Mavericks Back in Action This Weekend
Jan 11, 2007 | Track & Field
The Mavericks open 2007 indoor competition at the Holiday Inn Classic at the Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb. The team will compete in four field events and four running events on Friday, Jan. 12 at 4 p.m. Saturday competion will begin at noon.
About the Mavericks
All-Americans Molly Belling , Laverne Monger, Karin Clarkson and Magda Orzylowski return to bolster a UNO squad that finished eighth in the NCAA II indoor nationals last year and ninth in the outdoor national meet.
Last Meet
Tahnee Tuenge and Ashley Yates each captured titles as the Mavericks opened indoor track competition Dec. 7 at the Derek Miles Open in the DakotaDome at the University of South Dakota. Yates won the long jump title with a mark of 18 feet, 2 1/2 inches. She also finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 36-7 1/2. Tuenge glided to a 13-second win in the mile run with a time of 5:17.56. Other Mavs who placed included Mary Margaret Nelson, third in the 800 meters at 2:22.80; Kaeli Bixler, third in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw; Ashley Freeman, fifth in the high jump, and Allsion Gottsch, ninth in the shot put and 10th in the weight throw.
The Coach
Steve Smith took over as the interim head coach for the cross country and track program at UNO Aug. 28 after 19-year coach Tim Hendricks retired. Smith is a 1981 graduate of Pittsburg State and began his coaching career at that school. He has also served as a collegiate assistant at Wichita State and Nebraska. He joined the UNO program as an assistant under Hendricks in January, 2006.
About the Mavericks
All-Americans Molly Belling , Laverne Monger, Karin Clarkson and Magda Orzylowski return to bolster a UNO squad that finished eighth in the NCAA II indoor nationals last year and ninth in the outdoor national meet.
Last Meet
Tahnee Tuenge and Ashley Yates each captured titles as the Mavericks opened indoor track competition Dec. 7 at the Derek Miles Open in the DakotaDome at the University of South Dakota. Yates won the long jump title with a mark of 18 feet, 2 1/2 inches. She also finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 36-7 1/2. Tuenge glided to a 13-second win in the mile run with a time of 5:17.56. Other Mavs who placed included Mary Margaret Nelson, third in the 800 meters at 2:22.80; Kaeli Bixler, third in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw; Ashley Freeman, fifth in the high jump, and Allsion Gottsch, ninth in the shot put and 10th in the weight throw.
The Coach
Steve Smith took over as the interim head coach for the cross country and track program at UNO Aug. 28 after 19-year coach Tim Hendricks retired. Smith is a 1981 graduate of Pittsburg State and began his coaching career at that school. He has also served as a collegiate assistant at Wichita State and Nebraska. He joined the UNO program as an assistant under Hendricks in January, 2006.
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