Rogers Breaks Facility Record at Mark Colligan Memorial

Jenna Rogers highlighted the day with a facility and school record at the Devaney Center Indoor Track, as Nebraska track and field claimed both the men’s and women’s team titles at the Mark Colligan Memorial on Saturday. 

Rogers continues to be the standard in women’s high jump, setting the facility record as well as the new number one mark in the country with a jump of 1.94m (6-4 ¼). Ela Velepec (1.77m, 5-9 ¾) and Brooklyn Miller (1.77m, 5-9 ¾) grabbed second and third respectively. 

Dyson Wicker won the men’s pole vault with a mark of 5.53 (18-1 ¾), which is now the second-best vault in school history and tied for fifth-highest in the country. 

Henry Zimmerman added to the title count and got his year started off in style, winning the men’s weight throw with a mark of 21.82m (71-7 ¼). Seth Schnakenberg threw a personal best 19.69m (64-7 ¼) to finish third. On the women’s side, Cammy Garabian (19.40m, 63-7 ¾) placed fourth, and Kellyn Kortemeyer threw a personal best 19.09m (62-7 ¾) to finish fifth. 

Berlyn Schutz (2:07.34) won the women’s 800m title, running this year’s third-fastest time in the Big Ten. Alea Hardie added a third-place finish, running 2:13.45. Sam Easley tallied a third-place finish of his own on the men’s side, clocking a 1:53.00.

In the women’s mile, Brynna Mcquillen ran a personal best 4:46.89 to take home first. On the men’s side, Jack Witte added a PR of his own, running 4:09.36 to grab third. 

Kavian Kerr (7.33m, 24-0 ¾) and Lishanna Ilves (6.22m, 20-5) won the men’s and women’s long jump titles respectively, while Balvin Israel placed third (7.21m, 23-8). On the women’s side, the Huskers finished second through fifth as Velecia Williams (6.21m, 20-4 ½), Darby Thomas (6.12m, 20-1), Bariborve Deebom (5.97m, 19-7) and Favour Wanjoku (5.87m, 19-3 ¼) rounded out the impressive Husker performance. 

Pradeep Senthilkumar continued his great freshman campaign, winning the men’s 600m, running a personal best 1:17.71, and Logan Lebo (1:20.33) added a second-place finish of his own. On the women’s side, Jordan Metzler ran 1:35.88 to grab second. 

Nebraska took home the top four spots in the men’s high jump, with Tyus Wilson winning his third title of the year with a jump of 2.23m (7-3 ¾). Mason Kooi (2.17m, 7-1 ½) PR, Reid Nelson (2.14m, 7-0 ¼) and Ashriel Dixon (2.10m, 6-10 ¾) PR earned second through fourth. 

The Big Red swept another event as Maxwell Otterdahl (19.68m, 64-6 ¾), Cade Moran (18.08m, 59-4), and Kael Miedema (17.98m, 59-0) earned the top three spots of the men’s shot put. The women continued the trend, sweeping the top six spots as Axelina Johansson set a new number-one mark in the country with a throw of 18.59m (61-0).

Micaylon Moore (15.12m, 49-7 ¼) and Rhianna Phipps (12.72m, 41-8 ¾) earned event titles in the men’s and women’s triple jump. 

Kelsie Belquist won the women’s 200m dash with a time of 25.10, making that her second event title this weekend. Sam Kirchner added an event title of his own in the men’s 3000m, running 8:20.02. 

In the women’s 400m, Abrielle Artley ran a personal best 54.94 to finish second, and Luciana Medina (56.11) added a fourth-place finish. On the men’s side, Tyrell Pierce grabbed a fourth-place finish with a time of 48.45.

In the women’s pole vault, Kylie Clark (4.09m, 13-5), Arina Razina (4.09m, 13-5), and Jacelyn Neighbors (3.94m, 12-11) earned second through fourth. 

Wrapping up the day’s events was the 4x400 relays. The Husker men’s squad of Pierce, Holden Ruse, Senthilkumar and James Ledbetter finished second (3:15.87). 

Additionally, Johansson and Otterdahl won the Mark Colligan Memorial Thrower award. 

Up next, the Huskers hit the road for the Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational in Columbia, Mo., on Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1. 

Mark Colligan Memorial Champions
Henry Zimmerman - Men’s Weight Throw
Dyson Wicker - Pole Vault
Tyus Wilson - High Jump
Kavian Kerr - Long Jump
Lishanna Ilves - Long Jump
Brynna Mcquillen - Mile
Pradeep Senthilkumar - 600m
Maxwell Otterdahl - Shot Put
Berlyn Schutz - 800m
Jenna Rogers - High Jump
Kelsie Belquist - 200m
Axelina Johansson - Shot Put
Micaylon Moore - Triple Jump
Rhianna Phipps - Triple Jump
Sam Kirchner - 3000m