Green, Ligons Take Big Ten Track Honors
January 22, 2025 | Track & Field
SEATTLE β A couple School Records leads to a couple Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week awards as Washington's Nathan Green and Bodi Ligons earned the honors today. Green was named men's co-Athlete of the Week for the second time this season, and Ligons was recognized as the Big Ten Men's Freshman of the Week.
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Green knocked another second off UW's already blazingly fast all-time mile record. He ran 3:50.74 to win the Mile City event in the Dempsey on Saturday, taking the NCAA lead and the World lead for 2025. It's the fourth-fastest mile ever run in NCAA history and Green led nine Huskies who broke the four-minute barrier on Saturday, the most ever by one team in one meet.
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The senior from Boise, Idaho lowered his own mile PR by two seconds and broke two-time mile national champion Luke Houser's School Record by 0.99 seconds. Green now holds indoor school records in the 1,000-meters, mile, and 3,000-meters, as well as the outdoor school records in the 800-meters and 1,500-meters. This is already his second Big Ten Athlete of the Week honor this track season, having also won the award on Dec. 11.
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Bodi Ligons, a freshman from L.A., broke a School Record in his first run in the Dempsey. Ligons broke the 600-meters mark held by former All-American Cass Elliott, running 1:16.48. Ligons was a two-time top-four finisher in the California state championships at 800-meters for Cathedral High School. He had a strong 400m season opening run of 47.51 back in December at the Spokane Invitational before his 600m record on Friday.
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Ligons is the first Husky to take the Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor.
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The Huskies are off this week before hosting the UW Invitational in the Dempsey on Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
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2024-25 Men's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week
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Dec. 11
Track: Nathan Green, WASH
Field: Ryan Henry, PSU
Freshman:Β Ajani Dwyer, PSU
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Dec. 18
Track: Cameron Miller, PUR
Field: Sean Smith, IOWA
Freshman: Dyson Wicker, NEB
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Jan. 15
Track: Trent McFarland, MICH
Field: Chidozie Kalu, PUR
Freshman: Edidiong Udo, OSU
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Jan. 22
Track: Johnny Brackins Jr., USC
Track: Nathan Green, WASH
Field: Ryan Johnson, IOWA
Freshman: Bodi Ligons, WASH
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Green knocked another second off UW's already blazingly fast all-time mile record. He ran 3:50.74 to win the Mile City event in the Dempsey on Saturday, taking the NCAA lead and the World lead for 2025. It's the fourth-fastest mile ever run in NCAA history and Green led nine Huskies who broke the four-minute barrier on Saturday, the most ever by one team in one meet.
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The senior from Boise, Idaho lowered his own mile PR by two seconds and broke two-time mile national champion Luke Houser's School Record by 0.99 seconds. Green now holds indoor school records in the 1,000-meters, mile, and 3,000-meters, as well as the outdoor school records in the 800-meters and 1,500-meters. This is already his second Big Ten Athlete of the Week honor this track season, having also won the award on Dec. 11.
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Bodi Ligons, a freshman from L.A., broke a School Record in his first run in the Dempsey. Ligons broke the 600-meters mark held by former All-American Cass Elliott, running 1:16.48. Ligons was a two-time top-four finisher in the California state championships at 800-meters for Cathedral High School. He had a strong 400m season opening run of 47.51 back in December at the Spokane Invitational before his 600m record on Friday.
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Ligons is the first Husky to take the Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor.
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The Huskies are off this week before hosting the UW Invitational in the Dempsey on Jan. 31-Feb. 1.
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2024-25 Men's Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week
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Dec. 11
Track: Nathan Green, WASH
Field: Ryan Henry, PSU
Freshman:Β Ajani Dwyer, PSU
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Dec. 18
Track: Cameron Miller, PUR
Field: Sean Smith, IOWA
Freshman: Dyson Wicker, NEB
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Jan. 15
Track: Trent McFarland, MICH
Field: Chidozie Kalu, PUR
Freshman: Edidiong Udo, OSU
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Jan. 22
Track: Johnny Brackins Jr., USC
Track: Nathan Green, WASH
Field: Ryan Johnson, IOWA
Freshman: Bodi Ligons, WASH
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