Jackrabbits Record 19 Top-Three Finishes

Wednesday, April 11

Vermillion, SD

2 p.m.

South Dakota State University

South Dakota Invitational

4/11/2018 11:36:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results: USD Invite 2018

Jackrabbits return to Brookings with 14 individual and five relay top-three finishes, which included multiple PR's

VERMILLION, S.D. - The South Dakota State track and field team was able to compete outdoors on Wednesday afternoon in Vermillion, S.D. It was the first opportunity since the last weekend in March, and it was a last-minute meet to fit between the weekend weather.

The Jackrabbits made the most of their opportunities with 14 total top-three individual finishers and five relay teams, including two individual event winners and one winning relay team.

Many of the members of the throwing group had their first opportunities to compete outdoors, posting the first marks in the shot put, men's discus, and women's javelin.

Highlight the group was senior Colton Bender, adding on to his school record list. He reset the hammer throw school record with 204-03.00-foot throw, which is ranked 19th in the NCAA West performance list and 46th nationally as of tonight.

Bender increased his personal-best mark by 4-09.00 feet and notched his 10th career top-three finish in the event.

In the discus throw, senior Mason Leiseth posted a personal-best mark (167-01.00), which is good enough for ninth on the school's all-time list.

His new PR is five feet better than his last and ranks 68th on the NCAA West performance list as of tonight.

On the women's side, junior Kasie Vollmer recorded a season-best toss (162-10.00) that would be ranked fifth on the school's top 10 list if she did not already have the school record.

Her mark is ranked 45th on the NCAA West performance list as of tonight.

Junior Abby Sudbeck also notched a season-best mark in the hammer throw (180-10.00). Her toss is just 1-07.00 feet from her PR, which is sixth on the school's all-time list. Sudbeck is tied for 47th on the NCAA Performance list as of tonight.

Sophomores Sam Zenner and Micah Mather recorded their first career wins in their respective events.

Zenner notched his first 2018 200m dash time (21.76), while Mather posted his personal-best in the 3,000m steeplechase (9:20.84), beating his previous-best by 7.88 seconds.

The women's 4x400m relay team (1. Sr. Savannah Dolezal, 2. So. Allison Sebern, 3. Sr. Vanessa Lane, 4. Jr. Krista Steele) recorded the lone relay win for the Jacks.

The team nearly cracked the school's top 10 list, just missing by 1.53 seconds (their time: 3:50.32).

Sophomore Evan Hieber posted two career-best marks at the Lillibridge Track Complex.

His mark in the long jump (21-07.25) beat his outdoor mark by 2-01.75 feet and his indoor mark by 10 inches.

Then he threw a PR in the Javlein (161-10.00), beating his previous-best by 16-05.00 feet.

He also ran in the "B" team 4x400m relay (3:30.14) that finished seventh as the third leg.

Freshman Trent Francom recorded a personal-best in the pole vault (16-00.75), cracking the school's top 10 heights. He is tied for 10th with Terry Morrison (set in 2001).

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Men's Top Three Finishes (11 Individuals, 3 relays)
So. Sam Zenner (200m, 1st)
So. Micah Mather (3,000S, 1st)
So. Landon Larson (200m, 2nd)
Fr. Trent Francom (PV, 2nd)
Una. Josh Dotson (TJ, 2nd)
Jr. Sam Johnson (400m, 3rd)
Sr. Josh Prohaska (800m, 3rd)
Fr. Evan Fick (5,000m, 3rd)
Fr. Daniel Clarke (LJ, 3rd)
Sr. Mason Leiseth (DT, 3rd)
Sr. Colton Bender (HT, 2nd)
4x100m Relay "A" Team (2nd)
(1. Fr. Cameron Kuil, 2. So. Landon Larson, 3. Fr. Daniel Clarke, 4. So Sam Zenner)
4x400m Relay "A" Team (2nd)
(1. Jr. Sam Johnson, 2. Jr. Skyler Monaghan, 3. So. Josh Goehring, 4. So. Wyatt Gatrost)
4x100m Relay "B" Team (3rd)
(1. Sr. Jalen Williams, 2. R-Fr. Coby Hilton 3. Jr. Zach Schroeder, 4. Jr. Sam Johnson)

Women's Top Three Finishes (3 Individuals, 2 relays)
So. Chloe Holtz (HJ, 2nd)
Jr. Kasie Vollmer (DT, 2nd)
Fr. Emily Altenburg (LJ, 3rd)
4x400m Relay "A" Team (1st)
(1. Sr. Savannah Dolezal, 2. So. Allison Sebern, 3. Sr. Vanessa Lane, 4. Jr. Krista Steele)
4x100m Relay "A" Team (3rd)
(1. So. Delaney Carlson, 2. Sr. Vanessa Lane 3. So. Jaymie O'Connor, 4. Fr. Chloe Bermel)

Full Individual Jackrabbit Results
w - Denotes wind-aided marks (Example: 12.36w)

100m - Men
4. Clarke, Daniel (10.75w)
5. Hilton, Coby (10.77w)
9. Kuil, Cameron (11.00w)
11. Courter, Bryant (11.14w)

100m - Women
9. Thill, Jennifer (12.60)
10. Altenburg, Emily (12.65)
14. Neff, Kayla (12.83)
20. Gay, Madisson (13.17)
21. Bermel, Chloe (13.19)

Redshirt freshman Coby Hilton recorded his personal-best mark in the 100m, beating his best mark last year by 0.11 seconds.

It was the first official marks in the event for freshmen Daniel Clarke and Cameron Kuil, as well as sophomore Bryant Courter.

Both Clarke and Hilton were within 0.02 and 0.04 seconds of cracking the school's top 10, which is 10.73 seconds.

Sophomore Jennifer Thill posted her career-best mark, beating her previous-best mark by 0.40 seconds.

Thill recorded her second-best finish in the 100m (finished ninth one other time and eighth once during 2017 outdoor season: 8th - SMSU Mustang 2017, 9th - USD/SDSU Dual 2017).

It was the first official 100m dash for freshmen Emily Altenburg and Madisson Gay, also a first for sophomore Kayla Neff.

200m - Men
1. Zenner, Sam (21.76)
2. Larson, Landon (21.88)
4. Kuil, Cameron (21.99)
7. Williams, Jalen (22.30)
8. Hilton, Coby (22.42)

200m - Women
9. Thill, Jennifer (26.28)
10. Neff, Kayla (26.31)
12. Pistulka, Kristin (26.69)
13. Gray, Madison (26.73)
18. Bermel, Chloe (27.05)
19. Mottinger, Haley (27.12)
21. Gay, Madisson (27.26)

Sophomore Sam Zenner recorded his first outdoor 200m race of the season. He missed his outdoor career-best by 0.38 seconds, which is fifth fastest on the school's top 10.

Zenner recorded his first career win and top-three finish in the 200m for both indoor and outdoor.

Sophomore Landon Larson just missed his season-best mark by 0.04 seconds, while freshman Cameron Kuil and senior Jalen Williams just missed theirs by 0.10 seconds and 0.01 seconds.

Redshirt freshman Coby Hilton just missed his outdoor personal-best mark by 0.08 seconds, and his overall PR by 0.40 seconds.

Larson recorded his fifth career outdoor top-three finish, ninth overall.

Sophomore Kayla Neff posted her personal-best in the 200m, beating her previous-best by 0.03 seconds. It was her second consecutive meet improving her 200m PR.

Freshman Madisson Gay recorded her first outdoor 200m.

Sophomore Jennifer Thill and freshman Madison Gray just missed their season-best marks by 0.02 seconds and 0.03 seconds.

400m - Men
3. Johnson, Sam (49.89)
4. Goehring, Josh (49.94)
5. Monaghan, Skyler (50.15)
9. Schroeder, Zach (51.41)

400m - Women
6. Dolezal, Savannah (57.36)
7. Steele, Krista (57.60)
8. Carlson, Delaney (57.91)
11. Sebern, Allison (58.21)
20. Pistulka, Kristin (1:01.17)

Sophomore Josh Goehring recorded his personal-best time in his first 2018 attempt in the 400m race.

Both junior Sam Johnson and senior Zach Schroeder posted season-best marks on their third and second attempts on the season.
Johnson posted his second career outdoor top-three finish, fifth of his career.

Sophomore Allison Sebern notched her overall personal-best mark in the 400m, beating her previous outdoor best by 0.02 seconds and beating her indoor best by 0.38 seconds.

Junior Krista Steele and sophomore Kristin Pistulka posted their outdoor personal-bests, Steele beating her previous-best mark by 1.79 seconds and Pistulka by 0.48 seconds.

Both Steele and Pistulka were close to overcoming their indoor PR's, Steele by 0.87 seconds and Pistulka by 0.07 seconds.

It was the first outdoor 400m dash for sophomore Delaney Carlson, who beat her indoor career-best mark, set in the 2018 SDSU Classic, by 0.19 seconds.

800m - Men
3. Prohaska, Josh (1:58.35)
6. Hanna, Jordan (1:59.01)
15. Radtke, Daniel (2:01.81)
19. Gatrost, Wyatt (2:05.37)

800m - Women
7. Scislow, Jennie (2:18.74)
9. Gray, Madison (2:20.02)
10. Dykstra, Renae (2:20.65)
19. Fasen, Anna (2:26.32)
23. Bickett, Shelby (2:31.01)
24. Stoltenburg, Heidi (2:31.78)

Senior Josh Prohaska added his sixth career outdoor top-three finish in the 800m, his ninth for both indoor and outdoor.

Junior Jordan Hanna posted his season-best mark in his second attempt on the season.

Freshman Madison Gray posted her overall personal-best mark, beating her indoor best by 7.33 seconds and her outdoor by 0.36 seconds.

Senior Renae Dykstra notched a season-best time, with just her second attempt on the season.

It was the first outdoor 800m of the season for sophomore Anna Fasen and junior Shelby Bickett. First career outdoor 800m for senior Jennie Scislow and freshman Heidi Stoltenburg.

1,500m - Men
5. Una. Kassim, Ayub (4:01.23)
8. Sowada, Sebastian (4:03.98)
10. Peters, Gabe (4:04.74)
12. Nelson, Lukas (4:05.56)
14. Hanna, Jordan (4:07.03)
15. Radtke, Daniel (4:07.49)
24. Boekelheide, Derek (4:20.74)

1,500m - Women
6. Dykstra, Kendra (4:50.89)
8. Bickett, Shelby (5:02.03)
9. Fasen, Anna (5:02.32)
11. Mechels, Halie (5:03.02)
18. Krause, Mary (5:09.37)

It was the first official outdoor mark of the season for senior Sebastian Sowada.

Junior Jordan Hanna and sophomore Daniel Radtke notched season-best marks. Hanna was 0.83 seconds away from his personal-best mark, Radtke was 0.82 seconds away from his best.

First outdoor race of the season for both junior Shelby Bickett and sophomore Anna Fasen, while it was the first career outdoor race for freshman Mary Krause.

Senior Halie Mechels posted her first race of the 2018 indoor/outdoor season.

Bickett recorded her personal-best mark in the event, beating her previous-best by 3.82 seconds.

5,000m - Men
3. Fick, Evan (15:24.92)
4. Una. Auch, Alexander (15:37.68)
10. Wilts, Jacob (16:31.93)
11. Sargent, Cole (16:36.80)
--. Munsterman, Ray (DNF)

5,000m - Women
4. Donnay, Anna (17:28.12)
8. Schell, Mackenzie (18:24.57)
9. Berzonsky, Emily (18:29.88)

Freshman Evan Fick posted his second career top-three finsish, first in the 5,000m.

Freshmen Alexander Auch, Jacob Wilts, Cole Sargent, along with Fick, all recorded their first 5,000m race for both indoors and outdoors.

It was the first outdoor 5,000m race for freshman Anna Donnay. She sits atop the team's performance list with her mark, just 0.14 seconds away from her indoor best.

110m Hurdles - Men
--. Wessels, Nick (False Start)

100m Hurdles - Women
10. Mottinger, Haley (15.54)
22. Kreber, Kendyl (17.03)

Second 110m Hurdles race attempt of the season for Redshirt freshman Nick Wessels.

He has the team's fastest time in the event so far this season (15.30).

Both sophomore Haley Mottinger and freshman Kendyl Kreber recorded their third 100m hurdles race for the season.

400m Hurdles - Men
Did not compete.

400m Hurdles - Women
10. Gramer, Sandra (1:05.39)
16. Holtz, Chloe (1:08.48)

Senior Sandra Gramer recorded her season-best mark out of three attempts on the season.

She has improved her season-best mark in each of the three meets she has competed in.

3,000m Steeplechase - Men
1. Mather, Micah (9:20.84)
4. Klawitter, Chandler (9:48.06)
7. Schwinghamer, Michael (9:50.55)
--. Peters, Gabe (DNF)

3,000m Steeplechase - Women
9. Propst, Rachel (11:44.47)
--. Mechels, Halie (DNF)

First marks during the 2018 outdoor season for Jackrabbits in the event.

Sophomore Micah Mather posted his personal-best in the steeplechase, beating his previous-best by 7.88 seconds. It's also his first career win, second top-three finish in the event.

First career steeplechase for freshman Michael Schwinghamer.

It was the first steeplechase for Senior Halie Mechels since the beginning of the 2017 season and ninth career attempt for junior Rachel Propst.

4x100m Relay - Men
2. "A" Team (41.89)
(1. Fr. Cameron Kuil, 2. So. Landon Larson, 3. Fr. Daniel Clarke, 4. So Sam Zenner)

3. "B" Team (42.39)
(1. Sr. Jalen Williams, 2. R-Fr. Coby Hilton 3. Jr. Zach Schroeder, 4. Jr Sam Johnson)

4. "C" Team (43.50)
(1. So. Bryant Courter, 2. Jr. Ephram Albrecht, 3. Sr. J.J. Hejna, 4. Jr. Peter Bates)

4x100m Relay - Women
3. "A" Team (48.68)
(1. So. Delaney Carlson, 2. Sr. Vanessa Lane 3. So. Jaymie O'Connor, 4. Fr. Chloe Bermel)

All new team combinations so far this season for the men's team. "A" Team's mark is second on the school's season performance list!

It is the first official 4x100m relay for sophomore Bryant Courter, and Juniors Ephram Albrecht, and Peter Bates.

For the women's team, it was the first time that this group ran the 4x100m relay. The mark is second best on the school's season performance list.

4x400m Relay - Men
2. "A" Team (3:22.91)
(1. Jr. Sam Johnson, 2. Jr. Skyler Monaghan, 3. So. Josh Goehring, 4. So. Wyatt Gatrost)

7. "B" Team (3:30.14)
(1. Sr. Zach Schroeder, 2. R-Fr. Nick Wessels 3. So. Evan Hieber, 4. Jr. Peter Bates)

4x400m Relay - Women
1. "A" Team (3:50.32)
(1. Sr. Savannah Dolezal, 2. So. Allison Sebern, 3. Sr. Vanessa Lane, 4. Jr. Krista Steele)

7. "B" Team (4:03.88)
(1. Fr. Madison Gray, 2. Sr. Jennie Scislow, 3. Sr. Sandra Gramer, 4. Fr. Madisson Gay)

-- "C" Team (DNF)
(1. So. Kendra Dykstra, 2. Sr. Renae Dykstra, 3. --, 4. Fr. Heidi Stoltenburg)

Pole Vault - Men
2. Francom, Trent (16-00.75)
7. Andera, Anthony (14-07.25)
9. Branick, Bendan (13-07.25)

Pole Vault - Women
--. Muller, Amy (No Height)

Freshman Trent Francom improves his mark in pole vault. His mark is tied for 10th best on the school's top 10 list.

It's his third top-three finish outdoors, ninth overall in 11 career meets.

Second outdoor attempt in the pole vault for freshman Amy Muller.

High Jump - Men
5. Hejna, J.J. (6-07.00)
T-11. Sears, Riley (6-01.25)

High Jump - Women
2. Holtz, Chloe (5-03.00)
T-8. Lane, Vanessa (4-11.00)
--. Mingo, Madison (No Height)

Senior J.J. Hejna recorded his outdoor personal-best mark by 0.25 inches. His new mark is one inch from cracking the school's top 10 list.

Junior Riley Sears posted his first outdoor mark of the season.

Sophomore Chloe Holtz tied her overall personal-best with the 5-03.00 height. It was her first time reaching the height during the 2018 outdoor season.

Her finish was her second career outdoor top-three finish, fourth overall in her career.

Senior Vanessa Lane recorded a season-best height in the high jump, increasing her best by 1.25 inches.

Long Jump - Men
3. Clarke, Daniel (22-10.50)
T-8. Hieber, Evan (21-07.25)

Long Jump - Women
3. Altenburg, Emily (18-00.50)
17. Neff, Kayla (15-11.75)
--. Stewart, Emma (Foul)

Sophomore Evan Hieber posted his overall PR in the long jump, beating his outdoor mark by 2-01.75 feet and his indoor best by 10 inches.

Freshman Daniel Clarke posted his first top-three finish for his career.

Freshman Emily Altenburg recorded her personal-best mark in the long jump. She beat both her indoor (by 2.75) and outdoor (by 3.75) bests.

Altenburg was 4.25 inches from cracking the school's top 10.

It was her second career top-three finish, first in the outdoor season.

Triple Jump - Men
2. Una. Dotson, Josh (47-04.25)
8. Albrecht, Ephram (44-04.75)

Triple Jump - Women
--. Bisgard, Sophie (Foul)

Junior Ephram Albrecht was just 0.25 inches from his season-best mark.

It was the 10th career top-three finish for unattached Josh Dotson, sixth for his outdoor career.

Second attempt on the season for freshman Sophie Bisgard.

Shot Put - Men
4. Una. Coil, Sam (52-07.50)
5. Huber, Noah (50-10.00)
6. Leiseth, Mason (50-08.00)
8. Reinke, Max (49-09.75)

Shot Put - Women
7. Moorhouse, Madeline (45-05.00)
13. Wynn, Naomi (40-03.25)
14. Johnson, Emma (39-03.75)
18. Dynes, Alex (37-09.25)

Redshirt freshman Noah Huber posted his personal-best, beat his unattached 2017 mark by 2-09.50 feet.

It was Huber's and redshirt freshman Max Reinke's first attached marks.

Unattached Sam Coil posted his first career mark, which was two inches from the school's top 10 if he was attached.

The first shot put marks by any Jackrabbit this season.

Freshman Madeline Moorhouse recorded her first outdoor shot put toss, just 4.50 inches from cracking the school's all-time list.

Also recording their first career outdoor shot put marks was freshmen Naomi Wynn and Alex Dynes, along with sophomore Emma Johnson.

Wynn was 0.50 inches from tying her indoor personal-best mark.

Discus Throw - Men
3. Leiseth, Mason (167-01.00)
5. Huber, Noah (159-01.00)

Discus Throw - Women
2. Vollmer, Kasie (162-10.00)
10. Torrance, Allison (140-04.00)
17. Zinola, Miranda (117-09.00)

Senior Mason Leiseth recorded a personal-best mark in the discus throw. He beat his previous-best mark by 5-00.00 feet and now ranked ninth on the school's top 10 list.

As of tonight, his mark would be ranked 68th on the NCAA West performance list (top 48 go on to the NCAA West Preliminaries on May 24-26 for a chance to make it to the NCAA Championships).

Leiseth's finish is his first top-three finish in the event out of three career attempts.

It was the first career toss in the discus for redshirt freshman Noah Huber, and he's already within 5-10.00 feet from cracking the school's top 10 list.

Junior Kasie Vollmer improved her season-best mark, with just two attempts on the season. Her mark would be fifth on the school's top 10 list if her personal-best mark wasn't the school record.

Sophomore Allison Torrance and freshman Miranda Zinola recorded their first career discus throw marks as Jackrabbits.

Hammer Throw - Men
2. Bender, Colton (204-03.00)
6. Ammons, Logan (185-00.00)
--. Una. Coil, Sam (Foul)

Hammer Throw - Women
6. Sudbeck, Abby (180-10.00)
11. Torrance, Allison (149-08.00)
14. Zinola, Miranda (136-00.00)
19. Wynn, Naomi (112-06.00)

Senior Colton Bender posted a personal-best mark in the hammer throw, which resets the school record mark he had. He increased the mark by 4-09.00 feet.

As of tonight, his mark is ranked 19th in the NCAA West performance list (top 48 go on to the NCAA West Preliminaries on May 24-26 for a chance to make it to the NCAA Championships).

The second-place finish is his 10th career top-three finish in the event.

Junior Abby Sudbeck posted her season-best mark, just 1-07.00 feet from tying her PR, which is sixth on the school's top 10 list.

Sophomore Allison Torrance notched a personal-best by 14-11.00 feet.

It was the first career hammer attempt for freshman Naomi Wynn.

Javelin - Men
5. Leonhard, Dakota (181-00.00)
9. Hieber, Evan (161-10.00)
10. Bates, Peter (151-10.00)
17. Winter, Jack (135-00.00)

Javelin Throw - Women
9. Astleford, Rachel (114-09.00)
11. Lane, Vanessa (108-11.00)

First attempts of the season in the Javelin for sophomores Evan Hieber and Jack Winter, along with junior Peter Bates.

Hieber recorded his PR, beating his previous-best by 16-05.00 feet.

Sophomore Dakota Leonhard posted his season-best mark in his second attempt of the season. He has the school record in the event.

First Javelin marks for both Jackrabbits on the women's team.

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