Burger Lambrects named Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year

He is the first-ever Nebraska men's track and field athlete to win a Big Ten Athlete of the Year award. 

LINCOLN, Neb. (Husker Athletics) — Nebraska junior thrower Burger Lambrechts Jr. was named the Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year on Wednesday after a vote by the league’s head coaches. He is the first-ever Nebraska men’s track and field athlete to win a Big Ten Athlete of the Year award.

Lambrechts was the fifth-place finisher in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships last weekend and was a USTFCCCA first-team All-American, throwing 65-0 3/4 (19.83m). It was the best finish by a Husker male in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships since 2004.

At the Big Ten Indoor Championships in Geneva, Ohio on Feb. 27, Lambrechts shattered his previous shot put personal best with a gold-medal winning throw of 67-4 3/4 (20.54m) on his fifth attempt, which won the event by more than two feet. Lambrechts had never topped 20 meters before in his career, but both his fifth and sixth (20.47m) throws went well beyond 20 meters.

The Big Ten runner-up last year, Lambrechts climbed to No. 2 in school history behind only Carl Myerscough’s school record of 70-6 1/4 (21.49m).