O'Connor Rewrites Record, 4x100m Relay Shines

Thursday, April 18

Long Beach, CA

11 a.m. CT

South Dakota State University

Pacific Coast Intercollegiate

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

4/19/2019 12:08:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results: Pacific Coast Intercollegiate 2019 Results: Bryan Clay Invite (Dec)Live Results: Bryan Clay 2019 (D2)

The second day in California wrapped up with a Long Beach day-visit and Bryan Clay track events

The Jackrabbits split among two meets in California on Thursday - the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate and Bryan Clay Invitational. A total of 10 Jackrabbits record 19 personal-best marks with five top-10 marks.

Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
LONG BEACH, Calif. - With a majority of the South Dakota State track and field team on Jack Rose Track Thursday, seven Jackrabbits earned eight personal-best resets and a top-10 4x100m relay mark.

The men's 4x100m relay squad opened their season up with the school's No. 2 all-time mark (second, 40.55) with freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith into the fold along with school-record partners Coby Hilton, Daniel Clarke, and Sam Zenner.

Throughout the 2018 season, the men's 4x100m relay team (Hilton, Jr. Landon Larson, Clarke, Zenner) added the second-best mark (40.94) all-time at Drake before resetting the school record at Nebraska (40.84) and ending with the Summit League Championship record and pushing the SDSU record for the second time (40.40). Another combination of the relay team had the third-best all-time mark (now No. 4) at the Tulsa Duals (Jalen Williams ('18), Larson, Clarke, Zenner).

Individually, junior Jaymie O'Connor reset her school-record and personal-best mark for the second time this season (ninth, 13.74). She first reset her school-record mark at the South Dakota Challenge and posted her PR from 2018 at last year's Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (14.00w, was No. 2 all-time).

Freshman Reid Pierzinski was the lone Jackrabbit adding multiple personal-best marks in Long Beach, notching one in the 110m hurdles (16th, 14.91w) and again in the 400m hurdles (fourth, 54.05). He is close to both school's top 10 lists - 0.22 seconds from the 110m hurdles list (teammate Nick Wessels is No. 10) and 0.23 seconds from the 400m hurdles (the list hasn't been touched since 2014).

Sophomores Oksana Covey, Mitchel Acker, and Caleb Bray all added career-best marks in the 400m with Covey tallying the school's No. 6 all-time mark (eighth, 56.34). It's her second reset of the season, first missing the list by 0.02 seconds and now being the first Jackrabbit into the list since 2017.

For Acker (ninth, 49.28) and Bray (10th, 49.30), they cut times by 0.19 seconds and 0.44 seconds.

Another sophomore, Derek Boekelheide added an overall personal-best mark in the 800m (third, 1:52.74).

Bryan Clay Invitational
AZUSA, Calif. - A trio of Jackrabbit 5,000m runners added personal-best mark tallies to the board while senior Peter Bates climbed into the school's top 10 list with his first decathlon since 2017.

Sophomore Anna Donnay and senior Emily Berzonsky cut times in their respective heats of the 5,000m at Bryan Clay on Thursday evening. Berzonsky led off and trimmed 5.90 seconds off her previous-best (from the 2017 Bryan Clay Invite) to claim a new overall PR (heat five - 12th, 17:17.22).

Donnay was up on the track next and cut 0.89 seconds off her previous-best (from the 2018 Bryan Clay Invite) to remain No. 10 all-time for SDSU (heat four - seventh, 17:01.33).

Senior Peter Bates finished his first decathlon since the 2017 season with a 148-point personal-best mark (group one - 10th, 6,022). The decathlon score will go down as the school's No. 9 all-time mark with six personal-best marks and a day 1 personal-best score.

Senior Rachel King finished her first 5,000m of the season (invite heat - 20th, 16:19.64), just 10.10 seconds from her PR and school-record mark. Her mark tonight would have been SDSU's No. 2 all-time behind her PR set at the 2018 Bryan Clay Invite. As of tonight, her mark is No. 1 in the Summit League.

REMAINING WEEKEND PLANS - Full Preview
Friday - SDSU will comeback to the Bryan Clay and open with track events at 11:40 a.m. and field events as early as 11 a.m. CT (flights still being determined, men's long jump starts at 11 a.m. CT). Track events that are shorter than 1,500m will be seeded 20 minutes prior to the race (no heat sheets readily available). Running events 1,500m and longer will be seeded by Wednesday night (field events should be as well).

While the Bryan Clay Invitational is occurring in California, Jackrabbits will also compete at the Red Raider Open on Friday, leading off with field events at 3:30 p.m. CT and track events 7 p.m. CT.

There will also be SDSU student-athletes at the UW-La Crosse Phil Esten Challenge on the track, starting at 12:30 p.m. on a rolling schedule (event schedule does not list approximate starting times for events). Unattached freshman Daniel Burkhalter is penciled to comepete in the Blue Hawk Games, hosted by Dickinson State, on Friday as well (times still awaiting to be established).

Saturday - The Red Raider Open will be under full swing and Jacks in California should be finished. Field events begin at 11 a.m. CT while track events begin at 1 p.m. CT.

JACKRABBIT EVENT SCHEDULE - This is an event schedule to follow with all Jackrabbit-related events sorted on a timeline. All times are tentatively scheduled. For the track events 800m and under, the heats will be live-seeded about 20 minutes prior to the event. As a result, the starting event times are listed rather than the exact heat time.

FOLLOW ALONG
There are select live results and live stream options available in this link. You can also follow Jackrabbit-specific action on the SDSU track and field's Twitter account (@GoJacksTFXC). A meet recap will be made available following the conclusion of each day on GoJacks.com.

SOCIAL MEDIA
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UP NEXT
SDSU's schedule will continue to be busy after the second California trip as the team makes another trip to Vermillion on the following Tuesday, the USD Twilight, and then a swing into Iowa at the Drake Relays, starting on Wednesday, and the Kip Janvrin Open, on Thursday and Friday.

PERSONAL-BEST MARKS RESET (10 Jacks, 19 PRs, 5 Top-10s)
- MEN (6 Jacks, 15 PRs, 2 Top-10s) -
So. Mitchel Acker (400m)
So. Caleb Bray (400m)
So. Derek Boekelheide (800m)
Fr. Joseph Minor-Williams (5,000m)
Fr. Reid Pierzinski (110H, 400H)
Sr. Peter Bates (Dec. - No. 9 ... SP, HJ, 400m, DT, PV, 1,500m)
Jr. Evan Hieber (HJ, DT)
- WOMEN (4 Jacks, 4 PRs, 3 Top-10s) -
So. Oksana Covey (400m - No. 6)
So. Anna Donnay (5,000m - No. 10)
Sr. Emily Berzonsky (5,000m)
Jr. Jaymie O'Connor (100H- School Record)

Relays in the School's Top 10:
4x100m Relay (No. 2)
(Fr. Emmanual Pholoum-Smith, So. Coby Hilton, So. Daniel Clarke, Jr. Sam Zenner)

INDIVIDUAL JACKRABBIT RESULTS
Individual Recaps - Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (Thursday) | Bryan Clay Invitational (Friday) | Red Raider Open (Saturday)
100m - Men - Pacific Coast
2. Hilton, Coby (10.65)
T-3. Zenner, Sam (10.69)
6. Clarke, Daniel (10.81)
20. Phoulom-Smith, Emmanual (11.16)

Sophomore Coby Hilton improved his place-finish and mark from a year ago at the event while junior Sam Zenner and sophomore Daniel Clarke ran their first marks of the season. Freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith added his first career mark.

400m - Men - Pacific Coast
9. Acker, Mitchel (49.28)
10. Bray, Caleb (49.30)
15. Gatrost, Wyatt (49.90)

Sophomores Mitchel Acker and Caleb Bray added personal-best marks - Acker by 0.19 seconds and Bray by 0.44 seconds. The school's top 10 mark is 48.48 seconds.

400m - Women - Pacific Coast
8. Covey, Oksana (56.34)
20. Carlson, Delaney (59.69)

Sophomore Oksana Covey reset her personal-best mark in the 400m for the second time this season, this time getting into the school's top 10 list after missing by 0.02 seconds the first time in California (Mike Fanelli Claissic). She cut another 0.27 seconds to reach No. 6 all-time, the first entry in the top 10 since the 2017 season (three were entered in 2017 - Kayla McDonald, third - 56.04 ... Jacleen Patterson, fifth - 56.23 ... Savannah Dolezal, eighth (was seventh) - 56.46).

Junior Delaney Carlson posted a season-best mark, trimming 0.58 seconds and is within 2.08 seconds of her personal-best outdoor mark.

800m - Men - Pacific Coast
3. Boekelheide, Derek (1:52.74)
10. Breuckman, Thomas (1:55.02)
12. Bauer, Riley (1:55.56)

Sophomore Derek Boekelehide finished with an outdoor and overall personal-best mark in the event, missing the school's top 10 by 1.01 seconds. It was a first outdoor 800m for freshman Thomas Breuckman, beating his indoor best (1:54.74).

5,000m - Men - Heat 5 - Bryan Clay
8. Minor-Williams, Joseph (14:36.80)

Freshman Joseph Minor-Williams reset his personal-best mark for the second time this season by 1.95 seconds. He set his previous-best at the Mike Fanelli Classic.

5,000m - Men - Heat 6 - Bryan Clay
10. Mather, Micah (14:53.06)
11. Nelson, Lukas (14:55.41)

First Bryan Clay 5,000m attempt for junior Micah Mather, second attempt for junior Lukas Nelson.

5,000m - Men - Heat 7 - Bryan Clay
5. Peters, Gabe (14:58.94)

Sophomore Gabe Peters ran his first 5,000m of the season, missing his personal-best mark by 1.58 seconds (set at 2018 Bryan Clay Invite).

5,000m Invite - Women - Bryan Clay
20. King, Rachel (16:19.64)

Senior Rachel King finished her first 5,000m of the season, just 10.10 seconds from her PR and school-record mark. Her mark tonight would have been SDSU's No. 2 all-time behind her PR set at the 2018 Bryan Clay Invite. As of tonight, her mark is No. 1 in the Summit League.

5,000m - Women - Heat 4 - Bryan Clay
7. Donnay, Anna (17:01.33)

Sophomore Anna Donnay reset her personal-best mark in the 5,000m by cutting another 0.89 seconds off to remain No. 10 all-time for SDSU. Her previous-best was set at the 2018 Bryan Clay Invite.

5,000m - Women - Heat 5 - Bryan Clay
12. Berzonsky, Emily (17:17.22)

Senior Emily Berzonsky scored an outdoor and overall personal-best mark in the 5,000m by 5.90 seconds. Her previous-best was set at the 2017 Bryan Clay Invite.

110m Hurdles - Men - Pacific Coast
16. Pierzinski, Reid (14.91w)
17. Wessels, Nick (14.98)

Freshman Reid Pierzinski notched a personal-best mark reset, beating his ORU Invite mark and missing the school's top 10 by 0.22 seconds (teammate Nick Wessels has the No. 10 mark).

100m Hurdles - Women - Pacific Coast
9. O'Connor, Jaymie (13.74)
19. Mottinger, Haley (14.66w)

Junior Jaymie O'Connor added a school-record mark for the second time this season, trimming another 0.01 seconds off. She first reset the mark at the South Dakota Challenge and had reset her then-PR a year ago (14.00w) at the Pacific Coast for the then-No. 2 all-time mark. Junior Haley Mottinger added her first mark at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate.

400m Hurdles - Men - Pacific Coast
4. Pierzinski, Reid (54.05)

Freshman Reid Pierzinski ran his second personal-best mark of the evening, trimming 0.61 seconds and within 0.23 seconds of the school's top 10 list (the list hasn't been touched since 2014).

4x100m Relay - Men - Pacific Coast
2. "A" Team (40.55)
(1. Fr. Emmanual Pholoum-Smith, 2. So. Coby Hilton, 3. So. Daniel Clarke, 4. Jr. Sam Zenner)

The men's 4x100m relay team recorded their first mark of the season (DNF at ORU Invite), finishing runner-up right where they left off last outdoor season. Their mark is No. 2 all-time at SDSU behind the 2018 Summit League Championship team (40.40 ... Hilton, Larson, Clarke, Zenner) and the fastest time among Summit League schools this year.

Throughout the 2018 season, the men's 4x100m relay team (Hilton, Larson, Clarke, Zenner) added the second-best mark (40.94) all-time at Drake before resetting the school record at Nebraska (40.84) and ending with the Summit League Championship record and pushing the SDSU record for the second time (40.40). Another combination of the relay team had the third-best all-time mark (now No. 4) at the Tulsa Duals (Jalen Williams ('18), Larson, Clarke, Zenner).

High Jump - Men - Pacific Coast
--. Sears, Riley (NH)

Senior Riley Sears was not able to reach a height (missed at 6-03.50). A total of 21 competitors were in the high jump.

Pole Vault - Men - Pacific Coast
T-14. Francom, Trent (16-01.25)

Sophomore Trent Francom posted his first mark at Long Beach (fouled last year).

Long Jump - Men - Pacific Coast
5. Manning, Tre (23-00.00)

Freshman Tre Manning added his third long jump attempt of the season.

Long Jump - Women - Pacific Coast
15. Stewart, Emma (18-00.25)
21. Altenburg, Emily (17-03.25)
23. Eisenbeisz, Addison (16-11.25)

Freshman Addison Eisenbeisz posted her first outdoor long jump mark, short of her indoor PR by two inches. Sophomores Emma Stewart and Emily Altenburg notched their first career marks in California. A total of 27 competitors competed.

Triple Jump - Women - Pacific Coast
11. Holtz, Chloe (35-08.00)
12. Bisgard, Sophie (35-00.50)

Junior Chloe Holtz notched her second career attempt in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate while sophomore Sophie Bisgard added her first.

Shot Put - Men - Pacific Coast
13. Huber, Noah (52-11.00)

Sophomore Noah Huber improved his mark from last year at Long Beach.

Discus Throw - Men - Pacific Coast
22. Huber, Noah (159-03.00)

Sophomore Noah Huber notched his first mark at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (fouled in 2018), his third attempt of the season.

Discus Throw - Women - Pacific Coast
18. Vollmer, Kasie (150-06.00)

Senior Kasie Vollmer added her second mark of the season, posting her second-best mark at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (ahead of her 2018 mark - 147-05.00)

Javelin Throw - Women - Pacific Coast
13. Astleford, Rachel (129-00.00)

Senior Rachel Astleford improved upon her place-finish and mark from the 2018 Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, finishing 13th overall out of 27 competitors.

Decathlon (Group 1) - Men - Final Results
10. Bates, Peter (6,022) - PR
100m: 14th (11.66)
Long Jump: 12th (20-01.00)
Shot Put: 15th (33-07.50) - PR
High Jump: T-9th (5-10.00) - PR
400m: 12th (52.51) - PR
110m Hurdles: 7th (15.61)
Discus Throw: 12th (93-10.00) - PR
Pole Vault: T-4th (13-01.50) - PR
Javelin Throw: 10th (131-08.00)
1,500m: 7th (4:52.93) - PR

Senior Peter Bates finished his first decathlon since the 2017 season with a 148-point personal-best mark. The decathlon score will go down as the school's No. 9 all-time mark with six personal-best marks and a day 1 personal-best score.

On the first day, was close to a PR in his first event of the day, missing his 100m best by 0.05 seconds. However, the Waverly, Iowa native tallied a 2-03.50-foot personal-best in the shot put (short of overall PR by 5.25 inches) and added 0.25 inches to his high jump best before cutting 0.90 seconds off his 400m best.

He finished the multi-event with a personal-best mark by 10.79 seconds in the 1,500m and a two-inch PR in the pole vault.

Decathlon (Group 2) - Men - Final Results
11. Hieber, Evan (5,986)
100m: 15th (11.90)
Long Jump: T-9th (22-00.75)
Shot Put: 5th (40-03.50)
High Jump: T-2nd (6-04.00) - T-PR
400m: 13th (52.99)
110m Hurdles: 8th (15.61)
Discus Throw: 7th (114-02.00) - PR
Pole Vault: -- (NH)
Javelin Throw: 3rd (165-00.00) - SB
1,500m: 5th (4:54.52)

Junior Evan Hieber added an 11th-place finish with two personal-best marks and a season-best mark. He was runner-up with his tied personal-best mark in the high jump and ended the first day with a 10th-place score.

On the second day of competition, the Sioux Falls native came up with a personal-best in the discus by 7-09.00 and a season-best mark in the javelin throw.

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