Ludwick Secures Bid to NCAA's in Javelin
5/25/2025 12:05:00 PM | Men's Cross Country / Track
Kansas native was a three-time NAIA All-American.
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton junior Jacob Ludwick joined an elite list on Sunday as he became the second track and field athlete in program history to quality for the First Round of the NCAA Championships. Ludwick will throw the javelin in College Station, Texas, at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28th.
The Clay Center, Kan., native qualified thanks to his career-long throw of 64.43 meters (211 feet, 5 inches) on April 11th at the Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa. He threw 57.89 meters last weekend at the BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships to place third and become CU's first field athlete to earn All-BIG EAST accolades. It's the latest in a season of first's for Ludwick, who is the program's first modern javelin thrower. He also became the program's first BIG EAST Track & Field Athlete of the Week on May 13th.
Ludwick was a three-time All-American at Ottawa (Kan.) University in the javelin. He was fifth at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2022 with a throw of 60.88 meters. He was seventh in 2023 (60.89 meters) before improving to fourth place in 2024 (62.82 meters).
Action from Wednesday's NCAA First Round will be streamed on ESPN+ at https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=154ae674-fb9c-46da-a040-b69fa346c459.
Creighton ran their first official NCAA track season since 1961 during the spring of 2022 as a distance-based track program, utilizing the cross country roster. Led by head coach Chris Gannon and assistant Matthew Fayers, the Bluejays competed in their first BIG EAST Championships last May and more than doubled their point total at the 2025 event last week. Creighton's first runner to qualify for NCAA Championships was Tommy Ward,. who ran in the 800 meters at the First Round of the 2023 NCAA Championships in Sacramento, Calif. Ward ended up finishing 42nd in the West Region.
In NCAA Track and Field, the top 12 competitors in each individual event, including javelin, from both Regional meets advance to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Those will take place at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on June 11-14. The javelin competition will take place on June 11th at 7:15 p.m. Central.
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The Clay Center, Kan., native qualified thanks to his career-long throw of 64.43 meters (211 feet, 5 inches) on April 11th at the Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa. He threw 57.89 meters last weekend at the BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships to place third and become CU's first field athlete to earn All-BIG EAST accolades. It's the latest in a season of first's for Ludwick, who is the program's first modern javelin thrower. He also became the program's first BIG EAST Track & Field Athlete of the Week on May 13th.
Ludwick was a three-time All-American at Ottawa (Kan.) University in the javelin. He was fifth at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2022 with a throw of 60.88 meters. He was seventh in 2023 (60.89 meters) before improving to fourth place in 2024 (62.82 meters).
Action from Wednesday's NCAA First Round will be streamed on ESPN+ at https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=154ae674-fb9c-46da-a040-b69fa346c459.
Creighton ran their first official NCAA track season since 1961 during the spring of 2022 as a distance-based track program, utilizing the cross country roster. Led by head coach Chris Gannon and assistant Matthew Fayers, the Bluejays competed in their first BIG EAST Championships last May and more than doubled their point total at the 2025 event last week. Creighton's first runner to qualify for NCAA Championships was Tommy Ward,. who ran in the 800 meters at the First Round of the 2023 NCAA Championships in Sacramento, Calif. Ward ended up finishing 42nd in the West Region.
In NCAA Track and Field, the top 12 competitors in each individual event, including javelin, from both Regional meets advance to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Those will take place at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., on June 11-14. The javelin competition will take place on June 11th at 7:15 p.m. Central.
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