MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Senior
Brekk Flax led a parade of lifetime bests for the Omaha track & field team at the Jack Johnson Classic at Minnesota on Saturday.
Flax finished first in the 60 meter dash for the first time in her career with a lifetime best time of 7.81. It marked the third time this season she has either set or tied her PR in the event. She was just .01 off a spot in Omaha's all-time top-10 list.
Freshman
Carrie Simonson also posted a top-eight finish, taking eighth with a time of 8.07.
Junior
Jaycee Schettler ran a .20 lifetime best in the prelims of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.56. She would go on to finish eighth in the finals with a time of 8.63.
In the 200 meters, junior
Scarlett Hill was seventh with a time of 26.72.
Sophomore
Heidi Hall was one of three Mavericks to set PR's in the mile run. Hall came in seventh in a time of 5:23.10, shaving nearly four seconds off her previous best.
Freshman
Paige Blackford was right behind in eighth with a lifetime best time of 5:24.93, and classmate
Maya Nachtigal was 10th with a lifetime best time of 5:26.07.
Also in the distances, senior
Anita Jenkins ran a lifetime best of 10:49.21 in the 3,000 meters. Her fellow senior,
Ivanna Uribe, was less than a second off her best with a time of 10:47.87.
In the weight throw, Cecilia Ivwionrume shattered her lifetime best by almost five feet, posting a mark of 48-02 ½.
"I was really proud of everyone today," said head coach
Chris Richardson. "They came into a meet with good teams and good competition, and they competed and we even walked away with a victory from Brekk.
"They've been putting in some hard work so I was happy to see it pay off today."
Next week, the Mavericks will return to the state of South Dakota for the second time this season, competing in the Dakota Realty Alumni meet at South Dakota on Saturday, Feb. 8.
