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Jackrabbits League Favorite Entering ITF Season
11/30/2018 11:09:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
For the first time, the men's squad is the preseason favorite entering the 2019 indoor season
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - For the first time since joining The Summit League, the South Dakota State men's track and field program enters the 2019 indoor season as the favorite to win the indoor championships in Brookings on Feb. 22-23.
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The women's Jackrabbit team was preseason polled at third place for the fifth consecutive year, finishing third all but once in the league championships.
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The men scored 19 points and three first-place votes in the Summit League release, one point and one first-place vote ahead of North Dakota State, who has won the last three indoor championships. The women's team added 34 points to their ledger, one point behind Summit League runner-up South Dakota and eight points behind preseason favorite North Dakota State.
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The men's team is coming off of a runner-up finishes in both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2018 - adding the second-most team points scored indoors and the most points outdoors in team history with the league. In the 11 years the league has done a preseason poll, the men's team has finished below the ranking only three times, and the last time was in 2013 when they were tabbed as third and finished fourth.
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Prior to this season, for both the indoor and outdoor preseason polls, their highest ranking has been second, happening four times since joining the Summit League. Overall, only three times have the Jacks finished below their preseason ranking in both indoor and outdoor through 19 polls.
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The last time the Summit League Championships were in Brooking, S.D., the men were preseason polled as runner-up favorites and women in third. The men nearly captured their first indoor championships, falling just 2.5 points short - coming down to the final race. The women placed third behind NDSU and USD.
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ATHLETES TO WATCH
Kyle Burdick | South Dakota State | Senior | Distance
Bryant Courter | South Dakota State | Junior | Jumps
Rachel King | South Dakota State | Senior | Distance
UP NEXT: SDSUÂ HOLIDAY INVITE
The South Dakota State track and field teams kick off their 2019 campaign this weekend with their annual home opener - the SDSU Holiday Invite - in the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.
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A majority of the scheduled events will take place today with the men's and women's multi-events starting at noon and the field events beginning tentatively at 3:45 p.m. Track events will begin with qualifying round of 60m hurdles and 60m tentatively at 4 p.m. and the last scheduled event is the men's and women's 4x400m relay at 8:10 p.m. (See the full event schedule here).
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Saturday will wrap-up the last three events in the men's heptathlon beginning at 11 a.m. tentatively.
MEN'S INDOOR PRESEASON POLL
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WOMEN'S INDOOR PRESEASON POLL
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The women's Jackrabbit team was preseason polled at third place for the fifth consecutive year, finishing third all but once in the league championships.
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The men scored 19 points and three first-place votes in the Summit League release, one point and one first-place vote ahead of North Dakota State, who has won the last three indoor championships. The women's team added 34 points to their ledger, one point behind Summit League runner-up South Dakota and eight points behind preseason favorite North Dakota State.
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The men's team is coming off of a runner-up finishes in both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2018 - adding the second-most team points scored indoors and the most points outdoors in team history with the league. In the 11 years the league has done a preseason poll, the men's team has finished below the ranking only three times, and the last time was in 2013 when they were tabbed as third and finished fourth.
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Prior to this season, for both the indoor and outdoor preseason polls, their highest ranking has been second, happening four times since joining the Summit League. Overall, only three times have the Jacks finished below their preseason ranking in both indoor and outdoor through 19 polls.
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The last time the Summit League Championships were in Brooking, S.D., the men were preseason polled as runner-up favorites and women in third. The men nearly captured their first indoor championships, falling just 2.5 points short - coming down to the final race. The women placed third behind NDSU and USD.
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ATHLETES TO WATCH
Kyle Burdick | South Dakota State | Senior | Distance
- Summit League Most Outstanding Performer (2018)
- All-League Indoors (2016, 2017, 2018)
- Won the mile and 3,000-meters and finished second in the 5,000-meters at the 2018 Indoor Championships
Bryant Courter | South Dakota State | Junior | Jumps
- All-League Indoors (2017, 2018)
- Summit League Indoor Championship Field MVP (2017, 2018)
- Reset the triple jump school record four times and etched his name on three meet records
- Won the triple jump with a championship record and finished second in the long jump and high jump at the 2018 indoor championships
Rachel King | South Dakota State | Senior | Distance
- 2018 Summit League Championship Track MVP
- Won the mile and the 3,000-meter race while finishing second in the 5,000-meters at the 2018 Summit League Indoor Championships
- 2017 Summit League Indoor Athlete of the Year
- All-League Indoors (2017, 2018)
- was the first-ever South Dakota State female to compete on the track at the NCAA DI Championships in Eugene last June - earning All-America Honorable Mention.
- King is responsible for five individual school-record marks (IN: Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m, OUT: 3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m), second all-time mark in the 1,500m, and was a part of the DMR that beat the school record (11:23.20) at the Drake Relays. She was fifth in the NCAA and 21st in the world in the Steeple on March 31.
UP NEXT: SDSUÂ HOLIDAY INVITE
The South Dakota State track and field teams kick off their 2019 campaign this weekend with their annual home opener - the SDSU Holiday Invite - in the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.
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A majority of the scheduled events will take place today with the men's and women's multi-events starting at noon and the field events beginning tentatively at 3:45 p.m. Track events will begin with qualifying round of 60m hurdles and 60m tentatively at 4 p.m. and the last scheduled event is the men's and women's 4x400m relay at 8:10 p.m. (See the full event schedule here).
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Saturday will wrap-up the last three events in the men's heptathlon beginning at 11 a.m. tentatively.
MEN'S INDOOR PRESEASON POLL
| Nomination | Score | |
| 1. | South Dakota State | 19 (3) |
| 2. | North Dakota State | 18 (2) |
| 3. | South Dakota | 14 |
| 4. | Oral Roberts | 13 |
| 5. | North Dakota | 7 |
| 6. | Western Illinois | 4 |
WOMEN'S INDOOR PRESEASON POLL
| Nomination | Score | |
| 1. | North Dakota State | 42 (6) |
| 2. | South Dakota | 35 (1) |
| 3. | South Dakota State | 34 |
| 4. | Oral Roberts | 26 |
| 5. | North Dakota | 25 |
| T-6. | Western Illinois | 13 |
| T-6. | Omaha | 13 |
| 8. | Purdue Fort Wayne | 7 |
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