Huskers Claim Seven Titles on Third Day of Drake RelaysHuskers Claim Seven Titles on Third Day of Drake Relays
Track and Field

Huskers Claim Seven Titles on Third Day of Drake Relays

Written byJackson Griesch

The Nebraska track and field team won seven event titles on day three of Drake Relays. Donna Douglas (Discus), Hencu Lamberts (Shot Put), Mine De Klerk (Shot Put), Brett Schwartz (Discus), Mason Kooi (High Jump), Women’s 4x200m relay and Sage Burbach (Shot Put UD/CD).

In her first outdoor competition of the year, Douglas threw the fourth-furthest mark in school history (56.80m, 186-4) to win the women’s discus Championship Division title. Amelia Flynt followed close behind, throwing 55.95m (183-6) to claim second and move up to sixth all-time. 

Lamberts continued his monster freshman season, throwing 19.89m to win the men’s shot put Championship Division title and move into eighth in school history.

In the women’s 4x200m relay UD/CD, Nebraska claimed the event title, running 1:34.46, good for the fifth fastest time in school history. The Husker men took second in the 4x200m, running 1:24.82. 

De Klerk won the women’s shot put Championship Division title with a throw of 17.57m (57-7 ¾). 

Schwartz was the collegiate champion of the men’s discus Championship Division, throwing 58.72m (192-8).

In the Championship Division of the men’s high jump, Kooi claimed the event title, clearing 2.18m (7-1 ¾).

In the University women’s 4x100m relay, Nebraska’s quartet of Elo Blessing Okpah, Rajer Gurode, Victoria Aransiola, and Sakena Massiah took third overall, winning their heat with a time of 45.25 and qualifying for finals tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. 

Burbach, the sophomore from Martell, Neb., won the UD/CD women’s shot put with a mark of 15.92m (52-2 ¾). 

Ava Alexander used a mark of 12.08m (39-8) in the women’s triple jump UD/CD to claim a third-place finish.

Winning her heat, Rajer Gurode took third overall in the 100m University/College Division with a time of 11.62. 

Louis Martinez cleared 5.36m (17-7) in the men’s pole vault Championship Division to grab a third-place finish.

In the women’s 400m hurdles, Abrielle Artley took second with a time of 58.15, while James Ledbetter took third on the men’s side with a personal best time of 50.84 in the University/College Division. 

The Big Red will return to action Saturday morning with running events beginning at 8:10 am (CT) and field events at 10 am (CT).