Mavericks Sweep MIAA Awards, Move Up in Rankings
Feb 9, 2010 | General, Track & Field
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – UNO teammates #Anja Puc and Nkeiruka Domike# have been named MIAA Women's Track & Field Student-Athletes of the Week for the week of Feb. 1-7 as selected by a conference SID panel. Puc is a second-time honoree in 2010, and Domike is a first-time winner this season.
Also today, the Mavericks moved up to third in the weekly rankings assembled by the U.S. Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association.
Puc set the top time in the MIAA and the nation with a run of 2:09.79 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational last weekend. She posted an automatic-qualifying mark in her first time running the 800 meters this season. The junior from Medvode, Slovenia, placed fourth and was the only Division II athlete in the field. Puc's time is the best nationally by nearly two seconds and is the best mark in the MIAA by more than six seconds.
Domike produced the MIAA's and nation's best triple jump and automatically qualified with a leap of 41 feet, six inches at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. The junior from Rivers-State, Nigeria, was competing in the event for the first time ever indoors. Domike's mark is one foot better than the second-best jump in the country.
In the rankings, UNO moved up to third from ninth the previous week. The Mavs are behind only Lincoln (Mo.) and Grand Valley State in the national ranks. UNO is ranked fourth in the South Central Region behind Lincoln and MIAA schools Missouri Southern and Central Missouri.
The Mavericks return to action at two meets this weekend. Some athletes will head to the Husky Classic hosted by the University of Washington while others will take part in the Wildcat Open hosted by Wayne State.
