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Nebraska Cornhuskers track and field
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's and women's track and field teams compete as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. The men's program became Nebraska's first varsity sport in 1889 and a women's team was established in 1976. The programs host indoor meets at the Bob Devaney Sports Center and outdoor meets at an incomplete facility on Nebraska Innovation Campus.

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NU's men's team has won thirty-eight indoor and thirty-one outdoor conference championships, producing thirty-six individual national champions; the women have won twenty-four indoor and eighteen outdoor conference championships with thirty-seven national champions.[2] Nebraska's only three team national titles came in the early 1980s in women's indoor competition, led by Jamaican sprinter and nine-time Olympic medalist Merlene Ottey.[3] Gary Pepin retired in 2022 after four decades as Nebraska's head coach and assistant Justin St. Clair was named his replacement.

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Venues

Nebraska has hosted indoor meets at the Bob Devaney Sports Center (originally the NU Sports Complex) since its construction in 1976. The facility, renovated in 2000 and 2011, can host 5,000 spectators. The arena has hosted several indoor conference championships.

For decades, Nebraska hosted outdoor meets at Ed Weir Stadium, located just northeast of Memorial Stadium. It was demolished in 2019 to make room for the Osborne Legacy Complex. The program moved to an unnamed, incomplete facility on Nebraska Innovation Campus, though it has not hosted any meets as permanent seating has yet to be installed. The $16.5-million, 2,000-seat complex is scheduled to be completed in late 2025, in time for NU to host the 2026 Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Conference Championships.[5]

Awards and championships

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Team national championships

Team conference championships

Men's indoor

  • MVIAA / Big Eight:[b] 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1951, 1963, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996
  • Big 12: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
  • Big Ten: 2015, 2016, 2019

Men's outdoor

  • MVIAA / Big Eight:[b] 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1966, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996
  • Big 12: 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010
  • Big Ten: 2013, 2016, 2023, 2024

Women's indoor

  • Big Eight: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
  • Big 12: 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2011
  • Big Ten: 2012

Women's outdoor

  • Big Eight: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
  • Big 12: 2000, 2005

Individual awards

Men's indoor

  • Midwest Region athlete of the year: Jonah Wilson (2023 – field), Till Steinforth (2024 – field)
  • Midwest Region coach of the year: Gary Pepin (2015, 2019), Justin St. Clair (2024)
  • Conference athlete of the year: Burger Lambrechts Jr. (2022 – field), Jonah Wilson (2023 – field), Till Steinforth (2024 – field)
  • Conference freshman of the year: Mayson Conner (2019), Brent Wetovick (2020)

Men's outdoor

  • Midwest Region athlete of the year: Dusty Jonas (2008 – field), Darius Luff (2024 – track), Tyus Wilson (2024 – field)
  • Midwest Region coach of the year: Gary Pepin (2009, 2010, 2013, 2016), Justin St. Clair (2023, 2024)
  • Conference athlete of the year: Tyus Wilson (2024 – field)
  • Conference freshman of the year: Mayson Conner (2019)

Women's indoor

  • National coach of the year: Gary Pepin (1995)
  • Midwest Region athlete of the year: Priscilla Lopes (2006 – track), Ashley Selig (2006 – field)
  • Midwest Region coach of the year: Gary Pepin (2010, 2011, 2012)
  • Conference athlete of the year: Mara Griva (2013 – field)

Women's outdoor

  • Midwest Region athlete of the year: Mara Griva (2011 – field), Axelina Johansson (2023 – field), Rhema Otabor (2024 – field)
  • Midwest Region coach of the year: Justin St. Clair (2023)
  • Conference athlete of the year: Mara Griva (2011 – field), Axelina Johansson (2023 – field)
  • Conference freshman of the year: Axelina Johansson (2022 – field)

Men's indoor national champions

References: [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Men's outdoor national champions

References: [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Women's indoor national champions

References: [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]

Women's outdoor national champions

References: [25][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]

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Seasons

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Men's seasons

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Women's seasons

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Olympians

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Sprinter Charlie Greene won two medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City

Fifty-one Nebraska track and field athletes have combined to compete in seventy-two Olympic Games, winning nineteen medals. Merlene Ottey earned nine total medals to become NU's most decorated Olympian in any sport.[49]

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Notes

  1. The AIAW ran the premier women's collegiate track and field championship until 1983.
  2. In 1928, the ten member schools of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association agreed to a splintering of the conference – Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma retained the MVIAA name and Drake, Grinnell, Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State), and Washington University formed the Missouri Valley Conference. The MVIAA became commonly known as the Big Six, and later the Big Seven and Big Eight. Its name was officially changed to the Big Eight in 1964.[4]
  3. Men's coaching history unavailable prior to 1889.
  4. Women's coaching history unavailable prior to 1980.
  5. Until 1982, women's track and field events were governed by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
  6. Results unavailable prior to the establishment of the MVIAA outdoor championship in 1908.
  7. The MVIAA indoor championship was established in 1922.
  8. The first women's indoor national championship was held in 1978.
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