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Four Huskers Qualify for NCAA Indoor Championships

A total of four Nebraska track and field student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships next week in Albuquerque, N.M.

Nebraska's qualifiers are Alencar Pereira (weight throw), Burger Lambrechts Jr. (shot put), George Kusche (mile and 3,000 meters) and Kristina Insingo (shot put). All four Huskers will be competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time in their careers.

Pereira is the top ranked Husker, sitting at No. 10 nationally after breaking the school record and winning the weight throw at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a toss of 72-6 1/4 (22.