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Track and Field

2023-24 Track and Field Roster

Aaron Mercado
Aaron Mercado
Molly Sheppard

Abbie Schmidt

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lincoln, Neb.
  • Highschool East HS
  • Major Nursing

Biography

Career Bests

2022-23
Cross Country
Placed 35th at the Summit League Championships with a season-best time of 22:06.4 for 6,000 meters … missed the first two meets, but finished among USD’s scoring five at the remaining four meets during the fall … crossed the finish line in 171st at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 22:53.9 … finished 31st at the Platte River Rumble with a time of 22:41.0 … made the Summit League honor roll.
 
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth as a member of the Coyotes’ distance medley relay at the Summit League Championships … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … clocked a season-best time of 10:27.92 for 3,000 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … recorded a season-best mile time of 5:13.68 back in her hometown at the Nebraska Tune-Up … took fifth in the mile at the South Dakota Kickoff … tallied three top-10 finishes indoors.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed eighth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Summit League Championships … recorded a personal best time of 11:30.47 at the Summit meet … finished runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at The Monday Meet in 11:35.42 … clocked a season best of 17:56.60 for 5,000 meters at the Kip Janvrin Open … notched five top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

2021-22
Cross Country
Competed at five meets during the season … posted a season-best time of 23:17.1 for 6,000 meters at the Bradley Pink Classic … finished 25th at the Briar Cliff Invitational … notched a season-best 5,000-meter time of 19:05.04 at the Briar Cliff race … clocked 19:46.2 for 5,000 meters at Nebraska’s Woody Greeno Invitational.

Indoor Track & Field
Raced at five meets indoors … placed fourth in the 5,000 meters at the USD Alumni Meet in 18:39.32 … posted a season-best of 10:30.25 for 3,000 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Clocked a season-best 5,000-meter time of 17:59.75 at Wichita State’s KT Woodman Classic … posted a season-best time of 39:45.35 for 10,000 meters at the Drake Relays … finished runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Wildcat Invitational.

2020-21
Cross Country
Fall cross country season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Indoor Track & Field
Clocked a season-best time of 11:14.65 for sixth place in the 3,000 meters at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … posted a time of 11:22.68 in the 3,000 meters at the SDSU Last Chance meet … took 10th in the mile at the SDSU Holiday Invitational with a season-best 5:40.62 … tallied a pair of top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Recorded a season-best time of 19:12.54 in the 5,000 meters at the South Dakota Challenge and placed eighth in the race … took fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Wildcat Classic … tallied five top-10 finishes during the season.

Prep
A four-time state medalist at the Nebraska Class A Cross Country Championships ... led Lincoln East to a pair of Nebraska state titles and a pair of runner-up finishes in her cross country career ... a four-time member of the Lincoln Journal Star's super state cross country team and four-time all-state honoree on the cross country course ... finished runner-up at the 2017 Nebraska Cross Country Championships and earned the Spartan Runner of the Year award ... a three-time medalist in the 3,200 meters on the track and ran on the Spartans' runner-up 4x800-meter relay as a junior ... her senior track and field season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... recorded a personal best of 18:21.2 for 5,000 meters at the 2017 Nike Heartland Regional Championships and 11:21.71 for 3,200 meters at the 2018 Nebraska Track and Field Championships ... a National Honor Society member and Spartan HERO Award winner.

Personal
Daughter of Joni Williamson and Ryan Schmidt ... nursing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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  • 2023-24Senior

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