The Mark Colligan Memorial once again became a tone-setter for the track & field season. Five Cougars left the Nebraska meet with gold medals, and 22 in total earned top-three finishes.
Just as the case was last year, the meet was about all things fast. The Cougars won three of the six sprinting finals, and ten earned podium places. The biggest stories of the day belonged to junior Kahmari Montgomery, sophomore Brianne Bethel and senior Elijah Hall.
Montgomery burst onto the scene with a win in the men’s 400m. A former SEC Champion with the Missouri Tigers, Montgomery’s time of 46.