New Weekend, New PR's for Hilton

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

2/8/2019 8:34:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results: SDSU Classic (Day 1)RECAP: SDSU Classic (Day 2)

Coby Hilton and Landon Larson reset their 200m marks, advance to 60m semi-finals

Sophomore Coby Hilton highlighted his second consecutive Friday night, but this time in the 200m.

The native of Marshall, Minn. added yet another personal-best reset - his third in the event - to trim off 0.72 seconds since the start of the 2019 indoor season and entrench his name on South Dakota State's No. 2 all-time mark.

He won his third career indoor 200m (21.30) with teammate Landon Larson - who reset his own PR in the 200m for the second time this season - right behind him in third (21.63). Both of them, along with the school-record holder Sam Zenner, have the school's three fastest 200m marks - a record that had not been touched since 2011.

Larson is also entering tomorrow with the meet's fastest 60m preliminary mark (6.88), along with Hilton (fourth, 6.90), sophomore Daniel Clarke (seventh, 6.95), and freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith (eighth, 6.97) also winning their respective heats to qualify for the semi-finals tomorrow at 2:15 p.m. Each of them posted prelim marks that would be ranked in the school's top 10 if it were their personal-bests.

In the women's 60m and 200m, redshirt freshman Madisson Gay (60m - 27th, 8.04 ... 200m - 42nd, 26.59) and freshman Mikayla Wevik (60m - 30th, 8.05 ... 200m - 31st, 26.37) notched PR's in both events. Junior Jennifer Thill (49th, 26.76) and freshman Sydney Maher (91st, 28.63) also posted personal-best marks in the 200m.

Sophomore Oksana Covey recorded the women's lone event win on the night, nearly resetting her personal-best and school-record mark in the 600m (1:32.84) - missing by 0.46 seconds. Giving Covey chase was senior Krista Steele, who added her first 600m of the season (second, 1:34.95), and freshman Nichole Sample, who reset her PR (28th, 1:41.53).

Sophomore Trent Francom jump his way to his sixth career indoor pole vault victory (16-08.75) - just two inches short of his recently added PR and school-record mark (last week at the Dakota Realty).

In the prelims of the 60m hurdles, freshman Reid Pierzinski tied his personal-best mark (10th, 8.38) en route to qualifying for the semi-finals tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. along with teammate Nick Wessels (14th, 8.46).

For the women, both juniors Jaymie O'Connor (second, 8.69) and Haley Mottinger (eighth, 9.19) qualified for the semi-finals scheduled for 2:45 p.m.

The 3,000m wrapped up the opening night with four personal-best marks on the men's side (So. Gabe Peters - fifth, 8:32.19 ... R-Fr. Michael Schwinghamer - sixth, 8:32.40 ... So. Evan Fick - ninth, 8:37.56 ... and Fr. Lukas Pierson 17th, 8:50.83) and another on the women's side (So. Jamie Schweiss - 15th, 10:19.32). For the men, the school's No. 10 mark is 10:24.54, so they keep inching closer.

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UP NEXT: JACKRABBITS HOST SDSU LAST CHANCE (Weekend of Feb. 15) - Schedule
The SDSU Classic will resume on Saturday with the track competition up first at 9:30 a.m. and running through 5:25 p.m. while field events get underway at 11 a.m. with the second wave of events at 2 p.m. (FULL PREVIEW). If you are competing in the high school mile or want to be claimed as the Fastest Student on Campus, check the schedule and plan to be there 30 minutes prior to your respective event.

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.

EVENT WINNERS
- MEN (2) -
So. Coby Hilton (200m)
So. Trent Francom (PV)
- WOMEN (1) -
So. Oksana Covey (600m)

PERSONAL-BEST MARKS RESET OR TIED
- MEN (9 Jacks, 9 PRs) -
So. Coby Hilton (200m - No. 2)
Jr. Landon Larson (200m - No. 3)
Fr. Reid Pierzinski (60H - T-PR)
Fr. Josh Donahoe (60H)
So. Gabe Peters (3,000m)
R-Fr. Michael Schwinghamer (3,000m)
So. Evan Fick (3,000m)
Fr. Lukas Pierson (3,000m)
Una. Fr. Dominick Etherington (WT)
- WOMEN (6 Jacks, 8 PRs) -
R-Fr. Madisson Gay (60m, 200m)
Fr. Mikayla Wevik (60m, 200m)
Jr. Jennifer Thill (200m)
Fr. Sydney Maher (200m)
Fr. Nichole Sample (600m)
So. Jamie Schweiss (3,000m)

JACKRABBIT INVIDUAL RESULTS
60m - Men - Prelims
T-1. Larson, Landon (6.88Q)
4. Hilton, Coby (6.90Q)
7. Clarke, Daniel (6.95Q)
T-8. Phoulom-Smith, Emmanual (6.97Q)

60m - Women - Prelims
T-27. Gay, Madisson (8.04)
T-30. Wevik, Mikayla (8.05)
T-38. Thill, Jennifer (8.16)
40. Bermel, Chloe (8.17)
59. Maher, Sydney (8.45)

All of the Jackrabbits in the prelims of the men's 60m advanced to the semi-finals by winning their respective heats. Each of them was close to their respective personal-best marks - junior Landon Larson by 0.01 seconds, sophomore Coby Hilton by 0.03 seconds, sophomore Daniel Clarke by 0.09 seconds and freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith by 0.03 seconds. All of their times would be in the school's top 10.

Redshirt freshman Madisson Gay and freshman Mikayla Wevik notched personal-best marks - Gay by 0.14 seconds and Wevik by 0.05 seconds. Sophomore Chloe Bermel posted a season-best mark by 0.02 seconds - short of her PR by 0.02 seconds. Junior Jennifer Thill was short of her season-best by 0.03 seconds while freshman Sydney Maher was short of her PR by 0.03 seconds.

200m - Men - Finals
1. Hilton, Coby (21.30)
3. Larson, Landon (21.63)
8. Clarke, Daniel (22.10)
22. Kuil, Cameron (22.47)
--. Phoulom-Smith, Emmanual (FS)

200m - Women - Finals
25. Bermel, Chloe (26.27)
T-28. Carlson, Delaney (26.31)
31. Wevik, Mikayla (26.37)
42. Gay, Madisson (26.59)
T-49. Thill, Jennifer (26.76)
90. Kreber, Kendyl (28.42)
91. Maher, Sydney (28.63)

Sophomore Coby Hilton added his third PR reset in the 200m - this time trimming off 0.11 seconds (0.72 seconds prior to 2019) - for his third career indoor 200m win. He is within 0.30 seconds of teammate Sam Zenner's school-record mark (which he once had for a week - 21.41 at UND v. SDSU Dual). Hilton was 0.20 seconds from the meet record.

Running mate junior Landon Larson also trimmed up his time by 0.15 seconds to remain behind Zenner and Hilton for the No. 3 all-time spot. Sophomore Daniel Clarke was 0.20 seconds from his PR and T-No. 6 all-time mark.

Both Larson and Hilton, along with Zenner, have the best 200m marks in school history since 2011 (old school record - Luke Leischner, 2011 - 21.82).

Five Jackrabbits on the women's side added personal-best resets - freshman Mikalya Wevik (by 0.37 seconds), redshirt freshman Madisson Gay (by 0.39 seconds), junior Jennifer Thill (by 0.02 seconds), and freshman Syndey Maher (by 0.09 seconds). Also, sophomore Chloe Bermel and junior Delaney Carlson notched season-best marks - Bermel by 0.19 seconds and Carlson by 0.10 seconds. A total of 108 competitors.

600m - Men - Finals
8. Lawton, Cal (1:21.95)
12. Goehring, Josh (1:22.63)

600m - Women - Finals
1. Covey, Oksana (1:32.84)
2. Steele, Krista (1:34.95)
28. Sample, Nichole (1:41.53)

Senior Cal Lawton added a season-best mark by 0.61 seconds as he finished third out of his respective heat, eighth overall.

Sophomore Oksana Covey's third win out of four career 600m attempts - missing her personal-best mark set at the SDSU DII Invite (and school record) by 0.46 seconds. Covey has the meet record from 2017. It was the first 600m attempt of the season for senior Krista Steele, missing her PR by 2.32 seconds (the school's No. 2 all-time mark). Freshman Nichole Sample added a personal-best mark, trimming 0.03 seconds.

1,000m - Men - Finals
28. Radtke, Daniel - Una. (2:36.83)

1,000m - Women - Finals
35. Dergan, Bailey (3:21.91)

First career 1,000m attempt for freshman Bailey Dergan.

3,000m - Men - Finals
5. Peters, Gabe (8:32.19)
6. Schwinghamer, Michael (8:32.40)
9. Fick, Evan (8:37.56)
11. Olson, Ben (8:40.46)
17. Pierson, Lukas (8:50.83)

3,000m - Women - Finals
10. Friesen, Ellie (10:14.07)
13. Donnay, Anna (10:16.13)
15. Schweiss, Jamie (10:19.32)

The 3,000m wrapped up the opening night with four personal-best marks on the men's side (So. Gabe Peters by 1.31 seconds, R-Fr. Michael Schwinghamer by 7.39 seconds, So. Evan Fick by 7.45 seconds, and Fr. Lukas Pierson by 3.58 seconds). The No. 10 all-time mark is 8:24.54 - so they're getting close.

It was sophomore Jamie Schweiss' second PR reset of the season by 12.00 seconds and a season-best for sophomore Anna Donnay by 7.20 seconds.

60m Hurdles - Men - Prelims
10. Pierzinski, Reid (8.38q)
T-14. Wessels, Nick (8.46q)
25. Bates, Peter (8.61)
29. Donahoe, Josh (8.76)
31. Hieber, Evan (8.78)

60m Hurdles - Women - Prelims
2. O'Connor, Jaymie (8.69Q)
8. Mottinger, Haley (9.19Q)
43. Kreber, Kendyl (10.05)

Freshman Reid Pierzinski and sophomore Nick Wessels qualified for the semi-finals on Saturday (2:30 p.m.) with Pierzinski tying his personal-best mark and the school's No. 9 all-time mark. Fellow freshman Josh Donahoe posted a PR by 0.04 seconds while senior Peter Bates just missed the semi-final race by 0.01 seconds.

Both juniors Jaymie O'Connor and Haley Mottinger won their respective heats in the prelims to move onto the semi-finals schedule for tomorrow at 2:45 p.m. A total of 57 runners competed in the prelims.

DMR - Men - Finals
None.

DMR - Women - Finals
None.

High Jump - Women - Finals
4. Eisenbeisz, Addison (5-03.75)
8. Holtz, Chloe (5-01.75)
T-9. Mingo, Madison (5-01.75)
46. Stevens, Lynsey (4-07.75)

Freshman Addison Eisenbeisz posted her second-best high jump mark of her career - 2.25 inches behind her PR and T-No. 9 all-time mark. Junior Chloe Holtz added her third-best mark after back-to-back high jump competitions with a PR reset.

Pole Vault - Men - Finals
1. Francom, Trent (16-08.75)
--. Andera, Anthony (NH)

Sophomore Trent Francom added his sixth career indoor pole vault victory - just two inches short of his recently added PR and school-record mark (last week).

Long Jump - Men - Finals
3. Manning, Tre (22-09.75)
7. Courter, Bryant (22-04.50)
38. Hagen, Sage (20-00.50)

Long Jump - Women - Finals
6. Stewart, Emma (17-04.00)
9. Altenburg, Emily (17-01.25)
29. Emerson, Tamia (15-10.25)

Freshman Tre Manning posted his second career top-three finish in the long jump.

It was the fourth long jump attempt of the season for both sophomores Emma Stewart and Emily Altenburg while freshman Tamia Emerson added her third attempt. A total of 48 jumpers competed in the event.

Shot Put - Men - Flights 1-2
None.

Shot Put - Women - Flights 1-3
2. Stranger, Elizabeth (39-07.00)
4. Astleford, Rachel (38-09.75)
8. Dynes, Alex (37-07.25)

Men's shot put, flights 3-5 will compete tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Senior Rachel Astleford and redshirt freshman Alex Dynes added their fifth attempts of the season while freshman Elizabeth Stranger added her fourth attempt. Flights 4-6 are tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Weight Throw - Men - Flights 1-3
3. Etherington, Dominick - Una. (48-08.00)
21. Begeman, Trevor - Una. (40-01.50)

Weight Throw - Women - Flights 1-3
4. Zinola, Miranda (44-06.00)
14. Wynn, Naomi (42-07.00)
21. Shubert, Kenzie (38-09.75)

Unattached freshman Dominick Etherington launched a 5-00.25-foot PR to finished third in the first flights. Flights 3-6 will compete tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Sophomore Miranda Zinola finished fourth the flight 1-3 finals with a season-best increase of 1-01.75 feet. Flights 4-6 will compete tomorrow at 2 p.m.

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