ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, May 10–12 — High jumper Tyus Wilson and hurdler Darius Luff led Nebraska to a repeat of its Big 10 title under sunny skies on the final day of the first championships held at Michigan’s “new” outdoor facility (opened in ’19). By the time the day was done, the Huskers had piled up 136 points, 50 more than runner-up Iowa.
Wilson, the loop’s indoor champion and 4th at NCAA Indoor, jumped cleanly through 7-3¾ (2.23). Ohio State’s Shaun Miller, who cleared 7-1½ (2.17), played the passing game after that, with a miss and a pass at the next two heights. Finally, at 7-5 (2.26), Miller had his last miss. Wilson then chose to skip that height (his PR), and take it to a collegiate leader 7-6 (2.29). On his first attempt he came close. On the second he knocked the bar down with his arm. Finally, on his last attempt he managed a clearance with little to spare. After taking two shots at what would have been a meet record 7-7¼ (2.32), he called it a day.
Said Husker coach Justin St. Clair pre-meet, “Coach [Dusty] Jonas had mentioned, ‘Tyus is doing really well, things are about to happen.. It’s just exciting.”
Luff came into the meet as the collegiate leader at 13.25. On Saturday, in cold and blustery conditions in Ann Arbor, he looked confident in his heat with a 13.35. Later that day he lost the collegiate leader through no fault of his own, when Auburn’s Ja’Kobe Tharp ran 13.18 at SECs. On Sunday, Luff went after it in ideal conditions after officials set up the hurdles to go from south to north to take advantage of the prevailing winds. With Wisconsin’s Giovanni Wearing pressing him for much of the distance, he tied his best of 13.25, with the same 0.7 reading that he had the first time he ran that time. Wearing finished 2nd in 13.41.
A Day 1 javelin duel between Mike Stein of Iowa and Nebraska’s Dash Sirmon saw Stein lose his early lead to Sirmon, who in round 3 threw 248-1 (75.63). On his final throw, Stein launched the spear to a meet record 266-4 (81.19), becoming the No. 10 U.S. collegian ever. Sirmon, on the last throw of the day, came close with a PR of his own, 265-3 (80.86).
Minnesota frosh Ángelos Mantzouránis impressed in the hammer with a 246-6 (75.15) win. Another Gopher frosh, Charles Godson, took the long jump at 26-¾ (7.94), a solid…
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