Omaha
Dakota Duels
Mavs Break Meet Records at Dakota Duels
Apr 5, 2015 | Track & Field
The Omaha track & field team competed in the Dakota Duels Saturday, breaking three meet records and setting multiple personal records.
Stephanie Ahrens posted the second-best high jump mark in school history with a personal best leap of 5-09 ¾. She took second in the event and was one of four athletes to break the Dakota Duels record of 5-4 ¼. Taryn Derickson placed fifth, also jumping a personal best of 5-03 ¾.
Lauren Doeschot took first place in the javelin throw with a personal best mark of 115-08. Megan Adams placed fifth place with a personal best throw of 112-04 while Macy Woitzel was eighth with a mark of 104-03.
In the shot put, Amanda Conlin earned fourth place with a personal best throw of 42-10 ¾.
In the long jump, three Mavericks finished in the top eight. Noni Henderson posted a personal best mark of 17-01 ¼ for sixth place. Nicole Liske earned seventh place with a leap of 16-07 while Amanda Alexander jumped 15-01 ½, good for eighth place.
Henderson also placed fifth in the triple jump with a personal best 36-03 ½.
On the track, Terri Armstrong finished sixth in the 100 meters with a time of 12.65 while Hannah Fowler finished seventh in 13.40 and Tschida Johnson was eighth with a personal best time of 13.43.
Armstrong also placed in the 200 meters finishing in fifth place with a personal best time of 25.32. Liske had a time of 26.21, good for eighth.
Ashley Kildow was third in the 1,500 meters with a personal best time of 4:39.16 while Katarina Zarudnaya finished in 4:42.57, good for fifth place. Both Kildow and Zarudnaya were among a group of five runners who broke the previous meet record of 4:43.71, set in 2011.
Zarudnaya took eighth in the 400 meters with a time of 59.75. Alyssa Thavenet finished the 800 meters in 2:19.74 to earn seventh place.
In the 100 meter hurdles Ahrens placed third with a personal best time of 15.14 while Alexander was seventh with a time of 17.71. Maddie Buller took eighth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.69.
In the relays, the team of Armstrong, Buller, Fowler and Johnson put up a time of 49.61 in the 4 x 100, earning them third place.
The Mavericks are back in action on Friday and Saturday, April 10-11, at the Jim Duncan Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa.
