Maverick Runners Take Second at Vermillion

Saturday, October 13

Vermillion, S.D.

10:00 AM

Omaha

Tim Young Dakota Days Challenge at South Dakota

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Maverick Runners Take Second at Vermillion

Oct 13, 2012 | Cross Country

By: Omaha Athletics

VERMILLION, S.D. – The Omaha cross country team ran to a second-place finish at the Tim Young Dakota Days Challenge with senior Amanda Vorthmann leading the way for the fifth straight race.

UNO finished with 45 points in the 5k race. Host South Dakota, earning three of the top five spots, won with 26 points.

Vorthmann finished first for the Mavs, and second overall, with a time of 17:44. Sophomore Ashley Kildow ran second for the Mavericks with a time 18:52, eighth overall. The third, fourth and fifth place finishers for the Mavs were senior Nicole Behm, and sophomores Mikayla Peck and Kristin Rogers. They finished 12th, 13th, and 14th overall with close times of 19:14.00, 19:18.07, and 19:18.4.

Twelve runners competed for UNO. Junior Kayla Fenske and freshmen Kourtney Osentoski and Carolyn Newhouse finished 17th, 18th, and 19th overall. They posted times of 20:02, 20:06.00, and 20:15.00, respectively.

Freshman Avery Schmidt finished 25th overall with a time of 21:05. Sophomore Lydia Martin finished with a time of 21:26, 28th overall. Freshman Karo Garcia (33rd) and sophomore Kelsey Green (35th) earned times of 21:56, and 23:58.

Linda Keller of the University of Minnesota – Morris won the race with a time of 17:36.

The Mavericks are back in action Saturday, Oct. 27th to wrap up the season at the Summit League Championship in Rochester, Mich.