Kalynn Meyer, a Superior High School graduate, is experiencing the best of two sports worlds at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Recruited to be a Husker volleyball player, Meyer has joined the track and field team this season.
She told a KLKN-TV reporter, “I knew I had wanted to do both originally, but then the first season of volleyball just didn’t quite go as planned since we had the spring season. But then all the tables just kind of came together, the time was right and I decided to join (track and field team).”
The two-sport athlete has now competed in her first collegiate indoor track and field competition and claimed first place in the shotput with a throw of 50 feet, 3.5 inches.
“It had been almost three years since my last competitive meet,” Meyer said. “So just going out there after I got the first couple throws, I was just settling in here, and it was really an exciting environment.”
Meyer was a dominate thrower during her high school years setting state records while being named the Nebraska Gatorade Girls Track and Field Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019. She won two state titles in the shotput and three state championships in discus. Meyer was unable to compete her senior year because of the pandemic.
The Meyer name is a familiar one at Nebraska as Kalynn’s mother played volleyball for Terry Pettit back in the 90s. Also, her father and two sisters were part of the Huskers’ track and field program.
“It’s surreal pretty much especially since my dad and two older sisters went through the program, and I’m kind of just stepping into their shoes a little bit now, too,” Meyer said. “It’s just kind of the best of both worlds since my mom was on the volleyball team as well.”
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