Jacks Go To Dakota Invite Tomorrow

Wednesday, April 11

Vermillion, SD

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

South Dakota Invitational

4/10/2018 8:19:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

The recently added meet is set to begin with field events at 1 p.m. and track events at 3 p.m. in Vermillion, S.D.

MEET 6: South Dakota State (Men & Women) at Dakota Invitational

When	Wednesday, April 11 Field Events: 1 p.m. Track Events: 3 p.m.
Where	Lillibridge Track Complex \| Google Maps \| Vermillion, S.D.
Teams Competing	10 Schools
Live Results	DakotaTiming.com
Meet Notes	Event Schedule - Final (Rolling Schedule) \| Heat Sheets (Track Events) \| Heat Sheets (Field Events) 2018 Outdoor Performance Lists: Men \| Women School Record Pages: Men \| Women // School Outdoor Top 10 Lists: Men \| Women
Social Media	Twitter \| Facebook \| Instagram \| #GoJacks

The South Dakota State track and field team added the South Dakota Invitational to its schedule for tomorrow afternoon.

South Dakota is hosting the last-minute meet at the Lillibridge Track Complex with field events beginning at 1 p.m. and the track events starting at 3 p.m.

There is a tentative schedule attached to the top right of the screen, or click here.

The meet will replace the Dakota Duals that were canceled on April 7. The meet will also replace the Lyle Hokanson Classic scheduled for this weekend (April 13-14) for the Jackrabbits.

SDSU will compete against eight schools, including South Dakota and North Dakota State.

Admission
Admission to the meet is $5 for adults and $3 for youth (K-12). Fans are asked to enter the track through the ticket booth on the north side of the facility.

Ranked Jackrabbits
South Dakota State has six Jackrabbits in the top 48 regionally of their respective events. The top 48 in the West Region at the end of the season will qualify for the NCAA West Preliminaries on May 24-26 in Sacramento, Calif.

Men
5,000m: Jr. Kyle Burdick (West: 18th, NCAA: 30th, World: 77th)
10,000m: So. Chase Cayo (West: 37th, NCAA: 63rd)
10,000m: Sr. Trevor Capra (West: 39th, NCAA: 70th)
Long Jump: So. Bryant Courter (West: 46th, NCAA: 97th)
Hammer Throw: Sr. Colton Bender (West: 38th, NCAA: 76th)

Women
3,000m Steeplechase: Jr. Rachel King (West: 4th, NCAA: 5th, World: 21st)

Nationally, SDSU has the same six student-athletes ranked in the top 100 for the entire NCAA Division I level.

Most notably on the NCAA national list are juniors Rachel King and Kyle Burdick, who rank in the top 30 in the NCAA and top 100 in the world in their respective events.

USTFCCCA Regional Rankings
The USTFCCCA.org ranked South Dakota State 18th on the men's side, and 22nd on the women's side in week two of the Midwest Regional rankings. The men remained in the same spot as the first week, while the women's team moved up on spot.

Four Jackrabbits are ranked top-eight individually in the region for the second week in a row.
1. Jr. Rachel King (3,000m Steeplechase)
4. So. Chase Cayo (10,000m)
5. Jr. Kyle Burdick (5,000m)
5. Sr. Trevor Capra (10,000m)

Summit League Leaders
State has 17 student-athletes and four relay teams ranked in the top five of the league early on in the season.

Men (10 Individuals)
1. Jr. Kyle Burdick (5,000m)
1. So. Chase Cayo (10,000m)
2. Sr. Trevor Capra (10,000m)
3. Sr. Cal Lawton (800m)
3. So. Bryant Courter (LJ)
3. Jr. Ephram Albrecht (TJ)
3. Sr. Colton Bender (HT)
4. So. Sam Zenner (100m)
4. So. Dakota Leonhard (JT)
5. Sr. Logan Ammons (HT)
2. 4x400m Relay
3. 4x100m Relay

Women (7 Individuals)
1. Jr. Krista Steele (800m)
1. Jr. Rachel King (3,000S)
3. So. Jaymie O'Connor (100H)
4. Jr. Kasie Vollmer (DT)
5. Sr. Savannah Dolezal (400m)
5. Sr. Sandra Gramer (400H)
5. Fr. Madison Mingo (HJ)
3. 4x100m Relay
4. 4x400m Relay

Some of the notable marks on the performance list include: Burdick has the best 5,000m time by 22.08 seconds ... Cayo and Capra are top two in the 10,000m, beating the next best time by 2:54.41 minutes and 2:44.26 minutes ... King is leading the league by 34.34 seconds in the 3,000m steeple.

Record Breakers
The Jackrabbits have recorded a total of 52 school top 10 marks so far in 2018, including both men and women and indoor and outdoor.

Men ITF Top 10 Marks: 27
Women ITF Top 10 Marks: 21
Men OTF Top 10 Marks: 2
Women OTF Top 10 Marks: 2

SDSU has also reset eight school records during 2018.

Men Indoor School Records: 3
Women Indoor School Records: 4
Women Outdoor School Records: 1

Junior Rachel King is leading the charge for resetting the school records. She is responsible for three school records indoor and one outdoor record. (IN: Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m, OUT: 3,000m steeplechase)

Senior Colton Bender reset the school's record for indoor weight throw four times throughout the season and has the school record for outdoor hammer throw (set in 2017).

Sophomore Bryant Courter also was resetting school records during the indoor season in the triple jump. Throughout the season, he pushed his personal-best jump, resetting the school record four times and etching his name on three meet records (including in the indoor league championship record).

Courter also posted personal-best top 10 marks in the high jump and long jump indoors. He is already in the school's top 10 for outdoor in long jump and triple jump.

Junior Krista Steele finally got the school record in the indoor 800m at the league championships, chasing teammate Oksana Covey's 2017 mark all year. She also was within 0.10 seconds of tying Covey's school record in the indoor 600m.

Steele already recorded a PR in the outdoor 800m and 1,500m, all in the same weekend. Her 800m mark is third all-time on the outdoor list.

Freshman Trent Francom is making a big freshman splash, finishing with a share of the school record in the indoor pole vault with his big jump in the indoor championships. He is sharing the record with his brother, Reagan Francom and Lynn Olson.

Last Time Out
The Jackrabbits hosted an indoor exhibition meet against South Dakota in the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex last Saturday. It provided a substitute for the canceled Dakota Duals that was scheduled for that Saturday.

However, the marks made in the SJAC are not recorded on the outdoor performance lists.

Outdoor Competition Resumes
The last time the Jackrabbits competed outdoors was the last weekend in March when the team split among three meets, two in California and one in Oklahoma.

In Oklahoma, at the ORU Invitational, 22 personal-best marks were made from 13 Jackrabbits at the 2018 Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Seven of the student-athletes posted career-best marks in multiple events at the ONEOK Sports Stadium.

Sophomores Haley Mottinger and Kayla Neff were responsible for the most personal-bests on the team with three each - which was every event they competed in.

Both of them competed in the same events (200m, 100H, LJ), with Mottinger leading the Jackrabbits in the 100m hurdles.

Senior Vanessa Lane competed in four events throughout the afternoon, leading the team in two of them (long jump and 100m) while also posting two personal-bests.

Junior Rachel King led the Jackrabbits in California with her school record time in the 3,000m steeplechase, which is still 21st-best in the world.

King was awarded Summit League Athlete of the Week for her performance, which is still the best in the league by 34.34 seconds.

Junior Kyle Burdick recorded the world's 77th-best time in the 5,000m, finishing second in the third section at Stanford.

Sophomore Chase Cayo added a personal-best in the 10,000m, earning sixth all-time in the school's top 10 list.

Junior Krista Steele recorded two personal-bests, one in the 1,500m and another in the 800m. The 800m mark ranks third all-time in SDSU's top 10 list.

Sophomore Jaymie O'Connor competed in the 100m hurdles at both the Stanford Invitational and the San Francisco State Distance Carnival. She won the Distance Carnival competition.

Up Next
SDSU will travel back to California and compete in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (4/19), Bryan Clay Invite (4/19-20), and the Mt. SAC Relays (4/20-21).

Social Media
For more information on the South Dakota State cross country and track and field teams, follow the Jackrabbits on Twitter (@GoJacksTFXC) and Instagram (@GoJacksTFXC), and like us on Facebook (/GoJacksTFXC).

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