Nebraska track and field secured top-25 finishes on the men’s and women’s side at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Mass. on Saturday. Out of 12 Husker entries, eight earned First-Team All-America honors by placing in the top eight.
A day after becoming the first Husker to become a long jump First-Team All-American in the last decade, Till Steinforth recorded his highest-career NCAA finish in the heptathlon. With a total of 6140 points, Steinforth placed third. On Saturday, he clocked an 8.03 in the 60m hurdles, cleared 16-7 ¼ (5.06m) in the pole vault and ran a 2:50.42 in the 1000m. The last Husker to place third or higher in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships was Björn Barrefors in 2009. Last season, Steinforth placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in both the heptathlon and decathlon.
The Big Red added a pair of First-Team All-Americans in the high jump. Tyus Wilson equaled his personal-best height of 7-3 (2.21m) to claim fourth at his first indoor NCAA Championship meet. The junior made his NCAA debut during last season’s outdoor meet, taking fourth. Jenna Rogers became a four-time high jump First-Team All-American on Saturday, clearing 6-2 (1.88m) to tie for sixth. That was her third consecutive NCAA Indoor Championships placing in the top eight, with a fourth-place finish in 2023 and a seventh-place finish in 2022.
Rhianna Phipps provided a big final attempt in the triple jump, hitting a personal-best 44-7 (13.59m) to move up two spots and claim fifth. That mark was also the third-best jump in school history. Phipps has previously earned two Second-Team All-America honors, but this is her first time being named a First-Team All-American.
In the men’s triple jump, Micaylon Moore and Terrol Wilson made their NCAA Championship debuts. With a distance of 52-10 ¼ (16.11m), Moore secured First-Team All-American status with a seventh-place finish. He claimed his first Big Ten title in the triple jump two weeks ago. Wilson was named a Second-Team All-American, placing 13th with a 50-7 ½ (15.43m). At this season’s Big Ten Championships, Wilson was the triple jump bronze medalist. With both athletes reaching the Championship meet, Saturday became the first time two Husker men were named All-Americans in the triple jump.In the women’s shot put, Mine De Klerk placed seventh with a 56-1 ¾ (17.11m) to earn her first First-Team All-America honor. De Klerk is in her first season competing for Nebraska after transferring from Oregon and is the reigning Big Ten Champion in the shot put. Kevin Shubert collected his second-career Second-Team All-America honor, placing 14th in the men’s shot put with a throw of 60-9 ½ (18.53m). Shubert’s last time at the NCAA Championships was during the 2021 indoor season, where he placed 16th in the shot put.
The Husker men tied for 12th with 17 points, while the women placed 25th with 8.5 points. Texas Tech won the men’s race with 50.5 points and Arkansas claimed the women’s title with 55 points.With the indoor season coming to a close, Nebraska looks to the outdoor season beginning March 29-30 with the Florida Invitational and the Stanford Invitational.
