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Lincoln North Star grad Mohammed in best stretch of Husker track career

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Moujtaba Mohammed is a junior on the Nebraska track team, but because of his late start in track he still feels like he’s somewhat new to the sport. He says he learns something every day at practice.

During his first two years of high school at Lincoln North Star, Mohammed played junior varsity soccer.

“I was more of a soccer player, and then somehow my high school coach, coach Matt Musiel, got me into doing it from a lot of talks,” Mohammed said. “I had him as a PE teacher, so he’d always try and talk me into doing track.