Saturday, February 27
Brookings, S.D.
10 a.m.
Omaha
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Summit League Indoor Championships (Day 1)
Sophomore Carrie Simonson has posted the Mavericks' top times in the 60 meter and 200 meter dashes.
Mavericks Vie For Summit League Title This Weekend
Feb 26, 2021 | Track & Field
OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha track & field team will be in Brookings, S.D. for the Summit League Indoor Championship on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27-28.
Events begin at 9:30 a.m. each day from the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex on the campus of South Dakota State.
Heading into the championship, the Mavericks are looking to the high jump and pentathlon as their best opportunities to score points. Sheridan Rodriguez ranks seventh in the league in the high jump this season with a lifetime best mark of 5-05.
In the pentathlon, Jaycee Schettler and Kylie Johnson rank 7-8. Schettler, a senior and UNO's most experienced multi-eventer, put up a lifetime best score of 3,097 earlier this season at South Dakota on Jan. 23. Johnson, a freshman, competed in the event for the first time at the same meet, posting a score of 3,049.
The Mavericks are making their third straight trip to SDSU this weekend. They're coming off a PR-filled performance at the SDSU Last Chance on Saturday, Feb. 20.
In the distance events, Joanna Topham ran an 11-second lifetime best in the 3,000 meters, finishing in a time of 10:38.99, good for fifth. Maya Nachtigal finished in ninth, running a 10-second lifetime best time of 10:48.56.
In the sprints, Jaycee Schettler, running the 400 meters for the first time, ran a time of 59.27 which put her sixth. It was UNO's best time in the event this season.
Scarlett Hill bested her lifetime best in the same event, running a time of 1:00.58 which put her seventh. Vanessa Gunderson was 10th in a lifetime best time of 1:02.31.
Hill also took seventh in the 60 meters in a time of 7.91, just .01 off her lifetime best.
Kylie Johnson reset her lifetime best and the team's top time in the 60 meter hurdles, running a time of 9.33 in the prelims.
In the 200 meters, Carrie Simonson took fourth in a time of 25.70, tying her season best.
Freshman Taylor Sporrer set a team season-best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:25.34, a lifetime best. Emily Robles was right behind in 2:25.88, another lifetime best and the second-best mark by a Maverick this season.
In the field events, Sheridan Rodriguez had a team season-best in the high jump with a leap of 5-05, good for fourth. Kaitlin Hellbusch was part of a four-way tie for fifth with a lifetime best mark of 5-03.
In the shot put, Lucy Turner threw a college best mark of 35-05.
Following the championship, the Mavericks will be off until March 19 when they begin the outdoor season at the Missouri Invitational.
Events begin at 9:30 a.m. each day from the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex on the campus of South Dakota State.
Heading into the championship, the Mavericks are looking to the high jump and pentathlon as their best opportunities to score points. Sheridan Rodriguez ranks seventh in the league in the high jump this season with a lifetime best mark of 5-05.
In the pentathlon, Jaycee Schettler and Kylie Johnson rank 7-8. Schettler, a senior and UNO's most experienced multi-eventer, put up a lifetime best score of 3,097 earlier this season at South Dakota on Jan. 23. Johnson, a freshman, competed in the event for the first time at the same meet, posting a score of 3,049.
The Mavericks are making their third straight trip to SDSU this weekend. They're coming off a PR-filled performance at the SDSU Last Chance on Saturday, Feb. 20.
In the distance events, Joanna Topham ran an 11-second lifetime best in the 3,000 meters, finishing in a time of 10:38.99, good for fifth. Maya Nachtigal finished in ninth, running a 10-second lifetime best time of 10:48.56.
In the sprints, Jaycee Schettler, running the 400 meters for the first time, ran a time of 59.27 which put her sixth. It was UNO's best time in the event this season.
Scarlett Hill bested her lifetime best in the same event, running a time of 1:00.58 which put her seventh. Vanessa Gunderson was 10th in a lifetime best time of 1:02.31.
Hill also took seventh in the 60 meters in a time of 7.91, just .01 off her lifetime best.
Kylie Johnson reset her lifetime best and the team's top time in the 60 meter hurdles, running a time of 9.33 in the prelims.
In the 200 meters, Carrie Simonson took fourth in a time of 25.70, tying her season best.
Freshman Taylor Sporrer set a team season-best in the 800 meters with a time of 2:25.34, a lifetime best. Emily Robles was right behind in 2:25.88, another lifetime best and the second-best mark by a Maverick this season.
In the field events, Sheridan Rodriguez had a team season-best in the high jump with a leap of 5-05, good for fourth. Kaitlin Hellbusch was part of a four-way tie for fifth with a lifetime best mark of 5-03.
In the shot put, Lucy Turner threw a college best mark of 35-05.
Following the championship, the Mavericks will be off until March 19 when they begin the outdoor season at the Missouri Invitational.
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