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Tierra Williams Wins More Gold at Big 10 Championships
By John Nixon
Copyright: MSCSPORTS
05/16/2016

(KLZA)-- Nebraska junior jumper Tierra Williams, from Auburn, captured the long jump title Saturday on day two of the Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships before 1,158 fans on Saturday at Ed Weir Stadium.

Williams notched her third Big Ten title this season, as the indoor long jump and triple jump champion made it a sweep of the long jump titles.

Williams jumped a wind-aided 21-4 (6.50m) on her fifth attempt. Williams' first jump (20-6 1/4) immediately put her in the lead, and her second jump (21-0) would have won the event if not for her fifth jump.

On Sunday, Williams set a personal best of 44-6 (13.56m), a new Big Ten meet record and the fifth-best jump in NU outdoor history. Her jump was nearly two feet better than the runner-up and gave her a sweep of the horizontal jumps in 2016. 

The Husker men scored 140.5 team points to win by 50 over Michigan (90.5). It's the largest margin of victory by a Big Ten team at the outdoor meet since 2005. The Husker women finished in third place with 94 points. Michigan and Minnesota tied for the title with 106 points.

 

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