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'My heart dropped': Nebraska athlete shares what it was like to be at site of canceled NCAA championship

Nebraska's Kristina Insingo hugs teammates after throwing a personal-record in the shot put during the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in February at the Devaney Sports Center.

Kristina Insingo NCAA meet

She made it. Kristina Insingo was there, at the national championship meet for the college indoor track season.

And then, just like that, she and the three other athletes from the Nebraska track team were frantically packing and headed home. They were back in Lincoln before the meet had even been scheduled to begin.

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