Men Automatic Name Event Mark (NCAA Rank) Dusty Jonas High Jump 7-4 1/4 (4th)

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1 2007 Tr ack & Field Nebraska Track & Field Coaches: Head Coach Gary Pepin, Mark Colligan, Jay Dirksen, Kris Grimes, Matt Martin, Billy Maxwell Phone: Fax: Nebraska Media Relations Track & Field MRD: Andy Anderson Phone: Cell Phone: Fax: This Week in Husker Track & Field Week 7 (Release Date: Feb. 21, 2007) Big 12 Indoor Championships Ames, Iowa Lied Recreation Center Date: Friday, Feb Saturday, Feb. 24 Times: Fri.: Multis: 9 a.m.; Track: 1:40 p.m.; Field: 2 p.m. Sat.: Multis: 9 a.m.; Field: Noon; Track: 1:30 p.m. For a complete schedule of events, see page 2. Facility Lied Recreation Center Track: 8-42" lane 300m Mondo surfaced oval (OVERSIZE) Approaches: Mondo 360 LJ, TJ, HJ and PV approaches Throws: Wooden SP and WT rings > Huskers Take Aim at Big 12 Indoor Titles The championship portion of Nebraska's 2007 indoor schedule begins this weekend, as the Huskers travel to Ames, Iowa for the 11th annual Big 12 Indoor Championships. Competition is scheduled to begin at Iowa State's Lied Recreation Center on Friday at 9 a.m. with women's (pentathlon) and men's (heptathlon) combined events, while track preliminary events are scheduled for 1:40 p.m. The pentathlon will be held in its entirety on Friday. Field events will be led by the women's weight throw at 2 p.m., while the men's weight throw, women's pole vault and men's and women's long jump finals also will be contested during the first day of action. Opening-day track finals include the men's and women's 5,000-meter run events and distance medley relays. Most event finals are scheduled for Saturday, including the conclusion of the men's heptathlon to open the day. Tickets are available from the Iowa State ticket office either at the door or in advance by calling (888) For a complete schedule of events, see page 2 of this week's release. The Big 12 indoor meet will be the Huskers' first individually team-scored event of the season. Each conference squad is limited to a roster of 26 competitors for the meet with the top eight finishers in each event counting towards team scores. A scoring system will be used, and individuals are allowed to be Nebraska's 2007 NCAA Indoor Qualifiers Women Provisional Name Event Mark (NCAA rank) Epley Bullock /2 (14th) Sheryl Morgan 400m (24th) Kim Shubert Pentathlon 3,716 (38th) Brysun Stately Pole Vault /2 (t5th) Jeni Steiner /4 (22nd) Z. Suluki-Drakes /4 (t23rd) Casie Witte 5-10 (t23rd) Pentathlon 3,791 (27th) entered in any number of events provided they compete in each one. Complete rosters for Nebraska are included on page 22 of this release Results and recaps from the Big 12 Championships can be found following the conclusion of the each day's events on Huskers.com, while live results will be available during the meet on the ISU website, Cyclones.com. > Nebraska Big 12 Indoor Bits Nebraska (13) and Texas (seven) are the only conference schools to have won a Big 12 indoor team title. The NU men lead all Big 12 schools by having won eight of 10 indoor crowns. Texas owns the other two titles. The NU women's five titles are tied with the Longhorns for the conference lead. Nebraska enters the weekend owning 97 all-time conference team titles. The Husker men alone own 57. Gary Pepin's 19 Big 12 victories are far and a way the most in conference history. Beverly Kearney (UT women) and Bubba Thornton (UT men) rank second and third, respectively, with 11 and six team honors. Six former Big 12 champions will compete for NU this weekend, including four former indoor champs. The Husker men, who have not won a team title in three conference meets, are in the midst of their longest winless stretch since the formation of the Big 12 in Nebraska boasts a Big 12-leading 37 men's indoor conference champions. Texas (32) ranks second. Men Automatic Name Event Mark (NCAA Rank) Dusty Jonas 7-4 1/4 (4th) Provisional Name Event Mark (NCAA Rank) Gable Baldwin Pole Vault /2 (t12th) Seth Burney Pole Vault /2 (t12th) Lukas Hulett 400m (18th) Nate Probasco 200m (t10th) Robert Rands 24-9 (t21st) Daniel Roper /4 (25th) 50-8 (t24th) Ben Schutter Heptathlon 5,474 (9th) P. van der Westhuizen Mile 4:01.79 (17th) Issar Yazhbin Weight Throw /2 (25th) Team 4x400m Relay 3:08.17 (5th) 2007 Nebraska Indoor Schedule Date Meet Time/Result Jan Holiday Inn Invitational...NTS Lincoln, Neb... Devaney Center Track Jan. 20 Conference Challenge...Big ; MWC-146 Lincoln, Neb... Devaney Center Track Jan. 27 adidas Classic...NTS Lincoln, Neb... Devaney Center Track Feb. 2-3 Sevigne Husker Invitational...Noon/10 a.m. Lincoln, Neb... Devaney Center Track Feb Iowa State Classic...NTS Ames, Iowa... Lied Recreation Center Tyson Invitational...NTS Fayetteville, Ark... Randal Tyson Track Center Feb. 16 Prairie Wolf Invitational...NTS Lincoln, Neb... Devaney Center Track Feb Big 12 Indoor Championships... 9/9 a.m. Ames, Iowa... Lied Recreation Center March 2-3 NCAA Qualifier... TBA Ames Iowa... Lied Recreation Cetner South Bend, Ind... Loftus Sports Center March 9-10 NCAA Indoor Championships... TBA Fayetteville, Ark... Randal Tyson Track Center 2007 Nebraska Outdoor Schedule Date Meet Time/Result March Stanford Invitational... TBA April 4-7 April 7 April April April April April 29 May 5 May May June 6-9 Palo Alto, Calif...Cobb Track, Angel Field Texas Relays... TBA Austin, Texas... Mike A. Meyers Stadium Emporia State Relays... TBA Emporia, Kan...Fran Welch Stadium Audrey Walton Multi-Events... TBA Columbia, Mo...Audrey J. Walton Stadium John Jacobs Invitational... TBA Norman, Okla... John Jacobs T&F Complex Kansas Relays... TBA Lawrence, Kan... Memorial Stadium Drake Relays... TBA Des Moines, Iowa... Drake Stadium Penn Relays... TBA Philadelphia, Pa...Franklin Field Nebraska Open...11 a.m. Lincoln, Neb...Ed Weir Stadium Nebraska Invitational...11 a.m. Lincoln, Neb...Ed Weir Stadium Big 12 Outdoor Championships...TBA Lincoln, Neb...Ed Weir Stadium NCAA Midwest Regional... TBA Des Moines, Iowa... Drake Stadium NCAA Outdoor Championships... TBA Sacramento, Calif... Hornet Stadium ALL TIMES ARE CENTRAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

2 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) 2007 Big 12 Indoor Championships Ames, Iowa Schedule of Events Friday, Feb. 23 Combined Events 9 a.m... 60m Hurdles... W... Pentathlon 9:20 a.m... 60m Dash... M...Heptathlon 9:45 a.m.(est) W... Pentathlon 10 a.m.(est) M...Heptathlon 11:30 a.m.(est).... M...Heptathlon Noon(est) W... Pentathlon 12:45 p.m.(est)... M...Heptathlon 1 p.m.(est) W... Pentathlon 2:15 p.m.(est) m Run... W... Pentathlon Running Events 1:40 p.m... 60m Hurdles... W... Prelims 1:55 p.m... 60m Hurdles... M... Prelims 2:10 p.m... 60m Dash... W... Prelims 2:25 p.m... 60m Dash... M... Prelims 2:40 p.m... Mile... W... Prelims 2:55 p.m... Mile... M... Prelims 3:15 p.m... 60m Hurdles... W... Semis 3:30 p.m... 60m Hurdles... M... Semis 3:35 p.m... 60m Dash... W... Semis 3:50 p.m... 60m Dash... M... Semis 4:05 p.m m Run... W... Pentathlon 4:15 p.m y Run... W... Prelims 4:25 p.m y Run... M... Prelims 4:35 p.m m Dash... W... Prelims 4:45 p.m m Dash... M... Prelims 4:55 p.m... 1,000m Run... W... Prelims 5:05 p.m... 1,000m Run... M... Prelims 5:15 p.m m Run... W... Prelims 5:25 p.m m Run... M... Prelims 5:35 p.m m Dash... W... Prelims 5:50 p.m m Dash... M... Prelims 6:05 p.m... 5,000m Run... W... Final 6:30 p.m... 5,000m Run... M... Final 6:55 p.m... Dist. Medley Relay... W... Final 7:15 p.m... Dist. Medley Relay... M... Final Field Events 2 p.m... Weight Throw... W... Final 2:30 p.m W... Final 3:30 p.m... Pole Vault... W... Final 5 p.m... Weight Throw... M... Final 5:30 p.m M... Final Saturday, Feb. 24 Combined Events 9 a.m... 60m Hurdles... M...Heptathlon 9:45 a.m... Pole Vault... M...Heptathlon 12:45 p.m.(est) 1,000m Run... M...Heptathlon Field Events Noon M... Final W... Final 12:30 p.m W... Final 1:30 p.m... Pole Vault... M... Final 2:30 p.m M... Final 3 p.m M... Final W... Final Running Events 1:30 p.m... 60m Hurdles... W... Final 1:40 p.m... 60m Hurdles... M... Final 1:50 p.m... 60m Dash... W... Final 2 p.m... 60m Dash... M... Final 2:10 p.m W... Final 2:20 p.m M... Final 2:30 p.m y Run... W... Final 2:40 p.m y Run... M... Final 2:50 p.m m Dash... W... Final 3 p.m m Dash... M... Final 3:10 p.m... 1,000m Run... W... Final 3:20 p.m... 1,000m Run... M... Final 3:30 p.m m Run... W... Final 3:40 p.m m Run... M... Final 3:50 p.m m Dash... W... Final 4 p.m m Dash... M... Final 4:10 p.m... 3,000m Run... W... Final 4:35 p.m... 3,000m Run... M... Final 5 p.m... 4x400m Relay... W... Final 5:15 p.m... 4x400m Relay... M... Final > On the Road Again This weekend's Big 12 Championships will provide an odd feeling for Nebraska for two reasons. First, the Huskers have competed away from the Devaney Center Track only one out of the first six weeks of the 2007 indoor season. NU opened the year with four straight home competitions before splitting up for the Iowa State Classic and Tyson Invite the weekend of Feb The squad returned to Lincoln last Friday for the Nebraska Wesleyan-hosted Prairie Wolf Invite. While Nebraska typically competes at Iowa State once or twice every indoor season, this will be the first year since 2000 that the conference meet will be contested in Ames. The Huskers are accustomed to the confines of their own home track for the Big 12 meet, as each of the previous six competitions have been held in Lincoln. This will be the third Big 12 Championships that have been hosted by Iowa State, as the school also hosted the 1998 indoor meet. > Three Big 12 Champs Set for Title Defense Three Huskers who claimed individual Big 12 crowns in 2006 are expected to attempt to defend their crowns at Iowa State: Jenny Green, Arturs Abolins and Daniel Roper. Green won her third consecutive women's pole vault title last season with a season-best height of /2. The Grand Island, Neb., native, only in her junior season, is the only women's athlete in Big 12 history with more than two league victories in the event, while she also is the only athlete ever to earn multiple indoor titles. Abolins will aim for his third career men's indoor long jump win, as well as to repeat as conference champion. Former Husker Chris Wright ( ) is the only other men's athlete in Big 12 history with multiple indoor conference crowns in the long jump. Roper, who already owns the distinction of being NU's first-ever three-time conference champ in the men's triple jump, will attempt to win his third consecutive Big 12 indoor title. The Husker senior has helped NU win each of the last five Big 12 indoor titles. Nebraska at the Big 12 Indoor Championships Page NU's Returning Big 12 Champions Women Name Titles Event(s) Jenny Green Three Pole Vault **Dace Ruskule One Discus **Ashley Selig Two Pentathlon One Heptathlon **Kayla Wilkinson Two Javelin Men Name Honors Event(s) Arturs Abolins Two One 4x100m **Gable Baldwin One Pole Vault Nate Probasco Two 200m Two 4x100m Daniel Roper Two **Issar Yazhbin One Hammer Throw **- no career indoor titles bold- expected to compete this weekend > Two Huskers Lead Big 12 Events Nebraska enters the Big 12 Championships with two athletes who have recorded the league's top marks for their respective events this season, and it just so happens that it is the same event. Kim Pancoast and Peter van der Westhuizen, two of the Huskers' top distance threats over the past two seasons who are still searching for their first career conference titles, lead all Big 12 athletes in the women's and men's 1,000-meter run events for Despite their success in the 1,000, each of their specialty races remain the mile. Van der Westhuizen has experienced a very successful season in the mile (see note below), and he ranks second in the event, while Pancoast is a two-time All-Big 12 honoree in the event. As of early this week, it was still unsure which event both Huskers would run. The 3,000-meter events also may feature both Huskers on Saturday. Last 10 Years... Women Year Place NU Finish (Points) Champion (Points) NU Champions 2006 Lincoln, Neb. 2nd (118) Texas (125) Four 2005 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (138.4) NU Four 2004 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (171.5) NU Seven 2003 Lincoln, Neb. 2nd (142) Texas (167) Four 2002 Lincoln, Neb. 2nd (103) Texas (107) Three 2001 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (145.5) NU Four 2000 Ames, Iowa 1st (154.1) NU Three 1999 Manhattan, Kan. 2nd (94.5) Texas (150) One 1998 Ames, Iowa 2nd (101) Texas (156) None 1997 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (160) NU Four Men Year Place NU Finish (Points) Champion (Points) NU Champions 2006 Lincoln, Neb. 2nd (100) Texas (127) Five 2005 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (132) NU Five 2004 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (141.67) NU Five 2003 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (132) NU Five 2002 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (105.5) NU Three 2001 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (124) NU Three 2000 Ames, Iowa 1st (115) NU Four 1999 Manhattan, Kan. 4th (73.5) Texas (113) None 1998 Ames, Iowa 1st (106.5) NU Three 1997 Lincoln, Neb. 1st (132) NU Four

3 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) > Several Huskers Remain Questionable The status of three key Nebraska athletes continue to be in question this week, as each has dealt with nagging injuries that have cost them significant competition time this indoor season. Most notable among the group is two-time NCAA men's long jump champion Arturs Abolins, who has nursed a calf muscle injury for the entirety of the season. Abolins attempted to make his season debut during last week's Prairie Wolf Invite, but he aggravated the injury during run-throughs prior to the event. The Husker senior did compete in the 60-meter dash prelims, clocking a time of 6.95 to open the day. The status of Keith Lloyd, who has dealt with both sickness and an elbow injury in 2007, is promising. Lloyd competed unattached last weekend and registered solid marks in both the men's shot put and weight throw. As of last weekend, all signs pointed to the Omaha native being ready to compete this weekend. On the women's side, it is still uncertain whether Györgyi Farkas will participate in this weekend's pentathlon competition. When healthy, Farkas would be one of the top challengers for the Big 12 title, but she has battled injuries in both hamstrings this season. She was unable to compete in the pentathlon at the Husker Invite three weeks ago. > Huskers Sharp in Big 12 Rehearsal Nebraska competed at the Devaney Center Indoor Track for the final time this season last Friday at the Prairie Wolf Invitational, as several Huskers attempted to make cases for the few uncertain roster spots for the upcoming Big 12 Indoor Championships. Robert Rands locked down a trip to next week s conference meet with his finest effort as a Husker in the men s long jump. Rands led an NU sweep of the top four positions with a winning leap of 24-9, his best mark since arriving at Nebraska. All-American Daniel Roper joined Rands with a provisional qualification by grabbing silvermedal honors (24-6 ½), while freshman Tim Grier set a personal best of 23-6 ¾ in his first attempt at the long jump as a Husker to claim third place. In the women's shot, Jeni Steiner broke the 50-foot barrier for the first time this season during a careerbest performance that earned her an NCAA provisional qualification. Steiner jumped from sixth to fourth place among Big 12 performers this season with her winning mark of /4. Brysun Stately surpassed the 13-foot mark in the women s pole vault for the third straight week while winning Friday s competition with a height of 13-0 ¼, In other field event action, Danielle Smith continued to show progress in her freshman season in the women s triple jump by earning her first career collegiate victory with a personal-best leap of 39-7 ¾, while fellow freshman Epley Bullock claimed her third win of the year in the women s high jump (5-9 ¼). Seth Burney led a 1-2 finish with Gable Baldwin in the men s pole vault, as both Huskers cleared All-American Dusty Jonas rebounded from two consecutive un-jonas-like performances by winning the men s high jump with a height of 7-3. On the track, Sheryl Morgan put together a solid performance while winning the women s 400-meter dash in a season-best The time moved her into third place among conference performers for the season, while also earning her an NCAA provisional mark. Nebraska athletes added four other event crowns Friday, including Nikita Eades (8.64) and Tyrell Ross (8.09), who notched respective wins in the women s and men s 60-meter hurdles. Additionally, Jennifer Pancoast (2:53.86) and Ethan Luebbe (2:27.34) swept the women s and men s 1,000-meter run titles. > Young 4x400 Hits the Mark One of the youngest and most exciting groups on this year's Husker squad is the men's 4x400-meter relay. At times this season, NU has lined up with as many as three freshmen among the four members of its relay squad. The relay, comprised of senior Nate Probasco and freshmen Daniel Christensen, Scott Wims and Lukas Hulett, became the first Nebraska 4x400-meter relay to earn an NCAA qualifying mark since 2004 with a time of 3:08.17 at the Iowa State Classic. Only three NCAA teams own better times this season than Nebraska's relay: Baylor, LSU, Kentucky and Texas A&M. The mark ranks as the fifth-fastest performance in school history, as well as the No. 4-rated time on an oversized (over 200 meters) track. The squad, which has also featured junior Andrew Pearson and freshmen Tim Grier and Nicholas Makukutu this season, is attempting to become the first Husker 4x400-meter relay to reach the NCAA Championships since the 2004 group of Pearson and former Huskers Mark Harrison, Danny Hill and Dmitrijs Milkevics earned ninth place at the NCAA indoor meet. Nebraska currently appears in good standing to push its relay to the NCAA Championships, but it will have at least one more opportunity to post a faster time at the Big 12 indoor meet. Also look for the Huskers to eventually settle on a final team and running order. NU has fielded 12 different team combinations (members or running order) in 12 opportunities this season. > Husker Continues Record Quest Peter van der Westhuizen continued his early-season success with another standout distance performance during his win in the men's mile at the Iowa State Classic. The Husker junior clocked a personal-best time of 4:01.79 to earn victory while continuing his ascent up the program's all-time event chart. Only two Nebraska athletes have posted faster times in the mile than van der Westhuizen: Greg Carlberg (3:59.6) in 1971 and Jean Verster (4:00.64) in A South Africa native, van der Westhuizen has his sights set on breaking the elusive four-minute mark this season. Carlberg turned in NU's only sub-4:00 indoor mile back in 1971 with a time of 3:59.6 on an oversized track in Houston, Texas. Van der Westhuizen will have at least one more opportunity to reach his goal in 2007, but it is still unsure if he will compete in the event Big 12 indoor meet. The 2005 Big 12 runner-up in the indoor mile, van der Westhuizen currently sits at the top of the conference in one event, and it is not the mile. His mark of 2:23.41 that he ran in the 1,000 meter at the Conference Challenge leads the Big 12 this season. > Double the Fun Four Huskers have experienced quick starts to the indoor season by earning NCAA qualifications in multiple events. Casie Witte became Nebraska's first athlete to doubleup this season, reaching NCAA provisional standards during consecutive weeks in the women's high jump and pentathlon at the adidas Classic and Husker Invite. Daniel Roper earned both of his qualifications in the men's long and triple jump at the Husker Invite, while Nate Probasco claimed his 200-meter dash qualifier the same weekend. Probasco added his second provisional mark at the Iowa Trackwire 25 Team Rankings (as of Feb. 20, 2007) Women 1. Arizona State Michigan Georgia South Carolina LSU 28 UCLA Auburn 26 Tennessee Texas A&M Stanford Texas Texas Tech Minnesota Hampton Penn State Georgia Tech 12 Illinois 12 Kansas 12 Villanova 12 Washington St Kansas State 11 North Carolina Arkansas 10 Duke 10 So. Illinois 10 USC 10 USTFCCCA Coaches Poll (as of Feb. 20, 2007) Women 1. Arizona State 2. Michigan 3. South Carolina 4. Georgia 5. Stanford 6. LSU 7. Tennessee 8. Auburn 9. Texas A&M 10. Minnesota 11. Texas Tech 12. Texas 13. Penn State 14. Villanova 15. North Carolina 16. Washington State 17. Arkansas 18. Hampton 19. Kansas 20. Oregon Page Men 1. Florida State Wisconsin Texas Baylor Louisville 30 Washington Auburn Arkansas Oregon 20 Stanford Michigan UCLA Tennessee Clemson Idaho 14 Pittsburgh LSU Oklahoma Nebraska 9 Florida 9 No. Arizona 9 No. Iowa 9 Providence 9 South Alabama 9 UTEP 9 Men 1. Florida State 2. Wisconsin 3. Auburn 4. Texas 5. Washington 6. Stanford 7. Arkansas 8. Oregon 9. Baylor 10. Clemson 11. LSU 12. Louisville 13. Northern Iowa 14. Oklahoma 15. UTEP 16. South Carolina 17. Nebraska 18. Michigan 19. Florida 20. Tennessee

4 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) 2007 Big 12 Event Rankings Women 3... Sheryl Morgan Kim Pancoast : Jennifer Pancoast : Natalja Zarcenko : Kim Pancoast : Ari Goldstein : Nikita Eades x400-Meter Relay 7... Nebraska : Epley Bullock /2 5(tie)... Casie Witte (tie)... Erin Hannon /4 8(tie)... Kim Shubert /4 Pole Vault 2... Brysun Stately /2 6(tie)... Jenny Green /2 4(tie)... Leandra McGruder /2 5(tie)... Zarinah Suluki-Drakes / Jeni Steiner /4 Weight Throw 5... Tamara Solari /4 Pentathlon 2... Casie Witte , Kim Shubert , Megan Whetaley , Erin Hannon ,551 Men 7(tie)... Dax Danns (tie)... Nate Probasco (tie)... Scott Wims Peter van der Westhuizen : Meter Run 6... Lukas Hulett Peter van der Westhuizen : Ethan Luebbe : Brian Parr : Vince Sickler : Peter van der Westhuizen : Peter van der Westhuizen : x400-Meter Relay 3... Nebraska : Dusty Jonas /4 Pole Vault 2(tie)... Gable Baldwin /2 2(tie)... Seth Burney / Robert Rands Daniel Roper / Dusty Jonas Daniel Roper Weight Throw 5... Issar Yazhbin / Bryan Bell /4 Heptathlon 2... Ben Schutter ,474 State Classic as a member of the Huskers' 4x400-meter relay. Lukas Hulett, who opened his NU career by meeting the NCAA provisional standard in the men's 400 meters at the Holiday Inn Invite, joined Probasco on the 1,600- meter relay. Only one Nebraska athlete has qualified for the NCAA indoor meet in multiple events during each of the last two seasons former Huskers Sara Jane Baker (women's high jump and pentathlon) in 2006 and Priscilla Lopes (women's 60-meter dash and hurdles) in The last Husker men to earn two NCAA bids at the same meet were Dmitrijs Milkevics and Aaron Nasers in 2004, who each competed in the 800-meter run and 4x400-meter relay. > Freshmen Driving NCAA Qualifying Efforts Nebraska's highly-touted newcomers have already started to show off their talents in Of the 19 Huskers who have earned provisional qualifications to March's NCAA meet, five are freshmen. Lukas Hulett, a former high school All-American from Bellevue, Neb., became the first Husker to add his name to the list when he clocked a blistering time of while winning the men's 400-meter dash at the Holiday Inn Invite. The Nebraska prep record-holder's time is the third-fastest indoor mark all-time at NU. Seth Burney and Epley Bullock joined Hulett with outstanding performances during the Conference Challenge. Burney became NU's 12th men's athlete alltime to break the 17-foot barrier in the pole vault with a clearance of /4, while Bullock tied a host of other female athletes at No. 10 on the Husker indoor high jump chart with a leap of /2. Daniel Christensen (redshirt) and Scott Wims combined with Hulett and senior Nate Probasco to earn NU an NCAA qualification in the men's 4x400-meter relay at the Iowa State Classic. The squad's time was the fifth-fastest in program history, regardless of track specifications. > Eades Making Steady Progress Nebraska faced a stern challenge during the off-season in trying to replace former Husker great Priscilla Lopes, who turned to the professional ranks following a storied career featuring a national title in the women's 60-meter hurdles and five Big 12 championships. Enter freshman Nikita Eades, previously a standout in the Colorado prep ranks for Littleton High School. While no one can replace Lopes, Eades has quietly pushed herself into consideration for conference honors in her first season. She has claimed four victories in the hurdles in her career-opening season while lowering her personal-best time during each of the first four weeks to her current low mark of Eades currently ranks fourth in the Big 12 with the time and trails the conference leader by only 0.08 seconds. The clocking also moved her into a tie for fifth place on Nebraska's all-time indoor event chart. Additionally, Eades needs to lower her time only 0.03 seconds to meet the NCAA provisional-qualifying standard. > Yazhbin Continues Strong Comeback One of the more welcome sights for Nebraska in the early going this season has been the exceptional weight throw performances from Issar Yazhbin, who sat out the 2006 season with a groin injury. To tell if Yazhbin has completed a successful recovery, one must only look at his early 2007 results. He recorded personal-best spins during each of his first three meets of the season, including a high mark of /2 to claim victory during the adidas Classic. Yazhbin also earned his first career NCAA provisional qualification this year. Page Husker NCAA All-Americans Women Name Honors Event(s) Jenny Green Two Pole Vault *Dace Ruskule One Discus *Ashley Selig Three Pentathlon Two Heptathlon Brysun Stately (at USC) One Pole Vault *Kayla Wilkinson One Javelin Men Name Honors Event(s) Arturs Abolins Two Gable Baldwin One Pole Vault Dusty Jonas Four Nate Probasco One 200m One 4x100m Daniel Roper One *Will not compete during the 2007 indoor season. Former NCAA champions in bold. While neither of his latest performances have gone for personal-best distances, two of the three efforts were still well beyond his previous best mark of 61-5 that he brought into the 2007 season. Additionally, Yazhbin has continued to extend his own Israeli national record in the event, which he first set as a junior in > Men Ranked 22nd in Trackwire 25 The Nebraska men's team continued its stay in the Trackwire 25 this week, but fell from 15th into a tie for 22nd with a projected NCAA point total of nine. The Trackwire 25 attempts to predict team scores for the NCAA Championships based on individual athlete rankings for each event nicknamed the "Dandy Dozen" that are updated weekly by track and field statistician Gary Verigin. After beginning the season ranked ninth, the Huskers have moved up and down in the rankings and now sit at its season-low position of 22nd. One of four Big 12 teams included in the list, the Huskers join conference opponents Texas (third) and Baylor (fourth) in the top 10. Oklahoma (18th) is also listed in the top-25. The Husker women, who began the year ranked 14th in their respective poll, went unranked for the fifth straight projection this week. Texas A&M (ninth), Texas (11th), Texas Tech (12th) Kansas (tie-16th) and Kansas State (tie-21st) represent the Big 12 in the latest release. Nebraska athletes among this week's "Dandy Dozen" include: Women Brysun Stately, Pole Vault 6th Men Dusty Jonas, 4th Nebraska, 4x400-Meter Relay 7th Arturs Abolins, 7th Ben Schutter, Heptathlon 11th

5 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) > Huskers Slip to 17th in Coaches Poll The Nebraska men's team again appeared among the nation's top-20 teams in this week's release of the USTFCCCA Coaches poll. The Husker men's squad, which boasts five returning All-Americans and finished the 2006 indoor season tied for 12th at the NCAA indoor meet, was rated 17th this week following a 10th-place mention a week ago. The NU women, also with five All-Americans, opened the year at No. 19 before falling out of the rankings three weeks ago. The complete poll can be found on page 3 of this week's release. > 73 Huskers Named to Big 12 Honor Roll Seventy-three members of the Nebraska men's and women's track and field team were named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll, the conference office announced earlier this month. Among the group were 13 Huskers who posted perfect 4.0 grade-point averages during the past semester. Athletes must earn a 3.0 grade-point average to qualify for the award. Nebraska placed 39 women on the honor roll, including five student-athletes with 4.0 GPA's, while 34 Husker men were recognized, including eight with perfect GPA's. Overall, a total of 270 Nebraska student-athletes earned recognition on the Big 12 Fall Honor Roll, with 33 having a 4.0 semester GPA. > Four Athletes Added at Semester The Husker men's squad added three freshmen athletes to its 2007 roster this week following the start of second semester classes Dax Danns (Lemon Grove, Calif.), Erwin Schmidt (Benoni, South Africa) and Cylend Simmons (Mesa, Ariz) while the NU men's team added Jamie Klages (Coronado, Calif.) a former member of the Nebraska soccer team. Danns, a sprints prospect out of Helix High School, arrives at Nebraska boasting solid personal-best times of in the 100-meter dash, in the 200 and in the 400. A native of Guyana, both of Danns' 100 and 200 marks rank as national junior records. He finished fourth place in both events as a junior at the 2005 California state meet. Danns currently leads the Husker men's team with a time of 6.79 in the 60 meters. Simmons will join Nebraska's hurdles crew following an outstanding prep career at Mesa Westwood High School. He set the all-time Arizona state record of while winning the 300-meter hurdles at the Arizona Meet of Champions last spring. Simmons was named the Gatorade Boy's Athlete of the Year for Arizona in 2006 and also owns a personal-best time of in the 110- meter hurdles. Schmidt brings outstanding potential from South Africa in the 800-meter run, as he owns a personal-best time of 1: The mark ranked third among all South African junior athletes for Klages served as a two-year starter at goalie for the Husker soccer program before turning her attention to the track this winter. A former standout high jumper in the California prep ranks, she owns a personal-best height of /4, a mark that ranked her ninth among all U.S. high school athletes in Klages placed fifth as a junior at the California state meet in For more information on each of Nebraska's mid-year additions, see page 6. > Nine All-Americans Return in 2007 Nebraska returns four women's and five men's athletes for the 2007 season who have combined to earn 19 NCAA All-America honors during their outstanding careers. Leading the pack is senior Ashley Selig, who has registered five of the awards, including the 2004 NCAA indoor championship in the pentathlon. NU returns a second national champion in senior Dace Ruskule, who won the NCAA outdoor discus title last season, while senior Kayla Wilkinson (javelin) and junior Jenny Green (pole vault) also will compete for further accolades this season. Only Green will compete during the 2007 indoor season. Nebraska brought in a fifth women's All-American to join the squad during the offseason in sophomore Brysun Stately, who placed sixth in the pole vault at the 2006 NCAA outdoor meet. Senior Arturs Abolins, a two-time national champion in the long jump, leads the men's squad into the season, while junior Dusty Jonas, a four-time All-American in the high jump, also returns. Two-time All-American Nate Probasco will be the Huskers' leader in the sprints during his senior campaign. Gable Baldwin (pole vault) and Daniel Roper (triple jump), each one-time honorees, also will compete in their finals seasons as Huskers. > NU Boasts Heralded Freshman Classes A pair of incoming classes ranked among the nation's top 10 by Track & Field News magazine will aid both Husker men's and women's teams in their championship drives during the 2007 season. The women's class, ranked No. 4 nationally by Track & Field News, will help fill the holes created by the loss of a 2006 senior class that accounted for three individual NCAA titles and 21 All-America finishes. The group, which was highlighted with signings by former high school All-Americans Brysun Stately and Epley Bullock, along with international combined events prospects Györgyi Farkas and Megan Wheatley, was NU's first-ever top-five ranked class. While the Husker men lost 10 All-America finishes with members of its 2006 senior class, this season's group of newcomers earned one of the program's highest rankings ever by the famed track and field publication with a No. 8 rating. The class featured the signings of former high school All-Americans Seth Burney, Tim Grier, Lukas Hulett, Nicholas Makukutu and Scott Wims. > Pepin in 27th Season at Husker Helm Nebraska Head Coach Gary Pepin is in his 27th year guiding the Husker women s team and 24th year coaching the NU men's squad. Pepin is only one season shy of former Husker coach Frank Sevigne as the longest-tenured track and field coach in school history. Sevigne logged 28 seasons leading the NU men s program from 1956 through Pepin has helped the Husker women combine for 38 of their 40 conference titles, while also notching 20 of the program s 21 top-five NCAA team finishes, including each of Nebraska s three indoor national championships. Pepin has led the men's team to 25 of its 57 indoor and outdoor conference crowns, while also notching two NCAA top-five placings. The Huskers' second-place finish at the 1996 NCAA Indoor Championships ranks as the squad's highest at an NCAA meet NCAA Indoor Qualifying Standards Women Page Running Events Automatic Provisional Event FAT FAT 55 Meters 6.75@ 6.92@ 60 Meters 7.27@ 7.44@ 55-Meter Hurdles 7.58@ 7.86@ 8.15@ 8.43@ 200 Meters Meters Meters 2: :09.00 Mile# 4: : ,000 Meters# 9: : ,000 Meters# 16: : ,600-Meter Relay 3: :40.00 Mile Relay 3: :41.20 DMR-Meters# 11: :30.00 DMR-Yards# 11: :33.50 *Qualifying times on a banked or over 200 meter track Field Events Automatic Provisional Event Metric Imperial Metric Imperial / Pole Vault / / / / / /2 Weight Throw / Heptathlon 4,050 points 3,700 points Men Running Events Automatic Provisional Event FAT FAT 55 Meters 6.14@ 6.24@ 60 Meters 6.62@ 6.72@ 55-Meter Hurdles 7.17@ 7.38@ 7.70@ 7.91@ 200 Meters Meters Meters 1: :49.90 Mile# 3: : ,000 Meters# 7: : ,000 Meters# 13: : ,600-Meter Relay 3: :10.40 Mile Relay 3: :11.60 DMR-Meters# 9: :45.70 DMR-Yards# 9: :49.20 *Qualifying times on a banked or over 200 meter track Field Events Automatic Provisional Event Metric Imperial Metric Imperial / Pole Vault / / / / / Weight Throw / /4 Heptathlon 5,650 points 5,300 points

6 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) Husker Mid-Year Roster Additions Page Dax Danns Fr. Lemon Grove, Calif. (Helix) Personal Bests Indoors: 60m, 6.79; 200m, Prep Outdoors: 100m, 10.60; 200m, 21.21; 400m, Honors Guyana 60- (Indoor), 100- and Junior National Record Holder Dax Danns enrolled at Nebraska for the spring semester in time to compete for the Huskers during the 2007 indoor season... a native of Guyana, he owns junior national records in the 60-meter dash (6.79) indoors, as well as the 100 (10.60) and 200 (21.21) outdoors. High School: Danns was a top sprints prospect in the California prep ranks at Helix High School in the San Diego area prior to an injury-plagued senior year in earned fourth place in both the 100 (10.65) and 200 (21.42) as a junior at the 2005 California state meet, while also running the lead leg for Helix s meetqualifying 4x100-meter relay... earned ninth (10.86) and 14th (21.65p) in the 100 and 200, respectively, as a sophomore in 2004, while also helping the Scotties to a 14thplace finish in the 400-meter relay... as a freshman in 2003, ran on 4x100- and 4x400- meter relay teams with former Heisman Trophy-winning tailback Reggie Bush... the latter relay placed ninth at state... posted his personal-best times in the 100 and 200 while representing Guyana at the World Youth Championships in Marrakech, Morocco in July of appeared at the 2004 CARIFTA Games (Caribbean nations) in Hamilton, Bermuda, finishing runner-up in the 200 (21.94) and third in the 100 (11.18). Personal: Undecided on a major... parents are George and Donna Danns... born March 27, Personal Bests Indoor: 600y, 1:12.13 Outdoor: 800m, 1:49.75A Erwin Schmidt Fr. Benoni, South Africa Erwin Schmidt enrolled at Nebraska for the spring semester in time to compete for the Huskers during the 2007 indoor season. In South Africa: Schmidt specialized in the 800-meter run as a prep runner in South Africa... posted his personal-best time of 1:49.75 while placing third at the 2006 South African Under-20 championships in Pretoria, Gauteng... the time also ranked third for the 2006 season among all South Africa juniors (under 20)... previously owned a personal best of 1:49.97, which he recorded in 2005 to place runner-up at a meet in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. Personal: Undecided on a major... parents are Erwin and Sonya Schmidt... born April 23, Cylend Simmons Fr. Mesa, Ariz. (Westwood) Personal Bests Prep Outdoors: 300m Hurdles, 37.01; 110m Hurdles, Personal Bests Prep Outdoors:, /4 Jamie Klages Fr. Coronado, Calif. (Coronado) Jamie Klages (pronounced CLAY-jess) joined the Husker track and field team prior to the 2007 indoor season... previously served as a two-year starter at goalie for the Husker women s soccer team. High School: Klages won the 2005 San Diego area CIF high jump championship after clearing advanced to the California state meet, but did not qualify for the finals after registering a height of 5-4 during the prelims... reached a personal-best height of 5-10 ¼ as a senior for Coronado High School, a mark that ranked ninth among all U.S. prep athletes for earned her top state meet placing of fifth as a junior in 2004 with a leap of 5-7. Personal: High school coach was George Green... undecided on a major... parents are Peggy Crane and Mark Klages... born Oct. 9, Cylend Simmons (pronounced SIGH-land) enrolled at Nebraska for the spring semester in time to compete for the Huskers during the 2007 indoor season. High School: Simmons ranked as one of the nation s top prep hurdles prospects as a senior... set the all-time Arizona state prep record in 300-meter hurdles with a clocking of to win gold at the 2006 Arizona Meet of Champions in Chandler, Ariz... ranked 15th among all prep athletes nationally with the record mark... won his second straight Arizona Class 5A state title the week before with a time of while placing sixth in the 110 hurdles (14.67)... earned his first state title in the 300 hurdles as a junior in 2005 (37.36)... did not begin hurdling until his junior year at Mesa Westwood High School. Personal: High school coach was Harold Smith... undecided on a major... parents are Charles and Trinna Simmons.

7 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) 2007 Indoor Performance List Women 1. Chi Kalu 0:07.73 Jan Sarah Lyons 0:07.78s* Jan Nikita Eades 0:07.90* Jan Leandra McGruder 0:08.06p* Jan Sheryl Morgan 0:24.74 Feb Sarah Lyons 0:25.14* Jan Chi Kalu 0:25.28* Feb Megan Wheatley 0:26.09* Jan. 20 Oversize Track: Nikita Eades 0:25.85o* Feb. 9 Kim Shubert 0:26.54o* Feb Sheryl Morgan 0:54.24% Feb Sarah Lyons 0:56.88* Feb Justine Roach 0:58.65 Jan Natalja Zarcenko 0:58.83* Feb. 16 Bridget Meduna 1:02.34* Feb Justine Roach 1:25.58 Jan Danute Ceika 1:27.63 Feb Kim Shubert 1:29.45* Jan Meter Run 1. Danute Ceika 1:38.30 Feb Janae Mueller 1:42.75 Feb Kim Pancoast 2:10.90* Feb Natalja Zarcenko 2:12.75 Jan Danute Ceika 2:17.74 Jan Megan Wheatley 2:22.48* Feb Kim Shubert 2:27.85 Feb Casie Witte 2:32.37 Feb Erin Hannon 2:33.55* Feb Kim Pancoast 2:51.44 Feb Jennifer Pancoast 2:53.86* Feb Natalja Zarcenko 2:56.13 Jan Kim Pancoast 4:49.71 Jan Jennifer Pancoast 4:54.23* Jan Natalja Zarcenko 4:55.07 Feb Joslyn Dalton 5:02.85 Feb Ari Goldstein 5:11.05* Feb Sara Prince 5:14.74* Jan Elizabeth Marsh 5:17.85* Jan Jennifer Fritz 5:35.66 Jan Val Zajac 5:39.67 Jan. 20 Oversize Track: Natalja Zarenko 4:52.55o* Feb Jennifer Pancoast 9:54.34* Feb Ari Goldstein 10:03.52* Feb Channing Anseth 10:08.68* Feb Joslyn Dalton 10:13.78 Jan Elizabeth Marsh 10:47.37* Jan Sara Prince 10:47.44* Jan Val Zajac 11:09.25 Jan Jennifer Fritz 11:11.70 Feb. 3 Oversize Track: Joslyn Dalton 10:09.48o Feb Ari Goldstein 17:31.22 Jan Joslyn Dalton 17:40.59* Feb Sara Prince 18:33.26* Jan Elizabeth Marsh 19:06.98* Feb Val Zajac 19:36.98 Jan. 12 Oversized Track: Ari Goldstein 17:04.49o* Feb Nikita Eades 0:08.46* Feb Casie Witte 0:09.00* Feb Kim Shubert 0:09.10* Feb Erin Hannon 0:09.16* Feb Megan Wheatley 0:09.23* Feb. 2 4x400-Meter Relay 1. Eades, Roach, 3:48.38 Jan. 27 Lyons, Morgan Distance Medley Relay (1, ,600 Meters) 1. J. Pancoast, K. Pancoast, 12:16.42 Jan. 13 Prince, Goldstein 1. Epley Bullock /2 (1.82)*% Jan Casie Witte 5-10 (1.78)*% Twice 3. Erin Hannon 5-8 3/4 (1.75) Jan Kim Shubert 5-8 3/4 (1.75)* Feb Ashlee Dickinson 5-7 1/4 (1.71) Feb Györgyi Farkas 5-5 (1.65) Jan Jamie Klages 5-3 1/4 (1.61)* Feb Megan Wheatley 5-1 3/4 (1.57)* Feb. 2 Pole Vault 1. Brysun Stately /2 (4.18)*% Feb Jenny Green /4 (3.83) Feb Lindsey Maher /2 (3.67)* Feb Leandra McGruder /2 (6.03)* Jan Zarinah Suluki-Drakes /4 (5.82)* Feb Györgyi Farkas /4 (5.78) Jan Erin Hannon /2 (5.47) Feb Casie Witte /4 (5.40) Feb Kim Shubert /2 [5.32]* Feb Megan Wheatley /4 (5.29)* Feb Zarinah Suluki-Drakes /4 (12.77)*% Feb Leandra McGruder (12.47)* Feb Danielle Smith /4 (12.08)* Feb Jeni Steiner /4 (15.73)*% Feb Kacie Sharp /4 (13.87)* Jan Györgyi Farkas /2 (12.56)* Jan Megan Wheatley /2 (12.43)* Feb Casie Witte /4 (10.98)* Feb Kim Shubert /2 (10.88)* Jan Erin Hannon /2 (10.35)* Feb Pound Weight Throw 1. Tamara Solari /4 (18.75) Jan Jeni Steiner 55-1 (16.79) Jan Kacie Sharp /4 (15.31)* Jan. 12 Pentathlon 1. Casie Witte 3,791*% Feb Kim Shubert 3,716*% Feb Megan Wheatley 3,611* Feb Erin Hannon 3,551* Feb. 2 - NCAA automatic qualifying mark * - personal best % - NCAA provisional qualifying mark p - preliminaries # - school record s- semifinals $ - all-time Big 12-best performance o- oversize track

8 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) 2007 Indoor Performance List Men 1. Dax Danns 0:06.79* Feb Scott Wims 0:06.82* Feb Arturs Abolins 0:06.95p Feb Nate Probasco 0:06.98p Twice 5. Daniel Christensen 0:07.04p* Jan Ben Schutter 0:07.07p* Jan Robert Rands 0:07.20p* Twice 8. Skyler Reising 0:07.26 Jan Lee Martin 0:07.55 Feb Nate Probasco 0:21.12% Feb Scott Wims 0:21.30* Feb Dax Danns 0:21.72* Jan Daniel Christensen 0:21.93* Jan Skyler Reising 0:22.95* Jan. 20 Oversize Track: Lukas Hulett 0:21.69o* Feb Lukas Hulett 0:47.03*% Jan Tim Grier 0:48.70* Feb Andrew Pearson 0:48.92 Feb Daniel Christensen 0:48.96* Feb Nick Makukutu 0:49.47* Feb Jared Gillmore 0:50.39* Feb. 16 Oversize Track: Daniel Christensen 0:48.88o* Feb András Licsák 1:11.93* Feb Lukas Hulett 1:11.96* Jan Nick Makukutu 1:11.97* Jan Erwin Schmidt 1:12.13* Jan Andrew Pearson 1:13.11* Feb Jared Gillmore 1:15.38 Feb Meter Run 1. András Licsák 1:19.34* Feb Erwin Schmidt 1:22.37* Feb Peter van der Westhuizen 1:49.98* Feb András Licsák 1:54.31 Feb Ethan Luebbe 1:54.48 Feb. 3 Oversize Track: Erwin Schmidt 2:06.63 Feb Peter van der Westhuizen 2:23.41* Jan Ethan Luebbe 2:27.18* Jan Brian Parr 2:28.00* Jan Vince Sickler 2:29.49* Feb Andrew Lind 2:30.97* Feb Kyle Custer 2:32.10* Feb Mackenzie Jeffrey 2:35.43* Jan Ben Schutter 2:50.05 Feb Peter van der Westhuizen 4:02.27*% Jan Brian Parr 4:11.41* Jan Ethan Luebbe 4:15.22* Jan Kyle Custer 4:20.33* Jan Andrew Lind 4:22.00* Jan Vince Sickler 4:22.74* Feb Mackenzie Jeffrey 4:27.18* Feb. 16 Oversize Track: Peter van der Westhuizen 4:01.79o*% Feb. 10 Andrew Lind 4:20.32o* Feb. 10 Vince Sickler 4:20.82o* Feb Brian Parr 8:15.26* Feb Kyle Custer 8:42.46* Jan Bryce Somer 9:04.66* Jan. 27 Oversize Track: Brian Parr 8:15.26o* Feb Peter van der Westhuizen 14:25.81* Jan Bryce Somer 15:42.47* Feb Alec Maduza 15:54.96 Jan Tyrell Ross 0:08.01* Twice 2. Jamie Ryder 0:08.14p Jan Ben Schutter 0:08.33* Feb Lee Martin 0:08.69p* Jan Skyler Reising 0:09.11p Jan. 27 4x400-Meter Relay 1. Probasco, Wims, 3:10.91 Jan. 27 Christensen, Hulett Oversize Track: Probasco, Christensen, 3:08.17% Feb. 10 Wims, Hulett 1. Dusty Jonas 7-4 1/4 (2.24)@ Jan John Ottun 6-7 1/2 (2.02)* Feb Skyler Reising 6-5 1/2 (1.97) Feb Lee Martin 6-3 1/2 (1.92) Twice Matt Trostel 6-3 1/2 (1.92)* Feb Tyrell Ross 6-2 3/4 (1.90)* Jan Ben Schutter 6-0 (1.83) Twice Pole Vault 1. Gable Baldwin /2 (5.30)% Feb. 10 Seth Burney /2 (5.30)*% Feb Zac Holoch (4.85)* Feb Ben Schutter 14-9 (4.50) Feb Robert Rands 24-9 (7.54)% Feb Daniel Roper /4 (7.50)*% Feb Dusty Jonas (7.29)* Jan Tim Grier /4 (7.18)* Feb LeRon Williams /4 (7.17) Feb Ben Schutter /4 (6.84) Feb Lee Martin /4 (5.92) Feb Skyler Reising /4 (5.87) Feb Daniel Roper 50-8 (15.44)% Feb Chris Nuttelman /2 (14.82)* Feb Robert Rands /2 (14.03)* Feb Igor Somda /2 (13.93)* Feb Daniel Wasson /4 (13.52) Feb Ben Schutter /4 (14.84)* Feb Skyler Reising /2 (13.88)* Jan Lee Martin /4 (12.72) Feb Pound Weight Throw 1. Issar Yazhbin /2 (19.72)*% Jan Bryan Bell /4 (18.56)* Feb Aaron Bozarth /4 (16.72)* Jan Eric Petersen /2 (16.01)* Jan. 20 Heptathlon 1. Ben Schutter 5,474*% Feb. 2-3 Page Returnees in - NCAA automatic qualifying mark * - personal best % - NCAA provisional qualifying mark p - preliminaries # - Nebraska school record o - oversize track

9 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) Week 1 Holiday Inn Invite Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers Holiday Inn Invite Lincoln, Neb. 17 (10/7) Baldwin (PV-p); Jonas (HJ-p); Hulett (400m-p) Lincoln (Jan. 13) --- Nebraska was led by three men s athletes who claimed NCAA provisional qualifications in their first opportunity of the year at the season-opening Holiday Inn Invitational. Freshman Lukas Hulett started off his NU career with a bang, running the third-fastest 400-meter time in Nebraska men s indoor history while dominating the event with a winning edge of 1.6 seconds. The Bellevue, Neb., native s time of also cracked the NCAA provisional-qualifying standard. Joining Hulett as provisional qualifiers for March s NCAA meet were a pair of Husker All-American veterans in senior Gable Baldwin and junior Dusty Jonas. Baldwin cracked 17 feet while winning the pole vault Lukas Hulett, Fr. over unattached teammate Nic Petersen, while Jonas earned his second event title of the weekend with a 7-1 clearance in the high jump. Jonas also won the long jump on Friday. Sophomore transfer Brysun Stately, who finished sixth in the women s pole vault at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships for USC, made a successful debut in Scarlet and Cream with a winning pole vault clearance of 12-9 ½. Stately nearly met the provisional standard while attempting to break the school indoor record at the next height, but fouled on each of her final three tries at 13-9 ¾. Another sophomore, Zarinah Suluki-Drakes, recorded a huge personal best in the triple jump in addition to earning her second event title in two days. She shot past the 40-foot barrier for the first time with a winning leap of 41-1 ½, besting her previous career long by well over a foot. Suluki-Drakes, who also took home top honors in the long jump on Friday, led a finish in the triple jump with freshmen teammates Leandra McGruder (39-5) and Danielle Smith (38-1 ¼). Two other freshmen, Nikita Eades and Erin Hannon, added victories in their first Devaney Center appearances on Saturday in the 60-meter hurdles and high jump, respectively Lincoln (Jan. 12) --- Nebraska kicked off the 110th season of Husker track and field with five event titles during the first of two days of competition of the Holiday Inn Invitational. Junior Peter van der Westhuizen concluded Friday s action on the track with NU s best performance, as he posted the fifth-best men s 5,000-meter time in school history while winning with a personal-best clocking of 14: The mark was only a little more than eight seconds shy of former Husker David Iteffa s school record set in Sophomore Joslyn Dalton made it a clean sweep with a career-best time of 17:55.06 in the women's 5k race. Sophomore Jennifer Pancoast later added her first victory in a Nebraska uniform with a lifetime-best time of 10:13.04 in the women s 3,000 meters, cutting nearly 14 seconds off her previous best mark. In addition to Nebraska s standouts on the track, two Huskers helped the squad sweep the men s and women s long jump events. Junior Dusty Jonas shattered his previous best in the long jump with a leap of to outdistance sophomore teammate Robert Rands (23-6 ¾) for the event crown. Sophomore Zarinah Suluki-Drakes also held off a teammate in freshman Leandra McGruder during the women s section with a winning mark of 18-6 ½. Week 2 Conference Challenge Page Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers Conference Challenge Lincoln, Neb. 17 (8/9) Bullock (HJ-p); Burney (PV-p); Yazhbin (WT-p) Neb. Wesleyan Invite Lincoln, Neb. 6 (2/4) None Lincoln (Jan. 20) --- The Nebraska men s and women s track and field teams led Team Big 12 to an impressive victory over Team Mountain West in the inaugural Conference Challenge meet. Huskers won exactly half of the 34 events contested while pacing the trio of NU, Kansas State and Missouri to a decision over the MWC pairing of Air Force and Colorado State. Nebraska was led by three Epley Bullock, Fr. individuals who earned their first NCAA qualifying marks of the young season, including a pair of freshmen in pole vaulter Seth Burney and high jumper Epley Bullock. Burney out-dueled All-America senior teammate Gable Baldwin in the men s pole vault with a winning clearance of 17-0 ¾ that placed him among the early provisional qualifiers for March s NCAA Indoor Championships. The vault marked a career-best effort for the Nebraska prep record holder, who also became the 12th men s athlete all-time at NU to break the 17-foot barrier in the pole vault indoors. While Bullock was unable to claim victory in the women s high jump, she put together an outstanding performance culminating in a final clearance of 5-11 ½. Like Burney, Bullock also earned an NCAA provisional qualification in addition to moving into a tie for 10th place on the Huskers all-time indoor high jump chart. Nebraska s final NCAA qualifying performance came from a seasoned veteran in senior Issar Yazhbin. The Israeli national record holder in the men s 35-pound weight throw, Yazhbin set a new lifetime best with his winning spin of 64-1 ¾. It marked his first career provisional-qualifying performance, as well as the second consecutive week that he recorded a personal-best effort. The Huskers dominated several other areas during the competition by taking the top two positions in three events. Peter van der Westhuizen continued the early success to his junior season by winning the men s 1,000-meter run in a blistering career-low time of 2:23.41, while freshman Ethan Luebbe followed close behind with a personal-best clocking of 2: Sophomore Brysun Stately (12-9 ½) and junior Jenny Green (12-5 ½) also went 1-2 in the women s pole vault, and sophomore Zarinah Suluki-Drakes (40-5 ½) and freshman Leandra McGruder (40-4) earned the top two spots in the women s triple jump. McGruder, who registered a personal best in the event, also won the long jump and fell just short of a provisional qualification by leaping to a lifetime-best distance of 19-9 ½. Following the Conference Challenge, several Huskers took part in the Nebraska Wesleyan Invitational, also held at the Devaney Center. The same five schools participated, in addition to the Prairie Wolves. NU winners at the NWU Invite included: freshman Nick Makukutu (49.65) in the men s 400-meter dash; van der Westhuizen (1:51.45) in the men s 800 meters; junior Györgyi Farkas (18-11 ¾) in the women s long jump; Rands (45-9 ¼) in the men s triple jump; Bullock (5-7) in the women s high jump; and the Nebraska men s 4x400-meter relay (3:20.57) team of sophomore Ben Schutter, Makukutu, junior Andrew Pearson and freshman András Licsák. NU Women's Event Champions: 3,000m: J. Pancoast (10:13.04) 5,000m: Dalton (17:55.06) 60m Hurdles: Eades (8.67) 4x400m: Nebraska (3:52.37) Lyons, Eades, Roach, Morgan DMR: Nebraska (12:16.42) J. Pancoast, K. Pancoast, Prince, Goldstein HJ: Hannon (5-8 3/4; 1.75) PV: Stately (12-9 1/2; 3.90) LJ: Suluki-Drakes (18-6 1/2; 5.65) TJ: Suluki-Drakes (41-1 1/2; 12.53) SP: Steiner (49-8 1/2; 15.15) NU Men's Event Champions: 400m: Hulett (47.03) 5,000m: van der Westhuizen (14:25.81) 4x400m: Nebraska (3:13.60) Pearson, Makukutu, Wims, Hulett HJ: Jonas (7-1; 2.16) PV: Baldwin (17-0 3/4; 5.20) LJ: Jonas (23-11; 7.29) TJ: Roper (49-6 1/2; 15.10) NU Women's Event Champions: Conference Challenge 400m: Morgan (55.45) Mile: J. Pancoast (4:54.23) 5,000m: Goldstein (17:31.22) 60m Hurdles: Eades (8.64) PV: Stately (12-9 1/2; 3.90) LJ: McGruder (19-9 1/2; 6.03) TJ: Suluki-Drakes (40-5 1/2; 12.33) SP: Steiner (49-6 1/2; 15.10) NWU Invite HJ: Bullock (5-7; 1.70) LJ: Farkas ( /4; 5.78) NU Men's Event Champions: Conference Challenge 60m: Wims (6.89) 200m: Probasco (21.27) 1,000m: van der Westhuizen (2:23.41) 60m Hurdles: T. Ross (8.22) 4x400m: Nebraska (3:11.30) Grier, Probasco, Christensen, Hulett HJ: Jonas (6-9 1/2; 2.07) PV: Burney (17-0 3/4; 5.20) LJ: Rands (23-0 1/2; 7.02) WT: Yazhbin (64-1 3/4; 19.55) NWU Invite 400m: Makukutu (49.65) 800m: van der Westhuizen (1:51.45) 4x400m: Nebraska (3:20.57) Schutter, Makukutu, Pearson, Licsák TJ: Rands (45-9 1/4; 13.95)

10 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) Page 10 Week 3 Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers adidas Classic Lincoln, Neb. 12 (5/7) Jonas (HJ-a); Stately (PV-p); van der Westhuizen (Mile-p); Witte (HJ-p) Lincoln (Jan. 20) --- Nebraska athletes set four new NCAA qualifying marks, while 12 Huskers earned event titles during the adidas Classic in front of 2,037 spectators at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. Junior Dusty Jonas raised the bar for NU, becoming the squad s first automatic qualifier this season for the NCAA indoor meet. Jonas punched his ticket to Fayetteville, Ark., with a near-flawless effort in the men s high jump that ended with the All-American tying the best mark by a collegian this season entering the weekend with a winning height of 7-4 ¼. The La Vernia, Texas, product made five consecutive heights on first attempts after not entering the competition until the Peter van der Westhuizen, Jr. bar reached 6-9. After meeting the NCAA automatic standard of 7-4 ¼, Jonas attempted to tie the school record of 7-6, but was unsuccessful on each of his three tries. The performance marked Jonas second-best career showing indoors, trailing only his indoor personal-best mark of 7-4 ½ that he set as a sophomore at the Prairie Wolf Invitational. Another Husker junior, Peter van der Westhuizen, earned his first NCAA provisional qualification while setting a personal-best time of 4:02.27 to win the men s mile. The mark, which broke his previous best of 4:03.54 that earned him runner-up honors as a freshman at the 2005 Big 12 Indoor Championships, also ranked faster than any other NCAA time entering the day. With the effort, van der Westhuizen moved from fourth place into third on Nebraska s all-time indoor performance list for the mile. Senior Issar Yazhbin once again eclipsed his previous lifetime best in the men s weight throw with a winning spin of 64-8 ½. It marked the third consecutive week to start the season that Yazhbin has recorded a personal best, moving him from from ninth place on the Huskers all-time event list into sixth due to his three-plus-foot improvement. Adding a personal-best performance was senior Casie Witte, who cleared an indoor lifetime-best 5-10 to win the women s high jump. Witte, who redshirted last season while recovering from a broken arm, recorded her first career NCAA provisional mark with the performance, and will attempt to reach her second career national meet. She previously competed in the high jump at the 2005 NCAA outdoor meet. Junior Brysun Stately, who battled a nagging leg injury during the early season, also earned her first provisional mark of the year while placing second in the women s pole vault. Stately s height of ½ was the top mark among collegiate competitors. Back on the track, freshman Lukas Hulett provided one of the most exciting races of the day, as he employed a late kick down the home stretch in the men s 600-yard run to snare victory away from Iowa State s Elijah Braimah. Hulett, who entered the day owning the nation s top time in the 400-meter dash, edged the Cyclone senior by only 0.01 seconds. Another Husker freshman, Nikita Eades, earned her third straight victory to open her collegiate career in the women s 60-meter hurdles with a time of Eades, who clocked in with a personal-best 8.52 during the prelims, has posted lifetime-best marks in the hurdles during each meet in NU Women's Event Champions: Mile: K. Pancoast (4:49.71) 60m Hurdles: Eades (8.53) HJ: Witte (5-10; 1.78) TJ: Suluki-Drakes ( /2; 12.18) SP: Steiner ( /4; 14.93) adidas Classic NU Men's Event Champions: 200m: Probasco (21.34) 600y: Hulett (1:11.96) 1,000m: Parr (2:28.00) Mile: van der Westhuizen (4:02.27) 4x400m: Nebraska (3:10.91) Probasco, Wims, Christensen, Hulett HJ: Jonas (7-4 1/4; 2.24) WT: Yazhbin (64-8 1/2; 19.72) Week 4 Frank Sevigne Husker Invite Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers Husker Invite Lincoln, Neb. 3 (1/2) Bullock (HJ-p); Jonas (HJ-p); Probasco (200m-p); Roper (LJ-p, TJ-p); Schutter (Hept.-p); Shubert (Pent.-p); Stately (PV-p); Suluki-Drakes (TJ-p); Witte (Pent.-p) Lincoln (Feb. 3) --- Junior Ben Schutter led a Nebraska effort featuring three event titles and three new NCAA qualifying performances during the final session of the 32nd annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invite at the Devaney Center Indoor Track. On Saturday, 2,787 spectators packed the facility during Nebraska s Dollar Days promotion, pushing the two-day attendance total to more than 4,300. Schutter completed an outstanding effort in the men s heptathlon by winning his second straight Husker Invite title while Ben Schutter, Jr. also setting a new meet record with his personal-best score of 5,474. In the process, he earned an NCAA provisional qualification. Schutter s total bested the previous meet record of 5,422 set by Knut Sommerfeldt (unattached) in On the track, senior Nate Probasco won his second career Husker Invite title in the men s 200-meter dash with a season-best and NCAA provisional mark of The clocking marked Probasco s fastest indoors in the event since earning All-America honors in 2005 with his personal best of Continuing a breakthrough season in the women s triple jump was sophomore Zarinah Suluki-Drakes, who placed third after extending her personal best by more than nine inches to an NCAA provisional-qualifying ¾. Suluki-Drakes moved into fourth place in the Big 12 standings with the effort. Freshman Leandra McGruder also raised her career-best mark to 40-11, good for seventh in the league, by placing fourth. Sophomore Brysun Stately continued to show progress in the women s pole vault by reaching a season-best height of 13-1 ½. The 2006 NCAA All-American s runner-up mark ranked eighth-best among all NCAA performers entering the weekend. Senior Kim Pancoast added Nebraska s final individual victory of the weekend with a winning time of 2:51.44 in the women s 3,000 meters. Pancoast easily bested her previous season best of 2:56.73, while she also took over the top spot on the Big 12 season performance list. Saturday was a special day for the Pancoast family on the track, as Kim s younger sister, sophomore Jennifer Pancoast, earned runner-up honors in the women s 3,000-meter run. Jennifer Pancoast dropped nearly 20 seconds off her previous best of 10:13.04 and took over the Big 12 s sixth-place ranking this season in the process. Freshman Nikita Eades extended her streak of meets with a personal best in the women s 60-meter hurdles to four straight to open her career while earning third place (8.46) Lincoln (Feb. 2) --- The 32nd annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational opened up with Huskers recording three new NCAA provisional-qualifying performances Nebraska gained its first two new NCAA provisional qualifiers early on the weekend with the 2-3 finishes of senior Casie Witte and junior Kim Shubert in the women s pentathlon. Both Huskers set career-best scores while finishing behind only former All-America teammate Sara Jane Baker (unattached). Witte opened the day with three consecutive individual event bests on her way to a Big 12 Conference-leading score of 3,791. The Lincoln, Neb. recorded marks of 9.00 in the 60-meter hurdles, 5-10 in the high jump and 36-0 ¼ in the shot put. The high jump mark equaled the clearance she set to earn her first NCAA provisional qualification during last weekend s adidas Classic. Witte finished the competition by leaping 17-8 ¾ in the long jump and clocking 2:32.37 in the 800 meters. NU's final Friday NCAA qualifier emerged in the last event of the evening, as senior Daniel Roper, an All-American in the triple jump, soared past his previous personal best in the men s long jump with a mark of 24-7 ¼ for a second-place finish. NU Women's Event Champions: 1,000m: K. Pancoast (2:51.44) NU Men's Event Champions: 200m: Probasco (21.12) Heptathlon: Schutter (5,474)

11 Husker Track and Field Weekly Notes (Feb. 21, 2007) Page 11 Week 5 Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers Iowa State Classic Ames, Iowa 1 (0/1) Bullock (HJ-p); van der Westhuizen (Mile-p); Nebraska Men (4x400m Relay-p) Tyson Invite Fayetteville, Ark. 1 (0/1) Burney (PV-p); Stately (PV-p); Jonas (HJ-p); Baldwin (PV-p) Ames, Iowa/Fayetteville, Ark. (Feb. 10) -- Nebraska closed out its opening road weekend of the season with a pair of top performances at Iowa State that rank among the nation s leaders in Peter van der Westhuizen posted the fastest time in the indoor mile for the Husker men s team in more than 20 years while winning the event in a personal-best clocking of 4: Only former Huskers Greg Carlberg (3:59.6 in 1971) and Jean Verster (4:00.64 in 1986) have notched lower times. Nebraska also received an impressive performance from its men s 4x400-meter relay that earned bronze-medal honors in a blazing time of 3: The Huskers fielded a very young group comprised of senior Brysun Stately, So. Nate Probasco, redshirt freshman Daniel Christensen and freshmen Scott Wims and Lukas Hulett that earned the squad s first NCAA provisional qualification in the event since The time ranks as the fifth-fastest overall in program history, as well as No. 4-rated mark on an oversized track (more than 200 meters). Meanwhile in Arkansas, senior Gable Baldwin matched the best height this season for the NU men s team in the pole vault, set the day before by freshman teammate Seth Burney, with a clearance of 17-4 ½ in the men s Championship division. Baldwin s vault earned sixth place overall and fourth among collegians. Chris Nuttelman continued the solid start to his redshirt freshman season with a career-best leap of 48-7 ½ to place fourth overall in the men s College triple jump. The performance marked the second straight week that Nuttelman eclipsed 48 feet in the event. Also in action was junior Dusty Jonas, who placed fourth in the men s Championship high jump with a height of 7-1 ¾ Ames, Iowa/Fayetteville, Ark. (Feb. 9) --- Freshman Seth Burney and sophomore Brysun Stately kicked off a successful opening weekend on the road for the Nebraska track and field team Friday with standout performances in the pole vault at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Burney won the College division of the men s pole vault with a personal-best clearance of 17-4 ½. Burney s new season best tied him for second in the Big 12 Conference this season and improved his standing in an attempt to reach the NCAA Indoor Championships. He also moved into a tie for seventh on Nebraska s all-time indoor performance list. Not to be outdone, Stately set a personal-best height of her own with a 13-8 ½ clearance that earned her fifth place in the very competitive Championship division of the women s pole vault. The mark, which at the time ranked tied for third among all NCAA athletes this season, was less than an inch off the NCAA s automatic-qualifying standard. Stately also moved into third place on the Huskers career performance chart while breaking her previous best of 13-5 ¾, set last year in Seattle, Wash., while she was competing for USC. In other action, senior Kim Pancoast earned sixth place in the women s mile College division with a time of 4: At the Iowa State Classic, sophomore Ari Goldstein notched a career-best effort to claim ninth place in the women s 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:04.49, cutting nearly 27 seconds off her previous best set earlier this year at the Conference Challenge in Lincoln. A pair of Husker men finished among the top-six competitors in the 200-meter dash. Freshman Scott Wims posted a time of to earn fifth place, while senior All-American Nate Probasco followed right behind with a sixth-place clocking of Senior Issar Yazhbin continued his solid indoor season by earning fifth place in the men s weight throw with a mark of 63-9 ½, while junior Bryan Bell claimed 10th place (60-8 ½). Sophomore Robert Rands notched a leap of to place seventh in the men s long jump. NU Women's Event Champions: Iowa State Classic None Tyson Invitational None ISU Classic/Tyson Invite NU Men's Event Champions: Iowa State Classic Mile: van der Westhuizen (4:01.79) Tyson Invitational PV (College): Burney (17-4 1/2) Week 6 Prairie Wolf Invite Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers Prairie Wolf Invite Lincoln, Neb. 12 (7/5) Bullock (HJ-p); Morgan (400m-p); Stately (PV-p); Steiner (SP-p); Jonas (HJ-p); Rands (LJ-p) Lincoln (Feb. 16) --- Nebraska competed at the Devaney Center Indoor Track for the final time this season at the Prairie Wolf Invitational, as several Huskers attempted to make cases for the few uncertain roster spots for the upcoming Big 12 Indoor Championships. Sophomore Robert Rands locked down a trip to the conference meet with his finest effort as a Husker in the men s long jump. Robert Rands, So. Rands led an NU sweep of the top four positions with a winning leap of 24-9, his best mark since arriving at Nebraska. The efforts ranks second in the Big 12 this season and also earned the Omaha native his first career NCAA provisional qualification. Rands moved into a tie for 20th on the NCAA s performance list for Joining Rands with a provisional qualification was senior All-American Daniel Roper, who earned silver-medal honors with a top mark of 24-6 ½. Freshman Tim Grier set a personal best of 23-6 ¾ in his first attempt at the long jump as a Husker to claim third place, while junior LeRon Williams finished fourth (23-4 ¾). The Huskers had a welcome sight with the season s first appearance of senior Keith Lloyd, who competed in both the men s weight throw and shot put as an unattached athlete. Lloyd had missed the majority of the 2007 indoor season while dealing with both an illness and elbow injury, but he showed incredible resiliency by finishing second in both of his events Friday. His weight throw toss of 63-8 ¼ and shot put mark of 56-1 ¼ each would have earned top-eight rankings on the Big 12 s season list if he had officially competed for Nebraska. In the women's shot, senior Jeni Steiner broke the 50-foot barrier for the first time this season during a career-best performance that earned her an NCAA provisional qualification. Steiner jumped from sixth into fourth place among Big 12 performers this season with her winning mark of /4. She defeated the field by nearly three feet. Junior Brysun Stately surpassed the 13-foot mark in the women s pole vault for the third straight week while winning Friday s competition with a height of 13-0 ¼, while junior Jenny Green, who reached 12-6 ¼, finished third. Freshman Lindsey Maher broke the 12-foot barrier for the first time with a height of 12-0 ½ to place fourth. In other field event action, Danielle Smith continued to show progress in her freshman season in the women s triple jump by earning her first career collegiate victory with a personal-best leap of 39-7 ¾, while fellow freshman Epley Bullock claimed her third win of the year in the women s high jump (5-9 ¼). Freshman Seth Burney led a 1-2 finish with senior Gable Baldwin in the men s pole vault, as both Huskers cleared Junior All-American Dusty Jonas rebounded from two consecutive un-jonas-like performances by winning the men s high jump with a height of 7-3. The La Vernia, Texas, native nearly tied the Nebraska indoor record of 7-6, just nudging the bar off the standards with his heels on his first of three opportunities. On the track, senior Sheryl Morgan put together a breakthrough performance while winning the women s 400-meter dash in a season-best The time marks Morgan s fastest effort since 2005, and it moved her into third place among conference performers for the season. The race also earned her an NCAA provisional mark. Nebraska athletes added four other event crowns, including freshmen Nikita Eades (8.64) and Tyrell Ross (8.09), who notched respective wins in the women s and men s 60- meter hurdles. Additionally, sophomore Jennifer Pancoast (2:53.86) and freshman Ethan Luebbe (2:27.34) swept the women s and men s 1,000-meter run titles. NU Women's Event Champions: 400m: Morgan (54.24) 1,000m: J. Pancoast (2:53.86) 60m Hurdles: Eades (8.64) HJ: Bullock (5-9 1/4; 1.76) PV: Stately (13-0 1/4; 3.97) TJ: Smith (39-7 3/4; 12.08) SP: Steiner (51-7 1/4; 15.73) NU Men's Event Champions: 1,000m: Luebbe (2:27.34) 60m Hurdles: T. Ross (8.09) HJ: Jonas (7-3; 2.21) PV: Burney (16-11; 5.16) LJ: Rands (24-9; 7.54)