Shot Put and Triple Jump Titles Highlight Hurricane Invitational

The Nebraska track and field team wrapped up action at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational on Saturday evening in Miami, Fla. 

The Huskers had eight top-three finishers, highlighted by event titles from Xavier Bogan in the men’s triple jump and Hencu Lamberts in the men’s shot put. 

Bogan made a clean sweep on the weekend, winning the men’s triple jump with a jump of 15.05m (49-4 ½).

Lamberts won the men’s shot put title, throwing a lifetime best of 19.23m (63-1 ¼). Kael Miedema added a podium finish of his own, throwing 17.65m (57-11) to finish third. 

In her first collegiate competition, Taysha Stubbs threw the fourth furthest javelin mark in school history (56.34m, 184-10), earning second in the women’s javelin invite. Jana Lowka finished just behind her in third, with a mark of 54.57m (179-0). 

Jolina Lange added her name to the school record books as well, throwing 17.30m (56-9 ¼), good for seventh all-time and a second-place finish in the women’s shot put invite. 

In the 400mH, James Ledbetter ran a personal best, 50.61 earning a third-place finish. 

The women’s 4x100m relay team (Elo Blessing Okpah, Kelsie Belquist, Sakena Massiah and Timeke-Jade Coetzee) finished in third, running 44.77.

Whitney Robinson jumped a personal best 12.83m (42-1 ¼) to finish in fourth in the women’s triple jump.

The men’s 4x400m team (Richard Simpson, James Ledbetter, Xavier Bogan and Michael Buchanan) ran 3:13.52, snubbing a fourth-place finish. 

On the women’s side, Sakena Massiah, Abrielle Artley, Whitney Robinson and Ava Alexander claimed a fourth-place finish of their own, running 3:40.75.

The Big Red will return home to host the Husker Spring Kickoff on April 3 and 4. This will be the first time since 2019 that Nebraska has hosted an outdoor track meet.