Huskers Set All-Time Marks in Florida

Eight Huskers on the track and field team broke into or improved marks on the Nebraska all-time list at the Pepsi Florida Relays on Friday and Saturday. 

Cade Moran competed in the men’s shot put invitational, throwing 18.85m (61-10 ¼) for a fifth-place finish. In the women’s 100m, Darby Thomas ran a personal-best 11.37, the third-fastest time in school history, for the eighth-place finish. 

In the men’s high jump invitational, Mason Kooi finished sixth (2.16m, 7-1) and Reid Nelson placed seventh (2.11m. 6-11). Cade Moran threw 55.58m (182-4) in the discuss for seventh, while Brett Schwartz hit a mark of 54.93m (180-2) for eighth. On the women’s side, Kellyn Kortemeyer finished ninth (48.46m, 159-0). 

In the women’s triple jump invitational, Velecia Williams jumped 12.86m (42-2 ¼) to earn the seventh-place finish. Lotavia Brown grabbed a runner-up finish in the open division of the women’s triple jump, going 12.62m (41-5). On the men’s side, Balvin Israel triple jumped 14.05m (46-1 ¼) in the open division to finish 21st. 

Kortemeyer throw 16.50m (54-1 ¾) in the women’s shot put invitational, good for eighth. In the open division of the women’s shot put, Lauren St. Peters grabbed 11th, throwing 14.30m (46-11). Two Huskers competed in the men’s 400m open division, as Pradeep Senthilkumar broke into the all-time list, running 1:47.59, for the 10th-place finish and Holden Ruse placed 39th (1:51.15). 

Kelsie Belquist ran a personal-best 54.40 in the 400m to finish 28th, and Raiko Kahr placed 26th in the men’s 110mH prelims, running 14.75. Kavian Kerr ran 10.55 in the men’s 100m, placing 29th. 

Up next, the Huskers compete next weekend, April 11-12, at both the KT Woodman Classic in Wichita, Kan., and the 44 Farms Invitational in College Station, Texas. 

Pepsi Florida Relays Results
Women’s Hammer Throw
12. Hillevi Carlsson: 59.84m (196-4) 
13. Cammy Garabian: 59.76m (196-1) 

Women’s Discus INVITE
7. Kalynn Meyer: 53.58m (175-9)

Women’s High Jump INVITE
6. Karsyn Leeling: 1.79m (5-10 ½) PR
7. Ela Velepec: 1.76m (5-9 ¼) 

Men’s Hammer Throw
21. Brett Schwartz: 58.15m (190-9)

Men’s 1500m
11. Kaleb Sharp: 3:55.19

Women’s Long Jump INVITE
5. Velecia Williams: 6.13m (20-1 ½)
7. Lishanna Ilves: 5.87m (19-3 ¼) 

Men’s Javelin
3. Dash Sirmon: 78.26m (256-9) 
5. Arthur Petersen: 76.57m (251-2)
6. Keyshawn Strachan: 74.11m (243-1)
8. Hayden Gorovitz: 70.09m (229-11) 

Women’s Javelin
3. Maddie Harris: 56.09m (184-0)
4. Eniko Sara: 55.78m (183-0)
5. Emanuela Casadei: 52.78m (173-2)
7. Jenessa Ruder: 50.59m (165-11)

Men’s Long Jump Open
2. Kavian Kerr: 7.50m (24-7 ¼)
12. Balvin Israel: 7.01m (23-0)

Women’s High Jump Open
7. Brooklyn Miller: 1.72m (5-7 ¾)
9. Riley Masten: 1.67m (5-5 ¾) 

Women’s 400mH
36. Abrielle Artley: 1:02.15

Men’s 400mH
18. James Ledbetter: 52.33

Women’s 4x400m Prelim
18. Nebraska (Timeke-Jade Coetzee, Luciana Medina, Abrielle Artley, Kelsie Belquist): 3:45.83

Men’s 4x400m Prelim 
20. Nebraska (James Ledbetter, Logan Lebo, Holden Ruse, Pradeep Senthilkumar): 3:13.93

Men’s Discus
7. Cade Moran: 55.58m (182-4)
8. Brett Schwartz: 54.93m (180-2)

Men’s High Jump INVITE
6. Mason Kooi: 2.16m (7-1)
7. Reid Nelson: 2.11m (6-11) 

Men’s 110mH Prelims
26. Raiko Kahr: 14.75

Women’s Shot Put INVITE
8. Kellyn Kortemeyer: 16.50m (54-1 ¾) 

Men’s 400m Open
10. Pradeep Senthilkumar: 1:47.59 PR
39. Holden Ruse: 1:51.15

Men’s Triple Jump Open
21. Balvin Israel: 14.05m (46-1 ¼)

Women’s Triple Jump Open
2. Lotavia Brown: 12.62m (41-5)

Men’s Shot Put INVITE
5. Cade Moran: 18.85m (61-10 ¼)

Women’s Discus Open
9. Kellyn Kortemeyer: 48.46m (159-0)

Women’s 400m 
28. Kelsie Belquist: 54.40 PR

Women’s 100m
8. Darby Thomas: 11.37 PR

Men’s 100m
29. Kavian Kerr: 10.55

Women’s Triple Jump INVITE
7. Velecia Williams: 12.86m (42-2 ¼) 

Women’s Shot Put Open 
11. Lauren St. Peters: 14.30m (46-11)