LINCOLN, Neb. (15 December 2025) — Axelina Johansson opened her senior season with a dominant performance at the Husker Holiday Open on Friday, December 12, 2025, setting a collegiate and Swedish indoor record in the women’s shot put with a throw of 19.72 meters (64-8½).
Johansson’s record-breaking mark at the Devaney Center Indoor Track came in the fourth round, while five of her six throws were well over 19 meters in a series that ranked among the finest in collegiate history. She opened with 19.48m, matched the previous collegiate record of 19.57m in Round 2, and improved again with 19.66m before delivering her best.
The 25-year-old Hok native also threw 19.51m in the fifth round and closed out the competition with 18.87m, which would have also won the title.
Read More: Tennessee’s Christian Coleman Smashes Collegiate 100m Record
Her performance placed four of her throws within the all-time collegiate indoor top eight — ranked No. 1, No. 2, tied No. 3, No. 6, and No. 7, further confirming her consistency and command of the event in her collegiate career thus far.
Previously, the collegiate record was held by Jorinde van Klinken of the Netherlands, who threw 19.57m while representing Oregon on February 10, 2023.
Johansson, already an NCAA indoor champion and the reigning World University Games gold medalist in the shot put, now holds the top spot in collegiate indoor history.
The Husker Holiday Open also marked a strong start for Nebraska’s track and field team, which collected event titles in 18 of the 29 competitions and set two new school records.
In other field events, Dyson Wicker cleared 5.62m (18-5¼) to set a school record and win the men’s pole vault, while Cade Moran captured the men’s shot put title with 20.07m (65-10¼), moving to fifth on Nebraska’s all-time list.
Elsewhere, Ela Velepec set a new personal record of 1.83 meters (6-0) to secure the women’s high jump title with teammate Karsyn Leeing also clearing the same height to finish in second place.
Leave a Reply