Francom is The Only Jack to Reach 17 Feet

Friday, February 15

Brookings, S.D.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

SDSU Last Chance

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

2/15/2019 10:15:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results: SDSU Last Chance

Francom resets his school record for the second time in the pole vault as 23 Jacks add PRs in the SDSU Last Chance

The South Dakota State track and field teams took advantage of the final home competition before hosting The Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships, presented by the U.S. Air Force Special Ops, next weekend.

A total of 23 Jackrabbits (nine men, 14 women) scored a combined 26 personal-best marks (nine from the men, 17 from the women), including a school record and seven other all-time top-10 marks (five top-10 marks from the men, three from the women).

Sophomore Trent Francom was the school-record breaker, resetting his personal-best and school-record mark in the pole vault (17-00.00) for the second time this season en route to his seventh career win out of 15 indoor events. He is the lone Jackrabbit to reach the 17-foot plateau, reaching it three total times in his young career (once indoors, twice outdoors). The school record has increased 5.25 inches this season, as Francom owns both the indoor and outdoor record mark.

Junior Micayla TerWee came away with two top-three finishes on Friday evening, finishing second in the weight throw (58-00.25) and third in the shot put (45-03.75). It was her seventh career top-three finish in the indoor shot put and second career top-three in the weight throw - a personal-best mark by 10.25 inches that moves her into the No. 7 all-time mark.

Sophomore duo Caleb Bray (49.19) and Mitchel Acker (49.67) went 1-2 in the 400m with both of them reaching personal-best marks. It was Bray's fourth reset of the season, trimming 0.54 seconds off his last reset and 1.23 seconds from the start of the season. Acker cut 0.35 seconds in his second reset of the season.

Winning her third indoor 400m on the women's side was sophomore Oksana Covey (57.21), who was just 0.02 seconds from her PR and No. 8 all-time mark. Teammates Chloe Bermel (seventh, 59.52) and Nichole Sample (eighth, 1:00.87) were able to reach personal-best marks.

The Jacks also swept winning places for both men and women in the high jump, long jump, and triple jump. Senior Riley Sears recorded his second career win in th high jump (6-07.50) with a 0.75-inch PR increase while freshman Addison Eisenbeisz won her first career high jump (5-07.00) by adding another inch to her PR and move to the No. 8 all-time mark.

Junior Chloe Holtz came away with a personal-best mark increase of 2.75 inches in the triple jump win (37-11.50) to move into No. 8 all-time while freshman Sage Hagen (45-02.25) earned his second career win in the event.

Junior Bryant Courter, who has SDSU's longest active winning streak in the indoor triple jump (7), added his seventh career indoor long jump win, his third of the season. On the women's side, sophomore Emily Altenburg won (17-06.00) for her second career win as sophomore Emma Stewart (17-04.75) and Eisenbeisz (17-01.25) went runner-up and third behind Altenburg.

Altenburg also tried her hand in the 60m for the first time this season, fourth attempt of her career, finishing runner-up with a PR tie in the prelims (7.98) and a 0.03-second PR reset in the finals (7.95). She is 0.09 seconds from the school's 10th-best mark all-time and No. 2 on SDSU's season performance list.

Redshirt freshman Madisson Gay followed Altenburg in the 60m (fifth in the finals, 8.06), resetting her PR in the prelims (third in the prelims, 8.01) for the third consecutive week. Altenburg, Gay, and junior Jennifer Thill went 1-2-3 in their respective preliminary heat.

Gay also added a 200m personal-best mark for the second consecutive week (T-fourth, 26.55) while it was Thill's third consecutive reset in the 200m (sixth, 26.62).

Continuing the discussion of personal-best reset streaks, senior Logan Ammons increased his weight throw personal-best mark for the fourth time this season (third, 63-02.75) as he finished with his eighth career top-three finish. It was a 1-11.75-foot increase from the Dakota Realty (Feb. 2) and 4-08.75-foot increase since 2017 (redshirted indoor 2018).

The men's 800m runners went 1-2-3-4-5 as sophomore Derek Boekelheide removed freshman Riley Bauer's No. 10 all-time mark set last weekend at the SDSU Classic and added his name to the No. 10 all-time spot with a personal-best and second career indoor 800m win (1:53.09). Sophomore Gabe Peters notched his second career 800m (both indoors), adding a personal-best mark by 1.10 seconds (fifth, 1:56.53).

After adding the No. 10 all-time mark in the 800m last week (now teammate Boekelheide has the No. 10 mark with today's performance), freshman Riley Bauer shot out of the 600m start line to win his first career event (1:20.57) while junior Wyatt Gatrost tailed him for the runner-up spot (1:20.58). Bauer's mark is No. 3 all-time and Gatrost moves from No. 10 to No. 4 all-time.

Fellow freshman Ben Olson posted his first career win in the mile (4:21.51) while freshman Lukas Pierson won his first career event in the 3,000m (8:57.16) to end the Jackrabbit's night with 12 event champs, eight from the men's team.

SENIORS & RINGS
The Jackrabbits also honored their seniors and presented The Summit League Championship rings at the conclusion of the SDSU Last Chance. A total of nine men and nine women are seniors on the 2019 Jackrabbit squad.

Seniors at the 2019 SDSU Last Chance: Men - Logan Ammons, Peter Bates, Kyle Burdick, Wyatt Gatrost, Jordan Hanna, Sam Johnson, Cal Lawton, Zach Schroeder, Riley Sears ... Women - Rachel Astleford, Emily Berzonsky, Rachel Eickhoff (not pitcured), Emma Johnson, Rachel King (not pictured), Rachel Propst, Mackenzie Schell (not pictured), Krista Steele (not pictured), Kasie Vollmer (not pictured).

Jackrabbits earned their rings from Summit League Championship events. Pictured (L-R): Kyle Burdick, Gabe Peters, Sam Ivanecky, Cal Lawton, Ray Munsterman, Chase Cayo, Lukas Nelson.

Presented rings for winning the 4x100m relay at 2018 The Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Pictured (L-R): Coby Hilton, Landon Larson, Daniel Clarke, Sam Zenner.

Wyatt Gatrost honored an presented a ring for winning the 2018 Summit League Outdoor Track and Field 800m.

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UP NEXT: JACKRABBITS HOST SUMMIT LEAGUE INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Feb. 22-23) - Schedule
The track and field teams will remain home in the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex for The Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships as they were named host back in August. It will be the second time that SDSU will hold the event in the SJAC on Feb. 22-23.

EVENT WINNERS
- MEN (9 Jacks, 9 Winnners) -
So. Caleb Bray (400m)
Fr. Riley Bauer (600m)
So. Derek Boekelheide (800m)
Fr. Ben Olson (Mile)
Fr. Lukas Pierson (3,000m)
Sr. Riley Sears (HJ)
So. Trent Francom (PV)
Jr. Bryant Courter (LJ)
Fr. Sage Hagen (TJ)
- WOMEN (4 Jacks, 4 Winners) -
So. Oksana Covey (400m)
Fr. Addison Eisenbeisz (HJ)
So. Emily Altenburg (LJ)
Jr. Chloe Holtz (TJ)

PERSONAL-BEST MARKS RESET OR TIED
- MEN (9 Jacks, 9 PRs, 5 Top 10s) -
So. Caleb Bray (400m)
So. Mitchel Acker (400m)
Jr. Wyatt Gatrost (600m - No. 9)
So. Derek Boekelheide (800m - No. 10)
So. Gabe Peters (800m)
Sr. Riley Sears (HJ)
So. Trent Francom (PV - School Record)
Fr. Sage Hagen (TJ)
Sr. Logan Ammons (WT - No. 3)
- WOMEN (14 Jacks, 17 PRs, 3 Top 10s) -
So. Emily Altenburg (60m - tied in prelims, reset in finals)
R-Fr. Madisson Gay (60m, 200m)
So. Chloe Bermel (400m)
Fr. Nichole Sample (400m)
Jr. Jennifer Thill (200m)
Fr. Sydney Maher (200m)
Jr. Anna Fasen (800m)
Sr. Rachel Propst (800m)
So. Kendyl Kreber (60H - Twice)
Fr. Addison Eisenbeisz (HJ - No. 8)
Jr. Chloe Holtz (TJ - No. 8)
So. Sophie Bisgard (TJ)
Fr. Elizabeth Stranger (SP)
Jr. Micayla TerWee (WT - No. 7)

Not a PR reset, but in the school's top 10 ... first career mark in the event:
Fr. Riley Bauer (600m - No. 8)

JACKRABBIT INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
60m - Men - Prelims
9. Donahoe, Josh (7.61)

60m - Women - Finals
2. Altenburg, Emily (7.95)
5. Gay, Madisson (8.06)
6. Thill, Jennifer (8.09)
7. Wevik, Mikayla (8.12)
60m - Women - Prelims
2. Altenburg, Emily (7.98q)
3. Gay, Madisson (8.01q)
5. Thill, Jennifer (8.08q)
T-7. Wevik, Mikayla (8.10q)
T-14. Maher, Sydney (8.48)

Freshman Josh Donahoe finished fourth in his preliminary heat, ninth overall, and just missed his PR first set at the SDSU Holiday Invite by 0.05 seconds.

Sophomore Emily Altenburg finished just her fourth career 60m event, the first time this season, with a personal-best mark tie in the prelims (tied with her 2018 SDSU Classic best) and a 0.03 second PR reset in the finals - a mark that is No. 2 on the team's season performance list and 0.09 seconds from the school's top 10 all-time. She led the Jacks in both the prelims and finals to finish runner-up overall, her best place-finish in the event.

Redshirt freshman Madisson Gay followed Altenburg, resetting her PR for the third consecutive week. This time she cut 0.03 seconds off and has tallied 0.25 seconds since the SDSU Holiday Invite. Junior Jennifer Thill notched a season-best mark by 0.05 seconds, 0.05 seconds from her personal-best, while freshman Sydney Maher was 0.06 seconds from her PR.

Altenburg, Gay, and Thill took the top three spots in their respective heat of the prelims.

200m - Men - Finals
3. Schroeder, Zach - Una. (22.67)

200m - Women - Finals
T-4. Bermel, Chloe (26.55)
T-4. Gay, Madisson (26.55)
6. Thill, Jennifer (26.62)
7. Wevik, Mikayla (26.75)
14. Maher, Sydney (28.27)

Unattached senior Zach Schroeder notched a season-best by 0.05 seconds.

For the second consecutive week, redshirt freshman Madisson Gay and freshman Sydney Maher posted personal-best marks - Gay trimming 0.04 another seconds and Maher another 0.36 seconds. For junior Jennifer Thill, it was her third consecutive PR reset in the 200m, trimming 0.14 seconds this time around. Freshman Mikayla Wevik was 0.01 seconds off her PR, which would have been her second consecutive PR reset as well.

400m - Men - Finals
1. Bray, Caleb (49.19)
2. Acker, Mitchel (49.67)
5. Johnson, Sam (50.45)

400m - Women - Finals
1. Covey, Oksana (57.21)
5. Carlson, Delaney (59.30)
7. Bermel, Chloe (59.52)
8. Sample, Nichole (1:00.87)

Sophomore Caleb Bray posted his fourth personal-best reset of the season, this time trimming 0.54 seconds off his previous best from the his SDSU Classic mark last weekend. He keeps inching closer to the school's top 10 list (10th-best - 49.04) as he has cut 1.23 seconds from his best prior to 2019 (50.42 set at the 2018 SDSU Classic). It was Bray's first career indoor 400m win while sophomore Mitchel Acker was close behind for a runner-up finish and his second PR reset by 0.35 seconds (first PR at the Jim Emmerich).

Sophomore Oksana Covey added her third career indoor 400m win, just 0.02 seconds from her PR and No. 8 all-time mark. Sophomore Chloe Bermel and freshman Nichole Sample added personal-best marks by 0.38 and 0.31 seconds. Junior Delaney Carlson was 0.10 seconds from her season-best mark.

600m - Men - Finals
1. Bauer, Riley (1:20.57)
2. Gatrost, Wyatt (1:20.58)
3. Lawton, Cal (1:21.26)

600m - Women - Finals
None.

Freshman Riley Bauer and junior Wyatt Gatrost ran for personal-best marks in the 600m with Bauer winning with what is now No. 3 all-time in his first attempt and Gatrost finishing No. 4 all-time.

800 - Men - Finals
1. Boekelheide, Derek (1:53.09)
2. Iverson, Blake (1:55.45)
3. Schwinghamer, Michael (1:55.87)
4. Goehring, Josh (1:56.44)
5. Peters, Gabe (1:56.53)

800m - Women - Finals
2. Fasen, Anna (2:19.00)
4. Propst, Rachel (2:21.26)
10. Dergan, Bailey (2:33.93)
14. Pfeiffer, Serena (2:40.00)
16. Stadler, Abbey (2:44.68)

Sophomore Derek Boekelheide removed freshman Riley Bauer's No. 10 all-time mark set last weekend at the SDSU Classic and added his name to the No. 10 all-time spot with a personal-best and second career indoor 800m win. Sophomore Gabe Peters notched his second career 800m (both indoors), adding a personal-best mark by 1.10 seconds. It was redhsirt freshman Michael Schwinghamer's second career 800m (adding his first last weekend at the SDSU Classic) and his first top-three finish along with freshman Blake Iverson.

Junior Anna Fasen trimmed 0.98 seconds off her PR for her second career top-three finish indoors and senior Rachel Propst cut 0.61 seconds off her personal-best. Recently added to the Jackrabbit squad, freshman Serena Pfeiffer, posted her first mark as a Jack.

Mile - Men - Finals
1. Olson, Ben (4:21.51)
2. Fick, Evan (4:23.57)

Mile - Women - Finals
4. Peterson, Cailee (5:12.94)
5. Schweiss, Jamie (5:13.39)
10. Schell, Mackenzie - Una. (5:17.34)
11. Berzonsky, Emily (5:17.79)
18. Nelson, Emma (5:33.75)
20. Krause, Mary (5:38.37)

Freshman Ben Olson marched his way to his first career win in the mile while sophomore Evan Fick was within 1.87 seconds of his personal-best mark set at the SDSU Classic last weekend.

Sophomore Mary Krause added a season-best mark by 2.27 seconds while juniors Jamie Schweiss and Emma Nelson were close to their respective personal-best marks - Schweiss missing by 2.68 seconds and Nelson by 5.33 seconds. Unattached senior Mackenzie Schell posted her first mile mark of the season, missing her PR by 3.34 seconds.

3,000m - Men - Finals
1. Pierson, Lukas (8:57.16)
2. Klawitter, Chandler - Una. (8:59.01)
3. Auch, Alexander - Una. (9:03.81)

3,000m - Women - Finals
None.

Freshman Lukas Pierson posted his first win as a Jackrabbit while unattached senior Chandler Klawitter recorded his season-best mark.

60m Hurdles - Men - Finals
3. Bates, Peter (8.66)
5. Hieber, Evan (8.70)
6. Donahoe, Josh (8.87)
60m Hurdles - Men - Prelims
2. Hieber, Evan (8.59q)
3. Bates, Peter (8.64q)
7. Donahoe, Josh (8.89q)

60m Hurdles - Women - Finals
2. Mottinger, Haley (9.02)
7. Kreber, Kendyl (9.84)
60m Hurdles - Women - Prelims
2. Mottinger, Haley (9.36q)
7. Kreber, Kendyl (9.87q)

Senior Peter Bates finished leading SDSU to his fourth career top-three finish in the event. Junior Evan Hieber had the second-best mark coming out of the preliminary round, missing his PR by 0.06 seconds.

Junior Haley Mottinger led the Jacks in the 60m hurdles, posting her second career top-three finish. Sophomore Kendyl Kreber added two PR resets, first cutting 0.01 seconds off in the prelims and another 0.03 seconds in the finals en route to a seventh-place finish.

High Jump - Men - Finals
1. Sears, Riley (6-07.50)
2. Schmidt, Mason (6-03.50)
3. Milton, Jay-Shawn (6-03.50)

High Jump - Women - Finals
1. Eisenbeisz, Addison (5-07.00)
4. Mingo, Madison (5-01.00)
--. Stevens, Lynsey (NH)

Senior Riley Sears jumped his way to his second career win in the high jump with a 0.75-inch PR increase. Freshmen duo Mason Schmidt and Jay-Shawn Milton followed Sears, going runner-up and third overall.

Freshman Addison Eisenbeisz finished the high jump with her first career win and personal-best mark - increasing it by one inch and moving to No. 8 all-time for SDSU.

Pole Vault - Men - Finals
1. Francom, Trent (17-00.00)
5. Andera, Anthony (14-00.00)
10. Bates, Peter (12-00.50)

Pole Vault - Women - Finals
4. Muller, Amy (10-07.00)
5. White, Megan (10-01.25)
7. Johnson, Greta (10-01.25)
--. Katz, Shannon (NH)

Sophomore Trent Francom notched his seventh career indoor pole vault win out of 15 total attempts en route to his second PR and school record reset of the season, clearing 17 feet. He is the lone Jackrabbit ever to have marks over 17 feet (he has three - one indoors and two outdoors) and has added 5.25 inches to the indoor record that had not changed prior to this year since 1996 (Lynn Olson's mark, was tied in 2017 by Trent's older brother, Reagan Francom).

Sophomore Amy Muller posted a season-best mark by three inches.

Long Jump - Men - Finals
1. Courter, Bryant (23-00.00)

Long Jump - Women - Finals
1. Altenburg, Emily (17-06.00)
2. Stewart, Emma (17-04.75)
3. Eisenbeisz, Addison (17-01.25)

Junior Bryant Courter, who has SDSU's longest active winning streak in the indoor triple jump (7), added his seventh career indoor long jump win, his third of the season.

The Jackrabbit women long jumpers went 1-2-3 as sophomore Emily Altenburg added her second career win in the indoor event and fellow sophomore Emma Stewart posted her fifth career top-three finish. Freshman Addison Eisenbeisz notched her first career mark in the event.

Triple Jump - Men - Finals
1. Hagen, Sage (45-02.25)
2. Pierzinski, Reid (44-02.75)
4. Manning, Tre (42-05.50)

Triple Jump - Women - Finals
1. Holtz, Chloe (37-11.50)
3. Bisgard, Sophie (36-02.25)
5. Emerson, Tamia (33-07.50)

Freshman Sage Hagen added his second career win in the triple jump while freshman Tre Manning notched his first career attempt in the event.

Both junior Chloe Holtz and sophomore Sophie Bisgard notched personal-best marks, with Holtz increasing her best by 2.75 inches and moving into the No. 8 all-time spot for SDSU en route to her second career indoor triple jump win (won last year's SDSU Last Chance TJ competition). Bisgard added two inches to her PR.

Shot Put - Men - Finals
2. Huber, Noah (55-04.25)
3. Etherington, Dominick - Una. (53-04.50)
4. Coil, Sam (51-03.00)
8. Begeman, Trevor - Una. (49-05.50)
9. Ludwig, Bryce - Una. (46-00.75)

Shot Put - Women - Finals
3. TerWee, Micayla (45-03.75)
4. Moorhouse, Madeline (44-11.50)
9. Hettinga, Meghan (41-06.00)
10. Stranger, Elizabeth (40-09.75)
12. Schmidt, Alexis - Una. (40-04.75)
13. Astleford, Rachel (40-04.75)
14. Leiseth, Faith (40-04.00)
15. Thilges, Caitlin (39-09.75)
24. Dynes, Alex (35-01.00)

Sophomore Noah Huber finished runner-up with his eighth career top-three finish in the indoor shot put.

Freshman Elizabeth Stranger threw a personal-best mark by 5.50 inches while junior Micayla TerWee finished with her seventh career top-three finish in the indoor event, third this season.

Weight Throw - Men - Finals
3. Ammons, Logan (63-02.75)
5. Coil, Sam (58-11.25)
14. Ludwig, Bryce -Una. (49-05.00)
16. Etherington, Dominick - Una. (47-03.00)

Weight Throw - Women - Finals
2. TerWee, Micayla (58-00.25)
14. Thilges, Caitlin (49-06.50)
19. Wynn, Naomi (45-08.00)
21. Zinola, Miranda (45-02.25)
24. Schmidt, Alexis - Una. (43-10.75)
29. Shubert, Kenzie (40-01.25)

Senior Logan Ammons threw his fourth personal-best reset of the season - adding another 1-11.75 feet to his mark from the Dakota Realty. He remains No. 3 all-time and posted his eighth career top-three finish. Since the beginning of 2019, he has added 4-08.75 feet (set in 2017) and is within 0.75 inches from his unattached best (in 2018) of 63-03.50 feet.

Junior Micayla TerWee finished runner-up to add her first career top-three finish and move into the No. 7 all-time mark as she increased her PR by 10.25 inches. Sophomore Miranda Zinola set a season-best mark, increasing it by 8.25 inches.

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