All American Scott Wims Wins the 200 Meter Dash

From the Nebraska Track and Field:

Indianapolis – Nebraska freshman Scott Wims ran away with the title in the 200-meter dash at the 2007 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in Indianapolis. Wims clocked a time of 20.86 for the win, which also qualifies the Fort Wayne, Ind., native in the 200-meter dash for the 2007 Pan American games in Brazil.



Wims will now represent the United States in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dash in the Pan Am games, July 6-8 in Sao Paolo, Brazil. He marked a time of 10.24 in Thursday’s 100-meter dash finale to finish second, trailing the leader by just one one-hundredth of a second. Wims’ time met the qualifying standards for the Pan Am games.



Wims sailed through the preliminary round of the 200-meter dash early Friday, posting a time of 21.09 to lead the round. Wims kicked into the next gear during the finals, topping the nearest competitor (21.02) by almost two-tenths of a second.



The Husker freshman’s incredible postseason success comes just weeks after Wims tallied the second All-America finish of his young career by finishing seventh overall in the 200-meter dash at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif. Wims’ other All-America award came at the 2007 indoor championships as a part of the eighth-place NU 4x400 men’s relay team.