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Seth Wiedel
Position: Jumps
Year: Sophomore
City/State: Hebron, Neb.
High School: Thayer Central
Experience: High School

Personal Bests
Indoor
200m, 22.09
Long Jump, 24-11 1/4 (7.60)
Triple Jump, 45-10 3/4 (13.99)
Outdoor
Long Jump, 23-8 1/2 (7.22)
Triple Jump, 46-2 (14.07)

Big Ten Championships
2012 (I): LJ, 24-7 (4th)

Big 12 Championships
2011 (I): LJ, 23-10 (9th)

Academics
Academic All-Big Ten (2012)
Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2013)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2011, 2012; Spring 2012)
Big 12 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll: 2011 

2013 (Junior/Sophomore)
Seth Wiedel competed in five meets during the 2013 indoor season... posted a season-best time of 22.28 in the 200 meters at the Holiday Inn Invitational... recorded a season-best long jump of 23-3 1/2 (7.10) at the Nebraska Tune-Up... notched a personal-best triple jump of 45-10 3/4 (13.99) at the NWU Invite on Jan. 18.

2012 (Sophomore/Freshman)
Wiedel competed in six meets during the indoor season... set a season-best long jump of 24-9 3/4 (7.56) at the Tyson Invitational on Feb. 10... finished fourth in the long jump at the 2012 Big Ten Indoor Championships, posting a mark of 24-7 (7.49)... also recorded a personal-best time of 22.09 in the 200 meters at the Mark Colligan Memorial... notched an outdoor season-best jump of 23-0 1/2 (7.02) at the K.T. Woodman Classic on April 14... was an academic All-Big Ten selection... earned a spot on the Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Rolls.

2011 (Freshman/Redshirt)
Wiedel completed his inaugural season as a Husker with a ninth-place showing at the 2011 Big 12 Indoor Championships on a 23-10 long jump... posted a personal-best 24-11 1/4 in the long jump at the Texas A&M Challenge.

Before Nebraska (Thayer Central)
Wiedel completed his prep career at Thayer Central High School in Hebron, Neb., as a three-time Class C state champion in triple jump and a two-time champion in the long jump... capped his career by breaking a 40-year-old record at the 2010 state meet... broke the state and meet record with a long jump of 23-8 1/2, which reset Bill Williams' 1970 record of 23-1 1/4... placed 10th in the long jump (20-1) and 11th in the triple jump (42-0 3/4) as a freshman in 2007... returned as a sophomore with a winning jump of 45-7 in the triple jump and a runner-up leap of 21-10 1/2 in the long jump... defended his state title in the triple jump as a junior with a clearance of 45-11 1/4, won his first long jump title with a leap of 22-9 and added a second-place finish in the 200 meters (22.66)... successfully swept the horizontal jumps for the second straight year in 2010 with leaps of 23-8 1/2 and 45-1 1/4, while he added a second-place finish in the 200 (22.19) and third-place finish in the 100 (11.01).

Personal
Parents are Kurk and Kris Wiedel... born Sept. 9, 1991... major is business administration.

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