ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Nebraska men's track and field team captured the Big Ten Indoor Championships team title on Saturday at the U-M Indoor Track.
The Husker men entered the day with an 11-point lead and led the entire day until Indiana took a 90-89 lead with only the 4x400-meter relay remaining. However, the Huskers' relay team of Givon Washington, Tony Nou, Elijah Lucy and Isaiah Hutchinson ran a season-best 3:09.12 to finish fifth, while Indiana finished eighth in 3:11.71. The Huskers finished with 93 points, and Indiana had 91, giving NU its first team crown since 2016.
“It was really exciting for the fans and for the kids on this team,” Pepin said. “I don’t know how exciting it was for the coaches because we were really worried, but I felt like that’s a great way to go in at the end to try and win the meet with the mile relay. I knew we had a good mile relay. It was exciting and really a good team effort.”
The Husker men won their 67th all-time conference title and 38th indoors. It was the fifth Big Ten title for the Husker men since joining the conference in 2012. For legendary head coach Gary Pepin, it marked his 73rd career conference title and 43rd indoors.
