Mavs Finish 9th at NCAA II Nationals

May 27, 2006 | Track & Field

By: Omaha Athletics

EMPORIA, Kan. -- The Nebraska-Omaha women's track and field team matched their best finish in program history at the NCAA II Outdoor Championships, finishing in a tie for ninth-place on Saturday with 23 points.

Molly Belling raced to a third-place finish in the 200-meter final with a time of 23.84 seconds. Teammate Laverne Monger finished in a time of 24.35 seconds for sixth-place. Belling and Monger finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 100-meter final. The two also teamed up with Foluso Makinde and Debbie Akerly to place fifth in the 400-meter relay with a run of 46.03 seconds.

UNO's 1,600-meter relay team of Karin Clarkson, Angela Kampschneider, Lisa Lane and Magda Orzylowski placed eighth with a time of 3:47.28.

The top 10 finish for the Mavs at the outdoor nationals is only the second in school history. The 1998 squad also finished ninth with 22 points.

Lincoln University captured its fourth consecutive NCAA II outdoor title, finishing with 93 points.