Jacks TF Hosts Two Meets in SJAC

Friday, January 18

Brookings, S.D.

1:30 p.m.

South Dakota State University

SDSU DII Invitational

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

1/17/2019 5:44:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

MEETS 3 & 4: South Dakota State (Men & Women) Hosts SDSU DII Invite & Jim Emmerich Invite

When	SDSU DII Invitational Friday, Jan. 18 - Field Events: 1:30 p.m. - Track Events: 2 p.m.	Jim Emmerich Invite Saturday, Jan. 19 - Field Events: 12:30 p.m. - Track Events: 12:45 p.m.
Where	Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex Parking Map \| Google Maps \| Brookings, S.D.	Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex Parking Map \| Google Maps \| Brookings, S.D.
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Teams Competing	Number of Teams: 21 expected Info \| FINAL Schedule \| Performance List \| Heat Sheets (Updated)	Number of Teams: 6 expected Info \| FINAL Schedule \| Heat Sheets (Updated)
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The South Dakota State track and field teams will return to the site of the 2019 Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championship site - the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex - to host two meets on Friday and Saturday.

The SDSU DII Invitational will take place on Friday starting with the field events at 1:30 p.m. and the track events kicking off at 2 p.m. As many as 21 schools are expected to be represented throughout the meet, as well as several Jackrabbit student-athletes. Competition on the track is anticipated to be wrapped up by 9:15 p.m. (FINAL Shedule | Heat Sheets | Live Results)

Schools Represented at the SDSU DII Invite (weather pending):

Augustana (S.D.) (M/W)
Concordia-St. Paul (M/W)
Dakota State (M/W)
Dakota Wesleyan (M/W)
Dordt (M/W)
Iowa Central CC (M/W)
Morningside (M/W)
Minnesota State (M/W)
MSU-Billings (M/W)
MSU-Moorhead (M/W)
Mount Marty (M/W)
Northwestern (Iowa) (M/W)
Northern State (M/W)
St. Cloud State (M/W)
Sioux Falls (M/W)
SW Minnesota St. (M/W)
U-Mary (M)
Valley City State (M/W)
Waldorf (M/W)
Wayne St. (Neb.) (M/W)
Winona State (W)

Saturday will bring as many as six school competing with SDSU in the Jim Emmerich, along with a few alumni events throughout the afternoon. Field events will begin at 12:30 p.m. and track events will follow at 12:45 p.m. The alumni 60m and Phil Lavallee alumni mile will begin around 1:40 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. while the alumni 4x300m relay is set for 3 p.m. (FINAL Schedule | Heat Sheets | Live Results)

Schools Represented at the Jim Emmerich Invite (weather pending):

Iowa Central CC (M/W)
Nebraska-Omaha (W)
North Dakota (M/W)
Sioux Falls (M)
South Dakota (M/W)
U-Mary (M/W)

RESULTS
Live results will be made available by DakotaTiming.com (SDSU DII Invite | Jim Emmerich Invite) while you can follow Jackrabbit action on our Twitter page (@GoJacksTFXC). A meet recap will be made available following the conclusion of each meet.

PARKING & TICKETS
Parking will be the same for both Friday and Saturday. Spectators should park on the West and Northwest side of the SJAC and Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium and enter the facility through the Northwest First Bank & Trust entrance. (Parking Map)

Tickets will be $5 for adults and $3 for ages K-12. Admission for South Dakota State students is free with a valid ID.

IF SCHEDULE CHANGES
If there are any schedule changes, please check back here and check with your affiliated school. GoJacks.com will announce any changes as soon as possible on this page as well as the SDSU track and field Twitter page (@GoJacksTFXC).

JACKRABBITS LEADING THE SUMMIT LEAGUE
With only two meets under SDSU's belts, the Jackrabbits have six total event leaders and a total of 17 student-athletes in 19 top-three spots of the league's performance list. Both teams also have the second-best 4x400m relay so far.

On the national stage, there are 12 Jackrabbits ranked in the top 100 of 14 individual events. Juniors Sam Zenner (32nd in the 200m, 44th in the 60m) and Bryant Courter (57th in the long jump, 67th in the triple jump) are the lone SDSU student-athletes that are ranked in the top 100 in multiple events.

The highest ranking belongs to senior Kyle Burdick and his No. 3 converted mile time (4:02.90#, 4:06.00). He had the seventh-fastest (unconverted) mile mark of all collegiate meets last week. Junior Evan Hieber is seventh in the heptathlon while sophomore Coby Hilton is 19th in the 200m mark.

On the women's side, junior Miatta Flemister-Smith has the 63rd-best 60m mark while sophomore Oksana Covey has the 85th-best 400m time.

Jackrabbits in Summit League's Top Three -
- Men (13 Jacks, 14 Events) -
1. Jr. Sam Zenner (60m)
1. So. Coby Hilton (200m)
1. So. Derek Boekelheide (800m)
1. Sr. Kyle Burdick (Mile)
1. Jr. Evan Hieber (HEPT)
2. Jr. Sam Zenner (200m)
2. So. Nick Wessels (60H)
2. So. Trent Francom (PV)
2. Sr. Peter Bates (HEPT)
3. Jr. Landon Larson (60m)
3. Sr. Jordan Hanna (800m)
3. Fr. Joseph Minor-Williams (3,000m)
3. Fr. Reid Pierzinski (60H)
3. Jr. Bryant Courter (TJ)
- Women (4 Jacks, 5 Events) -
1. Jr. Miatta Flemister-Smith (60m)
2. So. Oksana Covey (400m)
2. Sr. Krista Steele (800m)
3. Jr. Miatta Flemister-Smith (200m)
3. Jr. Jaymie O'Connor (60H)

Relays (Men: 1 | Women: 1):
2. 4x400m Relay (Johnson, Acker, Pierzinski, Larson)
2. 4x400m Relay (Flemister-Smith, Carlson, Sebern, Covey)

Performance List Notables: MEN - SDSU has five event leaders individually on the men's side, Oral Roberts is next-best with four and South Dakota has three while North Dakota State has two ... seven individual events have more than one Jackrabbit in the top five ... four of the top five marks in the men's 60m are Jackrabbits - all having tied or beat a personal-best mark ... Hilton and Zenner are leading the 200m by 0.31 and 0.22 seconds ... Boekelheide is leading the 800m by 1.01 seconds ... Burdick is leading the mile by 6.32 seconds ... WOMEN - the women's 800m has three Jacks ... Flemister-Smith and Fr. Ellie Friesen are the only Jacks in the top-five of multiple individual events.

RECORD & PERSONAL-BEST TRACKER
After the second meet of the 2019 indoor season the men's and women's teams have combined for three school records and 24 fresh individual marks in the school's top 10 list and two relay marks added. To go with the all-time top performances, 57 personal-best marks have been reset or tied from 38 Jackrabbits.

Personal Best Marks Reset in 2019 -
- Men (19 Jacks, 27 Resets) -
Jr. Sam Zenner (60m, 200m)
Jr. Landon Larson (60m)
So. Daniel Clarke (60m)
So. Coby Hilton (60m, 200m x2)
So. Caleb Bray (400m)
Jr. Wyatt Gatrost (600m)
Sr. Jordan Hanna (800m)
R-Fr. Michael Schwinghamer (Mile)
Jr. Evan Hieber (1,000m, LJ)
Fr. Lukas Pierson (3,000m)
Fr. Josh Donahoe (60H)
Fr. Reid Pierzinski (60H)
Sr. Peter Bates (HJ, PV, HEPT)
Fr. Mason Schmidt (HJ)
Fr. Jay-Shawn Milton (HJ - tied PR)
Fr. Tre Manning (LJ)
R-Fr. Samuel Coil (SP, WT)
Sr. Logan Ammons (WT x2)
So. Noah Huber (WT)
- Women (19 Jacks, 29 Resets) -
Jr. Miatta Flemister-Smith (60m)
So. Oksana Covey (400m)
Fr. Tori Glazier (800m)
Sr. Emily Berzonsky (Mile)
Jr. Haley Mottinger (60H)
So. Madison Mingo (HJ)
Fr. Addison Eisenbeisz (HJ - tied PR, TJ)
Fr. Lynsey Stevens (HJ - tied PR)
So. Kendyl Kreber (HJ, SP, PENT)
Fr. Greta Johnson (PV)
Jr. Chloe Holtz (TJ, HJ - tied PR)
So. Emily Altenburg (TJ)
So. Sophie Bisgard (TJ x2)
Fr. Tamia Emerson (TJ)
Jr. Micayla TerWee (SP, WT)
Fr. Meghan Hettinga (SP)
So. Naomi Wynn (SP, WT x2)
Fr. Caitlin Thilges (SP, WT)
R-Fr. Kenzie Shubert (WT)

School's Top 10 Marks Rewritten in 2019 -
- Men (16 Rewritten) -
School Record - 60m - Jr. Sam Zenner
School Record - 200m - So. Coby Hilton
School Record - DT - So. Noah Huber
No. 2 - 200m - Jr. Sam Zenner
No. 3 - WT - Sr. Logan Ammons
No. 4 - 60m - Jr. Landon Larson
No. 4 - WT - R-Fr. Samuel Coil
No. 5 - HEPT - Sr. Peter Bates
T-No. 5 - 60m - So. Daniel Clarke
T-No. 5 - 60m - So. Coby Hilton
No. 6 - SP - R-Fr. Samuel Coil
No. 8 - HEPT - Fr. Josh Donahoe
No. 9 - 60m - Emmanual Phoulom-Smith
No. 9 - 60H - Reid Pierzinski
No. 9 - WT - So. Noah Huber
No. 10 - 600m - Wyatt Gatrost
- Women (8 Rewritten) -
No. 2 - 60m - Jr. Miatta Flemister-Smith
No. 5 - 600m - Fr. Lauren Van Dyke
No. 6 - 200m - Jr. Miatta Flemister-Smith
No. 6 - 60H - Jr. Haley Mottinger
No. 8 - 400m - So. Oksana Covey
No. 9 - 600m - Jr. Allison Sebern
No. 9 - TJ - Jr. Chloe Holtz
No. 9 - WT - Jr. Micayla TerWee

Relays (Men: 1 | Women: 1):
T-No. 4 - Men's 4x400m Relay - Sr. Sam Johnson, So. Mitchel Acker, Fr. Reid Pierzinski, Jr. Landon Larson
No. 10 - Women's 4x400m Relay - Jr. Miatta Flemister-Smith, Jr. Delaney Carlson, Jr. Allison Sebern, So. Oksana Covey

USTFCCCA WEEKLY RANKINGS
The USTFCCCA.org announced their preseason National Rating Index on Thursday, Jan. 10 and will announce their first regular-season rankings on Jan. 21 - both national and regional rankings.

Last year, the men finished 18th in the Midwest Regional rankings while the women were 19th. 2018 graduate Colton Bender and junior Bryant Courter were ranked routinely throughout the indoor season with Bender finishing fourth in the weight throw (# nationally) and Courter reaching as high as fourth in the long jump and seventh in the triple jump.

For the women, seniors Krista Steele (800m, reached fourth) and Rachel King (3,000m, reached seventh) and the distance medley crew (reached seventh - Jr. Kendra Dykstra, Jennie Scislow, So. Jamie Schweiss, Renae Dykstra) were in the top eight of the region individually last year.

SUMMIT LEAGUE ITF PRESEASON
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.

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.

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 preseason runner-up South Dakota and eight points behind preseason favorite North Dakota State.

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 indoor preseason ranking only three times, and the last time was in 2013 when they were tabbed as third and finished fourth.

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.

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.

PRESEASON 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.

LAST TIME OUT: South Dakota State Wins Dual Over North Dakota
The South Dakota State track and field teams came away victorious over North Dakota in a two-team dual on Saturday, Jan. 12. The Jackrabbit men outscored the Fighting Hawks 93-54 while the women edged UND 76-69 with 14 events scored each.

The men had 10 individual event winners and the 4x400m relay team while the women cracked five event champs and the 4x400m relay team. In order to win the team dual, the teams had a total of 28 personal-bests reset or tied (12 from the men, 16 from the women) and seven all-time school marks rewritten (six from the men, one from the women).

Though places 1-4 were scored with only a maximum of two scorers from each team, the Jackrabbits showed domination in several events - having multiple student-athletes in the top-three of 19 events (12 for the men, seven for the women).

Some notable events with Jackrabbits at the top of the leader board: 1-5 in the men's 60m, 2-5 in the women's 60m, 1-7 in the men's mile, 1-2 ... 4-5 in the women's mile, 2-8 in the men's 3,000m, 3-5 in the women's 3,000m, and 1-3 in the men's long jump.

Sophomore Coby Hilton (60m: second place, 6.90) highlighted the sprints section for the Jackrabbit men - trimming 0.07 seconds off of his previous personal-best in the 60m (set in 2018, tied at the SDSU Holiday) to move into a tie for the No. 5 all-time SDSU mark with fellow teammate Daniel Clarke. He followed that race up with his second career 200m win - a mark that is now the school record (200m: won, 21.41).

The indoor 200m school record had been reset only once since Edmund Estephane's 1994 mark (21.83) - reset by Luke Leischner in 2011 (21.82) - prior to the 2019 season. However, it has been reset twice in a little over a month - first with junior Sam Zenner's mark in the SDSU Holiday Invite (21.50) and now with Hilton's top mark (21.41).

Zenner won the 60m (6.79) for his third career win in event - 0.01 seconds off his PR and the school record - while freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith (third, 6.95) added his name to the busy 60m school top-10 list at No. 9 in his first career attempt in the Blue and Yellow. Five fresh marks have filled the 60m top-10 list in just two 2019 meets (school record: Zenner, No. 4: Jr. Landon Larson, T-No. 5: Clarke & Hilton, No. 9: Phoulom-Smith).

For the women's sprint section, junior Miatta Flemister-Smith (200m: won, 25.11) re-wrote another top-10 mark - this time in the 200m - as she won her second career indoor event and trimmed 0.13 seconds off her PR to move from No. 8 all-time to No. 6 all-time for SDSU (moved into No. 2 all-time in 60m at the SDSU Holiday Invite).

The men added wins in both the shot put and weight throw - including the No. 3 all-time throw in the weight throw by senior Logan Ammons (won, 60-03.00). The senior moved ahead of fellow teammate Samuel Coil in the all-time rankings while sophomore Noah Huber notched a weight throw personal-best himself, and moved into the No. 9 spot (third, 56-04.25) after being No. 10. Huber also won the shot put competition for the first time in his career (55-05.75).

In the women's throwing events, junior Micayla TerWee increased her shot put PR by 0.75 inches en route to her second career win in the event (46-00.75). She also finished seventh in the weight throw (51-03.00) behind senior Abby Sudbeck's fifth-place finish to start the season (55-07.50).

Long jump and triple jump included more dominate showings for State, finishing 1-3 on the men's side and 1-2 on the women's side in long jump. Freshman Tre Manning (won, 23-00.00) and sophomore Emma Stewart (won, 17-04.25) won their first career long jump events with Manning adding a PR by 4.25 inches.

As for triple jump, men went 1-2 with freshman Sage Hagen winning (46-00.75) and junior Chloe Holtz finishing runner-up (37-05.25) for her second consecutive meet.

Junior Jaymie O'Connor opened her 2019 indoor season with her third career win in the 60m hurdles (8.79) while sophomore Nick Wessels won (8.31) the men's event. Freshman Reid Pierzinski posted a school top-10 mark en route to a runner-up finish (8.38) - adding the school's No. 9 mark.

Senior Jordan Hanna (won, 1:56.19) and junior Wyatt Gatrost (second, 1:57.91) went 1-2 in the 800m - with Hanna notching a PR to gather his first career win.

Senior Krista Steele opened her 2019 indoor season with a win (2:16.68) while freshman Tori Glazier (2:19.09) added a 3.20-second PR to finish third in the women's 800m.

Both the men's and women's mile and 3,000m crews tallied big place-finishes - with redshirt freshman Michael Schwinghamer (4:19.21) and freshman Ellie Friesen (5:03.44) leading SDSU in the mile. The men in the mile went 1-7 and the women went 1-2 and 4-5.

As for the 3,000m, freshman Joseph Minor-Williams led the Jackrabbits to finish 2-8 for the men as he posted his first indoor mark (second, 8:50.09). Sophomore Jamie Schweiss led the women to finish 3-5 in her first career run as well (third, 10:31.32).

Both the men's and women's relay teams were new combinations this year - with both "A" teams winning their respective events.

Senior Kyle Burdick added his first mark of the season at North Dakota State's Thundering Herd Classic today in Fargo, N.D. He won his third career mile event and reset the Shelly Ellig Facility record (by 1.93 seconds) but was just short of his PR by 1.11 seconds (school's third all-time mark) and 5.05 seconds short the school record (Rod DeHaven - 4:00.95, 1987).

JACKS' XC - DEHAVEN'S DYNASTY
The Summit League announced Jackrabbit Head Coach Rod DeHaven won the 2018 Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year on Nov. 29.

It is his seventh men's honor, which is the second-most ever on the men's side since the honor was introduced in 1982. DeHaven has won the men's honor seven out of the 12 years the Jackrabbits have been in the league, which is the most in that span.

Overall, Coach DeHaven has won eight cross country coach of the year honors, garnering the women's accolade in 2008. He has also earned a Summit League Indoor Coach of the Year honor on the men's side in 2017.

XC YEAR-END RECAP
Summit League Men (Oct. 28) - The men's cross country team returned to Brookings after the league championships as the three-time defending Summit League Champions, winning their latest championship by 37 points and notching the school's lowest point-score since 2007 (23 points).

The 23-point score was two points under SDSU's 2016 winning score (25) that started the championship run. The 2016 crew had six guys in the top-10, three in the top-five, while the 2018 squad had seven Jackrabbits in the top 10 and eight total winning All-League recognition. Summit League rivals South Dakota and North Dakota State were held to a combined three top-10 finishers.

Five First-Team All-Summit League honorees for SDSU is now the most-ever First-Team All-League honors for SDSU - beating the previous-best set in 2016 (four - won the championship). Three Second-Team All-League members is now tied for the most from South Dakota State (tying the 2014, 2013, 2009 teams). Eight total All-League honors is now the most-ever for South Dakota State in The Summit League era (beating the 2016 championship team's six All-League).

The 37-point margin of victory was the largest-ever by SDSU, beating the previous-best - a 27-point victory over South Dakota in 2012. As far as The Summit League's margin-of-victory records go, it was the second-largest win since South Dakota State joined in 2007 - just five points behind Southern Utah's 42-point win over Oakland in 2007. Southern Utah also holds the all-time record for margin-of-victory, beating Oakland by 60 points in 2006 when they had a perfect score (15).

As for average team times, the Jacks had a pace of 25:23.45 as a team - a time that beats the next-best average by 45.45 seconds from North Dakota State. All Jacks finished in the top-20 with SDSU's Michael Schwinghamer (eighth Jack) earning the last Second-Team All-League honor (14th overall). Schwinghamer, along with Evan Fick (ninth Jack, 17th overall), outpaced two other school's first-scored runner and four other school's second-scored runner. Schwinghamer nearly beat NDSU's and Purdue-Fort Wayne's No. 1 runners (they finished 12th and 13th with Schwinghamer in 14th).

Summit League Women (Oct. 28) - The women's team scored 61 points in a close team-finish behind South Dakota (won, 51 points) and North Dakota State (second, 52 points). It was the second-closest finish among the top-three schools in the league championships (10-point difference between the winners and third place).

The closest was in 2007 when Purdue-Fort Wayne and Southern Utah tied for first (67 points each) and South Dakota State recorded third (68 points). The next closest finish among the top-three schools was in 2016 when South Dakota won (43 points), North Dakota State finished second (48) and South Dakota State placed third (55) - a 12-point difference.

For the Jackrabbit team, it was the fifth-lowest overall team score in The Summit League Championships and the second-lowest team score when they've placed third in the league (2016's team finished third, scored 55 points).

South Dakota State added two First-Team All-Summit League honorees (Rachel King, Emily Donnay), and nearly a Second-Team All-Summit League award-winner (Anna Donnay - missed by 0.05 seconds), to help keep the point-total low. The Jacks have had multiple First-Team All-League performers only three times, with the most being three in 2016 (other times: 2015 - two, 2013 - two).

Jackrabbit Newcomers Take League by Storm (Oct. 28) - Both freshman Joseph Minor-Williams and Thomas Breuckman could have taken home The Summit League's Newcomer of the Championship for the men, as they finished 0.6 seconds from each other in the league's top-10 individual finish. However, Minor-Williams (eighth, 25:38.6) edged out Breuckman (ninth, 25:39.2) for the honor.

Minor-Williams helped SDSU complete the sweep of The Summit League's Newcomer of the Championship awards, as fellow freshman on the women's side - Ellie Friesen (18th, 22:12.3) - won the Newcomer of the Championship on the women's side. Friesen was the second-ever Jackrabbit on the women's side to win the honor - since senior Rachel King was honored as a freshman 2015.

Since the award was changed to Newcomer of the Championship in 2008, only two other schools have claimed both newcomer awards in the same season (2010 - NDSU, 2012 - USD). South Dakota State and North Dakota State are tied for the most Newcomer of the Championship award recipients with six each (Bison: two men, four women; Jackrabbits: four men, two women).

Jacks Pace Summit League at NCAA Regionals (Nov. 9) - The South Dakota State men's and women's cross country teams finished their 2018 campaigns in Peoria, Ill. at the NCAA Midwest Regionals with the men finishing 10th (288 points) and the women tying their best-ever place-finish and scoring their lowest point-total, 13th (369 points).

It was the fifth time the men's team has finished in the top 10 of the Midwest Regionals, while no other active Summit League school has finished in the top 10 of their respective region. The women were the second-best Summit League team in the Midwest Region, knocking off the league championship runner-up NDSU.

The Jackrabbits were led by a couple of seniors on both sides who earned NCAA All-Region honors - the only Summit League school to have a multiple All-Region honorees.

Rachel King led the women, finishing 19th overall (21:01.9) to garner the award. She is the second-ever Jack on the women's team to earn NCAA All-Region accolades (started in 2010) and is the first to win multiple in her career - back-to-back. The women's team has now had three consecutive seasons with a top-25 finisher (Emily Donnay - 2016; King - 2017, 2018) and King is one of three Summit League women to earn All-Region multiple times.

Kyle Burdick led the men's team for the first time this season, en route to his best place-finish at the regional meet and earn All-Region honors, placing 15th (31:18.3). He helps the SDSU team earn the honor for the fourth year in a row, while gathering his second consecutive personally. Only four State runners have received the award, three of them have been honored multiple times (Michael Krsnak - 2010; Trent Lusignan - 2013, 2015; Joel Reichow - 2015, 2016; Burdick - 2017, 2018). In Summit League comparison, he is one of four individuals to achieve the status multiple times (three other individuals being from SDSU).

As for All-Regional honorees in The Summit League, South Dakota State has had the most All-Region individuals since the award was introduced in 2010 with six Jackrabbits winning 10 mentions. Other schools in the league, all together, have 12 mentions from 10 athletes - with the most any one school having is three honorees winning four mentions.

Academic All-Leaguers (Nov. 13) - The Summit League announced the cross country Academic All-League team that included three South Dakota State Jackrabbits - Kyle Burdick, Chase Cayo, and Rachel King. There were five All-League nominations for both men and women, with SDSU tied with North Dakota State for the most All-League nominations at three each.

For senior Kyle Burdick and junior Chase Cayo, they earned their second consecutive Academic All-League honor of their career in cross country - third overall for Cayo (2018 indoor) and fifth overall for Burdick (2017 indoor and outdoor, 2018 outdoor). Only two other SDSU student-athletes have won multiple Academic All-Leagues - Drew Kraft (2012, 2014) and Joel Reichow (2015, 2016).

As for senior Rachel King, she is garnered with her third career accolade in cross country and her sixth overall (2017 indoor, 2018 indoor and outdoor). She is the only Jackrabbit to win multiple Academic All-League honors in cross country - being only the third-ever to garner the accolade (Cheyanne Bowers - 2013, Courtney Neubert - 2014).

SOCIAL MEDIA
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UP NEXT: JACK JOHNSON CLASSIC (Jan. 25-26)
The Jackrabbit will travel to Minnesota for the Jack Johnson Classic instead of going to the Mark Messersmith Invitational at Northern Iowa. The tentative schedule for the Jack Johnson Classic can be found here.

South Dakota State will be hosting The Summit League Indoor Championships in the Sanford-Athletic Complex on Feb. 22 and 23.

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