Jacks set to host Summit League Championship

Friday, February 24

Brookings, S.D.

9:30 a.m.

South Dakota State University

The Summit League Indoor Championships

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

2/23/2017 4:29:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Schedule Track Parking Map Championship Central Page Heat Sheets Live Results Day 1 Field Events Stream Day 1 Track Events Stream Day 2 Track Events Stream Day 2 Field Events Stream

The South Dakota State track and field program will host The Summit League indoor championship meet for the first time Feb. 24-25 at the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.

Events will begin Friday with the heptathlon and pentathlon kicking off at 9:30 a.m. Field events are set to begin at 3 p.m. and track events will start at 3:30 p.m. A full meet schedule along with additional meet information can be found on the championship central page.

Video of the meet will be streamed online through Jackrabbit All-Access on gojacks.com. Live results for the meet will be provided by DakotaTiming.com.

On the Season
The Jackrabbit Women had 13 student-athletes end up in the top-five on The Summit League's performance list, including taking the league's top spot in several events.

Carly Carper posted the top 60-meter dash time in the league on the season (7.57) and also finished with the second-fastest 200-meter run (24.59).

Emily Donnay was the top performer in both the mile run (4:50.45) and the 3,000-meter run (9:35.72). Rachel King also posted top-five finishes in both the mile run (4:52.39) and 3,000-meter run (9:54.92)

Monique Mack is tied for first in the league in the high jump (6-08.00) on the season.

The Jackrabbit Men posted 20 top-five performances on The Summit League's performance list.

Alejandro Sanchez leads the league in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.57. Cal Lawton is second in The Summit League on the season, posting a time of 1:52.75 at the SDSU Indoor Classic.

Zach Koosman is tied for first in the league in the high jump (7-00.25) and is tied for 37^th nationally.

Joel Reichow had the second-fastest 5,000-meter run of the season finishing in 14:07.19. He currently ranks 42^nd nationally with that mark.

Bryant Courter finished in the top five in three different events. He recorded the league's best long jump (23-07.50), finished second in the triple jump (47-07.00) and fourth in the high jump (6-08.75).

Record Breakers
Eight Indoor track and field school records have been broken or tied during the 2016-17 indoor season:
- Oksana Covey, women's 600-meter run, 1:32.53
- Oksana Covey, women's 800-meter run, 2:11.22
- Emily Donnay, women's mile run, 4:50.45
- Emily Donnay, women's 3,000-meter run, 9:35.72
- Dolezal, Patterson, McDonald, Covey, Women's 4x400 Relay, 3:46.79
- Sam Zenner, men's 60-meter dash, 6.84
- Joel Reichow, men's 5,000-meter run, 14:07.19
- Reagan Francom, men's Pole Vault, 16-06.75 (tied school record mark)

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