Weekend Full of Track & Field in the SJAC

Friday, February 8

Brookings, S.D.

Fri: 2 p.m. | Sat: 9 a.m.

South Dakota State University

SDSU Indoor Classic

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia Sports Media

2/7/2019 7:55:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

South Dakota State hosts the SDSU Indoor Classic, one of the largest indoor meets of the season in the country

MEET 11: South Dakota State (Men & Women) Host SDSU Indoor Classic

When	Friday, Feb. 8 - Field Events: 2 p.m. \| Track Events: 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9 - Track Events: 9:30 a.m. \| Field Events: 11 a.m.
Where	Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex \| Brookings, S.D. \| Google Maps \| Parking Maps: Friday \| Saturday
Live Results	DakotaTiming.com \| No Live Stream
Meet Notes	Number of Teams Expected: 32 Meet Info \| FINAL Schedule \| Performance List \| Heat Sheets \| Home Meet Page SDSU Stats & Records Page SDSU Performance List: Men \| Women /// SDSU School's Top 10: Men \| Women /// SDSU Records: Men \| Women /// SDSU Meet Records: Men \| Women /// Combined SDSU Indoor Records: Men \| Women
Social Media	Twitter \| Facebook \| Instagram \| #GoJacks

The South Dakota State track and field teams will return to the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, S.D. this weekend to host the SDSU Indoor Classic after spending two weekends competing all over the Midwest region.

The Jackrabbits will be at home, in most respects, for the remainder of the indoor season that includes The Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 22-23, presented by the U.S. Air Force Special Ops.

SCHEDULE
For this weekend, the SDSU Classic will begin on Friday at 2 p.m. with both field events and track events. The second wave of field events will kick off at 4:30 p.m. while the last schedule track events will start at 8:20 p.m.

On Saturday, the track opens competition up first at 9:30 a.m. and runs through 5:25 p.m. while field events get underway at 11 a.m. with the second wave of events at 2 p.m.

A couple notable events to mention are the high school boys and girls mile on Saturday begins at 12:45 p.m. and 12:52 p.m. and the Fastest Student on Campus 60m scheduled at 2 p.m. For the high school mile, there is no entry fee but will have to pay to get into the meet. For the Fastest Student on Campus, participants should plan on being in the SJAC at 1:30 p.m. to sign-in and bring a valid student ID.

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Earn ??1??0??0?? on Saturday, Feb. 9 at the #SDSUClassic at 2:00PM for the Fastest Student on Campus!

Win the 60m & win the money! Add another $25 if you win in jeans & another if you beat 7.63 seconds!

Have to be a current student & valid student ID! #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/sxUxoRCXxQ
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) January 30, 2019

ADMISSION & PARKING
Spectator parking should be available on the west side of the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium and on the northwest side of the SJAC. The Northwest First Bank & Trust entrance will be the lone entrance available for spectators (Parking Map).

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

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

TEAMS REPRESENTED
As many as 32 schools will be represented this weekend, including three Summit League schools. A full list of schools can be found below -

Augustana (S.D.) (M/W)
Bemidji State (W)
Bison Track & Field Club (M)
Black Hills St. (M/W)
Briar Cliff (M/W)
Chadron State (M/W)
Dakota State (M/W)
Dakota Wesleyan (M/W)
Dickinson St. (M/W)
Dordt (M/W)
Hawkeye CC (M/W)
Iowa Central CC (M/W)
Jamestown (M/W)
Minnesota (M)
Minnesota State (M/W)
Minnesota-Duluth (M/W)
Minot State (M/W)
Morningside (W)
Mount Marty (M/W)
Moving Forward Track & Field (M/W)
MSU-Moorhead (M/W)
North Dakota (M/W)
North Dakota State (M/W)
North Iowa Area CC (M/W)
Northern State (M/W)
Northwestern (Iowa) (M/W)
Rocky Mountain (M)
Sioux Falls (M/W)
South Dakota (M/W)
South Dakota Mines (M/W)
U of Manitoba (M/W)
U-Mary (M/W)
Valley City State (M/W)
Waldorf (M/W)

STREAKS & NOTABLES TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND

The men's 60m and 200m record list has been a rotating turn-table this year. So far, five 60m top-10 marks have been added with Jr. Sam Zenner resetting the school record twice and adding another three marks that could have been. He has owned the record since his first career attempt (2017 Jim Emmerich - Jan. 21, 2017).
- In the 200m, four marks have been added in 2019 with three of them fast enough to be the school record prior to 2019 season. The school-record 200m has been traded between Zenner, who reset it in the season-opener (21.50), and So. Coby Hilton, who held it for a week (21.41, at UND v. SDSU Dual) before Zenner reclaimed it (21.00) at the Jim Emmerich. Jr. Landon Larson would have reset the school record (21.78) at the Jim Emmerich as well if it weren't for Zenner and Hilton.
- Hillton posted his fourth PR reset (and tie) of the season in the 60m last weekend - trimming 0.10 seconds from his 2018 PR (6.97 at the 2018 SDSU Last Chance, Feb. 16). Has been in the school's top 10 since the SDSU Holiday Invite in December of 2017.
- There are three ties in the 60m - So. Daniel Clarke (6.86) at No. 2 with Frank Blalark ('01), Larson & Hilton (6.87) are tied at No. 4 with LeAndre Kennedy ('16), and Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-Smith (6.94) is tied at No. 8 with JaRon Harris ('09).
Jr. Miatta Flemister-Smith has added PR's in the 60m (7.53) and 200m (25.11) that are both in the school's top 10 (60m - No. 2, 200m - No. 6). She has won all but two competitions - individually or on a relay - she has competed in this season, with one of them where she was DQ'd in the 60m but had the fastest prelim mark (Jim Emmerich).
Jr. Wyatt Gatrost added the first men's 800m top 10 mark since the 2017 season last weekend with the No. 6 all-time fastest mark (1:51.91) at the Husker Invite.
Freshman Mile Marks: Fr. Thomas Breuckman missed the school's top 10 mile list by 5.53 seconds from the Husker Invite - still adding a PR (4:15.66). Fellow freshman, Ellie Friesen, was 0.31 seconds from her PR in the mile - which is No. 8 all-time.
Burdick's Quest: Sr. Kyle Burdick is approaching the school record in the mile and 3,000m - already adding a PR in the mile last weekend in the Meyo Mile (4:02.27).
- If he reaches sub-four minutes, it would be the state's first collegiate sub-four minute mile and knock of SDSU's and the state's collegiate record-holder, head coach Rod DeHaven, to No. 2 all-time.
- In the 3,000m, Burdick will aim for a sub-eight mark which would be the school and state's collegiate record - both held by SDSU's Brad Lowery ('05, 8:05.04).
Last week four of SDSU's runners at the Husker Invite were within 15 seconds of the 3,000m top 10 list (10th all-time - 8:24.54, Fr. Joseph Minor-Williams - 8:27.90, So. Micah Mather - 8:28.85, Fr. Ben Olson - 8:30.86, Jr. Lukas Nelson (from the Jim Emmeich) - 8:26.61)
So. Oksana Covey has a two-meet winning streak in the 400m - posting her PR and the school's No. 8 all-time mark in the first one (UND v. SDSU Dual) and was within the PR by 0.32 seconds in her second one (UND Indoor Open).
Sr. Rachel King cut 31.09 seconds off her 3,000m season-best at the Meyo Invite last week and is within 1.63 seconds of her PR & school-record mark she set last year en route to five school-record marks last year (IN: Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m, OUT: 3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m).
High Flying High Jumpers: Fr. Addison Eisenbeisz record 5-06.00 which was good enough for No. 9 all-time while Jr. Chloe Holtz posted her second-consecutive PR reset (5-05.75) after tying her previous-best (5-03.00) on five separate occasions. Eisenbeisz is the first to enter the top 10 since 2017 in the high jump.
So. Trent Francom - the only Jackrabbit to reach beyond 17 feet in the pole vault - was able to finally take sole possession of the indoor school record (16-10.75) after being in a three-way tie with his brother, Reagan Francom ('17), and Lynn Olson ('96) at 16-06.75. He has been on the indoor top 10 since his first meet and was tied for the record since last year's indoor league championships. He reached 17-02.75 at Drake last year and 17-00.00 at the outdoor league championships.
So. Noah Huber has been a top-three finisher all five times this year in the shot put - making it seven for his career.
Sr. Logan Ammons was No. 5 all-time (58-06.00) in the weight throw prior to the 2019 season, but has since moved into the No. 3 spot thanks to four personal-best resets this season (now 61-03.00). He has added 2-09.00 feet so far this year however, he has an unattached-best from last year set at 63-03.50, which would still be No. 3 all-time.
Jr. Bryant Courter holds SDSU's longest winning streak - having won six triple jump competitions that date back all the way to the 2018 season-opener.
- Coming in close behind him is Burdick with an undefeated career record in the indoor 3,000m (5, 2017 SDSU Last Chance - present: 2019 Jim Emmerich).
- Also, King had an undefeated streak in the indoor 3,000m of five (2017 Jim Emmerich - 2018 Summit League Championships)
Jr. Evan Hieber totaled five event-wins en route to his first hept. win when he reset his personal-best heptathlon score (5,126) - just 303 points behind the school record (5,429 - Ben Jasinski, '11). He previously had only won two indoor shot put events in his career. He added first career wins in the long jump, high jump, 60m hurdles, and pole vault.

JACKRABBITS IN THE SUMMIT LEAGUE'S PERFORMANCE LIST TOP FIVE
The Jackrabbits are in their final month of competition before the indoor league championships are held on their home facility. the men have the league's most event leaders with six (all on the track) while adding 20 individual marks in the top-five and 43 individual marks in the top-10 of the season performance list - both second-most in the league. Junior Sam Zenner and senior Kyle Burdick lead in multiple events while Oral Roberts and North Dakota State each have one student-athlete leading in multiple events. The men are the most dominate in the 3,000m (six Jacks) while also adding strength in the 60m and 200m (five Jacks in each). 14 of the Jacks' 20 top-five marks in the league are personal-best marks.

For the women, junior Miatta Flemister-Smith is the lone Jack leading an event (60m) however, she is also in the top-five in multiple events (60m, 200m) along with sophomore Oksana Covey (400m, 800m) and senior Rachel King (mile, 3,000m). State has the most individual runners in the 800m (3 - Covey, Jr. Kendra Dykstra, Sr. Krista Steele).

Men -
60m
1. Zenner (6.77 - PR)
3. Clarke (6.86 - PR)
4. Larson (6.87 - PR)
4. Hilton (6.87 - PR)
200m
1. Zenner (21.00 - PR)
2. Hilton (21.41 - PR)
5. Larson (21.78 - PR)
800m
1. Gatrost (1:51.91 - PR)
5. Hanna (1:54.14 - PR)
Mile
1. Burdick (4:02.27 - PR)
3,000m
1. Burdick (8:08.45)
5. Nelson (8:26.61 - PR)
5,000m
1. Fick (15:00.23)
60m Hurdles
2. Wessels (8.22)
5. Pierzinski (8.38 - PR)
4x400m Relay
2. SDSU - Johnson, Acker, Pierzinski, Larson (3:16.43)
Pole Vault
2. Francom (16-10.75 - PR)
Long Jump
4. Courter (23-09.50)
Triple Jump
3. Courter (49-07.00)
4. Hagen (46-02.50)
Heptathlon
2. Hieber (5,126 - PR)

Individual Event Leaders: SDSU - 6 ... ORU - 4 ... NDSU - 3 ... USD - 2 ... WIU - 0 ... PFW - 0.

Top-5 Individual Marks per Men's Team: NDSU - 26 ... SDSU - 20 ... USD - 15 ... ORU - 9 ... UND - 7 ... PFW - 1 ... WIU - 1.

Top-10 Individual Marks per Men's Team: NDSU - 48 ... SDSU - 43 ... UND - 26 ... USD - 24 ... ORU - 13 ... PFW - 1 ... WIU - 1.

Summit League Notables: SDSU has two student-athletes leading multiple events - Zenner (60m, 200m) & Burdick (Mile, 3,000m) - while ORU has one (Purnell - LJ, TJ) and NDSU has one (Otterdahl - SP, WT) ... all Jack event leaders are from the track, with ORU being the only other school with a track leader (2) ... four of the five best 60m marks in the league and five of the best-eight - Zenner leading by 0.06 seconds ... also have three of the five best 200m marks (four of the best-six, seven of the best-10) with the same top four leading both the 60m & 200m ... Zenner & Hilton lead the league by 0.64 and 0.23 seconds ... Gatrost leads the 800m by 1.53 seconds ... have the most Jackrabbits in the top-10 in the 3,000m (six) with the 60m (five) and 200m (five) with the second-most.

Women -
60m
1. Flemister-Smith (7.53)
200m
4. Flemister-Smith (25.11)
400m
3. Covey (57.19)
800m
2. Covey (2:11.80)
3. Dykstra (2:12.86)
3. Steele (2:12.86)
Mile
4. King (4:54.39#)
3,000m
2. King (9:29.79)
60m Hurdles
2. O'Connor (8.64)
4x400m Relay
3. SDSU - Flemister-Smith, Sebern, Steele, Covey (3:51.17)

Individual Event Leaders: NDSU - 5 ... USD - 4 ... ORU - 3 ... SDSU - 1 ... WIU - 1 ... UNO - 1 ... PFW - 0.

Top-5 Individual Marks per Men's Team: NDSU - 24 ... USD - 22 ... UND - 15 ... SDSU - 9... ORU - 6 ... PFW - 2 ... WIU - 2 ... UNO - 1.

Top-10 Individual Marks per Men's Team: NDSU - 47 ... USD - 38 ... UND - 33... SDSU - 21... ORU - 11 ... PFW - 5 ... UNO - 3 ... WIU - 1.

Summit League Notables: Flemister-Smith is the lone Jack leading an event (60m) by 0.01 seconds - the only Jack in the league's top 10 in the 60m and 200m ... SDSU has the most Jacks in the 800m (3) - all in the top-three ... Covey is in the top-three in two events - 400m & 800m ... along with Flemister-Smith and Covey, King is in the top-five of multiple events (mile, 3,000m).

USTFCCCA WEEKLY RANKINGS
The USTFCCCA.org announced their third regular-season track and field rating index (TFRI) rankings of the season on Feb. 4 with the men's team moving up one spot from last week to No. 12 in the Midwest Region out of 32 schools. Nationally, the men are 130th of 133 schools ranked with junior Sam Zenner receiving national TFRI significance. For the women, the squad also moved up in the regional rankings to No. 24 out of 35 schools.

Now in the second week of USTFCCCA.org's #EventSquad rankings (Feb. 4), the men maintained three top-25 squads (60m, 200m, TJ) while the women posted four top-50 teams (800m, TJ, SP, WT). The women's 3,000m was the lone squad to move up the rankings from the opening weekend of the list (Jan. 31).

60m: Men - 21 (LW: 21) | Women - 172 (LW: 163)
200m: Men - 19 (LW:15) | Women - 192 (LW: 183)
400m: Men - 92 (LW: 76) | Women - 124 (LW: 95)
800m: Men - 50 (LW: 41) | Women - 40 (LW: 40)
Mile: Men - 59 (LW: 48) | Women - 86 (LW: 76)
3,000m: Men - 48 (LW: 41) | Women - 68 (LW: 72)
60H: Men - 48 (LW: 46) | Women - N/A
HJ: Men - 32 (LW: 28) | Women - 51 (LW: 44)
PV: Men - 43 (LW: 36) | Women - 61 (LW: 56)
LJ: Men - 43 (LW: 33) | Women - 127 (LW: 116)
TJ: Men - 13 (LW: 9) | Women - 40 (LW: 36)
SP: Men - 68 (LW: 64) | Women - 38 (LW: 34)
WT: Men - N/A | Women - 44 (LW: 37)

USTFCCCA #EventSquad rankings places a rank order to a program's "squad" of athletes in a particular event, using the cumulative season-best qualifying marks from a team's top-four ranked athletes on the national desending-order list. As with the national decending-order list for qualifying and seeding purposes, marks are subject to be converted due to track size and/or altitude. A team must have four or more athletes with a valid season-best mark recorded with TFRRS to achieve a ranking in a particular event.

In the opening regular-season rankings (Jan. 23), the State men received their highest-ever regional ranking - being seventh in the Midwest and the No. 2 Summit League school. Last week, the men fell to No. 13 in the region and 119th nationally. The women were ranked No. 25 in the first two regional rankings.

ALL-COLLEGE WEEKLY MARKS
The Jackrabbit track and field teams have had 13 all-college top-10 weekly performances so far this season, with junior Sam Zenner having the most (4) and senior Kyle Burdick with the second most (3) - according to USTFCCCA.org. SDSU has had two individual women make the list in the season-opening meet (Miatta Flemister-Smith and Lauren Van Dyke).

LAST TIME OUT: Second Weekend Away from Home
The South Dakota State track and field teams endured one of their last weekends away from the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex this indoor season, adding 28 personal-best marks (17 from the men, 11 from the women) and six top 10 all-time marks (six men).

A majority of the Jackrabbits competed at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet while others added marks at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational. Seniors Rachel King and Kyle Burdick performed at the Meyo Invitational.

Sophomore Trent Francom led the charge in the DakotaDome for the SDSU track and field student-athletes by breaking the three-way tie school record in the pole vault and taking sole possession of the title.

He finished runner-up this afternoon (16-10.75) and added four inches to his indoor best that now ranks second in The Summit League and tied for 51st nationally as of Saturday. He already owns the outdoor record and is the lone Jackrabbit that has surpassed 17 feet (outdoors). He broke the three-way tie with his brother, Reagan ('17), and Lynn Olson ('96).

Senior Logan Ammons notched his personal-best in the weight throw (fifth, 61-03.00) for the fourth time this season. He remains No. 3 all-time but added another 7.75 inches in the event while unattached freshman Dominick Etherington added personal-best marks in both the shot put (eighth, 51-00.00) and weight throw (16th, 43-07.75).

Sophomore Coby Hilton opened up the meet hosted by the Cornhuskers with his fourth PR reset in the prelims of the 60m on Friday night - moving into a three-way tie for the No. 4 all-time mark.

Both Hilton and junior Sam Zenner got into the finals of the 60m while teammate Landon Larson missed the final cut by 0.007 seconds. Zenner finished third in the finals (6.84) after scoring 6.80 seconds in the prelims (would be the school record but already owns it with a PR of 6.77 seconds). Hilton finished behind Zenner in fourth (6.89) in the finals.

On Saturday's events, junior Wyatt Gatrost penciled his name on SDSU's 800m top-10 list at No. 6 after finishing fourth overall (1:51.91) with a 2.25-second PR trim. For the women's 800m, sophomore Oksana Covey finished with the meet's second-fastest time out of the early afternoon heat (not the invite section) en route to a season-best mark that was 2.49 seconds from her PR and the school's No. 2 all-time mark (2:11.80).

Senior Kyle Burdick finished with a personal-best of 4:02.27 for fifth place in the Meyo Mile, sixth overall - trimming 2.62 seconds. He moves up to No. 2 all-time for SDSU behind Coach DeHaven (4:00.95).

Senior Rachel King finished sixth overall (9:29.79) in the 3,000m with a season-best by 31.09 seconds, short of her PR and school-record mark by 1.63 seconds.

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).

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UP NEXT: JACKRABBITS HOST SDSU LAST CHANCE (Weekend of Feb. 15) - Schedule
The track and field teams will remain home in the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex for the rest of the season as Feb. 15 is the SDSU Last Chance before hosting The Summit League Indoor Championships on Feb. 22-23. See full information on the home meets in the "Home Meet Info" page.

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