Lopes-Schliep Tops World List

Lincoln - Former Husker national champion and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep was picked as the No. 1 women's 100-meter hurdler in the world on the recently released Track and Field News World Rankings for the 2010 season. Lopes-Schliep was one of four former Huskers listed on the top-10 world list, as three-time triple jump national champion Ineta Radevica (Latvia) was fifth in the long jump, two-time outdoor national champion Becky Breisch (US) was seventh in the discus while eight-time All-American and 2008 indoor high jump national champion Dusty Jonas (US) was ninth in the high jump.

Lopes-Schliep is coming off arguably her best season as a professional, as recorded the top time in the world in 2010 at 12.52 during her victory in London, beating out LoLo Jones' 12.55 from earlier in the season in New York. Lopes-Schliep ended the year with eight victories, including win in her final four races, and placed no lower than fourth all season at 14 meets. Lopes-Schliep also took the top spot in the Diamond League standing over Jones, which earned Lopes-Schliep the inaugural Diamond Race Trophy, a four-carat diamond worth $80,000.

Track and Field News also produced a U.S. Top-10 Rankings, with Breisch leading the way as the country's top discus thrower.  Jonas came in No. 2 on the U.S. list and was joined by current Husker Paul Hamilton, who was the highest-ranked collegiate high jumper at sixth. Nebraska was also represented in the women's high jump by former six-time All-American Epley Bullock, who was sixth, while former three-time Big 12 champion Kayla Wilkinson-Colgrove was picked sixth on the women's javelin chart. The list was rounded out by current Husker Chris Phipps, who is a two-time All-American and earned the No. 7 spot on the men's long jump list.

Women's World Lists
100 HURDLES
1. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada)
2. Sally Pearson (Australia)
3. Lolo Jones (US)
4. Perdita Felicien (Canada)
5. Damu Cherry (US)
6. Carolin Nytra (Germany)
7. Queen Harrison (US)
8. Ginnie Crawford (US)
9. Danielle Carruthers (US)
10. Nevin Yanıt (Turkey)

LONG JUMP
1. Brittney Reese (US)
2. Naide Gomes (Portugal)
3. Darya Klishina (Russia)
4. Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia)
5. Ineta Radēviča (Latvia)
6. Olga Kucherenko (Russia)
7. Tatyana Kotova (Russia)
8. Yuliya Tarasova (Uzbekhistan)
9. Yargelis Savigne (Cuba)
10. Nastassia Mironchyk (Belarus)

DISCUS
1. Yarelis Barrios (Cuba)
2. Sandra Perković (Croatia)
3. Yanfeng Li (China)
4. Dani Samuels (Australia)
5. Nicoleta Grasu (Romania)
6. Nadine Muller (Germany)
7. Becky Breisch (US)
8. Aretha Thurmond (US)
9. Joanna Wisniewska (Poland)
10. Żaneta Glanc (Poland)

Men's World Lists
HIGH JUMP
1. Ivan Ukhov (Russia)
2. Jesse Williams (US)
3. Aleksandr Shustov (Russia)
4. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia)
5. Linus Thornblad (Sweden)
6. Aleksey Dmitrik (Russia)
7. Kyriakos Ioannou (Cyprus)
8. Donald Thomas (Bahamas)
9. Dusty Jonas (US)
10. Kabelo Kgosiemang (Botswana)

Women's US Lists
HIGH JUMP
1. Chaunte Lowe
2. Liz Patterson
3. Amber Kaufman
4. Brigetta Barrett
5. Deirdre Mullen
6. Epley Bullock
7. Hyleas Fountain
8. Jane Doolittle
9. Raevan Harris
10. Sharon Day

DISCUS
1. Becky Breisch
2. Aretha Thurmond
3. Gia Lewis-Smallwood
4. Stephanie Brown
5. Anna Jelmini
6. Summer Pierson
7. Jeneva McCall
8. Brittany Borman
9. Emily Pendleton
10. Rachel Talbert

JAVELIN
1. Kara Patterson
2. Rachel Yurkovich
3. Marissa Tschida
4. Alicia DeShasier
5. Kimberly Hamilton
6. Kayla Wilkinson-Colgrove
7. Amy Backel
8. Brittany Borman
9. Karlee McQuillen
10. Katie Coronado

Men's US Lists
HIGH JUMP
1. Jesse Williams
2. Dusty Jonas
3. Jamie Nieto
4. Tora Harris
5. Andra Manson
6. Paul Hamilton
7. Ricky Robertson
8. Keith Moffatt
9. Joe Kindred
10. Will Littleton

LONG JUMP
1. Dwight Phillips
2. Trevell Quinley
3. Brian Johnson
4. Marquise Goodwin
5. Jeremy Hicks
6. Christian Taylor
7. Chris Phipps
8. Randall Flimmons
9. Jarod Tobler
10. Reindell Cole