Huskers to Host Nebraska Tune-Up on Friday

Nebraska track and field hosts its final home meet of the season on Friday with the Nebraska Tune-Up beginning at 12 p.m. (CT) at the Devaney Center Indoor Track.

The meet will give athletes an opportunity to improve marks ahead of next week’s Big Ten Indoor Championships, Feb. 28-March 1, in Indianapolis, Ind. 

Nebraska Tune-Up Meet Information
Date: Friday, Feb. 21
Location: Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center Indoor Track)
Start Times: Running Events: 12 p.m. (CT) / Field Events: 12:45 p.m. (CT)

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Live Stream
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NCAA Leaders
Athletes who rank in the top 16 nationally at the end of the regular season will qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, which will be held March 14-15 in Virginia Beach, Va. The following Huskers currently rank in the top 16 in their respective events:

Jenna Rogers, High Jump, 6-4 1/4 (1.94m), No. 1 NCAA
Axelina Johansson, Shot Put, 61-0 (18.59m), No. 3 NCAA
Rhianna Phipps, Triple Jump, 44-1 1/4 (13.44m), No. 10 NCAA
Kalynn Meyer, Shot Put, 57-7 3/4 (17.57m), No. 13 NCAA
Mine De Klerk, Shot Put, 57-1 1/2 (17.41m), No. 14 NCAA
Velecia Williams, Triple Jump, 43-9 3/4 (13.35m), No. 14 NCAA

Tyus Wilson, High Jump, 7-4 1/4 (2.24m), No. 4 NCAA
Maxwell Otterdahl, Shot Put, 64-7 (19.68m), No. 5 NCAA
Mason Kooi, High Jump, 7-3 3/4 (2.23m), No. 6 NCAA
Dyson Wicker, Pole Vault, 18-1 3/4 (5.53m), No. 14 NCAA
Henry Zimmerman, Weight Throw, 73-9  (22.48m), No. 16 NCAA

All-Time Top-10 Performances
The following Huskers have either improved their marks or cracked the all-time top-10 indoor charts at Nebraska this season:

Jenna Rogers, High Jump, 6-4 1/4 (1.94m), No. 1
Berlyn Schutz, 3000m, 9:14.33, No. 1
Berlyn Schutz, Mile, 4:35.38, No. 1
Ali Bainbridge, 5000m, 16:07.10, No. 2

Kylie Clark-Fox, Pole Vault, 13-10 (4.22m), No. 3
Brynna McQuillen, 5000m, 16:18.94, No. 3
Ali Bainbridge, 3000m, 9:20.88, No. 4
Darby Thomas, 60m, 7.36, No. 4
Brynna McQuillen, 3000m, 9:21.26, No. 5
Kalynn Meyer, Shot Put, 57-7 3/4 (17.57m), No. 5
Berlyn Schutz, 800m, 2:07.34, No. 5
Ariel Ammentorp, Weight Throw, 65-2 3/4 (19.88m), No. 6
Velecia Williams, Triple Jump, 43-6 1/2 (13.27m), No. 7
Cami Merickel, 5000m, 16:38.46, No. 8
Lishanna Ilves, Long Jump, 20-10 (6.35m), No. 9
Luciana Medina, 600m, 1:32.01, No. 9
Kellyn Kortemeyer, Weight Throw, 64-3 3/4 (19.60m), No. 10
Kellyn Kortemeyer, Shot Put, 54-8 3/4 (16.68m), No. 10

Niko Schultz, 800m, 1:47.42, No. 2
Dyson Wicker, Pole Vault, 18-3 (5.56m), No. 2
Pradeep Senthilkumar, 600m, 1:17.71, No. 5
Pradeep Senthilkumar, 800m, 1:48.60, No. 5
Gabe Nash, 800m, 1:49.50, No. 8
Tyus Wilson, High Jump, 7-4 1/4 (2.24m), No. 9
Mason Kooi, High Jump, 7-3 3/4 (2.23m), No. 10

Huskers in the Polls
Nebraska men’s track and field is ranked 18th in the fourth week of the USTFCCCA rankings after a solid weekend at the Tyson Invitational.

The Husker men have posted three marks inside the top-10 nationally, while adding seven all-time marks this season. Highlighting the group are high jumpers Wilson (7-4 ¼, 2.24m) and Kooi (7-3 ¾, 2.23m) who cleared the No. 4 and No. 6 marks in the NCAA this season, and Otterdahl who is fifth in the country with a shot put throw of 64-7 (19.68).

Nebraska women’s track and field are 18th in this week’s poll, as the women have three top-10 marks and 18 marks in the all-time Husker list. Rogers leads the way as she holds the top high jump in the nation, 6-4 1/4 (1.94m).

The Husker men are the fourth-ranked Big Ten team and have three event squads ranked in the top 10 nationally, including high jump at No. 1, weight throw at No. 4 and shot put at No. 9. On the women’s side, Nebraska is ranked No. 5 in the Big Ten and No. 1 in shot put, No. 2 in high jump, No. 3 in the pentathlon, No. 5 in long jump, No. 6 in weight throw and No. 8 in pole vault.

Rogers, Wicker Earn Weekly Honors
Nebraska track and field’s Rogers and Wicker earned Big Ten Track and Field Weekly honors, announced by the conference office this season. After her record-setting performance last week, Rogers, the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week, claimed a share of the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honor, and Wicker was named the Freshman of the Week, the first Husker to complete this feat.

A native of Rutherford, N.J., Rogers cleared a personal-best and Husker school record 6-3 1/4 (1.91m) in the high jump and took the early collegiate lead. Freshman Wicker, a 2024 New Balance Indoor National Champion, made his Husker debut last week at the Holiday Open, clearing 17-4 1/4 (5.29m) to claim the event title.

Nebraska’s 2025 Big Ten Track & Field Weekly Awards
Dec. 18: Jenna Rogers, Women’s Field Athlete of the Week
Dec. 18: Dyson Wicker, Men’s Freshman of the Week

Johansson Named to The Bowerman Preseason Watch List
Johansson was one of 10 track and field athletes nationally named to The Bowerman 2024 women's preseason watch list. The Bowerman, presented by the USTFCCCA, is the highest track and field accolade given annually to the most outstanding college male and female athletes. First awarded in 2009, watch lists have been released since 2010.

A four-time All-American, Johansson claimed the 2023 Outdoor NCAA title and Indoor NCAA silver medal in the shot put. The junior from Hok, Sweden swept the Big Ten shot put titles last season, putting up a school record-breaking mark of 64-1 1/4 (19.54m) at the outdoor meet to earn the Big Ten Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year honor. Earlier in the season, Johansson topped the indoor school record book, throwing a 63-4 (19.30m) at the Frank Sevigne Invitational. Her best indoor and outdoor distances also broke the Swedish records.

2025 Indoor Season Meet Recaps
Husker Holiday Open (Dec. 13)
Graduate Classic (Day 1 - Jan. 16)
Graduate Classic (Day 2 - Jan. 17)
Prairie Wolf Invitational (Jan. 24)
Mark Colligan Memorial (Jan. 25)
Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational (Day 1 - Jan. 31)
Dr. Rick McGuire Invitational (Day 2 - Feb. 1)
Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (Day 1 - Feb. 7)
Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (Day 2 - Feb. 8)
Tyson Invitational (Day 1 - Feb. 14)
Tyson Invitational (Day 2 - Feb. 15)