Covey Slashed 28-Year Old 800m Record

Wednesday, April 17

Azusa, CA

Wed: 10 a.m. CT | Thurs: 10 a.m. CT | Fri: 10:50 a.m. CT

South Dakota State University

Bryan Clay Invitational

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

4/20/2019 1:10:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results: Red Raider Open (Day1)Results: Phil Esten Challenge 2019 Results: Bryan Clay 2019 (Complete)

Covey breaks the 800m record, Hilton ties the 200m record, King and Pierzinski move up the top-10 all-time list with Lawton

The South Dakota State track and field teams were in action-packed events to cap off the week in California and open the weekend in the Midwest. A total of 20 personal-best marks were recorded on Friday, a total of 39 so far through the weekend.

BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL
AZUSA, Calif. - Oh, what a weekend it was to be a Jackrabbit in California.

Let's start with the recently appointed fastest-ever 800m Jackrabbit.

Her name - Oksana Covey - and she sliced up the 800m outdoor record that was held by Kim Fordham since 1991, claiming the outdoor and overall record of 28 years.

The sophomore (10th overall, 2:06.09) rewrote the record at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday afternoon by cutting 0.15 seconds off Kim Fordham's 1991 mark (2:06.24).

Now that Covey has the outdoor and overall best 800m mark in school history, she can add that to her list of other school records with her name on it, including the indoor 600m (reset in 2019) and a share of the indoor and outdoor 4x400m relay marks (both reset in 2017).

The Ankeny, Iowa native has broken old records in her freshman year as well (in 2017), resetting the then-29-year old indoor 800m record, which is now No. 2 to teammate Krista Steele's best.

Covey is also climbing the charts in the 400m over the weekend, adding the sixth-best outdoor 400m at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate on Thursday. She finished the 2019 indoor campaign No. 8 on in the indoor 400m list.

Now, we can't forget about SDSU's fastest-ever 200m Jackrabbit.

Sophomore Coby Hilton showed his consistency on Friday afternoon in Azusa, scoring the his personal-best, school-record, and overall fastest-ever time yet again. Just as he did two weeks ago in Vermillion (third, 20.92w).

Once a 26-year old record, Hilton has now notched the 200m mark twice and is still the first Jackrabbit since Edmund Estephane (1994-2018) to own both the indoor and outdoor school record.

Then came the 400m hurdles. An SDSU record list that hadn't been touched in five years and had all but two marks after the 1985 season ... until Friday.

Enter Reid Pierzinski.

The freshman tallied a 1.23-second personal-best on Friday (14th overall, 53.43) to earn the school's seventh-best mark all-time. The best mark by a Jackrabbit since 2012 was fast enough to steal his heat's crown by 1.96 seconds.

Before Covey was on the track, senior Cal Lawton scorched his 800m race.

The Jackrabbit climbed up the 800m all-time chart from No. 9 to No. 5 with a strong last-leg finish. The fifth-best mark all-time outdoors is his first outdoor PR reset and the Jacks' best outdoor time since the 2017 season (27th overall, 1:50.62).

To close out the night, senior Rachel King reset her 1,500m mark for the fourth time in her career, on her first attempt this season (50th, 4:25.40), in the invite section at Bryan Clay. She trimmed 1.03 seconds off to remain No. 2 all-time for SDSU, 2.61 seconds from the record (Becka Manshiem, 2007).

Fellow senior Kyle Burdick published a season-best 1,500m in the invite section at Bryan Clay (30th, 3:44.74). A mark that is his best since his Second-Team All-America performance at the NCAA Championships in 2017.

Earlier in the afternoon, sophomore Mitchel Acker completed the weekend two-for-two with personal-best marks, first resetting his 400m by 0.19 seconds at the Pacific Coast on Thursday and another 0.06 seconds on Friday at Bryan Clay (42nd, 49.22).

Freshman Tre Manning tied his personal-best mark and the school's No. 8 all-time mark in the long jump at Bryan Clay, his best mark in California over the weekend (20th, 23-09.50).

Wrapping up the night was freshman Thomas Breuckman running down a race in the last stretch yet again. The Jackrabbit, finished runner-up in Heat 8 of the 1,500m Open (69th overall, 3:55.87) with an outstanding last-stretch kick. Breuckman (by 3.18 seconds), along with sophomore Gabe Peters (1.44 seconds) and junior Lukas Nelson (1.73 seconds) notched personal-best marks.

PHIL ESTEN CHALLENGE
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Junior Anna Fasen led a South Dakota State squad to her third top-three finish of the season in the 1,500m en route to a personal-best mark, one of four total scored in the event.

Fasen, in her sixth career top-three finish, placed third (4:42.07) while teammates sophomore Cailee Peterson (fifth, 4:43.84), senior Rachel Propst (eighth, 4:45.95), and junior Emma Nelson (12th, 4:51.22) all followed for personal-best marks.

Redshirt freshman Alaxander Auch added the lone Jackrabbit win at La Crosse on Friday afternoon, winning the 10,000m by 39.78 seconds (31:48.10) to capture his first career win attached.

Sophomore Michael Schwinghamer led the men's 3,000m steeplechase, taking bronze (9:30.38), while freshman Lukas Pierson posted a 28.54-second personal-best (fifth, 9:32.28) and senior Chandler Klawitter scored an 8.46-second season-best mark (11th, 9:58.01).

Junior Josh Goehring added the final season-best mark of the afternoon at the Phil Esten Challenge, trimming 0.01 seconds off his 800m mark (seventh, 1:55.36).

RED RAIDER OPEN
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - Senior Logan Ammons threw his way to his first hammer throw win on the season,third of his career, at the Red Raider Open on Friday.

In the opening day of competition in Orange City, Ammons won (191-11.00) while redshirt freshman Samuel Coil place fifth overall (166-05.00).

For the women, sophomore Miranda Zinola led SDSU for a seventh-place finish (156-02.00). Freshman Caitlin Thilges followed her with an eighth-place finish and 2-04.00-foot personal-best (155-01.00).

Also coming with with personal-best marks was sophomore Naomi Wynn (ninth, 149-11.00) and redshirt freshman Kenzie Shuber (28th, 119-08.00) in the hammer throw while Zinola tallied a PR in the javelin throw, her second career attempt in the event (17th, 81-02.00).

Junior Kathryn Plank came away with a season-best to lead the Jackrabbits in the javelin (14th, 83-04.00), five inches short of her personal-best mark.

On the track, unattached sophomore Ray Munsterman posted his first 10,000m of the season (33:50.88).

RECAPPING WEEKEND SO FAR
On Thursday, a majority Jackrabbits competed at Long Beach in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate while a few opened at Bryan Clay.

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.

Junior Jaymie O'Connor reset her school-record and personal-best mark for the second time this season (ninth, 13.74). She initially had the school's No. 2 all-time mark from 2018 at last year's Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (14.00w, was No. 2 all-time).

She first reset her 17-year old school-record mark at the South Dakota Challenge and is the first Jackrabbit since Jennifer Stovall (2002-2011).

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 ... reset it again on Friday at Bryan Clay). He was close to the school's top 10 lists of 110m hurdles, 0.22 seconds (teammate Nick Wessels is No. 10).

Sophomores Oksana Covey, Mitchel Acker (reset it again on Friday at Bryan Clay), 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 was 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.

Senior Peter Bates finished his first decathlon since the 2017 season with a 148-point personal-best mark (group one - 10th, 6,022) at Azusa on Wednesday and Thursday. 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.

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 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
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.

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 (28 Jacks, 39 PRs, 11 Top-10s)
- MEN (15 Jacks, 25 PRs, 6 Top-10s) -
So. Coby Hilton (200n - T-PR, School Record)
So. Mitchel Acker (400m - 2x)
So. Caleb Bray (400m)
Sr. Cal Lawton (800m - No. 5)
Fr. Riley Bauer (800m)
So. Derek Boekelheide (800m)
So. Gabe Peters (1,500m)
Jr. Lukas Nelson (1,500m)
Fr. Thomas Breuckman (1,500m)
Fr. Joseph Minor-Williams (5,000m)
Fr. Reid Pierzinski (110H, 400H - 2x, No. 7)
Fr. Lukas Pierson (3,000S)
Fr. Tre Manning (LJ - T-PR, No. 8)
Sr. Peter Bates (Dec. - No. 9 ... SP, HJ, 400m, DT, PV, 1,500m)
Jr. Evan Hieber (HJ, DT)
- WOMEN (13 Jacks, 14 PRs, 5 Top-10s) -
So. Oksana Covey (400m - No. 6, 800m - School Record)
So. Anna Donnay (5,000m - No. 10)
Sr. Emily Berzonsky (5,000m)
Sr. Rachel King (1,500m - No. 2)
Jr. Anna Fasen (1,500m)
So. Cailee Peterson (1,500m)
Sr. Rachel Propst (1,500m)
Jr. Emma Nelson (1,500m)
Jr. Jaymie O'Connor (100H- School Record)
Fr. Caitlin Thilges (HT)
So. Naomi Wynn (HT)
R-Fr. Kenzie Shubert (HT)
So. Miranda Zinola (JT)

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

INDIVIDUAL JACKRABBIT RESULTS (COMBINED WEEKEND)
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.

100m - Women - Bryan Clay Invite
76. Altenburg, Emily (12.39)

Sophomore Emily Altenburg posted her first 100m attempt of the weekend, finishing fourth in the 10th heat. She was 0.08 seconds off her personal-best mark set at the South Dakota Challenge.

200m - Men - Bryan Clay Invite
3. Hilton, Coby (20.92w)
25. Zenner, Sam (21.66w)
71. Phoulom-Smith, Manny (22.36w)

Sophomore Coby Hilton tied his personal-best and school-record mark in the 200m for a third-place finish among nearly 100 student-athletes competing. He first set the school record at the South Dakota Challenge on April 6. Junior Sam Zenner and freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith posted their first 200m marks of the season. Hilton was third while Zenner was eighth in Heat 1, while Phoulom-Smith was fourth in Heat 8 of the competition.

200m - Women - Bryan Clay Invite
129. Carlson, Delaney (26.67)

Junior Delaney Carlson recorded her first 200m of the weekend, missing her season-best mark by 0.07 seconds from the ORU Invite.

400m - Men - Bryan Clay Invite
42. Acker, Mitchel (49.22)
59. Bray, Caleb (49.64)

Sophomore Mitchel Acker posted his second personal-best mark of the weekend, this time cutting 0.06 seconds and trimming a total of 0.25 seconds over the weekend. Sophomore Caleb Bray reset his personal-best mark on Thursday in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (49.30).

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
68. Carlson, Delaney (1:00.71)

Junior Delaney Carlson notched her second 400m of the weekend.

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
27. Lawton, Cal (1:50.62)
49. Bauer, Riley (1:51.78)
52. Gatrost, Wyatt (1:51.93)
133. Boekelheide, Derek (1:56.92)

Senior Cal Lawton reset his personal-best mark in the outdoor 800m for the first time since the 2017 season, moving up from No. 9 all-time for SDSU to No. 5 all-time. He's the first mark in the top-five of the school's list since 2017 (No. 2 - Alejandro Sanchez, 1:49.30). Freshman Riley Bauer cracked a personal-best mark, trimming 0.03 seconds. Junior Wyatt Gatrost was within 0.20 seconds of her PR, the school's No. 10 all-time mark while sophomore Derek Boekelheide added his personal-best mark on Thursday in the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (1:52.74).

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).

800m - Men - UW-La Crosse
7. Goehring, Josh (1:55.36)

Junior Josh Goehring added a season-best mark in La Crosse by 0.01 seconds, beating his previous-best from the Sioux City Relays.

800m - Women - Bryan Clay Invite
10. Covey, Oksana (2:06.09)
29. Steele, Krista (2:09.69)

Sophomore Oksana Covey is now SDSU's fastest-ever 800m runner, cutting down the 28-year old record held by Kim Fordham (2:06.24, 1991). She now owns the outdoor 800m record and the overall 800m record, while being No. 2 in indoors (held school record in 2017, resetting a then-29-year old record). Covey is also the school-record holder in the indoor 600m (reset in 2019) and is No. 8 in the indoor 400m (2019) and No. 6 in the outdoor 400m (2019) while being a member of the school-record indoor 4x400m relay (2017) and outdoor 4x400m relay (2017).

Senior Krista Steele recorded her season-best mark by 0.25 seconds and placed sixth in Heat 2 of the 800m. Covey placed third in Heat 3.

800m - Women - UW-La Crosse
15. Glazier, Tori (2:24.67)

Freshman Tori Glazier led the Jackrabbits off at the Phil Esten Challenge, posting her third 800m of the outdoor season and missing her personal-best mark by 0.63 seconds (ORU Invite).

1,500m Invite - Men - Bryan Clay
30. Burdick, Kyle (3:44.74)

Senior Kyle Burdick came away with a season-best mark in the second heat of the invite section of the Bryan Clay 1,500m. He finished seventh (3:44.74) in his section with a mark that's 2.22 seconds from his PR set in 2017 and his best since his appearance at the NCAA Championships.

1,500m Open - Men - Bryan Clay
61. Nelson, Lukas (3:55.25)
62. Peters, Gabe (3:55.53)
69. Breuckman, Thomas (3:55.87)
140. Lawton, Cal (4:04.12)

Freshman Thomas Breuckman highlighted the Open 1,500m section for the Jackrabbit, finishing runner-up in the Heat 8 with an outstanding last-stretch kick. Breuckman (by 3.18 seconds), along with sophomore Gabe Peters (1.44 seconds) and junior Lukas Nelson (1.73 seconds) notched personal-best marks.

1,500m Invite - Women - Bryan Clay
50. King, Rachel (4:25.40)
142. Steele, Krista (4:47.86)

Senior Rachel King added a personal-best mark (4:25.40) in her first attempt of the 1,500m this season to finish ninth in sixth heat of the invite section at Bryan Clay. She trimmed 1.03 seconds off best to remain No. 2 all-time for SDSU, within 2.61 seconds from the record (Becka Manshiem, 2007). Senior Krista Steele's first 1,500m of the season.

1,500m Open - Women - Bryan Clay
22. Friesen, Ellie (4:36.29)

Freshman Ellie Friesen finished her third 1,500m of the season, missing her personal-best mark by 1.88 seconds.

1,500m - Women - UW-La Crosse
3. Fasen, Anna (4:42.07)
5. Peterson, Cailee (4:43.84)
8. Propst, Rachel (4:45.95)
9. Schell, Mackenzie (4:48.39)
12. Schweiss, Jamie (4:51.22)
16. Nelson, Emma (4:52.97)

Junior Anna Fasen led the Jacks to her third top-three finish of the season, sixth of her career, with a personal-best mark by 4.87 seconds. Sophomore Cailee Peterson (by 4.27 seconds), senior Rachel Propst (by 2.07 seconds), and junior Emma Nelson (by 6.98 seconds) all added personal-best marks as well. Redshirt freshman Jamie Schweiss knocked in her first mark of the season, second career attempt in the event, as she went 1-2 in the second heat with Nelson.

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.

10,000m - Men - Red Raider Open
6. Munsterman, Ray - Una. (33:50.88)

Unattached sophomore Ray Munsterman recorded his first 10,000m of the season.

10,000m - Men - UW-La Crosse
1. Auch, Alexander (31.48.10)

First career 10,000m for redshirt freshman Alexander Auch, winning the event by 39.78 seconds. It was his first attached win as a Jackrabbit, winning a 5,000m in 2018 unattached at Mount Marty.

110m Hurdles - Men - Bryan Clay Invite
34. Wessels, Nick (15.15)

Junior Nick Wessels finished fifth in heat 5 of the Bryan Clay 110m hurdles, his second attempt in the event of the weekend. He beat his 2018 Bryan Clay Invite mark (15.87).

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
13. O'Connor, Jaymie (13.95)
24. Mottinger, Haley (14.29)

Juniors Jaymie O'Connor and Haley Mottinger added their second 100m hurdles marks of the weekend. O'Connor finished runner-up in heat 2, 0.21 seconds from her school-record mark from the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate. Mottinger finished third in Heat 4, just 0.03 seconds from her PR and No. 6 all-time mark set at the South Dakota Challenge.

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
14. Pierzinski, Reid (53.43)

Freshman Reid Pierzinski posted a 1.23-second personal-best mark in the 400m hurdles to climb into the school's top 10 list at No. 7. It's the first Jackrabbit entry into the 400m hurdles list since 2014 (No. 9, now 10th - Justin Carlson, 53.73) and the best mark since 2012 (Brandon Priebe, No. 4 - 53.09). He won his heat by 1.96 seconds (Heat 5).

Jackrabbits Pierzinski passed -
8. Rich Soukup (1964, 53.44)
9. Scott Munger (1985, 53.69)
10. Justin Carlson (2014, 53.73)

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).

400m Hurdles - Women - Bryan Clay Invite
51. O'Connor, Jaymie (1:06.14)

Junior Jaymie O'Connor ran her third career 400m hurdles, all this season, finishing fourth in the sixth heat at Bryan Clay. She was within 0.88 seconds of her personal-best set at the South Dakota Challenge.

3,000m Steeplechase - Men - UW-La Crosse
3. Schwinghamer, Michael (9:30.38)
5. Pierson, Lukas (9:32.28)
11. Klawitter, Chandler (9:58.01)

Freshman Lukas Pierson cut 28.54 seconds for a personal-best mark while senior Chandler Klawitter cut 8.46 seconds from his season-best mark.

4x100m Relay - Men - Pacific Coast
2. "A" Team (40.55)
(1. Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-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 - Bryan Clay Invite
T-13. Sears, Riley (6-07.00)

Senior Riley Sears added a season-best mark by two inches, short of his personal-best mark by 0.50 inches and the school's top 10 list by one inch.

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.

High Jump - Women - Bryan Clay Invite
T-13. Eisenbeisz, Addison (5-05.25)
T-21. Holtz, Chloe (5-03.25)

Both freshman Addison Eisenbeisz and junior Chloe Holtz jumped their first high jumps of the weekend, with Holtz beating her 2018 Bryan Clay Invite mark.

Pole Vault - Men - Bryan Clay Invite
2. Francom, Trent (16-08.75)

Sophomore Trent Francom posted his best pole vault mark of the weekend and best mark at the Bryan Clay Invite (beating his 2018 mark). It was his ninth top-three finish of his career, second career runner-up finish for outdoors.

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
20. Manning, Tre (23-09.50)
47. Clarke, Daniel (22-01.50)

Freshman Tre Manning tied his personal-best mark and the school's No. 8 all-time mark with his second long jump competition of the weekend, his best of the weekend (first recorded his PR at the ORU Invite). Sophomore Daniel Clarke notched his first long jump competition of the weekend.

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
37. Stewart, Emma (18-02.50)
50. Altenburg, Emily (17-10.75)

Sophomores Emma Stewart and Emily Altenburg added their best long jump marks of the weekend.

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
36. Bisgard, Sophie (37-00.50)
--. Holtz, Chloe (Foul)

Sophomore Sophie Bisgard's best triple jump mark of the weekend in her first road trip to California.

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
7. Huber, Noah (54-01.75)

Sophomore Noah Huber threw his best shot put mark of the weekend at the Bryan Clay Invite, improving his Bryan Clay Invite best by beating last year's mark.

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
8. Huber, Noah (157-03.00)

Sophomore Noah Huber finished with his first mark at the Bryan Clay (fouled last year), second throwing event of the weekend.

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 - Bryan Clay Invite
7. Vollmer, Kasie (151-01.00)

Senior Kasie Vollmer posted her best discus throw mark of the weekend, short of her season-best mark by 3-04.00 feet.

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)

Hammer Throw - Men - Red Raider Open
1. Ammons, Logan (191-11.00)
5. Coil, Samuel (166-05.00)

Senior Logan Ammons added his first win of the season, third of his career.

Hammer Throw - Women - Red Raider Open
7. Zinola, Miranda (156-02.00)
8. Thilges, Caitlin (155-01.00)
9. Wynn, Naomi (149-11.00)
28. Shubert, Kenzie (119-08.00)

Freshman Cailtlin Thilges threw for a personal-best mark by 2-04.00 feet while sophomore Naomi Wynn added another 4-05.00 feet and redshirt freshman Kenzie Shubert tacked on another five feet.

Javelin Throw - Women - Bryan Clay Invite
30. Astelford, Rachel (122-02.00)

Senior Rachel Astleford added her second javelin throw competition of the weekend. She improved upon her mark from the 2018 Bryan Clay Invite.

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.

Javelin Throw - Women - Red Raider Open
14. Plank, Kathryn (83-04.00)
17. Zinola, Miranda (81-02.00)
19. Dynes, Alex (79-08.00)

Sophomore Miranda Zinola added a personal-best in her second career attempt in the event (both this season) while junior Kathryn Plank recorded a season-best mark, short of her PR by five inches.

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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