Nebraska takes seven event titles at Drake Relays, dominating sprints and throws
- Nebraska track and field won seven event titles on Friday, April 24, at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, with victories in discus, shot put, high jump, a relay, and university-college shot put. - Donna Douglas opened her outdoor season with a 56.80-meter discus win, the fourth-farthest throw in Nebraska history, while freshman Hencu Lamberts won men’s shot put at 19.89 meters. - Nebraska finished the meet with 10 total titles after adding three more wins later Saturday, including Ela Velepec in high jump and Berlyn Schutz as top collegiate finisher in the Grand Blue Mile. (huskers.com)
Nebraska’s big day at the Drake Relays came Friday, not Saturday, with seven event titles across throws, jumps and a sprint relay in Des Moines. (huskers.com) The winners were Donna Douglas in women’s discus, Hencu Lamberts in men’s shot put, Mine De Klerk in women’s shot put, Brett Schwartz in men’s discus, Mason Kooi in men’s high jump, Nebraska’s women’s 4x200-meter relay, and Sage Burbach in university-college women’s shot put. (huskers.com) Douglas made the sharpest mark of the group. In her first outdoor meet of 2026, she threw 56.80 meters, or 186 feet 4 inches, for the Championship Division discus title and the fourth-best mark in school history. (huskers.com) Lamberts kept up his freshman surge with a 19.89-meter shot put win in the Championship Division, moving into eighth on Nebraska’s all-time list. De Klerk added another throws title at 17.57 meters in the women’s shot put. (huskers.com) Nebraska also stacked points and placements around those wins. Amelia Flynt took second behind Douglas in discus at 55.95 meters, and Schwartz won the men’s discus title at 58.72 meters. (huskers.com) On the track, the women’s 4x200 relay won in 1:34.46, the fifth-fastest time in school history. The men’s 4x200 team finished second in 1:24.82, and Rajer Gurode placed third overall in the university-college 100 meters in 11.62 seconds. (huskers.com) The Friday haul set up an even bigger final tally. Nebraska said it closed the Drake Relays with 10 total titles after Saturday wins from Ela Velepec in the women’s high jump, Cade Moran as top collegian in the men’s shot put World Athletics Continental Tour division, and Berlyn Schutz as the top collegiate finisher in the Grand Blue Mile. (huskers.com) Schutz’s mile was the standout performance from the last day. She ran 4:27.30, a lifetime best and the third-fastest outdoor mile in National Collegiate Athletic Association history, according to Nebraska. (huskers.com) So the story from Drake was a Nebraska team that kept scoring in multiple event groups at once. The meet ended with 10 Husker titles and a schedule move to the Desert Heat Classic in Tucson on May 2. (huskers.com)
