter run in a time of 2:31.46. Junior Dijana Kojic won the women’s 600-yard run with her personal-best time of 1:24.97.

The full Husker squad will compete on Saturday in the adidas Classic beginning at 10 a.m. with field events, while action on the track will get underway at 11 a.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.