In just a short time at Nebraska, George Kusche has brought excitement to distance running not seen recently at the school.
In the fall, he finished third at the Big Ten Conference cross country meet, the best finish by a Nebraska runner at the conference meet in more than 20 years. Then he had a good start to the indoor track season, running the fifth-best time in school history in the 3,000-meters one week and winning an 800 race the next. But he wasn’t overly impressed by that.
On Saturday, Kusche ran well. Historically well. The redshirt freshman from South Africa ran the mile in 3 minutes, 59.