The Omaha Mavericks Track & Field team is inching closer to the Summit League Indoor Championships on February 24th and 25th. Before they can look at that, their focus is set on this weekend's two-day SDSU Indoor Classic meet.

"While we always focus on the athletic side of things, this meet will dive heavily into the mental side as well due to its size," Mavericks head coach Chris Richardson said. "With over 1500 athletes competing, out athletes will need to focus on what they need to do and not let outside factors distract them. They might not get as many warm up throws, jumps or block starts as they're used to and they need to be ready for that. Focus on what you can control, and let others worry about the everything else."

The Mavericks will have a busy two days competing in 12 events over the course of the weekend. Omaha will be competing in the 3000m and 5000m runs on Friday. On Saturday, the Mavericks will compete in the Shot Put, Long Jump, High Jump, Triple Jump, Weight Throw, 60m Hurdles, 60m Dash, Mile Run, 400m Dash, 800m Run and the 200m Dash.

Omaha was in South Dakota last weekend at the USD Alumni Invite. They produced multiple top-10 finishes in Vermillion. Carrie Simonson ran a lifetime best 7.70 in the 60m which was good for 4th place. Gwen Steffen secured a 7th place finish in the 800m run with a time of 2:21.19. The team 4x200m of Tania Gleason, Vanessa Gunderson, Bella Fleming and Carrie Simonson finished 4th with a time of 1:46.02. In the field events, Kaitlin Hellbusch tied for 4th in the high jump with a height of 5'2.25". In the weight throw, Mary Fennessy was just 4 inches shy of her PR to finish 5th with a distance of 53'5". In the last Maverick event of the day, Emma Klein jumped 37'5.25 for 8th place. 

For live results of this weekend's meet, follow along here.