Zarudnaya's Record Helps Mavs To Fifth at Summit

Friday, May 15

Macomb, Ill.

11:00 AM

Omaha

Summit League Outdoor Championships Day 3

Zarudnaya's Record Helps Mavs To Fifth at Summit

May 16, 2015 | Track & Field

By: Omaha Athletics

MACOMB, Ill. – Senior Katarina Zarudnaya broke the school record in the 1,500 meters to help the Omaha track & field team to a fifth-place finish at the Summit League Outdoor Championships on Friday.

The Mavericks finished the final meet of their four-year Division I reclassification with 43 points. North Dakota State repeated as champion with 282 points, beating out South Dakota which finished with 209. South Dakota State was third with 153 points.

Zarudnaya broke a 30-year-old record in finishing fourth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:29.10. The old record of 4:29.63 was set by Linda Elsasser in 1985.

Zarudnaya also took eighth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:19.98. Between the two events, she scored six points for the Mavericks.

In other track events, freshman Maddie Buller finished seventh in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:08.10, earning two points toward the team total.

In the 5,000 meters, Ashley Kildow picked up four more points by finishing fifth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 18:02.32.

In the relays, the team of Terri Armstrong, Buller, Hannah Fowler and Madeline Glesinger finished sixth in the 4 x 400 with a time of 3:52.00, a season best. In the 4 x 100, the Mavericks' quartet of Nicole Liske, Armstrong, Tschida Johnson and Payton Horacek took seventh in a time of 48.57, another season best.