Mavericks Toe Line at Nebraska Invitational
Apr 8, 2010 | General, Track & Field
Weekly Release
The Week Ahead: The University of Nebraska at Omaha track and field team heads to Lincoln this week to compete in the Nebraska Invitational on Saturday, April 10. Competition begins at 11 a.m. Also this week, heptathlete Shannon Moore will compete in the two-day Emporia State Combined Multis on April 8 and 9 in Emporia, Kan.
The Coaches: Steve Smith is in his fourth season as the head coach of the University of Nebraska at Omaha track program after more than two decades of success as an assistant in Kansas, Nebraska and UNO. Smith was named the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Assocation Indoor Coach of the Year after guiding the Mavericks to a stunning win in the 2009 MIAA Indoor Championships in March and finished the season fifth in the nation indoors. Smith is assisted by #Chris Richardson# (jumps and pentathlon/heptathlon), John Mulligan (distances) and Rich Emsick (throws).
Out of the Blocks: Moore got the outdoor season off to a good start last week at the Northwest Open hosted by Northwest Missouri State. She ran a time of 14.33 in the 100 meter hurdles. It was a personal best and the second-fastest time in school history.
All-Americans: Six Mavericks are coming off All-American indoor seasons. #Anja Puc and Nkeiruka Domike# were crowned national champions in the 800 meters and the triple jump respectively. Puc ran a time of 2:07.14 to win the 800 and break her own school record of 2:07.99. Domike also reset the school mark in the triple jump with a winning leap of 42 feet, two and one-quarter inches. It was the fifth consecutive meet in which she reset the school record. #Heather Minssen# earned third place in the national indoor meet in the shot put with a throw of 49 feet, 1 1/2 inches. She will redshirt the outdoor season. Moore took third in the pentathlon with 3,923 points and earned eighth place in the 60 meter hurdles in a time of 8.86. #Kayla Koepke# was fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 55.64, and #Maja Mihalinec# took seventh in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.58.
A Look Back: In 2009, the Mavericks finished in a tie for third place with Central Missouri at the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association outdoor championship. Each team finished with 97 points. Mihalinec won the 100 meter dash and took third in the 200. Puc took first in the 800 meters. The Mavericks also won the 4x100 meter relay. The team of #Jody-Ann Coore#, Koepke, Puc and Mihalinec posted a time of 47.95.
Back In The Fold: Two sprinters who did not compete for the Mavericks outdoors in 2009 will be back on the track this outdoor season. #Pinar Saka#, a seven-time All-American and a 2009 indoor national champion in the 400 and 4x400 will compete outdoors for the final time in her outstanding career. She was the Division II Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2009. #Molly Belling# also returns to the outdoor track after battling injuries for the last two seasons. She picked up a second-place finish in the 200 and a third in the 100 last week at the Northwest Open.
Up Next: UNO will visit MIAA neighbor Central Missouri for the Mule Relays on Friday, April 16. Competition begins at 1 p.m. at Audrey J. Walton Stadium in Warrensburg, Mo.
The Week Ahead: The University of Nebraska at Omaha track and field team heads to Lincoln this week to compete in the Nebraska Invitational on Saturday, April 10. Competition begins at 11 a.m. Also this week, heptathlete Shannon Moore will compete in the two-day Emporia State Combined Multis on April 8 and 9 in Emporia, Kan.
The Coaches: Steve Smith is in his fourth season as the head coach of the University of Nebraska at Omaha track program after more than two decades of success as an assistant in Kansas, Nebraska and UNO. Smith was named the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Assocation Indoor Coach of the Year after guiding the Mavericks to a stunning win in the 2009 MIAA Indoor Championships in March and finished the season fifth in the nation indoors. Smith is assisted by #Chris Richardson# (jumps and pentathlon/heptathlon), John Mulligan (distances) and Rich Emsick (throws).
Out of the Blocks: Moore got the outdoor season off to a good start last week at the Northwest Open hosted by Northwest Missouri State. She ran a time of 14.33 in the 100 meter hurdles. It was a personal best and the second-fastest time in school history.
All-Americans: Six Mavericks are coming off All-American indoor seasons. #Anja Puc and Nkeiruka Domike# were crowned national champions in the 800 meters and the triple jump respectively. Puc ran a time of 2:07.14 to win the 800 and break her own school record of 2:07.99. Domike also reset the school mark in the triple jump with a winning leap of 42 feet, two and one-quarter inches. It was the fifth consecutive meet in which she reset the school record. #Heather Minssen# earned third place in the national indoor meet in the shot put with a throw of 49 feet, 1 1/2 inches. She will redshirt the outdoor season. Moore took third in the pentathlon with 3,923 points and earned eighth place in the 60 meter hurdles in a time of 8.86. #Kayla Koepke# was fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 55.64, and #Maja Mihalinec# took seventh in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.58.
A Look Back: In 2009, the Mavericks finished in a tie for third place with Central Missouri at the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association outdoor championship. Each team finished with 97 points. Mihalinec won the 100 meter dash and took third in the 200. Puc took first in the 800 meters. The Mavericks also won the 4x100 meter relay. The team of #Jody-Ann Coore#, Koepke, Puc and Mihalinec posted a time of 47.95.
Back In The Fold: Two sprinters who did not compete for the Mavericks outdoors in 2009 will be back on the track this outdoor season. #Pinar Saka#, a seven-time All-American and a 2009 indoor national champion in the 400 and 4x400 will compete outdoors for the final time in her outstanding career. She was the Division II Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2009. #Molly Belling# also returns to the outdoor track after battling injuries for the last two seasons. She picked up a second-place finish in the 200 and a third in the 100 last week at the Northwest Open.
Up Next: UNO will visit MIAA neighbor Central Missouri for the Mule Relays on Friday, April 16. Competition begins at 1 p.m. at Audrey J. Walton Stadium in Warrensburg, Mo.
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