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Five Jacks on Academic All-League Teams
3/13/2019 2:44:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Three men, two women named to The Summit League's Academic All-League teams from the indoor track and field season
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - South Dakota State had five Jackrabbits named to The Summit League's Indoor Track and Field Academic All-League teams on Wednesday.
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For the men, three honored this year was the second-most in the league and SDSU was one of three schools represented on the list (North Dakota State - five, South Dakota - two). The Jacks have had at least three academic all-leaguers for four consecutive years (2016 - four, 2017 - three, 2018 - three).
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For the women, two accolade-winners is tied for the second-most in the league and one of only three teams with multiple student-athletes represented on the list of 14. The Jackrabbits have held multiple spots on the list in five out of the six years the academic all-league existed (2013 - two, 2014 - two, 2015 - two, 2016 - two, 2017 - two, 2018 - one).
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Leading the Jackrabbits during the indoor season were senior Kyle Burdick and Rachel King. Burdick, earning his second indoor all-league honor (2017) and sixth overall (2017, 2018 cross country, 2017, 2018 outdoor), lead the Jackrabbits in the indoor championships by scoring 30 individual points from three event-wins en route to his first career indoor track championship MVP.
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King, a recent NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient (first woman to receive the scholarship since 2014) and three-time indoor academic all-league honoree (2017, 2018), earned her seventh overall academic team accolade (2016, 2017, 2018 cross country, 2017, 2018 indoor, 2018 outdoor). She scored 20 points from two event-wins in the 2019 indoor championships.
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Senior Rachel Propst, along with junior duo Sam Zenner and Wyatt Gatrost, were named to their first academic all-league teams. Propst has maintained a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average throughout her Jackrabbit career. In the indoor championships, she was a member of the come-from-behind win in the distance medley for the Jacks, winning the team's third-ever medley and first since 2016.
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Zenner is coming off his best indoor championship performance of his career and for a SDSU student-athlete in the sprints. With him winning the 60m and 200m, he was the first Jackrabbit to win either one of those events - adding a championship record in the 200m and earning the championship most outstanding performer.
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Gatrost won his first indoor 800m and helped secure the team's first victory in the indoor championships. It was his second overall championship winning the event, tying for the victory in the outdoor 800m, and gathered his second indoor all-league accolade.
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ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE INFORMATION
To be eligible for the Academic All-League team, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale), completed at least one full academic year at the current institution and participated in 50 percent of their team's competitions.
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Nominations are brought forth by sports information directors from the league's eight institutions that carry track and field, and voting is conducted by both the SIDs and facility athletic representatives (FARs). Each team is made up of the 10 student-athletes receiving the most votes with all ties standing.
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on the South Dakota State cross country and track and field teams, follow the Jackrabbits on Twitter (@GoJacksTFXC) and Instagram (@GoJacksTFXC), and like us on Facebook (/GoJacksTFXC).
UP NEXT
The Summit League outdoor preseason poll was released last Friday (March 8) with the men selected as runner-up and the women fourth. King and Burdick, along with fellow senior Kasie Vollmer and sophomore Trent Francom were nominated as preseason athletes to watch (Full Release).
The Jackrabbits will open up their outdoor campaign in the last weekend of March (29-30). The teams plan to split across the country at four meets - the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, Stanford Invitational, Drake Invitational, and ORU Invitational.
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The Summit League yearly awards (coach, field, and track) will be released on the following Wednesday (March 20).
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INDIVIDUAL JACKRABBIT NOTES
Kyle Burdick | Sr. | Rapid City, S.D. | Natural Resource Law Enforcement | 4.00 GPA
Competed in eight events, including three at The Summit League Championships (2/22-23), and won seven of them ... earned his first-ever indoor Championship Track MVP by scoring 30 points for the team and winning three events (mile - 4:06.06, 3,000m - 8:13.28, 5,000m - 14:21.45) ... only the third athlete ever to win three or more events in a single championship, tied for fourth all-time in the league with six career wins in the championships ... maintained his undefeated career in the 3,000m for indoor (six career wins, three in the indoor championships) ... recorded two meet records (mile - 32-year old record, 5,000m - SDSU alum Joel Reichow's record) and a personal-best (5,000m, No. 4 all-time for SDSU) in the league championships ... earned all-league honors for his fourth consecutive year indoors ... claimed back-to-back mile championships and three consecutive 3,000m titles ... added three personal-best marks in the school's top 10 list ... besides the 5,000m at the indoor championships (No. 4 all-time for SDSU), he moved into No. 2 all-time behind head coach Rod DeHaven for the mile (4:02.27) from his performance at the Meyo Invite (2/1-2), finishing sixth overall ... reset the 19-year old school record in the 1,000m at the SDSU DII Invite (1/18), his first career attempt in the event ... it was also the meet and SJAC facility record ... his season-best in the 3,000m was posted at the Jim Emmerich Invite (1/19), where he won (8:08.45) and reset the meet record ... led the league in the mile (by 3.65 seconds), the 3,000m (by 4.39 seconds), and the 5,000m (by 22.08 seconds) in the league's performance list ... was 57th nationally in the mile while 108th and 135th in the 3,000m and 5,000m ... had three USTFCCCA all-college top-10 weekly performances throughout the season.
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Wyatt Gatrost | Jr. | Center Point, Iowa | Sociology | 3.56 GPA
Competed in 14 events over the indoor season ... led the Jacks to a 1-2-3-4 place-finish performance in the 800m by securing his first indoor 800m victory (1:53.64), second career indoor all-league honors, at the indoor Summit League Championships (2/22-23) ... he tied for the 2018 outdoor 800m title and won the indoor, out-edging teammates by 0.14 seconds ... responsible for 13.5 points in the indoor championships - adding a fifth-place (3:20.38) performance in the 4x400m relay and rallied win in the distance medley (10:07.39) ... added two more wins this season (one in the 600m and one in the 800m) during the regular season to tally his career win total to four individual titles ... finished with two personal-best - in the the 600m and the 800m, while adding his first career mark in the 400m ... his latest PR was at the SDSU Last Chance (2/15), finishing runner-up in the 600m (1:20.58) for the No. 4 all-time mark for SDSU ... added his PR reset in the 800m at the Nebraska Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/1-2), finishing fourth overall (1:51.91) for the No. 6 all-time 800m mark indoors for State ... his 400m mark came from the SDSU DII Invite (1/18), finishing 15th overall (51.26) ... had one USTFCCCA all-college top-10 weekly performances - the 600m (1:21.73, T-No. 4) during the season-opening meet at the SDSU Holiday Invite (11/30-12/1) ... had the league's best 800m mark on the season.
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Sam Zenner | Jr. | Eagan, Minn. | Operations Management | 3.66 GPAÂ
Competed in eight events throughout the season, including his first two career league championship wins en route to his first career championship award ... Zenner was voted by the coaches as the league's male Most Outstanding Performer in the second-ever opportunity to win the award (established in 2018) ... he tallied 20 points for the Jacks by way of winning the 60m (6.80) and 200m (21.07) ... he was within 0.10 seconds of the meet record in the 60m and reset the 200m meet record by 0.26 seconds (teammate Coby Hilton originally reset the meet record in the prelims - 21.33 seconds - with the original record set in 2017 at 21.34 seconds) ... second career indoor all-league honors for Zenner ... came into the 2019 season with the school record in the 60m (6.84 seconds, set in 2017 at his first career race as a Jack) and the tied No. 4 all-time mark in the 200m (21.90, set in 2018) ... trimmed 0.07 seconds in the 60m and 0.90 seconds in the 200m this season with two PR resets each ... he owned both school records in the season-opener - the SDSU Holiday Invite (11/30-12/1) - winning the 60m (6.78) and 200m (21.50) and claiming the meet record ... was bumped to No. 2 all-time in the 200m with teammate Hilton resetting his PR on Jan. 12 ... came back a week later and reset both PR's and claimed both school records at the Jim Emmerich (1/19) ... won both events (60m - 6.77, 200m - 21.00) while also resetting the SJAC facility and meet record in the 200m ... in all, he won seven of his eight events this year, placing third overall (6.84) at the Nebraska Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/1-2) among Big 10 Schools ... was a USTFCCCA all-college top-10 weekly performer on three separate occasions - twice in the 200m and once in the 60m ... held the league's best 60m and 200m all season long on the season performance list ... ranked 91st in the 60m and 37th in the 200m in the NCAA DI performance list.
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Rachel King | Sr. | St. Michael, Minn. | Health Education | 3.87 GPA
Competed in seven events, including two wins from the indoor championship weekend to contribute 20 points for the team ... won her third consecutive 3,000m (9:26.23) with a personal-best mark good enough to reset the school and SJAC facility record she previously owned from 2018 ... a two-time winner in the 5,000m (16:38.48), just 0.97 seconds from the 2015 meet record ... finished her indoor career with six wins in the indoor championships that ties for No. 5 all-time in the league ... won a total of four events, placing runner-up in another two, out of her seven events this season - all of them top-10 all-time worthy for SDSU (Jacks only count PR's towards top-10 lists) ... had a season-best in the 3,000m at the Meyo Invite (2/1-2) where she placed sixth (9:29.79) ... finished the indoor season as the No. 4 mile performer, No. 2 3,000m and 5,000m runner on the league's performance list ... led the team in those events, only Jack on the female side to be ranked nationally in three events.
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Rachel Propst | Sr. | Pierre, S.D. | Pharmacy | 4.00 GPA
Competed in 12 events, including two in her first career Summit League Indoor Championships (2/22-23) ... seeking her first career academic all-league honor after maintaining a 4.00 GPA through four years at SDSU ... was a member of the come-from-behind winning distance medley relay team (12:06.73) to earn her first career all-league honors ... was the first SDSU DMR win since 2016, third overall ... the DMR team's mark is No. 9 all-time for SDSU ... also competed in the mile at the championships, finishing 15th overall (5:13.65) ... added a total of three personal-best marks throughout the season ... posted a PR in the mile at the SDSU Classic (2/8-9), finishing 18th overall (5:10.36) with a total of 81 competitors - her third consecutive PR reset ... was the No. 10 USTFCCCA all-college top-10 weekly performance as a part of the 4x800m relay at the SDSU Classic, being the No. 6 all-time mark for SDSU ... also added a PR in the 800m at the SDSU Last Chance (2/15), finishing fourth overall (2:21.26) ... finished eighth overall (19:12.43) at the UND Indoor Open (1/25-26) with a personal-best.
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For the men, three honored this year was the second-most in the league and SDSU was one of three schools represented on the list (North Dakota State - five, South Dakota - two). The Jacks have had at least three academic all-leaguers for four consecutive years (2016 - four, 2017 - three, 2018 - three).
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For the women, two accolade-winners is tied for the second-most in the league and one of only three teams with multiple student-athletes represented on the list of 14. The Jackrabbits have held multiple spots on the list in five out of the six years the academic all-league existed (2013 - two, 2014 - two, 2015 - two, 2016 - two, 2017 - two, 2018 - one).
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Leading the Jackrabbits during the indoor season were senior Kyle Burdick and Rachel King. Burdick, earning his second indoor all-league honor (2017) and sixth overall (2017, 2018 cross country, 2017, 2018 outdoor), lead the Jackrabbits in the indoor championships by scoring 30 individual points from three event-wins en route to his first career indoor track championship MVP.
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King, a recent NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient (first woman to receive the scholarship since 2014) and three-time indoor academic all-league honoree (2017, 2018), earned her seventh overall academic team accolade (2016, 2017, 2018 cross country, 2017, 2018 indoor, 2018 outdoor). She scored 20 points from two event-wins in the 2019 indoor championships.
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Senior Rachel Propst, along with junior duo Sam Zenner and Wyatt Gatrost, were named to their first academic all-league teams. Propst has maintained a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average throughout her Jackrabbit career. In the indoor championships, she was a member of the come-from-behind win in the distance medley for the Jacks, winning the team's third-ever medley and first since 2016.
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Zenner is coming off his best indoor championship performance of his career and for a SDSU student-athlete in the sprints. With him winning the 60m and 200m, he was the first Jackrabbit to win either one of those events - adding a championship record in the 200m and earning the championship most outstanding performer.
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Gatrost won his first indoor 800m and helped secure the team's first victory in the indoor championships. It was his second overall championship winning the event, tying for the victory in the outdoor 800m, and gathered his second indoor all-league accolade.
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ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE INFORMATION
To be eligible for the Academic All-League team, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.30 (on a 4.0 scale), completed at least one full academic year at the current institution and participated in 50 percent of their team's competitions.
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Nominations are brought forth by sports information directors from the league's eight institutions that carry track and field, and voting is conducted by both the SIDs and facility athletic representatives (FARs). Each team is made up of the 10 student-athletes receiving the most votes with all ties standing.
SOCIAL MEDIA
For more information on the South Dakota State cross country and track and field teams, follow the Jackrabbits on Twitter (@GoJacksTFXC) and Instagram (@GoJacksTFXC), and like us on Facebook (/GoJacksTFXC).
UP NEXT
The Summit League outdoor preseason poll was released last Friday (March 8) with the men selected as runner-up and the women fourth. King and Burdick, along with fellow senior Kasie Vollmer and sophomore Trent Francom were nominated as preseason athletes to watch (Full Release).
The Jackrabbits will open up their outdoor campaign in the last weekend of March (29-30). The teams plan to split across the country at four meets - the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, Stanford Invitational, Drake Invitational, and ORU Invitational.
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The Summit League yearly awards (coach, field, and track) will be released on the following Wednesday (March 20).
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INDIVIDUAL JACKRABBIT NOTES
Kyle Burdick | Sr. | Rapid City, S.D. | Natural Resource Law Enforcement | 4.00 GPA
Competed in eight events, including three at The Summit League Championships (2/22-23), and won seven of them ... earned his first-ever indoor Championship Track MVP by scoring 30 points for the team and winning three events (mile - 4:06.06, 3,000m - 8:13.28, 5,000m - 14:21.45) ... only the third athlete ever to win three or more events in a single championship, tied for fourth all-time in the league with six career wins in the championships ... maintained his undefeated career in the 3,000m for indoor (six career wins, three in the indoor championships) ... recorded two meet records (mile - 32-year old record, 5,000m - SDSU alum Joel Reichow's record) and a personal-best (5,000m, No. 4 all-time for SDSU) in the league championships ... earned all-league honors for his fourth consecutive year indoors ... claimed back-to-back mile championships and three consecutive 3,000m titles ... added three personal-best marks in the school's top 10 list ... besides the 5,000m at the indoor championships (No. 4 all-time for SDSU), he moved into No. 2 all-time behind head coach Rod DeHaven for the mile (4:02.27) from his performance at the Meyo Invite (2/1-2), finishing sixth overall ... reset the 19-year old school record in the 1,000m at the SDSU DII Invite (1/18), his first career attempt in the event ... it was also the meet and SJAC facility record ... his season-best in the 3,000m was posted at the Jim Emmerich Invite (1/19), where he won (8:08.45) and reset the meet record ... led the league in the mile (by 3.65 seconds), the 3,000m (by 4.39 seconds), and the 5,000m (by 22.08 seconds) in the league's performance list ... was 57th nationally in the mile while 108th and 135th in the 3,000m and 5,000m ... had three USTFCCCA all-college top-10 weekly performances throughout the season.
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Wyatt Gatrost | Jr. | Center Point, Iowa | Sociology | 3.56 GPA
Competed in 14 events over the indoor season ... led the Jacks to a 1-2-3-4 place-finish performance in the 800m by securing his first indoor 800m victory (1:53.64), second career indoor all-league honors, at the indoor Summit League Championships (2/22-23) ... he tied for the 2018 outdoor 800m title and won the indoor, out-edging teammates by 0.14 seconds ... responsible for 13.5 points in the indoor championships - adding a fifth-place (3:20.38) performance in the 4x400m relay and rallied win in the distance medley (10:07.39) ... added two more wins this season (one in the 600m and one in the 800m) during the regular season to tally his career win total to four individual titles ... finished with two personal-best - in the the 600m and the 800m, while adding his first career mark in the 400m ... his latest PR was at the SDSU Last Chance (2/15), finishing runner-up in the 600m (1:20.58) for the No. 4 all-time mark for SDSU ... added his PR reset in the 800m at the Nebraska Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/1-2), finishing fourth overall (1:51.91) for the No. 6 all-time 800m mark indoors for State ... his 400m mark came from the SDSU DII Invite (1/18), finishing 15th overall (51.26) ... had one USTFCCCA all-college top-10 weekly performances - the 600m (1:21.73, T-No. 4) during the season-opening meet at the SDSU Holiday Invite (11/30-12/1) ... had the league's best 800m mark on the season.
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Sam Zenner | Jr. | Eagan, Minn. | Operations Management | 3.66 GPAÂ
Competed in eight events throughout the season, including his first two career league championship wins en route to his first career championship award ... Zenner was voted by the coaches as the league's male Most Outstanding Performer in the second-ever opportunity to win the award (established in 2018) ... he tallied 20 points for the Jacks by way of winning the 60m (6.80) and 200m (21.07) ... he was within 0.10 seconds of the meet record in the 60m and reset the 200m meet record by 0.26 seconds (teammate Coby Hilton originally reset the meet record in the prelims - 21.33 seconds - with the original record set in 2017 at 21.34 seconds) ... second career indoor all-league honors for Zenner ... came into the 2019 season with the school record in the 60m (6.84 seconds, set in 2017 at his first career race as a Jack) and the tied No. 4 all-time mark in the 200m (21.90, set in 2018) ... trimmed 0.07 seconds in the 60m and 0.90 seconds in the 200m this season with two PR resets each ... he owned both school records in the season-opener - the SDSU Holiday Invite (11/30-12/1) - winning the 60m (6.78) and 200m (21.50) and claiming the meet record ... was bumped to No. 2 all-time in the 200m with teammate Hilton resetting his PR on Jan. 12 ... came back a week later and reset both PR's and claimed both school records at the Jim Emmerich (1/19) ... won both events (60m - 6.77, 200m - 21.00) while also resetting the SJAC facility and meet record in the 200m ... in all, he won seven of his eight events this year, placing third overall (6.84) at the Nebraska Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/1-2) among Big 10 Schools ... was a USTFCCCA all-college top-10 weekly performer on three separate occasions - twice in the 200m and once in the 60m ... held the league's best 60m and 200m all season long on the season performance list ... ranked 91st in the 60m and 37th in the 200m in the NCAA DI performance list.
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Rachel King | Sr. | St. Michael, Minn. | Health Education | 3.87 GPA
Competed in seven events, including two wins from the indoor championship weekend to contribute 20 points for the team ... won her third consecutive 3,000m (9:26.23) with a personal-best mark good enough to reset the school and SJAC facility record she previously owned from 2018 ... a two-time winner in the 5,000m (16:38.48), just 0.97 seconds from the 2015 meet record ... finished her indoor career with six wins in the indoor championships that ties for No. 5 all-time in the league ... won a total of four events, placing runner-up in another two, out of her seven events this season - all of them top-10 all-time worthy for SDSU (Jacks only count PR's towards top-10 lists) ... had a season-best in the 3,000m at the Meyo Invite (2/1-2) where she placed sixth (9:29.79) ... finished the indoor season as the No. 4 mile performer, No. 2 3,000m and 5,000m runner on the league's performance list ... led the team in those events, only Jack on the female side to be ranked nationally in three events.
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Rachel Propst | Sr. | Pierre, S.D. | Pharmacy | 4.00 GPA
Competed in 12 events, including two in her first career Summit League Indoor Championships (2/22-23) ... seeking her first career academic all-league honor after maintaining a 4.00 GPA through four years at SDSU ... was a member of the come-from-behind winning distance medley relay team (12:06.73) to earn her first career all-league honors ... was the first SDSU DMR win since 2016, third overall ... the DMR team's mark is No. 9 all-time for SDSU ... also competed in the mile at the championships, finishing 15th overall (5:13.65) ... added a total of three personal-best marks throughout the season ... posted a PR in the mile at the SDSU Classic (2/8-9), finishing 18th overall (5:10.36) with a total of 81 competitors - her third consecutive PR reset ... was the No. 10 USTFCCCA all-college top-10 weekly performance as a part of the 4x800m relay at the SDSU Classic, being the No. 6 all-time mark for SDSU ... also added a PR in the 800m at the SDSU Last Chance (2/15), finishing fourth overall (2:21.26) ... finished eighth overall (19:12.43) at the UND Indoor Open (1/25-26) with a personal-best.
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