4 Event Winners, 20 Jacks to the Finals on Day 2 - South Dakota State University Athletics

5/11/2018 11:33:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Recap: Summit League Recap Results: Summit League Championships 2018 (Day2)

Day 2 of the Summit League Championships wrapped up with both teams sitting in third place, but have several competing tomorrow in the finals

TULSA, Okla. - South Dakota State track and field team finished the second day of competition with both the men and women in third place.

The men have scored 79.50 points and sit four points behind South Dakota. After all of the prelims, 12 Jackrabbits competing in 13 events will add points in the finals of their respective events.

The women's teams scored 44 points while sending eight SDSU student-athletes in nine events to the finals tomorrow.

Redshirt freshman Coby Hilton is the lone Jackrabbit to compete in multiple final events, both the 100m and 200m. He finished the prelims with the fourth-best mark in the 100m and what would have been the third-best 200m if it was not wind-aided (4.3).

Freshman Daniel Clarke will be joining Hilton in the 100m after finishing the prelims with the school record mark, beating the 1994 Edmund Estephane run. Clarke also added the school's fourth-best jump in the long jump for a fourth-place finish in the league championships.

Sophomore Bryant Courter competed in two events on the second day at ONEOK Sports Complex, the long jump and high jump. In the long jump, Courter had a monster jump that defended his league title, beating the second-place finisher by 10.75 inches and giving SDSU its lone victory today.

His mark would be the school record and championship record had there not been an illegal wind (5.7). He becomes the first back-to-back long jump champ at this meet since fellow Jackrabbit Jared Vlastuin accomplished the feat three years in-a-row (2010-12).

Sophomore Miatta Flemister-Smith added two personal-best marks, the 100m and 200m, to make it to the finals. She is the lone Jackrabbit to have two event finals scheduled tomorrow from today.

Junior Kasie Vollmer was one of the three Jacks that provided wins for the women's team. She threw a season-best mark in the discus that gave her a Summit League Outdoor Championship win, her first. She became the first Jackrabbit since Brooke Garner in 2013 to win the league's outdoor discus title.

Junior Rachel King added a win in the 3,000m steeplechase, her first career victory in the outdoor championships while senior Vanessa Lane also added her first career championship win in the heptathlon.

Sophomore Evan Hieber posted nine personal-bests in the decathlon en route to the school record for the multi-event. He beat Daryl Schofield's 1989 decathlon performance.

There are six State runners competing in the men's 800m tomorrow, the most Jacks to make it in one finals event today. Leading the way was junior Kyle Burdick, who won the prelims and has the league's best mark in just his third attempt in the 800m.

On the women's side, three jacks broke into the finals of the 800m, the most in one event for the women. Sophomore Kendra Dykstra won the prelims while the league leader, junior Krista Steele, was in second. Senior Jennie Scislow made the finals in her first outdoor championships.

All three Jackrabbits in the women's long jump added personal-best marks. Freshman Emily Altenburg beat her previous-best mark by 3.75 inches, freshman Emma Stewart by one inch, and sophomore Sara Bohan by 5.25 inches.

Up Next
South Dakota State will continue action on Saturday, the final Summit League Outdoor Championship action.

The field events will sport the women's shot put and triple jump at 11 a.m., the men's pole vault at 11:30 a.m., and the men's shot put and triple jump at 1 p.m.

Track action on Saturday will include the 4x100m relays, 1,500m, all of the championship races from Friday, the 5,000m, and conclude with the 4x400m relays - with the men's race schedule last at 3:25 p.m.

The team awards ceremony will be after the last race, approximately at 3:30 p.m.

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Men Competing in Finals Tomorrow (13 Jacks, 14 Events)
Fr. Daniel Clarke (100m)
R-Fr. Coby Hilton (100m, 200m)
So. Landon Larson (200m)
Jr. Skyler Monaghan (400m)
Fr. Cameron Kuil (400m)
Jr. Kyle Burdick (800m)
Jr. Jordan Hanna (800m)
Jr. Wyatt Gatrost (800m)
So. Josh Goehring (800m)
Sr. Sebastian Sowada (800m)
R-Fr. Mitchel Acker (800m)
R-Fr. Nick Wessels (110H)
Women Competing in Finals Tomorrow (8 Jacks, 9 Events)
So. Miatta Flemister-Smith (100m, 200m)
Jr. Savannah Dolezal (400m)
So. Delaney Carlson (400m)
So. Kendra Dykstra (800m)
Jr. Krista Steele (800m)
Sr. Jennie Scislow (800m)
So. Jaymie O'Connor (100H)
Sr. Sandra Gramer (400H)

Men's Top-Threes (2 Event Winners, 7 Top-Threes)
1. So. Chase Cayo (10,000)
1. So. Bryant Courter (LJ)
2. Jr. Kyle Burdick (10,000)
3. Sr. Trevor Capra (10,000)
3. So. Micah Mather (3,000S)
3. Sr. Colton Bender (HT)
3. So. Evan Hieber (Dec)
Women's Top-Threes (3 Event Winners, 3 Top-Threes)
1. Jr. Rachel King (3,000S)
1. Jr. Kasie Vollmer (DT)
1. Sr. Vanessa Lane (Hept)

Men's PR's (20 PR's, 8 Jacks with PR's)
Fr. Daniel Clarke (100m) - School Record
R-Fr. Coby Hilton (100m) - 4th all-time
So. Landon Larson (100m) - 7th all-time
R-Fr. Coby Hilton (200mW)
R-Fr. Nick Wessels (110H)
R-Fr. Nick Wessels (400H)
So. Bryant Courter (LJW)
Fr. Daniel Clarke (LJw) - 4th all-time
R-Fr. Noah Huber (DT)
Sr. Logan Ammons (HT) - 3rd all-time
So. Evan Hieber (9: M-100m, M-LJ, M-SP, M-HJ, M-400m, M-110H, M-DT, M-PV, M-JT, Decathlon) - Dec is the school record
Women's PR's (11 PR's, 9 Jacks with PR's)
So. Miatta Flemister-Smith (100mW)
So. Jennifer Thill (100mW)
So. Miatta Flemister-Smith (200mw) - T-7th all-time
Sr. Jennie Scislow (800m)
So. Kayla Neff (100H)
Fr. Emily Altenburg (LJw)
Fr. Emma Stewart (LJ)
So. Sara Bohan (LJw)
Fr. Miranda Zinola (DT)
Sr. Vanessa Lane (2: M-100H, M-200m)

NOTE: W: Wind-aided mark over 4.0, will not count in records or NCAA Performance list | w: wind-aided mark over 2.0 - 4.0 that will count towards school records, not Summit League records

Team Scores After Day 2
Men (8 Scored Events)
1. North Dakota State (133)
2. South Dakota (83.50)
3. South Dakota State (79.50)
4. Oral Roberts (10)
5. Western Illinois (5)

Women (9 Scored Events)
1. North Dakota State (139)
2. South Dakota (118)
3. South Dakota State (44)
4. Oral Roberts (22)
5. Western Illinois (18)
6. Omaha (10)

Individual Jackrabbit Results: Day 2 | Day 1 Results
100m - Men - Prelims
3. Clarke, Daniel (10.43wQ)
4. Hilton, Coby (10.51wQ)
10. Larson, Landon (10.64w)
11. Zenner, Sam (10.68w)

100m - Women - Prelims
5. Flemister-Smith, Miatta (11.85wQ)
14. Thill, Jennifer (12.51w)

Freshman Daniel Clarke notched a personal-best mark good enough to break the 1994 school record set by Edmund Estephane (10.47). Clarke trimmed the school record by 0.04 seconds and his PR by 0.23 seconds.

Redshirt freshman Coby Hilton ran a personal-best himself, which puts his name tied for fourth-best all-time with sophomore Sam Zenner's 2017 mark. He beat his previous-best set at the Nebraska Invite last weekend by 0.13 seconds.

Sophomore Landon Larson also posted a PR, beating his by 0.02 seconds move up to seventh all-time.

Both Hilton and Clarke qualified for the finals tomorrow.

Sophomores Miatta Flemister-Smith and Jennifer Thill would have added personal-best marks in the prelims of the championship 100m if it had not been wind-aided (4.2). Flemister-Smith's mark would have been third all-time.

The Champlin, Minn. native qualifies for the championship finals tomorrow.

200m - Men - Prelims
3. Hilton, Coby (21.21wQ)
8. Larson, Landon (21.50wq)
12. Zenner, Sam (22.04w)

200m - Women - Prelims
5. Flemister-Smith, Miatta (24.39wQ)

Redshirt freshman Coby Hilton and sophomore Landon Larson entered their way into the finals of the 200m.

Hilton's mark would have been ranked third all-time for SDSU had there not been a 4.3 wind-aid. It was Hilton's first time competing in the outdoor championships.

Larson added his second outdoor championship competition, having a third-place finish last year.

Zenner also competed in his second outdoor championship 200m, he finished fifth in the prelims last year.

Sophomore Miatta Flemister-Smith added a personal-best mark in the 200m, beating her previous-best by 0.35 seconds and moving into seventh all-time on the school's top 10.

She will compete in the finals tomorrow.

Last year she finished sixth in the finals but scored her then-PR in the prelims (24.87).

400m - Men - Prelims
5. Monaghan, Skyler (49.45q)
8. Kuil, Cameron (50.20q)

400m - Women - Prelims
5. Dolezal, Savannah (57.61q)
8. Carlson, Delaney (58.70q)
10. Sebern, Allison (59.07)

Both junior Skyler Monaghan and freshman Cameron Kuil will compete in the finals of the outdoor 400m. It is the first time both of them have competed in The Summit League Outdoor Championships.

Junior Savannah Dolezal and sophomore Delaney Carlson will compete in the finals of the 400m tomorrow.

Dolezal has three attempts in the outdoor championship 400m, with a career-best place-finish of sixth, set at the 2017 championships.

It was Carlson's first career run in the 400m at the championships, third career outdoor 400m.

800m - Men - Prelims
1. Burdick, Kyle (1:58.25Q)
2. Hanna, Jordan (1:59.65Q)
3. Gatrost, Wyatt (1:58.41Q)
5. Goehring, Josh (1:58.45Q)
6. Sowada, Sebastian (2:00.28Q)
8. Acker, Mitchel (1:59.32q)

800m - Women - Prelims
1. Dykstra, Kendra (2:14.77Q)
2. Steele, Krista (2:16.00Q)
6. Scislow, Jennie (2:16.90Q)
11. Gray, Madison (2:18.68)
12. Dykstra, Renae (2:20.11)
13. Fasen, Anna (2:22.47)

All of the SDSU men that competed in the 800m prelims made it through to the finals tomorrow afternoon. Junior Kyle Burdick added only his third career attempt in the 800m, first in the outdoor championships.

Sophomore Josh Goehring has competed in the 2017 outdoor championships, finishing sixth (1:53.81).

It was the first outdoor championships for juniors Jordan Hanna and Wyatt Gatrost, senior Sebastian Sowada, and redshirt freshman Mitchel Acker.

It was also Sowada's first 800m attempt of the season.

Three of the Jackrabbits on the women's team will compete in the finals of the 800m tomorrow, sophomore Kendra Dykstra, junior Krista Steele, and senior Jennie Scislow.

Scislow added a personal-best mark to her preliminary performance, beating her previous-best mark by 1.84 seconds. It is her first time competing in the outdoor championships.

Steele marked her third attempt in the outdoor championship 800m. Her best finish was at the 2017 championships where she placed sixth with her then-PR (2:12.77).

Kendra Dykstra finished the 2017 outdoor championships in 10th place in the prelims, her only other championship 800m appearance.

110m Hurdles - Men - Prelims
8. Wessels, Nick (15.25q)

100m Hurdles - Women - Prelims
5. O'Connor, Jaymie (14.19wQ)
13. Neff, Kayla (14.86w)
16. Bohan, Sara (15.35w)
17. Mottinger, Haley (17.49w)

Redshirt freshman Nick Wessels scored a personal-best mark in his first Summit League Outdoor Championship 110m hurdles. He beat his previous-best set at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate by 0.02 seconds.

He will compete in the finals tomorrow.

Sophomore Jaymie O'Connor qualified for the finals for the second time in her career in the 100m hurdles at the outdoor championships. As a freshman last year, she finished second with her then-school record (14.06).

Sophomore Kayla Neff added a personal-best mark in the event, her first attempt in the outdoor championship 100m hurdles.

400m Hurdles - Men - Prelims
10. Wessels, Nick (57.86)

400m Hurdles - Women - Prelims
8. Gramer, Sandra (1:05.53q)

Redshirt freshman Nick Wessels ran his personal-best mark in the prelims of the 400m hurdles at the league outdoor championships. He beat his previous-best mark by 0.11 seconds with his first time competing in the outdoor championship 400m hurdles.

Senior Sandra Gramer's third time competing in the outdoor championship 400m hurdles. Her best finish is in the 2015 championships when she placed fifth (1:02.74) with her PR and school's third-best mark all-time.

She will compete in the finals tomorrow.

3,000m Steeplechase - Men
3. Mather, Micah (9:19.85)
7. Schwinghamer, Michael (9:46.79)
9. Klawitter, Chandler (9:53.32)

3,000m Steeplechase - Women
1. King, Rachel (10:20.41)
8. Mechels, Halie (11:25.07)

Junior Chandler Klawitter added his third attempt in the outdoor championship 3,000m steeplechase while sophomore Micah Mather competed in his second and freshman Michael Schwinghamer compete in his first.

Mather added his best place-finish and mark in the championships.

Junior Rachel King adds her first career win in the outdoor championships, third career win in the steeplechase, and 14th overall career win.

She competed in the 3,000m steeplechase one other time during the outdoor championships, in 2016 where she finished fifth (10:55.56)

Senior Halie Mechels posted her season-best mark in the event.

High Jump - Men
T-5. Hejna, JJ (6-05.00)
T-5. Courter, Bryant (6-05.00)
T-7. Sears, Riley (6-05.00)

High Jump - Women
8. Holtz, Chloe (5-01.75)
T-11. Mingo, Madison (4-11.75)
T-11. Neff, Kayla (4-11.75)

Senior J.J. Hejna tied his best place-finish in the high jump, finished fifth in all five outdoor championship attempts in the event.

Junior Riley Sears tied his second-best place-finish in his third attempt. In 2017 he also finished seventh.

Sophomore Bryant Courter competed in his second career outdoor championships. He finished fourth in the 2017 outdoor championships (6-07.50).

Sophomore Chloe Holtz competed in her second career outdoor championships, finishing sixth (5-03.00) in the 2017 championships in Fargo, N.D.

Sophomore Kayla Neff and freshman Madison Mingo recorded their first Summit League Outdoor Championship marks with Neff posting her first official outdoor mark of the season in the event.

Long Jump - Men
1. Courter, Bryant (26-01.50W)
4. Clarke, Daniel (24-03.50w)

Long Jump - Women
12. Altenburg, Emily (18-04.25w)
13. Stewart, Emma (17-08.00)
15. Bohan, Sara (17-06.75w)

Sophomore Bryant Courter successfully defends his outdoor championship long jump title, winning by 10.75 inches. His mark was wind-aided (5.7) which will not count towards the NCAA performance list, league championship record (would have beat the record by eight inches), or the school record (would be by 9.50 inches).

He becomes the first back-to-back long jump champ at this meet since fellow Jackrabbit Jared Vlastuin accomplished the feat three years in-a-row (2010-12).

Freshman Daniel Clarke notched a personal-best mark in the long jump at his first Summit League Outdoor championships, beating his previous-best by 9.50 inches and placing his name fourth on the school's all-time top 10.

All of the long jumpers on the women's side notched personal-best marks in their first outdoor championships. Freshman Emily Altenburg beat her previous-best mark by 3.75 inches, freshman Emma Stewart by 1 inch, and sophomore Sara Bohan by 5.25 inches.

Discus - Men
7. Leiseth, Mason (165-11.00)
9. Huber, Noah (162-02.00)
12. Ammons, Logan (141-09.00)

Discus - Women
1. Vollmer, Kasie (169-09.00)
10. Zinola, Miranda (138-03.00)

Redshirt freshman Noah Huber set a PR in the discus, increasing his best by 3-01.00 feet, just short of the top 10 by 2-09.00 feet.

Senior Mason Leiseth tied his only other place-finish in the discus at the outdoor championships. He beat his 2017 championship mark by 3-10.00 feet.

Junior Kasie Vollmer added her first outdoor championship win in her second career attempt. She won with her season-best throw, which improves her previous-best (was ranked 46th in the NCAA West Region) by 2-11.00 feet, but short of her PR by 4-02.00 feet.

She became the first Jackrabbit since Brooke Garner in 2013 to win the league's outdoor discus title.

Freshman Miranda Zinola set a personal-best mark in the discus, increasing her previous-best mark by 4-04.00 feet.

Multi - Decathlon - Men
3. Hieber, Evan (6,844 Points)
100m: 11.72 (6th)
Long Jump: 22-05.75w (3rd)
Shot Put: 43-09.75 (1st)
High Jump: 6-04.00 (3rd)
400m: 52.42 (6th)
110m Hurdles: 15.34 (2nd)
Discus: 106-05.00 (6th)
Pole Vault: 13-05.25 (5th)
Javelin: 172-02.00 (2nd)
1,500m: 4:47.60 (3rd)

PR: 100m by 0.18 seconds, LJ by 10.50 inches, SP by 2-10.25 feet & overall by 5.50 inches, HJ OUT PR by 0.75 inches, 400m by 0.10 seconds, 110H by 0.15 seconds, DT by 7 feet, PV by 11.75 inches, ties overall PR, JT by 10-04.00 feet, short of the school's top 10 by 2-11.00 feet, Decathlon PR by
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Sophomore Evan Hieber moved up one spot from yesterday to move into third place in The Summit League Championship decathlon. In the process, he recorded nine straight personal-best marks en route to the school record in the decathlon, beating Daryl Schofield's 1989 record (6,784) by 60 points.

On top of the personal-best marks, Hieber won the shot put event, his third career win in the event, and finished runner-up in the 110m hurdles and javelin.

It was his first championship decathlon, third attempt of his career, and his first career all-league honor.

Through nine events, the Sioux Fall, S.D. native was within 88 points of his previous-best mark set at the 2017 Bryan Clay Invite.

Multi - Heptathlon - Women
1. Lane, Vanessa (5,146 Points)
100m Hurdles: 14.75 (4th)
High Jump: 5-02.25 (3rd)
Shot Put: 39-00.25 (2nd)
200m: 24.93w (1st)
Long Jump: 17-02.25 (5th)
Javelin Throw: 116-04.00 (3rd)
800m: 2:21.27 (1st)

PR: 100H by 0.25 seconds, 200m by 0.29 seconds
SB: HJ by 0.50 inches, short of PR by 0.25 inches, Heptathlon score by 117 points, short of PR by 154 points

Senior Vanessa Lane brought home her second consecutive outdoor championship heptathlon with two event wins, two personal-best marks, and two season-best marks.

On the last day of the multi, she added a win in the 800m and finished third in the javelin throw on a windy afternoon.

Lane ended the first day of the outdoor championship heptathlon in the lead by 117 points. She added personal-best marks in the 100m hurdles and 200m, winning the 200m.

The Pequot Lakes, Minn. native beat her previous-best time in the 100m hurdles by 0.25 seconds and beat her best in the 200m by 0.29 seconds, which was good enough to break into the school's top 10 at 10th all-time.

She ran her previous-best 100m hurdles at the 2015 outdoor championships (15.00) and just missed the school's top 10 by 0.23 seconds.

Lane also added a season-best mark in the high jump, improving by 0.50 inches and just missed tying her PR of 5-03.00. She did tie her best place-finish in the high jump at the championships.

Lane's throw in the shot put was her second-best distance and place-finish at The Summit League Outdoor Championships.

She finishes her career with the school record in the heptathlon, second all-time in the pentathlon, tied for ninth all-time in the 60m, and 10th all-time in the outdoor 200m.

She also has the school record in the 4x200m relay, as well as being on the school's second-fastest 4x100m relay and outdoor 4x400m relay, third-fastest sprint medley, and fifth-fastest indoor 4x400m relay.

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