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University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

2023-24 UNK Women's Track & Field Roster

Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications
Erika Pritchard, UNK Communications

Nicole Messbarger

  • Position Sprints
  • Indoor/Outdoor R-Jr./Sr.
  • Hometown Kearney, NE
  • Highschool Kearney Catholic
  • Major Biology (Medical)

Biography

IN THE LOPER TOP 10 
Indoors - 600 Yards (1st/1:22.37); 4x4 Relay (2nd/3:51.33); 400 (3rd/56.34); 800 (3rd/2:14.44); DMR (10th/12:22.53)
Outdoors - 4x4 Relay (4th/3:$7.2); 400 (6th/55.75)

AS A JUNIOR (2022-23)
MIAA Excellence Award for a 4.00 GPA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... USTFCCCA All-Scholar ... finalist for UNK Women's Athlete of the Year ... NCAA provisional qualifier (indoor/400 & 800 and 4x4 relay; outdoor/400 and 4x4 relay) ... at the MIAA Outdoor Championships, helped the 4x4 relay team come in sixth and the 4x1 squad place ninth ... also 15th in the 400 ... top time in the 400 came at West Texas (55.75) ... also career-best time in the 200 (25.24) at that meet ... runner up at 600 yards (career-best 1:22.37) at the MIAA Indoor Championships ... also on the ninth place 4x4 relay team 


AS A SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

MIAA Excellence Award for a 4.00 GPA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... part of the ninth place 4x1 and 4x4 relay teams at the outdoor conference meet ... also 15th in the 400 ... was 15th in the 600-yard run at the MIAA Indoor Championships ... ran on the 10th place 4x4 re


AS A SOPHOMORE (2021-22)

MIAA Excellence Award for a 4.00 GPA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... part of the ninth place 4x1 and 4x4 relay teams at the outdoor conference meet ... also 15th in the 400 ... was 15th in the 600-yard run at the MIAA Indoor Championships ... ran on the 10th place 4x4 relay squad


AS A FRESHMAN (2020-21)

MIAA Excellence Award for a 4.00 GPA ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... seventh in the 600 yard run at the MIAA Indoor Championships (Season-best 1:27.05) ... went 1:27.82 in prelims ... also a member of the seventh place 4x4 relay team (3:56.68) ... was the second leg ... ran on a third place DMR team at NW Missouri that turned in a UNK all-time top 10 time (12:22.53) ... was the third leg ... member of the sixth place 4x4 relay team (3:53.42) at the outdoor league meet ... third in the lineup ... also ran the 400 and was on the 41x relay team at the meet ... runner up in the 800 at the Loper Invite (season-best 2:20.37)

HIGH SCHOOL
State medalist in the 200 and 400 at the 2019 Class C state meet  ... runner up in the 400 as a junior and sophomore ... three-time qualifier in the event


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints