OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha track & field team is back in action on Saturday, Jan. 23 at the Dakota Realty Invitational hosted by South Dakota.
The meet begins at 10 a.m. at the Hillenbrand Memorial Track in Vermillion, S.D.
The Mavericks are returning to USD after opening the indoor season their last week at the USD Invitational.
The Mavericks picked up three spots in the top eight in the 60-meter hurdles.
Jaycee Schettler finished sixth with a lifetime best time of 9.53.
Roxy Denton put up a time of 9.56, good for seventh in her collegiate debut.
Kylie Johnson, also in her first collegiate race, was eighth with a time of 9.58.
In the 60 meters,
Carrie Simonson ran a time of 8.00 to finish fifth while
Nina Cuevas, in her first collegiate race, took seventh in a time of 8.02.
In the 400 meters,
Vanessa Gunderson put up a lifetime best, running a time of 1:03.58, good for sixth.
Chloe Sabatka, in her collegiate debut, was right behind at 1:05.56, good for 10th.
In the distance events,
Joanna Topham finished ninth in the 3,000 meters with a lifetime best time of 11:21.21. Freshman
Taylor Sporrer was 10th in her collegiate debut with a time of 11:29.37, and
Danielle Howard ran a lifetime best time of 11:55.84 to finish 14th.
Topham also was Omaha's top finisher in the mile run, posting a time of 5:37.56, good for 13th.
In the field events, freshman
Taylor Ramaekers led the way in the long jump with a jump of 16-09 ¼, good for seventh. Schettler put up a half-foot lifetime best with a leap of 16-04 ¾ to finish eighth overall.
Kaitlin Hellbusch finished fourth in the high jump with a mark of 5-01 ¾. Teammate
Sheridan Rodriguez tied for fifth with a jump of 4-11 ¾.
Omaha concluded the meet in the 4x200 meter relay. The team of Schettler, Cuevas,
Sekiya Simmons and Simonson finished third in a time of 1:48.37. UNO's second team of Johnson, Denton, Ramaekers and Sabatka took fifth in a time of 1:55.04.
Following Saturday's meet, the Mavericks will have two weeks off before heading to South Dakota State for the SDSU Indoor Classic on Friday, Feb. 12.
