Minneapolis, Minnesota – The Omaha track & field team posted an incredible day of lifetime bests at the Jack Johnson Classic at Minnesota on Saturday. 
 
"That ended up being a fun day with some great performances," said head coach Chris Richardson. "There were so many season and lifetime bests that I almost lost track."
 
"We challenged them before the meet to only focus on the aspects that they could control. When we let the factors that are beyond our reach distract us from the job we need to do, we lose sight of our goals. I'm very proud of the way they competed today."
 
Junior Carrie Simonson ran a time of 7.84 for the second fastest qualifying time in the 60 meter dash. Simonson followed up her prelim time with a time of 7.85 in the finals to finish second. Nina Cuevas ran a season best time of 8.04 in the prelims and finished 5^th in the finals with a time of 8.07. Brianna Fulton finished eighth with a time of 8.19.
 
In the 200 meters, Simonson finished third with a time of 26.36. Cuevas took seventh with a time of 26.98. Taylor Ramaekers posted a PR of 28.25 to finish eleventh. 
 
In the 400 meters, Paige Blackford finished second with an indoor lifetime best of 59.99.
 
In the first 600 meter race of her career, Macy Persinger ran a time of 1:43:12 to finish third.
 
In the 3000 meters, Maya Nachtigal finished just a half second off her lifetime best with a time of 10:48:95 to finish fourth. Danielle Howard knocked two seconds off her previous best with a time of 11:13:07 to finish sixth. For the third meet in a row, Zoe Christenson posted a lifetime best with a time of 11:44:90.
 
The 4x400 meter relay team of Brianna Fulton, Gwen Steffen, Olivia Steffen and Paige Blackford finished second with a time of 4:06:94.
 
In the field events, Sheridan Rodriguez finished second in the high jump with a clearance of 5'5". Kaitlin Hellbusch tied her indoor best for the second week in a row with a jump of 5'3" to finish third. 
 
In the long jump, Carrie Simonson posted her indoor personal best of 17'9.75" to finish third. Taylor Ramaekers had her third lifetime best of the day jumping 17'3.25" to finish fifth. 
 
In the weight throw, Lucy Turner and Lori Vedder achieved lifetime bests with throws of 44'4" and 41'7", respectively. 
 
The Omaha track & field team will compete in two meets next week. First, the Mavericks will compete at the Bearcat Invite on Friday, February 4 in Maryville, Missouri. The team then travels to Vermillion South Dakota to compete at the Dakota Realty Alumni Invite on Saturday, February 5.