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DeHaven & Burdick Earn Yearly Indoor Awards
3/20/2019 11:12:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Coach Rod DeHaven receives his second indoor coach of the year award, 10th overall honor, while Kyle Burdick garners his first indoor track athlete of the year award, second overall
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - South Dakota State's head coach Rod DeHaven and senior distance runner Kyle Burdick were named as The Summit League's men's coach and track athlete of the year on Wednesday morning.
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It is DeHaven's second career honor in the indoor track and field season, 10th overall (seven from men's cross country, one from women's cross country). He is one of four men's coaches in the league to win both the men's cross country and indoor track and field coach of the year honors in the same academic year.
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Coach DeHaven helped the Jackrabbits win their first Summit League title since being in the league (2008) and the first men's team title since 1991 (won four as a member of the North Central Conference, DII).
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Helping score 30 points in the indoor league championships was Burdick, winning the mile, 3,000m, and 5,000m en route to the school's second-ever track championships MVP. He had two record-breaking performances - in the mile (4:06.06), he reset the 32-year old league championship record while in the 5,000m he reset Joel Reichow's ('17) 2017 meet-record performance (14:21.45).
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Burdick finished the indoor campaign by leading the league in all three events and winning seven of the eight competitions throughout the season. The Rapid City, S.D. native noted an undefeated indoor 3,000m career, including three league crowns, and back-to-back championships in the mile.
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His championship 5,000m performance proved to be the school's No. 4 all-time mark while setting the No. 2 all-time mark in the mile earlier in the season, behind Coach DeHaven.
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Burdick will be the second SDSU runner to claim the indoor track athlete of the year accolade behind Reichow, who also won both the championship MVP and yearly honor in 2017. However, throughout his career, Burdick has claimed two more outdoor championship MVP's (2017, 2018) and another track athlete of the year crown outdoors (2017) while hoisting the first most outstanding performer last year indoors (2018).
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Last week, he was one of five Jackrabbits on The Summit League's Academic All-League teams, earning his second indoor nomination (2017, 2019) and sixth overall (2017, 2018 cross country, 2017, 2018 outdoor).
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).
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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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DEHAVEN'S YEARLY ACCOLADES
2019 Men's Indoor
2018 Men's Cross Country
2017 Men's Cross Country
2017 Men's Indoor (Shared)
2016 Men's Cross Country
2013 Men's Cross Country
2012 Men's Cross Country
2010 Men's Cross Country
2009 Men's Cross Country
2008 Women's Cross Country
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SUMMIT LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR HONOREES IN MULTIPLE SEASONS
1983-84 Lynn King, Northern Iowa (XC, ITF, OTF)
1996-97 Brian Gorby, Youngstown State (XC, ITF, OTF)
2003-04 Eric Houle, Southern Utah (XC, ITF, OTF)
2006-07 Eric Houle, Southern Utah (XC, ITF, OTF)
2011-12 Eric Houle, Southern Utah (XC, ITF)
2016-17 Rod DeHaven, South Dakota State (XC, ITF)
2018-19 Rod DeHaven, South Dakota State (XC, ITF)
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It is DeHaven's second career honor in the indoor track and field season, 10th overall (seven from men's cross country, one from women's cross country). He is one of four men's coaches in the league to win both the men's cross country and indoor track and field coach of the year honors in the same academic year.
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Coach DeHaven helped the Jackrabbits win their first Summit League title since being in the league (2008) and the first men's team title since 1991 (won four as a member of the North Central Conference, DII).
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Helping score 30 points in the indoor league championships was Burdick, winning the mile, 3,000m, and 5,000m en route to the school's second-ever track championships MVP. He had two record-breaking performances - in the mile (4:06.06), he reset the 32-year old league championship record while in the 5,000m he reset Joel Reichow's ('17) 2017 meet-record performance (14:21.45).
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Burdick finished the indoor campaign by leading the league in all three events and winning seven of the eight competitions throughout the season. The Rapid City, S.D. native noted an undefeated indoor 3,000m career, including three league crowns, and back-to-back championships in the mile.
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His championship 5,000m performance proved to be the school's No. 4 all-time mark while setting the No. 2 all-time mark in the mile earlier in the season, behind Coach DeHaven.
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Burdick will be the second SDSU runner to claim the indoor track athlete of the year accolade behind Reichow, who also won both the championship MVP and yearly honor in 2017. However, throughout his career, Burdick has claimed two more outdoor championship MVP's (2017, 2018) and another track athlete of the year crown outdoors (2017) while hoisting the first most outstanding performer last year indoors (2018).
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Last week, he was one of five Jackrabbits on The Summit League's Academic All-League teams, earning his second indoor nomination (2017, 2019) and sixth overall (2017, 2018 cross country, 2017, 2018 outdoor).
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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DEHAVEN'S YEARLY ACCOLADES
2019 Men's Indoor
2018 Men's Cross Country
2017 Men's Cross Country
2017 Men's Indoor (Shared)
2016 Men's Cross Country
2013 Men's Cross Country
2012 Men's Cross Country
2010 Men's Cross Country
2009 Men's Cross Country
2008 Women's Cross Country
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SUMMIT LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR HONOREES IN MULTIPLE SEASONS
1983-84 Lynn King, Northern Iowa (XC, ITF, OTF)
1996-97 Brian Gorby, Youngstown State (XC, ITF, OTF)
2003-04 Eric Houle, Southern Utah (XC, ITF, OTF)
2006-07 Eric Houle, Southern Utah (XC, ITF, OTF)
2011-12 Eric Houle, Southern Utah (XC, ITF)
2016-17 Rod DeHaven, South Dakota State (XC, ITF)
2018-19 Rod DeHaven, South Dakota State (XC, ITF)
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