Mavericks Find Success at SDSU Indoor Classic

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SDSU Indoor Classic

Mavericks Find Success at SDSU Indoor Classic

Feb 12, 2023 | Track & Field

The Omaha Track and Field team had a very successful weekend at the SDSU Indoor Classic. Action on the track began Friday evening with a distance carnival featuring the 5000m for the Mavericks. In the 2nd heat, Maret Elgren cruised her way to a massive 28 second personal best to finish in 18:46.87. In the 3rd and final section, Maya Machtigal and Lauren Metzger led the way for Omaha with all-time top 10 performances. Metzger took almost a full minute off her previous fastest to cross the line in 17:50.31 for the 6th fastest time in school history. Nachtigal edged out her teammate for the 5th fasted time in Omaha history to finish in 17:48.11. That time dropped 28 seconds off her previous best.

On Saturday, a quartet of sprinters kicked off the day in the 60m with three lifetime bests and a 2nd fastest time. Hurdlers Addi Webster and Grace Mustard dropped .08 and .12 off the previous fastest times. Tania Gleason shaved another .01 off her time to finish in 7.91. Carrie Simonson continued her strong senior campaign in 7.72, just .02 off her PR. Webster came back in the hurdles to run a personal best of 9.31.
In the 400m, sophomore Macy Persinger had herself a day by winning her section with a new indoor personal best of 59.78. Senior Vanessa Gunderson dropped nearly half a second off her previous fastest and Gwen Steffen had a season best and just missed her indoor PR by .04.
Lily Jackson and Emily Treptow went 1, 2 in the mile with two big personal bests. Treptow ran a 5:19.83 to knock 4 seconds off her previous fastest just behind Jackson who finished in 5:17.77. Her time was an amazing 16 second PR.
Tania Gleason ended the day on the track by running a new indoor personal best of 25.70.
While the Mavericks were getting it done on the track, the field events were heating up too. In the weight throw Lucy Turner had a season best throw of 46'8.75". Over in the shot put, Sophomore Mary Fennessy came away with a 2 foot improvement on her season best to finish was a distance of 43'7.25".
Across the track in the jumping events, Kaitlin Hellbusch tied her season best high jump of 5'3" to finish 8th. Carrie Simonson jumped 17'10.25" for 7th place. One of the highlights of the day came in the triple jump with a trio of lifetime bests. Bernice Lawson improved her PR by 8 inches while Taylor Ramaekers eclipsed 37' for the first time to finish 5th with 37'1". Freshman Emma Klein leaped beyond 38' for the first time in her career to win the event with a distance of 38'2".
Overall the Mavericks finished the weekend with 15 personal bests and 2 top 10 performances.
"That was a fun weekend. Cliff and the 5000m crew did great on Friday evening and people competed hard today. We performed well and we supported each other along the way. Even though we're an individual sport, the team aspect is still there. We have to be at each other's side if we fall and we should be there to celebrate each other's successes as well. As with many things in life, the ride is much better when you're around people who support you."