Jacks' TF Hosting Two Meets This Weekend

Friday, January 19

Brookings, S.D.

1:30 p.m.

South Dakota State University

SDSU DII Invitational

1/18/2018 8:44:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

By: Friday starting at 1:30 p.m. is the SDSU DII Invite, Saturday at noon is the Jim Emmerich Invite.

MEETS 3 & 4: South Dakota State (Men & Women) host SDSU DII Invite & Jim Emmerich Invite

When	SDSU DII Invitational Friday, Jan. 19 Field Events: 1:30 p.m. Track Events: 1:45 p.m.	Jim Emmerich Invite Saturday, Jan. 20 (Tentative) Field Events: Noon Track Events: 12:15 p.m.
Where	Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex Parking Map \| Google Maps \| Brookings, S.D.	Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex Parking Map \| Google Maps \| Brookings, S.D.
Live Stats	DakotaTiming.com \| No Live Stream	DakotaTiming.com \| No Live Stream
Teams Competing	Number of Teams: 25 See Full List (Bottom of Page 2) Schedule \| Heat Sheets	Number of Teams: 11 See Full List (Bottom of Page 2) Schedule (Friday) \| Heat Sheets (Friday)
Meet Notes	Meet Notes \| Home Meet Info Page \| Facility/Meet Records: Men \| Women \| 2018 Performance List: Men \| Women
Social Media	Twitter \| Facebook \| Instagram \| #GoJacks

The South Dakota State track and field teams will host two meets this weekend, one being the SDSU DII Invitational and the Jim Emmerich Invitational being the other. Most of the team will compete in Saturday's meet with the potential of having Jackrabbits in 17 events with NCAA DI top 150 ranked competition.

SDSU DII Invite (Friday)
Field events will begin at 1:30 p.m. with the men's teams competing in the weight throw and the women's teams throwing the shot put. Both men's and women's long jump will begin at 2 p.m. along with men's pole vaulting.

Track events will start with the women's preliminary round of the 60m hurdles at 1:45 p.m. The last scheduled event, the 4x400m relay is scheduled for 8:35 p.m.

There will 25 teams represented and over 900 athletes competing in this year's SDSU DII Invite. (Complete List - Bottom of Page 2)

Jim Emmerich Invite (Saturday) **Times are still tentative until Heat Sheets are finalized Friday Afternoon
The men's teams will kickoff the field events on Saturday at noon with the weight throw while the women's teams begin at the shot put ring.

The women's "B" section of the 3,000m will get underway at 12:15 p.m. Then SDSU's macot, Jack, will arrive to run with the fans, under the ages of 10, in the 60m at 12:30 p.m. Followed by the alumni mile scheduled at 12:35 p.m. The other two alumni events throughout the day include: 60m at 1:40 p.m., 4x300m relay at 2:20 p.m. The 4x400m relay is set to start at 5:05 p.m. to end the evening.

The notable schools scheduled to compete on Saturday are: Iowa Central, Minnesota, Nebraska-Omaha, North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, South Dakota.

Parking
Spectators planning to come on Saturday, please see the map attached in the box above to know where to park. It will be a busy Saturday with multiple events occurring on campus.

Recent Jim Emmerich Performances
During the 2017 Jim Emmerich, sophomore Sam Zenner broke the school record in the 60m (6.84) for second place at his first meet as a Jackrabbit. The previous school record was held by LeAndre Kennedy (6.87), who is now ranked third on the school's top-10 list.

Juniors Emily Donnay and Rachel King recorded her first races of the 2017 indoor season at the Jim Emmerich last season. King won the race (9:54.92) with Donnay quickly behind her as runner-up (9:55.45). State graduate Carly Carper notched her second 60m-title (7.57) in as many meets of the early 2017 season.

SDSU graduate, Alejandro Sanchez, recorded the SJAC record in the 800m, notching 1:51.68 in the 2016 Jim Emmerich. It still stands as the Jim Emmerich 800m recorded. Junior Kyle Burdick recorded his career-first mile time of 4:16.08, while it was junior Ephram Albrecht's third meet of his freshman year. He tripled jumped to his first career-win and indoor personal best of 47-08.00.

In 2016, SDSU graduate Jazzelina Black gathered a win in the women's triple jump (41-06.00) while junior Renae Dykstra recorded her personal-best 800m (2:13.61).

Men's Team
One week removed from the Bison Classic and 20 of the student-athletes that competed in the same events in the first two meets of the season, 16 of them had better marks on their home track, including eight personal-bests.

Highlighting the results from the Bison Classic was freshman Trent Francom and junior Skyler Monaghan. Francom reach a height of 16-01.75 in the pole vault, the school's third-best height. Monaghan jumped the Jackrabbit season leaderboard in his first 400m race. His finish of 49.83 is the best among Jack for the season and it ranks fourth in The Summit League, 115th in the country.

There were 11 Jacks who remained in the NCAA DI top 150 performance list from their season bests at the SDSU Holiday Open. Freshman Trent Francom improved his pole vault height from the Bison Classic to remain in the top 100 and junior Skyler Monaghan ran his first 400m to notch a NCAA top-120 mark.

NCAA Top 150 Marks: seniors Brady Brockel (Heptathlon - 63rd), Colton Bender (Weight Throw - 32nd), juniors Josh Dotson (Triple Jump - 69th), Peter Bates (Heptathlon - 52nd), sophomores Bryant Courter (High Jump - 126th, Long Jump - 19th, Triple Jump - 19th), Evan Hieber (Heptathlon - 45th), Sam Zenner (60m - 123rd), redshirt freshmen Josh Goehring (800m - 123rd), Anthony Andera (Pole Vault - 121st), Max Reinke (Shot Put - 142nd), and freshman Cameron Kuil (200m, 130th).

Junior Kyle Burdick and unattached Trevor Capra are the lone active Jackrabbits who are record holders in the Jim Emmerich Invite. Burdick holds the meet record in the mile (4:11.38), set last season. Capra also set his meet record last season in the 3,000m. Burdick also has the SJAC record in the 3,000m, posting 8:09.92 in The Summit League Championships last season.

SDSU's Potential NCAA DI Top 150 Matchups for Men (best from each team in top 150, # denotes converted):

60m: So. Sam Zenner (123rd, 6.87), South Dakota's Gawain Williams (40th, 6.76), Minnesota's Jonathon Webb (59th, 6.80)
200m: Fr. Cameron Kuil (130th, 21.97), Minnesota's Jonathon Webb (27th, 21.48#), Northern Iowa's Corey Hertz (66th, 21.72#), South Dakota's Gawain Williams (86th, 21.81), Landon Jochim (93rd, 21.84#), North Dakota's Oluwaseyi Aguda (127th, 21.96)
400m: Jr. Skyler Monaghan (115th, 49.05#), Minnesota's Jack Wellenstein (17th, 47.71), Northern Iowa's Jojo Frost (109th, 49.02), North Dakota State's Landon Jochim (117th, 49.09#), North Dakota's Cody Roder (130th, 49.22#)
800m: R-Fr. Josh Goehring (123rd, 1:55.82), Minnesota's LaRance Dawson (6th, 1:50.12#)
High Jump: So. Bryant Courter (126th, 6-06.75), Minnesota's Ryan Lockard (12th, 7-01.50), South Dakota's Zack Anderson (16th, 7-00.50), Northern Iowa's Xavior Williams (33rd, 6-10.75), North Dakota's Nolan Hovland (73rd, 6-08.75)
Pole Vault: Fr. Trent Francom (64th, 16-01.75), South Dakota's Chris Nilsen (1st, 18-04.50), Minnesota's John Uchytil (16-02.75), North Dakota State's Matt Neururer (121st, 15-07.00)
Long Jump: So. Bryant Courter (19th, 24-04.50), South Dakota's Joe Reagan (43rd, 23-11.00), Minnesota's Mason Roomes (48th, 23-10.75), Northern Iowa's Cade Kirkpatrick (93rd, 23-03.25), North Dakota State's Tony Ukkelberg (101st, 23-02.00)
Triple Jump: So. Bryant Courter (19th, 50-00.75), North Dakota State's Kelle'Mon Hilton (55th, 48-06.00), Minnesota's Sammie Houston (95th, 47-05.00)
Shot Put: R-Fr. Max Reinke (142nd, 52-03.25), North Dakota State's Alex Talley (20th, 59-08.25), South Dakota's Jacob Barents (40th, 57-04.75), Minnesota's Jonathan Tharaldsen (45th, 56-11.50), Northern Iowa's Darius King (46th, 56-11.25), North Dakota's Michael Quesenberry (78th, 54-07.25)
Weight Throw: Sr. Colton Bender (32nd, 65-00.75), North Dakota State's Steffan Stroh (25th, 65-09.50), South Dakota's Ethan Fenchel (35th, 63-09.75), Minnesota's Connor Rousemiller (45th, 62-05.00), North Dakota's Tyler Kolander (73rd, 59-09.00), Northern Iowa's Issac Holtz (102nd, 58-01.00)
4x400m Relay: SDSU (Landon Larson, Cameron Kuil, Josh Goehring, Sam Johnson; 119th, 3:18.30), Minn. (61st, 3:15.61), NDSU (63rd, 3:15.70#), UNI (78th, 3:16.56#), UND (140th, 3:19.42)

Women's Team
There were 29 Jackrabbits who competed in the same event at both the SDSU Holiday Open and at the Bison Classic, 23 of the marks were better in the SJAC and two were personal-bests.

Highlight last weekend was senior Vanessa Lane, who recorded a personal best (7.86) in the 60m. Freshman Amy Muller also noted a significant performance in the pole vault, notching 11-00.25 and seventh on SDSU's all-time top 10 leaderboard. Junior Kasie Vollmer and freshman Madison Mingo recorded personal best marks from last weekend. Vollmer launched a shot put 47-09.00 while Mingo cleared 5-02.50 in the high jump.

NCAA Top 150 Marks: senior Vanessa Lane (Pentathlon - 19th), juniors Savannah Dolezal (400m - 123rd), Abby Sudbeck (Weight Throw - 87th), Renae Dykstra (800m - 131st), sophomores Kendra Dykstra (Mile - 121st), Jaymie O'Connor (60m Hurdles - 135th), Allison Sebern (Pentathlon - 110th), Kayla Neff (Pentathlon - 67th), Sara Bohan (Pentathlon - 68th), redshirt freshman Bailey Cowling (High Jump - 135th), freshman Kendyl Kreber (Pentathlon - 99th).

Junior Krista Steele and sophomore Kendra Dykstra have SDSU DII Invite records from last year. Dykstra has the 800m meet record (2:17.28) and Steele has the 600m meet record (1:34.28).

SDSU's Potential NCAA DI Top 150 Matchups for Women (best from each team in top 150, # denotes converted):

400m: Jr. Savannah Dolezal (123rd, 57.25#), Minnesota's Emerald Egwim (7th, 54.15), South Dakota's Brooke Ireland (100th, 56.92), North Dakota State's Alyssa Lind (104th, 57.00#), North Dakota's Lucy Steinmeyer (125th, 57.26)
800m: Jr. Renae Dykstra (131st, 2:16.93#), Minnesota's Val Larson (32nd, 2:12.28), North Dakota's Erica Eades (95th, 2:15.67#), North Dakota State's Katie Bye (100th, 2:15.88), Northern Iowa's Diana Slight (137th, 2:17.13)
Mile: So. Kendra Dykstra (121st, 5:00.67), Minnesota's Madeline Strandemo (8th, 4:45.22#), South Dakota's Madeline Huglen (54th, 4:55.51), North Dakota State's Annika Rotvold (77th, 4:58.06)
60m Hurdles: Jaymie O'Connor (135th, 8.74), Minnesota's Rachel Schow (71st, 8.61), South Dakota's Shanice Cannigan (92nd, 8.65)
High Jump: Bailey Cowling (135th, 5-05.00), Minnesota's Heta Tuuri (26th, 5-08.75), Nebraska-Omaha's Stephanie Ahrens (26th, 5-08.75), North Dakota's Isabel Waite (89th, 5-06.50), South Dakota's Shanice Cannigan (130th, 5-05.25), Northern Iowa's Chaley Rath (135th, 5-05.00)
Weight Throw: Abby Sudbeck (87th, 57-07.50), Minnesota's Kaitlyn Long (2nd, 74-07.25), North Dakota's Molli Detoff (14th, 66-04.50), North Dakota State's Maddy Nilles (18th, 65-04.25), Northern Iowa's Sarah Pate (46th, 61-00.25), South Dakota's Lara Boman (138th, 55-09.00), Nebraska-Omaha's Anna Edet (149th, 55-02.75)

Up Next
The Jacks will travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa to compete in the Mark Messersmith Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 27.

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