2007 Tr ack & Field. Nebraska's 2007 NCAA Outdoor Qualifiers

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1 > NU Travels to KU for Kansas Relays The Nebraska men's and women's track and field teams hit the road for the fourth straight week when they travel to Lawrence, Kan., for the 80th running of the Kansas Relays this week. More than 50 Huskers will make the trip for meet, which will be held Wednesday through Saturday at KU's Memorial Stadium Competition begins Wednesday morning with the start of the women's heptathlon and men's decathlon. The combined events wrap up on Thursday, while the men's and women's hammer throw and a brief distance carnival also will be held on the second day. Only Casie Witte and Erin Hannon (women's heptathlon) will compete for NU in the multi-events. The meet gets into full swing on Friday with half of the remaining field events and nearly all of the track prelims, while mostly track finals and all remaining field competitions will be contested on Saturday to conclude the meet. Live results from the Kansas Relays can be found by visiting Kansas' official athletics web site, A final recap and complete results will be available on Huskers.com each evening following the conclusion of events. A schedule with NU's entries is listed on pages 2 and 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: aanderson@huskers.com This Week in Husker Track & Field Week 4 (Release Date: April 18, 2007) Kansas Relays Lawrence, Kan. (Memorial Stadium) Date: Wed., April 18 - Saturday, April 21 Times: Wed.: Multis-10 a.m.; Thurs.: Multis-8:30 a.m., Field-Noon, Track-5 p.m.; Fri.: Field-8 a.m., Track-9 a.m.; Sat.: Field-8 a.m., Track-9 a.m. For a schedule and listing of NU's entries, see pgs 2-3. Nebraska's 2007 NCAA Outdoor Qualifiers Women NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifiers Name...Event...Mark (NCAA rank) Ashley Selig...Heptathlon (auto)... 5,595 (7th) Casie Witte...Heptathlon (prov)... 5,080 (32nd) NCAA Midwest Regional Qualifiers Name...Event...Mark (NCAA rank) Epley Bullock /4 (t13th) Nikita Eades...100m Hurdles (t57th) Jenny Green (36th) Chaunte McMillan /4 (t36th) Sheryl Morgan...400m Hurdles (23rd) Dace Ruskule (4th) Ashley Selig /4 (t33rd) Kim Shubert /4 (t33rd) Brysun Stately /2 (t23rd) Jeni Steiner /4 (28th) (42nd) Z. Suluki-Drakes...Triple Jump /4 (t38th) Natalja Zarcenko...800m... 2:09.59 (t67th) 1,500m... 4:22.55 (24th) Competition* Drake, Illinois, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts, Texas-San Antonio, Wichita State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee *-Only Division I teams listed. > Husker Relays Set for Busy Weekend Nebraska's sprints and hurdles groups once again will have a busy weekend planned for its relay teams, as the Kansas Relays, like most of the major outdoor relays meets, has several such events scheduled. NU will field seven different relay groups this weekend, including the common the men's and women's 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays and the uncommon the women's 4x100-meter shuttle hurdle and the men's 4x110- meter shuttle hurdle and 4x200-meter relays. The Husker men, who have already earned regional qualifying marks in both the 4x100 and 4x400, will attempt to improve their regional standing in the two events, while they also will take their first shot at breaking the nearly 20- year old school record in the 4x200 (1:23.27 in 1988). The NU women will be aiming for their first regional marks of the year in both the 4x100 and 4x400. > Huskers Complete Busy Week with 16 Qualifying Marks Nebraska concluded last week's series of four weekend meets with nine total event titles and 16 NCAA qualifying marks in total while splitting squads between Oklahoma, Missouri and California. Men NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifiers Name...Event...Mark (NCAA rank) Lee Martin...Decathlon (prov)... 7,010 (16th) NCAA Midwest Regional Qualifiers Name...Event... Mark (NCAA Rank) Arturs Abolins w (8th) Gable Baldwin /4 (27th) Tim Grier...400m Hurdles (40th) Lukas Hulett...400m (20th) Dusty Jonas /4 (8th) Brian Parr...3,000m Steeple...9:05.95 (41st) Andrew Pearson..400m Hurdles (33rd) Daniel Roper...Triple Jump /4 (t8th) Aaron Ross...110m Hurdles (30th) Tyrell Ross...110m Hurdles w (43rd) Peter van der Westhuizen 800m... 1:50.04 (26th) 1,500m... 3:41.74 (t5th) Issar Yazhbin...Hammer (24th) Relays...4x100m (27th) 4x400m... 3:07.67 (10th) Next Week Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa (Drake Stadium) Dates: April Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. (Franklin Field) Dates: April Nebraska Open Lincoln, Neb. (Ed Weir Stadium) Date: April 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 Complex Feb. 16 Prairie Wolf Invitational...NTS Lincoln, Neb... Devaney Center Track Feb Big 12 Championships...M-1st; W-5th Ames, Iowa... Lied Recreation Center March 2-3 NCAA Qualifier...NTS Fayetteville, Ark...Randal Tyson Track Complex Seattle, Wash...Dempsey Indoor March 9-10 NCAA Indoor Championships... M-t25th; W-t67th Fayetteville, Ark...Randal Tyson Track Complex 2007 Nebraska Outdoor Schedule Date Meet Time/Result March Stanford Invitational...NTS April 4-7 April April April April April April 29 May 5 May May June 6-9 Palo Alto, Calif...Cobb Track, Angell Field Texas Relays...NTS Austin, Texas... Mike A. Meyers Stadium Audrey Walton Combined Events...NTS Columbia, Mo...Audrey J. Walton Stadium Mt. SAC Relays/V Athletics Invite...NTS Walnut, Calif...Hilmer Lodge Stadium Long Beach, Calif... Jack Rose Track John Jacobs Invitational...NTS Norman, Okla... John Jacobs T&F Complex Kansas Relays...Noon/8/8 a.m. 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 Championships... 1 p.m./9:30 a.m./noon Lincoln, Neb...Ed Weir Stadium NCAA Midwest Regional... TBA Des Moines, Iowa... Drake Stadium NCAA Outdoor Championships... TBA Sacramento, Calif... Hornet Stadium

2 Kansas Relays Schedule of Events Wednesday, April 18 Combined Events 10:30 a.m m Hurdles...W... Heptathlon...Hannon, Witte 11:15 a.m. (apx)......w... Heptathlon 1:45 p.m. (apx)......w... Heptathlon 3:15 p.m. (apx) m Dash...W... Heptathlon Thursday, April 19 Combined Events 9 a.m......w... Heptathlon 10:40 a.m. (apx)......w... Heptathlon 12:30 p.m. (apx) m Run...W... Heptathlon Field Events Noon M...Final... Bell, Bozarth, Petersen, Yazhbin 4:30 p.m......w...final...solari Track Events 5:15 p.m m Run (unseed)... M...Final... Licsak 5:35 p.m... 1,500m Run (unseed)...w...final...marsh, Miller, K. Pancoast, Prince 5:45 p.m... 1,500m Run (unseed)... M...Final... Jeffrey, Sickler 5:55 p.m... 3,000m Steeple (unseed)... M...Final...Jeffrey 7:30 p.m... 5,000m Run (unseed)...w...final... Marsh 9:20 p.m... 10,000m Run (unseed)... M...Final... Maduza, Somer Friday, April 20 Field Events 11:30 a.m......w...final... Sharp, Steiner Noon... Triple Jump... M...Final...McGruder, McMillan, Smith, Suluki-Drakes 1:30 p.m M...Final... Baldwin, Burney, Holoch, Petersen 1:30 p.m......w...final...bullock, Dickinson 3 p.m M...Final... Schutter 4 p.m... Triple Jump... M...Final...Nuttelman, Roper Track Events 10:05 a.m... Shuttle Hurdle Relay...W...Final 10:20 a.m... Shuttle Hurdle Relay... M...Final 11:15 a.m... 4x200m Relay... M...Final 12:45 p.m m Dash...W...Prelims...Kalu 1:05 p.m m Dash... M...Prelims...Abolins, Danns, Wims 1:35 p.m m Hurdles...W...Prelims... Meduna, Morgan, Roach 1:50 p.m m Hurdles... M...Prelims... Gilmore, Grier, Pearson, T. Ross 3:55 p.m m Dash...W...Prelims... Lyons 4:10 p.m m Dash... M...Prelims...Hulett 5:30 p.m... 4x100m Relay...W...Prelims 5:50 p.m... 4x100m Relay... M...Prelims 7:55 p.m... 4x400m Relay...W...Prelims 8:15 p.m... 4x400m Relay... M...Prelims continued on page 3 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Husker multi-eventers kicked off the weekend by competing at the Audrey Walton Combined Events in Columbia, Mo. Lee Martin earned an NCAA provisional qualification while finishing third in the men's decathlon at Mizzou (7,010), while Kim Shubert set a personal-best score of 4,769 points to place runner-up in the women's heptathlon. NU also sent a small group of distance runners to compete at both the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., and the V Athletics Invitational in Long Beach, Calif. Peter van der Westhuizen and Natalja Zarcenko each ran solid efforts in the 1,500 meters at Mt. SAC, as the pair moved up to fifth and eighth, respectively, on the Huskers' all-time men's and women's event charts. Zarcenko added a victory in the 800 meters the following day in Long Beach. The largest contingent of Huskers seeing action over the weekend competed at the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla. Eight Huskers won events at the meet, while Andrew Pearson (men's 400 hurdles), Daniel Roper (men's triple jump), Lukas Hulett (men's 400) and Nikita Eades (women's 100 hurdles) each registered new regional qualifications. Others with solid performances at Oklahoma were: Rachel Carrizales Ran the third-fastest steeplechase time in NU women's history (10:51.71) to place fourth. Nate Probasco, Scott Wims and Hulett Went in the men's 200 meters. Sheryl Morgan Set a season-best time of to claim the women's 400 hurdles tile. Zarinah Suluki-Drakes Set a career best in the triple jump (41-3 3/4) for the second straight week. Arturs Abolins Set a season-best of in the men's long jump for the second straight meet. > Husker Record-Book Climbers Last week saw several Nebraska athletes move up in the school's all-time event listings. In all, six Huskers, including five women, registered new top-10 performances: Rachel Carrizales Ran the No. 3 time of 10:51.71 in the women's steeplechase. She was previously unranked. Joslyn Dalton Ran the No. 4 time (11:06.31) in the women's steeplechase. She previously was unranked. Peter van der Westhuizen Ran the No. 5 time (3:41.74) for the men's 1,500 meters, moving up from seventh. Sheryl Morgan Moved up from ninth to eighth on the women's 400 hurdles chart with a time of Natalja Zarcenko Entered the women's 1,500-meter rankings at No. 8 with a time of 4: Nikita Eades Entered the women's 100 hurdles list at 10th with a time of The women's steeplechase rankings were easy to break into, as only four Huskers appeared on the list prior to last weekend. > Abolins Continues Progress in The NCAA championship defense of Arturs Abolins officially began at the Texas Relays, as the Husker senior saw his first competition of the season in the men's long jump with a fifth-place leap of 24-7 (wind-aided). He has continued to show progress in his attempted return to the form that won him two NCAA titles a year ago. Abolins, who missed nearly the entire indoor season with a strained calf muscle, took the first step by earning a qualification to the regional meet with his performance in Austin. He followed that effort up with a winning leap of last week at OU, and he will attempt to break the 25-foot barrier for the first time this season this week at Kansas. While he has yet to even approach his career best, he still ranks eighth nationally in the event. Husker NCAA All-Americans Women Name Honors Event(s) Epley Bullock One (i) Jenny Green Two (1o) Dace Ruskule One (o) Ashley Selig Three Pentathlon (i) Two Heptathlon (o) Brysun Stately Two (1o) *Kayla Wilkinson One (o) Men Name Honors Event(s) Arturs Abolins Two (1o) Gable Baldwin One (i) Daniel Christensen One 4x400m (i) Lukas Hulett One 400m (i) One 4x400m (i) Dusty Jonas Five (2o) Nate Probasco One 200m (i) One 4x100m (o) One 4x400m (i) Daniel Roper One Triple Jump (i) Scott Wims One 4x400m (i) Bold - Former NCAA champions * - Will not compete outdoors in 2007 due to injury > Husker Alumni Tracker: Becky Breisch Former Husker Becky Breisch concluded her brilliant collegiate career in 2006, but she has continued to show that successful form that helped make her a 10-time All- American so far as a professional. Monday at the Maui "Big Wind" Challenge in Hawaii, Breisch recorded the No. 2 all-time discus throw in U.S. women's history with a spin of She earlier had shattered her previous career best of in a separate competition on Saturday with a toss of Breisch's mark on Monday would have set the American Record prior to the weekend, but Suzy Powell beat her to the punch with a winning toss of on Saturday. > Five Tracksters Awarded Arthur Ashe Scholar Awards Five members of the NU track and field team were among 10 Nebraska student-athletes from seven countries who recently earned recognition as Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholars by Diverse Issues in Education. The awards recognize the achievements of student-athletes from diverse cultural backgrounds both on and off their fields of competition and are a tribute to the legacy of Arthur Ashe Jr. Justine Roach, Issar Yazhbin and Daniel Christensen led NU's contingent of five track athletes named to the team, which also included second-teamer Györgyi Farkas and third-team honoree Tyrell Ross. To be included, students have to compete in an intercollegiate sport; maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.2; and be active on their campuses or in their communities. Nebraska's 10 overall Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholars came to Lincoln from seven countries, including the United States, Canada, England, Germany, Brazil, Israel and Hungary.

3 > Green Named to Big 12 Good Works Team Jenny Green was among 12 student-athletes recently named to the inaugural Big 12 Spring Sports Good Works Team, the conference office announced this week. The members of the squad were recognized for significant community service, good academic standing and participation in a sanctioned Big 12 sport. A two-time NCAA All-American in the women s pole vault, Green has won three Big 12 championships and owns both Husker indoor and outdoor school records for the event. She is a four-time qualifier to the NCAA Championships and has finished as high as third place (twice) at the national meet. In addition to her on-field accomplishments, Green also is one of the most active Huskers in the classroom and the community. She sports a 3.83 cumulative grade-point average in advertising and became the first sophomore in NU track and field history to be named an Academic All-American in Outside the realm of academics, Green was voted a team representative for Nebraska s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in and served as the council s Vice President. She also was given the Huskers Hero Student-Athlete Leadership Award in 2006 and served as a track and field team captain during the 2006 season. Beginning this academic year, the Big 12 announced a 12-person Good Works Team for the fall, winter and spring seasons. Each squad was limited to one studentathlete per conference school. Husker junior Betsy Miller represented the Nebraska women s cross country team on the Big 12 s Fall Good Works Team. > Successful Opening Heptathlon for Selig Ashley Selig competed for the first time in a combined events challenge for Nebraska since the 2006 indoor season at the Texas Relays, as she earned an automatic berth in the women's heptathlon for the NCAA outdoor meet. Selig totaled a score of 5,595 points, easily passing the auto standard of 5,500 while finishing in fifth place. She also managed to record a personal best of (wind-aided) in the 200 meters during the competition. Selig currently ranks sixth nationally with the heptathlon score, while she leads all Big 12 athletes in the quest for her second career conference title in the event. > Husker Relays Solid in Season Opener Nebraska wasted little time in receiving solid efforts from its men's relays this season. Both the 4x100 and 4x400 groups qualified for regionals in their first opportunities this season during the Texas Relays. Dax Danns, Lukas Hulett and Nate Probasco each ran on both relay squads, with Scott Wims (4x100) and Andrew Pearson (4x400) interchanged between the groups. The 4x100 relay posted a time of to finish sixth in the prelims, while the 4x400 relay clocked the prelims' fastest time of 3: The only returning member of both relays from last year is Probasco, but Pearson ran on the 2004 indoor edition that placed ninth at the NCAA Championships. Each of the other three athletes are true freshmen. The best times that NU managed to run in 2006 were for the 4x100 and 3:07.37 for the 4x400. > Ruskule Has Strong Opener in Defending NCAA women's discus champion Dace Ruskule found herself in a tough battle at the seasonopening Stanford Invitational, as she competed against several of the nation's elite athletes, including several professional throwers. Ruskule managed to throw a solid distance of to finish fourth, although she was the top collegian finisher. The performance easily qualified her for the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with the nation's No. 4 throw this season. For her efforts, Ruskule claimed her first career Big 12 Women's Athlete of the Week Honor. She became the first Husker track and field athlete to be honored by the conference in > Parr Ends NU Steeplechase Drought Brian Parr opened his Husker outdoor track and field career with a bang, as the redshirt freshman met the NCAA regional standard in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase by winning Section 3 at the Stanford Invitational with a personal-best time of 9: Parr became the first Husker to record a qualifying mark in the men's steeplechase since the NCAA instituted the regional format in The time also ranks as the fastest by a Husker since Kyle Wyatt broke nine minutes in 2002 (8:59.33). > Huskers in the 'Dandy Dozen' The Trackwire 25 projection of the 2007 outdoor season was updated Tuesday with the NU men clinging to the final spot in the top-25 ranking. The Husker women fell out of the poll two weeks ago despite having five athletes listed this week among the 'Dandy Dozen,' which is the individual event ranking system that makes up the Trackwire scoring. Huskers among the 'Dandy Dozen' athlete rankings this week included: Women Men Dace Ruskule, DT 5th P. van der Westhuizen, Ashley Selig, Hep 7th 1,500m 9th Brysun Stately, PV 7th Arturs Abolins, LJ 3rd Epley Bullock, HJ 12th Dusty Jonas, HJ 4th Sheryl Morgan, 400h 12th Daniel Roper, TJ 9th > Doubling Up Seven Huskers lead Nebraska's NCAA qualifying efforts this year with two such performances each. Natalja Zarcenko became the latest NU athlete with multiple qualifications at the Mt. SAC Relays, when she set a personal-best time of 4:22.55 in the 1,500 meters to go along with her previous regional mark in the 800. Fellow distance athlete Peter van der Westhuizen owns qualifying marks in the same events as Zarcenko. He improved his 1,500-meter time at Mt. SAC to 3:41.74, a mark that ranks among the nation's fastest times. His first regional marks for both the 800 and 1,500 were notched in the same weekend, as he opened the year in mid-season form at the Stanford Invitational. Jeni Steiner joined van der Westhuizen as the second Husker with multiple individual regional berths at the Texas Relays, as she posted a career-best throw of to go with the earlier shot put qualification she earned at the Stanford Invite. Steiner bested her initial shot put mark with a /4 mark at the Nebraska Wesleyan Invite. Ashley Selig is the lone Husker with an automatic bid to the NCAA outdoor meet (women's heptathlon), and she also owns a regional mark in the high jump. She recorded both performances during the heptathlon competititon at the Texas Relays. Nate Probasco, Dax Danns and Lukas Hulett also posted double regional marks as legs on NU's 4x100- (40.48) and 4x400-meter (3:07.67) relays at the Texas Relays. Trackwire 25 Team Rankings (as of April 17, 2007) Women 1. Arizona State LSU USC Georgia 33 South Carolina Texas A&M Michigan 27 Texas Auburn Oregon Stanford Miami 21 Texas Tech BYU 20 UCLA Cal Minnesota 14 Tennessee 14 Washington Duke 13 Washington St Kansas 12 Penn State 12 UTEP Florida 11 Weber State 11 Kansas Relay Schedule of Events (cont.) Men 1. Florida State Auburn USC Arizona State LSU Oregon 28 Tennessee Arizona Wisconsin Washington Louisville 20 North Carolina 20 Texas BYU 19 Georgia Clemson 18 McNeese State 18 Stanford Texas A&M Arkansas 16 Baylor 16 UCLA Florida Texas Tech Nebraska 11 Liberty 11 Mississippi 11 UTEP 11 Saturday, April 21 Field Events 10 a.m M...Final...Abolins, Jonas, Rands, Roper 10:30 a.m......w...final... Green, Maher, Stately 10:45 a.m......w...final... Ruskule, Sharp, Steiner 11 a.m M...Final... Burke, Jonas, Martin, Reising 3 p.m......w...final...mcgruder, McMillan, Suluki-Drakes 4 p.m M...Final... Bell, Reising Track Events 9:15 a.m m Hurdles... M...Prelims...A. Ross, T. Ross 2:15 p.m... 4x100m Relay...W...Final 2:20 p.m... 4x100m Relay... M...Final 3:05 p.m m Hurdles... M...Final 3:15 p.m m Run...W...Final... K. Pancoast 3:20 p.m m Run...W...Final...Schmidt 3:35 p.m m Dash...W...Final 3:55 p.m m Dash... M...Final 4:10 p.m m Dash...W...Final 4:25 p.m m Dash... M...Final 4:35 p.m m Hurdles...W...Final 4:45 p.m m Hurdles... M...Final 5:45 p.m... 4x400m Relay...W...Final 5:50 p.m... 4x400m Relay... M...Final

4 Big 12 Event Rankings Women 8... Natalja Zarcenko : Natalja Zarcenko... 4: Meter Hurdles 6 (tie)... Nikita Eades Sheryl Morgan ,000-Meter Steeplechase 8... Rachel Carrizales... 10: x400-Meter Relay 8... Nebraska... 3: (tie)... Epley Bullock /4 7 (tie)... Ashley Selig /4 7 (tie)... Kim Shubert / Brysun Stately / Jenny Green Chaunte McMillan /4 8 (tie)... Ashley Selig Jeni Steiner / Dace Ruskule Jeni Steiner Tamara Solari Casie Witte /2 Heptathlon 1... Ashley Selig... 5, Casie Witte... 5, Kim Shubert... 4,769 Men 400-Meter Run 1... Lukas Hulett Peter van der Westhuizen : Erwin Schmidt : Peter van der Westhuizen : Meter Hurdles 3... Aaron Ross Tyrell Ross w 6... Andrew Pearson Tim Grier ,000-Meter Steeplechase 6... Brian Parr : x100-Meter Relay 4... Nebraska x400-Meter Relay 4... Nebraska... 3: Dusty Jonas / Gable Baldwin / Arturs Abolins w 5... Daniel Roper /4 Triple Jump 4... Daniel Roper / Issar Yazhbin Decathlon 5... Lee Martin ,010 > Wilkinson to Sit Out 2007 Season The Nebraska women will be without one of their strongest returnees during the outdoor season, as senior Kayla Wilkinson is expected to redshirt while rehabbing from shoulder surgery she underwent during the winter. Wilkinson became NU's second-highest finisher ever in the women's javelin at the NCAA Championships by placing runner-up as a junior last season. She additionally broke the school record earlier in the year with a mark of at the Nebraska Invitational. While Wilkinson would have been the nation's top returning athlete in the javelin this season, she is expected to be completely healthy for the 2008 outdoor season, when she should vie for a spot on the United States' Olympic team. > NU Benefits from Added Outdoor Events With the opening of the outdoor season, NU's men's and women's teams are only expected to grow stronger due to the addition of several strong events, most notably the 400-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay and discus events. One of deepest groups of talent on this year's Husker squad, on both the men's and women's sides, will be the 400 hurdles. While the NU men suffered from the graduation loss of 2006 Big 12 champ Mark Harrison, several elite newcomers will help Andrew Pearson fill the void. Others who may compete in the event this season include: freshmen Tim Grier, Nick Makukutu, Tyrell Ross and Cylend Simmons. Grier was one of the nation's top high school recruits in the event last year as the Georgia state record holder in the 300-meter hurdles, while Simmons set the Arizona state prep mark in only his second season competing in the event. Makukutu ranked among the Texas state prep leaders for the hurdles in 2006, and while Ross specializes in the high hurdles, he also could contribute in the longer event. On the women's side, seniors Sheryl Morgan and Justine Roach each have experience success during their Husker careers in the 400 hurdles. Roach is a former NCAA qualifier in the event, while Morgan's personal-best time of ranks first on the team. Nebraska's biggest boost in the added events will be provided in the women's discus by senior Dace Ruskule, who is the reigning NCAA champ and a 2004 Olympian for her native Latvia. Once again, the sprint relay should also serve as a strength for the Husker men's team. Three legs return from the squad that clocked a time of last season in addition to placing third in the Big 12, but competition for spots on the team is expected to be wide open with the several talented freshman to this year's squad most notably NCAA indoor All-Americans Lukas Hulett and Scott Wims and fellow freshman sprinter Dax Danns. > NU Men Tie Texas For Big 12 Indoor Crown Nebraska earned a tie for its ninth Big 12 men s indoor title as the team race at the 2007 Big 12 Indoor Championships came down to the final event. The Huskers placed fifth in the women s race with points. NU benefited from the perfect storm of circumstances to catch up to Texas after finishing third in the men s 4x400-meter relay to conclude the weekend. The NU squad clocked in with a season-best time of 3:07.90, while UT s squad failed to earn a top-eight placing to knot the final score at The title marked Nebraska s 98th all-time conference track championship between both men s and women s squads. The victory was due to a total team effort Midwest Region Event Rankings* Women Bullock HJ T-4th Eades 100h 11th Green PV 8th McMillan LJ 6th Morgan 400h 3rd Ruskule DT 1st Selig HJ T-10th Shubert HJ T-10th Stately PV 7th Steiner SP 9th; DT 13th Suluki-Drakes TJ T-9th Zarcenko th 1,500 6th Men Abolins LJ 2nd Baldwin PV 9th Grier 400h 13th Hulett 400 7th Jonas HJ 4th Parr 3k Steeple 7th Pearson 400h 10th Roper TJ 4th A. Ross 110h 4th T. Ross 110h 10th van der Westhuizen 800 4th; 1,500 1st Yazhbin HT 4th 4x100m Relay 7th 4x400m Relay 4th * - Athletes must finish in the top five at regionals to earn an automatic berth to the NCAA meet (top three relays). featuring big performances by several athletes, none which finished as individual champions. This marked the Huskers first conference championship team that did not feature an individual event winner. > NCAA Indoor Recap Nebraska concluded the indoor track season with eight athletes in competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The Husker men finished among the nation's top 25 teams for the sixth straight season with nine team points, while NU athletes also grabbed eight All-America honors. Dusty Jonas nearly single-handedly kept the top-25 streak alive for the NU men after he finished runnerup in the men's high jump for the second time in three seasons. Jonas' final clearance of 7-4 1/2 marked his best ever in NCAA competition while earning him a fifth career All-America finish in as many chances. The men's 4x400-meter relay team of senior Nate Probasco and freshmen Scott Wims, Daniel Christensen and Lukas Hulett provided an additional point with an eighth-place finish after clocking in at 3: NU's relay, which was the lone group among the field featuring as many as three freshmen, was the first Husker relay to earn a point at an NCAA meet since Each member was crowned an All-American. Hulett's honor marked his second such accolade of the weekend, as he also finished as the eighth American (11th overall) in the men's open 400-meter competition. Brysun Stately, who finished sixth in the pole vault at the 2006 NCAA outdoor meet as a freshman for USC, registered the lone team scoring of the weekend for the Husker women, as she tied for seventh place in the vault with a height of /4. NU's other women's athlete in action, freshman Epley Bullock, placed ninth in the high jump after tying her career-best height of 6-0. Bullock helped make the Husker freshmen a near-perfect 5-for-6 in All-America finishes during the weekend. Wims, who did run on NU's 4x400 relay, was the lone Husker freshman not to meet the distinction in his individual event by placing 16th in the men's 200-meter dash.

5 Week 1 Stanford Invitational Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers Stanford Invite Palo Alto, Calif. 1 (1/0) McMillan (LJ-@); Morgan (400H-@); Ruskule (DT-@); Steiner (SP-@); Zarcenko (800-@); Parr (Steeple-@); A. Ross (110H-@); van der Westhuizen (800-@; 1,500-@); Yazhbin (HT-@) Palo Alto, Calif. (March 30) --- The outdoor season officially began for Nebraska, as several Husker athletes competed against a solid national field at the Stanford Invitational. Among NU s group was senior Ashley Selig, who saw her first official action in more than a year by appearing in the women s 100-meter hurdles and long jump fields. Selig posted a solid season-opening effort of in the hurdles to place 13th during the preliminary round, while her leap of 19-2 in the long jump earned fifth place. The meet marked Selig s first competition as a Husker since the 2006 indoor season, as she was forced to sit out the 2006 outdoor season while rehabbing back and Sheryl Morgan, Sr. hip injuries. She was ineligible to compete during this winter because of exhausted indoor eligibility. Another Husker making her 2007 season debut saw her first action in a Husker uniform in the women s long jump. Freshman Chaunte McMillan, a highly touted prep prospect from Rolla, Mo., finished in second place with a mark of ¼, making her NU s first NCAA regional qualifier this season. McMillan s effort was quite impressive considering she has battled back from off-season ankle surgery. Joining McMillan on Nebraska s regional qualifier roster was senior Sheryl Morgan, who claimed her own silver-medal finish by clocking in at 1:00.04 in the women s 400-meter hurdles, Brian Parr, who reached the qualifying standard in his first official race in the 3,000- meter steeplechase as a Husker (9:05.95) by winning the third of six sections, and Peter van der Westhuizen, who placed sixth in the men's 800 (1:50.04) with the Big 12's top time so far this season. Natalja Zarcenko also reached the regional standard in the women's 800 (2:09.69) Palo Alto, Calif. (March 31) --- Three Huskers posted NCAA regional qualifying efforts on the final day of the Stanford Invitational, including reigning NCAA women's discus champion Dace Ruskule, who made her first appearance of the season in her specialty event. Ruskule threw a mark of to finish fourth overall among a field stacked with top college and professional athletes. She was the top collegian finisher, and the mark moved her into third place on the NCAA season performance list for the discus. Aaron Ross completed a successful season-opening weekend with a third-place finish in the men's 110-meter hurdles after tying his personal-best time of Ross, who was ineligible to compete indoors due to exhausted eligibility, earned his second career qualification to the NCAA Midwest Regional with the performance. Peter van der Westhuizen finished the weekend a perfect 2-for-2 in qualifying attempts, as he added a successful effort in the men's 1,500-meter run (3:46.82) to the qualification he earned the previous day in the 800. He finished as the seventh collegian (ninth overall) in the 1,500. Both weekend races by the Husker junior earned him top rankings in the Big 12 Conference for the young season. Joining Ruskule with standout performances in the throws events were Jeni Steiner and Issar Yazhbin, who each added their names to Nebraska's 2007 regional championships roster. Yazhbin, a former Big 12 champion in the men's hammer throw, was the second collegian finisher (fourth overall) with his spin of 201-1, while Steiner placed sixth in the women's shot put (49-9 1/4). Week 2 Texas Relays/NWU Invite Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers Texas Relays Austin, Texas None Bullock (HJ-@); Ruskule (DT-@); Selig (Hept.-^, HJ-@); Shubert (HJ-@); Steiner (DT-@); Suluki-Drakes (TJ-@); Witte (Hept.-%); Abolins (LJ-@); Grier (400h-@); A. Ross (110h-@); T. Ross (110h-@); Yazhbin (HT-@); Relays (4x100m-@; 4x400m-@) NWU Invite Lincoln, Neb. 11 (7/4) Bullock (HJ-@); Green (PV-@); Stately (PV-@); Steiner (SP-@); Baldwin (PV-@); Jonas (HJ-@); Yazhbin (HT-@) Austin, Texas (April 5) --- Ashley Selig and Casie Witte earned Nebraska's first qualifications of 2007 to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as the Husker duo completed the women's heptathlon. Selig placed fifth in her first heptathlon since 2005 with an automatic-qualifying score of 5,595, while Witte earned a provisional nod with a 16th-place total of 5,080 points. Selig set one individual event best during Aaron Ross, Sr. the weekend with a wind-aided time of in the 200 meters, while she also qualified for regionals after clearing 5-8 ¾ in the high jump. Tim Grier hit the regional standard in his first attempt at the 400-meter hurdles with a mark of 52.12, while Issar Yazhbin, who did the same a week earlier in the hammer throw, set a season best with his toss of to place sixth Austin, Texas (April 6) --- Husker athletes posted 10 NCAA regional qualifying performances in all, as well as eight new efforts, during the third day at the Texas Relays. Nebraska qualified its men's 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays to both Saturday's finals and the NCAA regional meet with respective times of and 3: In the individual events, the long awaited season debut of Arturs Abolins in the long jump finally took place, as the two-time NCAA champion placed fifth with a regional-qualifying effort (24-7w). Abolins sneaked his way into the finals as the eighth-place athlete during qualifying jumps before recording his best attempt of the day during his fifth leap. A pair of Husker women earned regional qualifications in the high jump Friday, bringing the total to three in the event for the weekend. NCAA All-American Epley Bullock, a Texas native, reached 5-10 ¾ during Section A of the women s high jump for sixth place, while junior teammate Kim Shubert just met the provision of 5-8 ¾ to claim fifth in the B Section. Zarinah Suluki-Drakes crushed her former previous outdoor best in the women s triple jump to finish ninth in Section B while earning a regional qualification. Suluki-Drakes leaped to a distance of 40-6 ¾ behind an illegal tailwind reading of 4.1 for her finish, but her secondbest attempt of 40-6 ¼ was just under the wind requirement to help her reach NCAA regionals for the second consecutive year. Jeni Steiner recorded a lifetime-best throw of during Section B of the women s discus to reach regionals and match last week's qualification in the shot put. Brothers Aaron (14.22p) and Tyrell Ross (14.23p) added NU s final new regional performances of the day in the men's 110-meter hurdles Austin, Texas (April 7) --- Inclement weather limited Nebraska to only two events on the final day of the Texas Relays. Aaron Ross placed fifth (14.48) in the men's 110-meter hurdles during a rainy and windy finals heat, while Jenny Green and Brysun Stately each no-heighted during a brief women's pole vault competition featuring only five athletes and 19 attempts Lincoln (April 9) --- Huskers won 11 of 15 events in which the squad competed and recorded four new NCAA regional qualifications on Monday in an attempt to make up for competitions lost due to poor weather conditions over the past weekend. Nebraska swept the high jump competitions, as junior Dusty Jonas (7-2 ¼) won the men s event and freshman Epley Bullock (5-10) claimed the women s title. Jonas mark earned him a regional qualification in his first attempt during the outdoor season. NU also won both pole vault crowns with senior Gable Baldwin (16-8 ¾) taking the men s event and junior Jenny Green and sophomore Brysun Stately sharing the women s event title with identical 12-8 clearances. Each of the three performances in the pole vault registered as regional qualifications in Nebraska s first try at the event outdoors this season. NU Women's Event Champions: : Ruskule (180-5; Top Collegian) NU Men's Event Champions: - NCAA regional qualification; % - NCAA provisional qualification; ^ - NCAA auto qualification NU Women's Event Champions (NWU): 400m Hurdles: Selig (1:02.50) : Bullock (5-10) : Green, Stately (12-8) : McGruder (18-7) Triple Jump: McGruder ( /4) : Steiner (50-3 1/4) : Steiner (152-10) NU Men's Event Champions (NWU): : Jonas (7-2 1/4) : Baldwin (16-8 3/4) Triple Jump: Roper (49-2 1/4) : Meyer (177-8)

6 Week 3 John Jacobs Invite/Mt. SAC Meet Location Titles (W/M) NCAA Qualifiers John Jacobs Invite Norman, Okla. 8 (3/5) Bullock (HJ-@); Eades (100h-@); Morgan (400H-@); Ruskule (DT-@); Stately (PV-@); Steiner (SP-@); Suluki-Drakes (TJ-@); Abolins (LJ-@); Hulett (400m-@); Jonas (HJ-@); Pearson (400h-@); Roper (TJ-@); A. Ross (110h-@); Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. 0 van der Westhuizen (1,500m-@); Zarcenko (1,500m-@) V Athletics Invite Long Beach, Calif. 1 (1/0) None Walton Multi-Events Columbia, Mo. 0 Martin (Decathlon-%) Walnut, Calif. (April 12) --- Nebraska had atheletes in competition at three separate road meets across the country Friday. Leading the way were Peter van der Westhuizen and Natalja Zarcenko, who posted standout efforts in the 1,500-meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays. Both Huskers clocked personal best times to reach the NCAA regional qualifying standards for their events, while also moving up on NU s all-time event charts. The lone NU men s athlete at Mt. SAC, van der Westhuizen moved into fifth place all-time on the school's men's 1,500-meter chart with a third-place time of 3:41.74, a time that would have ranked third nationally entering the weekend. The Husker junior Natalja Zarcenko, So. was the second collegian finisher. Zarcenko jumped into the eighth position on NU s all-time performance list in the women s 1,500 with a fourth-place effort of 4: She won the first of two heats by a comfortable margin of nearly two seconds to earn her first regional mark of the year. Meanwhile in Oklahoma, Rachel Carrizales and Joslyn Dalton provided NU with some early excitement with personal-best finishes in the women s 3,000-meter steeplechase. Carrizales placed fourth while falling just short of the NCAA regional standard with her career-low time of 10:51.71, while Dalton followed in sixth place (11:06.31). The two times rank as the third- and fourth-fastest, respectively, on the Huskers all-time event chart. Elsewhere, Nebraska s five entries at the Audrey Walton Combined Events completed their first multi-event competitions of the outdoor season during day two in Columbia, Mo. Conditions were less than ideal for the second straight day. Lee Martin put together a strong final day to reach the national provisional qualification for this year s NCAA Outdoor Championships while placing third overall with 7,010 points in the men s decathlon. For the Husker women, junior Kim Shubert finished day two of the women s heptathlon in the same position she started with a second-place total of 4,769 points Norman, Okla. (April 13) --- Nebraska completed a strong week of action at the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla., combining for eight event titles. Included among the finishers was an impressive sweep of the men's 200-meter dash by Nate Proabasco (21.20), Scott Wims (21.27) and Lukas Hulett (21.43). Hulett continued his impressive weekend by winning the 400 meters in a regional-qualifying time of 46.65, the only competitor in the field to break on the day. Andrew Pearson added a new regional-qualifying performance for the Huskers in the men's 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best clocking of In the field, three Husker men's jumpers collected gold: Arturs Abolins in the long jump (24-10w), Daniel Roper in the triple jump (51-8 1/4) and Dusty Jonas in the high jump (6-10 ¾). Both Roper's and Abolins' marks were season bests. The Husker women were led by Sheryl Morgan, who set a season best of while winning the 400-meter hurdles. Nebraska also received gold medal performances from Epley Bullock in the high jump (5-8 ¾) and Dace Ruskule in the discus (172-6). Other impressive performance were registered by Nikita Eades, who earned her first regional-qualifying effort in the 100-meter hurdles, and Zarinah Suluki-Drakes, who shattered her previous outdoor best in the triple jump. Three additional Huskers competed at the V Athletics Invitational in Long Beach, Calif., including Natalja Zarcenko, who won the women's 800 meters in 2: Peter van der Westhuizen finished second in the men's race in 1:50.67, just.05 off the winning time. NU Women's Event Champions: John Jacobs Invite 400H: Morgan (59.43) HJ: Bullock (5-8 3/4) : Ruskule (172-6) V Athletics Invite 800m: Zarcenko (2:10.94) NU Men's Event Champions: John Jacobs Invite 200m: Probasco (21.20) 400m: Hulett (46.65) HJ: Jonas (6-10 3/4) LJ: Abolins (24-10w) TJ: Roper ( NCAA regional qualification; % - NCAA provisional qualification; ^ - NCAA auto qualification

7 2007 Nebraska Outdoor Performance List Women 1. Chi Kalu 12.32p 4/6 2. Sarah Lyons 12.38p 4/6 Chi Kalu 12.17w* 4/14 1. Chi Kalu 24.59* 4/14 2. Casie Witte 25.71* 4/14 3. Kim Shubert /12 4. Erin Hannon 28.04* 4/12 Ashley Selig 24.89w* 4/4 Casie Witte 26.11w 4/4 1. Natalja Zarcenko 3/30 2. Kim Pancoast 2:11.40* 3/30 3. Jennifer Pancoast 2:12.83* 3/30 4. Ashley Selig 2: /5 5. Betsy Miller 2: /14 6. Kim Shubert 2:25.48* 4/14 7. Casie Witte 2: /5 8. Erin Hannon 2:44.87* 4/13 1. Natalja Zarcenko 4:28.33* 3/31 2. Jennifer Pancoast 4:29.52* 3/31 3. Kim Pancoast 4: /31 4. Joslyn Dalton 4: /14 5. Rachel Carrizales 4:45.07* 4/14 6. Betsy Miller 5: /14 5,000-Meter Run 1. Joslyn Dalton 17: /30 2. Elizabeth Marsh 18:47.95* 4/14 3. Sara Prince 18:55.61* 4/14 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 1. Rachel Carrizales 10:51.71* 4/14 2. Joslyn Dalton 11:06.31* 4/14 3. Jennifer Fritz 12: /14 4x100-Meter Relay 1. Kalu, Suluki-Drakes, /14 McMillan, Lyons 4x400-Meter Relay 1. Selig, Eades, 3: /14 Roach, Morgan 1. Epley Bullock /4 4/6 2. Ashley Selig 5-8 3/4 4/4 Kim Shubert 5-8 3/4 4/6 4. Casie Witte 5-6 1/2 (1.69) 4/4 5. Erin Hannon 5-5 1/4 (1.66) Twice 6. Ashlee Dickinson 5-3 (1.60) 4/14 1. Brysun Stately /2 4/14 2. Jenny Green /9 3. Lindsey Maher 11-6 (3.50) 4/9 1. Chaunte McMillan /4 3/30 2. Ashley Selig (5.74) 4/5 3. Leandra McGruder 18-7 (5.66) 4/9 4. Z. Suluki-Drakes /2 (5.51) 4/9 5. Casie Witte /4 (5.49) 4/5 6. Erin Hannon /4 (5.34) 4/13 Ashley Selig 19-2 (5.84w) 3/30 Z. Suluki-Drakes /2 (5.80w) 4/14 Kim Shubert /2 (4.99w) 4/13 1. Dace Ruskule /31 2. Jeni Steiner /6 3. Kacie Sharp (42.89)* 3/30 1. Tamara Solari (53.55) 3/31 2. Lisa Minnick (40.67)* Casie Witte (41.41) 4/5 2. Györgyi Farkas (40.45) 4/9 3. Ashley Selig (33.15) 4/5 4. Kim Shubert 98-5 (29.99) 4/13 5. Megan Wheatley 90-7 (27.60) 4/9 6. Erin Hannon 79-2 (24.15)* 4/9 Heptathlon 1. Ashley Selig 5,595^ 4/ Casie Witte 5,080% 4/ Kim Shubert 4,769* 4/ Erin Hannon 4,190* 4/12-13 * - personal - NCAA regional qualifying mark ^ - NCAA automatic qualifying mark % - NCAA provisional qualifying mark p - preliminaries # - school record s- semifinals $ - all-time Big 12-best performance 100-Meter Hurdles 1. Nikita Eades 13.85@ 4/14 2. Ashley Selig /4 3. Kim Shubert /12 4. Erin Hannon /12 Kim Shubert 14.86pw 4/6 Casie Witte 14.91w 4/4 1. Sheryl Morgan 0:59.43@ 4/14 2. Justine Roach 1: /14 3. Nikita Eades 1: /5 4. Bridget Meduna 1:06.43* 4/14 Manual Timing: Ashley Selig 1:02.5 4/9 Triple Jump 1. Z. Suluki-Drakes /4 (12.35)@ 4/6 2. Leandra McGruder /4 (12.17) 4/9 3. Danielle Smith /2 (11.64) 4-9 Z. Suluki-Drakes /4 (12.59w) 4/14 1. Jeni Steiner /4 (15.32)@ 4/9 2. Kacie Sharp /4 (12.87) 4/14 3. Gyorgyi Farkas /4 (11.18) 4/14 4. Ashley Selig 36-4 (11.07) 4/4 5. Casie Witte /4 (10.34) 4/4 6. Kim Shubert 33-8 (10.26) 4/12 7. Erin Hannon /2 (9.79)* 4/12

8 2007 Nebraska Outdoor Performance List Men 1. Scott Wims /14 2. Dax Danns /14 3. Skyler Reising /12 4. Pat Burke 11.68* 4/12 Wind-Aided Lee Martin 11.51w 4/12 1. Nate Probasco /14 2. Scott Wims /14 3. Lukas Hulett /14 4. Arturs Abolins / Meter Dash 1. Lukas Hulett 4/14 2. Lee Martin /12 3. Skyler Reising /12 4. Pat Burke /12 1. P. van der Westhuizen 3/30 2. Erwin Schmidt 1: /14 3. Ethan Luebbe 1:53.37* 3/30 4. András Licsák 1: /30 5. Vince Sickler 1:55.33* 3/30 6. Andrew Lind 1: /14 1. P. van der Westhuizen 3/31 2. Vince Sickler 3:57.66* 3/31 3. Ethan Luebbe 3:58.79* 4/14 4. Brian Parr 4: /14 5. Kyle Custer 4: /14 6. Andrew Lind 4: /14 7. Pat Burke 4: /13 8. Lee Martin 4: /13 9. Skyler Reising 4: /13 5,000-Meter Run 1. Bryce Somer 16:29.07* 4/ Meter Hurdles 1. Aaron Ross 3/31 2. Tyrell Ross 14.66p 3/30 3. Pat Burke /13 4. Skyler Reising /13 Tyrell Ross 4/6 Lee Martin 15.46w 4/13 1. Andrew Pearson 4/14 2. Tim Grier 4/5 3. Tyrell Ross 53.69p* 4/5 4. Jared Gillmore /14 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 1. Brian Parr 3/30 2. Kyle Custer 9:43.56* 3/30 4x100-Meter Relay 1. Danns, Hulett, 4/6 Probasco, Wims 4x400-Meter Relay 1. Probasco, Pearson, 4/6 Danns, Hulett 1. Dusty Jonas 7-2 1/4 4/9 2. Pat Burke 6-6 (1.98) 4/12 3. Skyler Reising 6-4 3/4 (1.95) 4/12 4. Lee Martin 6-3 1/2 (1.92) 4/12 1. Gable Baldwin /4 4/9 2. Zach Holoch /4 (4.90)* 4/9 3. Nic Petersen 15-6 (4.72) 4/9 4. Lee Martin /2 (4.05)* 4/13 5. Pat Burke /2 (3.95) 4/13 Skyler Reising /2 (3.95) 4/13 1. Arturs Abolins (7.26) 4/6 2. Robert Rands /2 (7.15) 4/6 3. Daniel Roper /4 (7.04) 4/9 4. Lee Martin /4 (6.66) 4/12 Arturs Abolins /14 Daniel Roper /4 (7.28w) 4/14 Skyler Reising /2 (6.74w) 4/12 Pat Burke /4 (6.15w) 4/12 Triple Jump 1. Daniel Roper /4 4/14 Chris Nuttelman /4 (14.47w)* 4/14 1. Skyler Reising /4 (12.64) 4/12 2. Lee Martin /2 (12.33)* 4/12 3. Pat Burke /2 (9.94) 4/12 1. Bryan Bell (44.47) 3/31 2. Lee Martin (42.85)* 4/13 3. Ben Schutter (39.84)* 4/14 4. Skyler Reising (39.32)* 4/13 5. Pat Burke (32.54)* 4/13 1. Issar Yazhbin /5 2. Bryan Bell (53.69)* 4/14 3. Aaron Bozarth (53.49)* 4/14 4. Eric Petersen (48.92)* 4/9 1. Thorin Meyer (54.89) 3/30 2. Ben Schutter (52.60) 4/14 3. Ryan Petrocchi (51.39) 4/14 4. Lee Martin (50.41) 4/13 5. Skyler Reising (48.48)* 4/13 6. Pat Burke (46.57) 4/13 Decathlon 1. Lee Martin 7,010% 4/ Skyler Reising 6,740 4/ Pat Burke 6,372 4/12-13 * - personal - NCAA regional qualifying mark ^ - NCAA automatic qualifying mark % - NCAA provisional qualifying mark p - preliminaries # - school record s- semifinals $ - all-time Big 12-best performance

9 2007 Nebraska Outdoor Season Progression Women Epley Bullock /4 4/6 [Texas Relays-Section A] 6th /9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] 1st 5-8 3/4 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 1st Rachel Carrizales 4: /14 [John Jacobs Invite] 3rd Joslyn Dalton 4: /14 [John Jacobs Invite] 2nd 5-5 1/4 [1.66] 4/9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] 2nd 5-5 1/4 [1.66] 4/12 [Audrey Walton Heptathlon] 3rd /2 [9.79]* 4/12 [Audrey Walton Heptahtlon] 9th 79-2 [24.15] 4/9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] 9th 76-0 [23.16] 4/13 [Audrey Walton Heptahtlon] 11th Heptathlon 4,190* 4/12-13 [Audrey Walton Heptahtlon] 9th 5,000-Meter Run 17: /30 [Stanford Invitational-Section 5] 9th Ashlee Dickinson No Height 4/6 [Texas Relays-Section B] /4 [1.56] 4/9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] T-5th 5-3 [1.60] 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] T-5th Nikita Eades 100-Meter Hurdles 13.99p 4/6 [Texas Relays-Prelims] Did Not Advance 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 3rd 1:04.30p 4/5 [Texas Relays-Prelims] Did Not Advance 1: /14 [John Jacobs Invite] 8th GyÖrgyi Farkas /4 [11.18] 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 16th [40.45] 4/9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] 2nd [37.85] 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 8th Jenny Green No Height 4/7 [Texas Relays-Section A] /9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] T-1st /2 [3.70] 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 3rd Erin Hannon 28.04* 4/12 [Audrey Walton Heptahtlon] 11th 2:44.87* 4/13 [Audrey Walton Heptahtlon] 13th 100-Meter Hurdles /12 [Audrey Walton Heptahtlon] 9th Chi Kalu 12.32p 4/6 [Texas Relays-Prelims] Did Not Advance 12.17w* 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 3rd 25.28* 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 4th Sarah Lyons 12.38p 4/6 [Texas Relays-Prelims] Did Not Advance Lindsey Maher 11-6 [3.50] 4/9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] 4th /4 [3.40] 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] T-9th Leandra McGruder 18-7 [5.66] 4/9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] 1st /2w [5.65w] 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 6th Triple Jump /4 [11.97] 4/6 [Texas Relays-B Section 17th /4 [12.17] 4/9 [Nebraska Wesleyan Invite] 1st No Mark 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] -- Chaunte McMillan /4 3/30 [Stanford Invitational-A Section] 9th /2 [5.83] 4/6 [Texas Relays-B Section] 3rd /2w [5.83w] 4/14 [John Jacobs Invite] 2nd Bridget Meduna 1: /14 [John Jacobs Invite] 10th Betsy Miller 2: /14 [John Jacobs Invite] 13th p - prelims; s - semis; * - personal - NCAA regional qualification; % - NCAA provisional qualification; ^ - NCAA auto qualification