Ferguson Looks to Win Third Straight 800-Meter National Title
Kearney, Neb. – The Nebraska Kearney men’s track and field team has qualified five individuals and one relay for the 2023 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships.
The-two-day meet is set for March 10-11 at the new Virginia Beach Sports Center. A top 12 finish is good for All-American honors (1st-team places 1-8; 2nd-team places 9-12).
Headed East next weekend are McCool redshirt senior Luke Stuckey (mile), Kearney senior Brayden Sorensen (high jump), Giltner junior Alex Goracke (weight throw), Fremont redshirt sophomore Wes Ferguson (800), Creighton sophomore Alex Homan (pole vault) and the distance medley relay team. That group consists of Ferguson and Stuckey and Gothenburg senior Micah Swedberg and David City sophomore Payton Davis.
Ferguson is defending national champion in the 800 and a three-time All-American, Sorensen is a three-time All-American as well and the 2021 national indoor runner up, Stuckey has twice earned All-American status with Swedberg on last year’s DMR squad that finished eighth at nationals. Davis, Goracke and Homan reach their first NCAA Championships.
UNK had 32 national times/marks this winter (18 men, 10 women, two men’s relays, two women’s relays) with Kearney redshirt freshman Lily Novacek (21st/weight throw) and Stamford true freshman Brianna Russell (25th/high jump) the next closest to qualifying.
March 10 (Central Time)
2:55 p.m. – Mile prelims (Stuckey/15th; 4:04.95)
3:30 p.m. – Weight throw finals (Goracke/14th; 64-1)
3:55 p.m. – 800 prelims (Ferguson/3rd; 1:48.25)
5:50 p.m. – DMR finals (8th/9:44.48)
March 11 (Central Time)
2:55 p.m. – Pole vault finals (Homan/16th; 16-5.25)
3:35 p.m. – Mile finals
4:05 p.m. – High jump finals (Sorensen/8th; 7-0.25)
4:20 p.m. – 800 finals
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