Darby Thomas Season 2024-25

Career Performance List

Honors
USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (Long - Jump - 2022 Indoor)
Big Ten Champion (Long Jump - 2022 Indoor)
Big Ten Bronze Medal (Long Jump - 2020 Indoor)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2022, 2023)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023; Spring 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2021, 2022, 2023)

2024
Indoor: Ran a personal-best 60m time at the Big Ten Championships with a 7.43 to place 11th and move up to No. 6 on the all-time list…finished 11th in the 200m (24.19) and 13th in the long jump (19-5 1/4, 5.92m) at the conference meet…placed ninth in the long jump (19-0 3/4, 5.81m) and 10th in the 60m (7.49) at the Tyson Invitational…clocked a 24.16 in the 200m to place fifth in the 200m, while finishing sixth in the long jump with an 18-9 (5.71m)…finished third in the long jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial…contributed to the first-place 4x400m relay at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 100m, where she ran an 11.42…placed 11th at the Drake Relays, clocking an 11.79 in the 100m…went a season-best 19-7 ½ (5.98m) in the long jump at the Jim Click Shootout to take fifth…crossed the line at 11.35 in the 100m at the Florida Relays with 2.3 m/s wind to finish sixth.

2023
Indoor: Did not compete. 

Outdoor: Did not compete.

2022
Indoor: Earned USTFCCCA second-team All-America honors after finishing 12th in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships at 6.25m/20-6.25...won the Big Ten indoor long jump title at 6.39m/20-11.75...set a long jump season-best of 6.54m/21-5.5 to win the Nebraska Tune-Up, the No. 3 jump in indoor school history...set a triple jump season-best of 12.06m/39-7 at the Tyson Invitational...won long jump event titles at the Mark Colligan Memorial, Adidas Classic, Tyson Invitational and Nebraska Tune-Up...also won the 60m (7.57) at the Mark Colligan Memorial. 

Outdoor: Finished second in the long jump at the John McDonnell Invitational at 6.14m/20-1.75 but missed the rest of the season with an injury.

2021
Indoor: Placed fourth in the long jump (19-8, 5.99m) and 13th in the triple jump (39-1 1/4, 11.92m) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships…had a season-best jump of 20-2 1/4 (6.15m) in the long jump to finish second at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational…placed third in the long jump and posted a season-best leap of 39-3 1/4 (11.97m) in the triple jump at the Hawkeye B1G Invitational…won the long jump and placed third in the 60m at the Husker Triangular.
 
Outdoor: Finished third in the long jump with a leap of 20-1 1/2 (6.13m) and 10th in the 100m hurdles with a run of 13.75 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…posted a season-best mark of 20-9 1/4 (6.33m) to place 16th in the long jump at NCAA Prelims…crowned long jump champion of Husker Big Ten Invite and placed third at Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays.

2020
Indoor: Placed third in the long jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a jump of 19-9 (6.02m) and was 18th in the 60m with a time of 7.58...ran a season-best time of 7.53 in the 60m at the adidas Classic...won the 60m and long jump titles at both the adidas Classic and Nebraska Tune-Up.

Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Before Nebraska
Attended Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa…had prep bests in the 100m (11.83), 200m (24.33), 100m hurdles (14.28) and long jump (19-6)…was a three-time Iowa state champion in the long jump (2017, 2018 and 2019) and the 2019 state champion in the 100m hurdles.

Personal
Born April 29, 2001...parents is Kristy Large...major is social justice & diversity education.