Jacks Tally Three Awards & Nine Event Champs

Wednesday, May 8

Macomb, Ill.

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South Dakota State University

Summit League Outdoor Championships

5/10/2019 8:43:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results: SummitOTF 2019 (Final)Recap: Summit League Release Recap: SummitOTF (Day 1)RECAP: SummitOTF (Day 2)

The Summit League Outdoor Championships conclude in Macomb with the men finishing runner-up, women fifth

MACOMB, Ill. - The South Dakota State track and field teams walked off Hanson Field with three post-season accolades, nine event crowns, and 25 all-league performers after the dust settled at 2019 Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The Jackrabbit men finished runner-up (230 points) behind North Dakota State (272) as the only two teams to rally more than 200 points. South Dakota mustered the next-highest total (155.5), the only other school in triple digits.

The men are the first-ever team in conference history (since 1983-84) to win cross country, indoor track and field, and place runner-up outdoors. Four teams over the 37-year history have won all three seasons on the men's side and 25 teams have won at least two seasons. Of the 25 teams to win two, only 12 (including SDSU in 2018-19) have won two seasons and placed runner-up in another.

For the women, the squad finished fifth for only the second time in school history with The Summit League (2012), beating the next-best team by 52 points.

JACKRABBIT AWARD WINNERS
Senior Kyle Burdick concludes his Summit League Championship career as the only league athlete to win three Championship Track MVP honors, claiming them since 2017. He scored 26 points with a win in the 10,000m (31:16.94), a runner-up finish to teammate Minor-Williams in the 5,000m (14:35.17), and second in the 1,500m (3:50.45).

He completed a four-time all-league career in the 1,500m (winning two, runner-up in two), three-time all-league career in the 10,000m (winning two, runner-up once), and a two-time all-leaguer in the 5,000m (runner-up twice).

In all, he finished with 10 career wins for indoor (6) and outdoor (4) championships while posting his best performance in the 5,000m this year. He keeps the SDSU streak alive of winning four consecutive 10,000m, the second student-athlete in Yellow and Blue to win multiple times in the event (Burdick - 2017, 2019 ... Lusignan - 2013, 2016).

On the women's side, senior Rachel King was named the Championship's Most Outstanding Performer, voted by the coaches, as she finished her senior league championship season undefeated (winning indoor 3,000m, 5,000m ... winning outdoor 3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m).

In the steeplechase on Thursday evening, she completed back-to-back wins in the event by a 32.70-second margin-of-victory (10:09.85), still 15.41 seconds from her personal-best and NCAA's fifth-ranked mark (9:54.44).

The St. Michael, Minn. native came back to Hanson Field on Friday to tally a 5.46-second win in the 5,000m (16:40.98), her best outdoor championship mark and 2.50 seconds from her indoor championship best (2019 indoors, 16:38.48).

King is the first Jackrabbit on the women's side to win an outdoor post-season award in The Summit League.

Freshman Joseph Minor-Williams tallied a win over Burdick in the 5,000m on Friday after tailing him in the 10,000m (31:23.03) on Thursday morning to earn the Newcomer of the Championship hardware (18 points scored). He is the third consecutive Jack to win the accolade (So. Daniel Clarke in 2018, Jr. Bryant Courter in 2017).

In the 5,000m, he ran a 1.82-second PR (14:34.98) to win the outdoor event after being runner-up to Burdick in the same event back in February for the indoor championship. He is the fourth Jackrabbit to ever win the 5,000m event outdoors.

JACKRABBIT SPEEDSTERS
Sophomore Coby Hilton helped the team score 30 points total (22.5 points responsible for) as he became the first Jackrabbit to win the 100m (10.41) and the 200m (21.04) while helping the team win back-to-back 4x100m relay titles (40.99).

The Marshall, Minn. native was able to defend the indoor Jackrabbit sprint-event titles as he beat teammate Sam Zenner by 0.16 seconds in the 100m and 0.17 seconds in the 200m. Hilton and Zenner swapped spots from the indoor season, as Zenner won the 60m and 200m (Hilton was second in the 200m, fourth in the 60m), being the first to win each of the indoor sprints.

The speedster duo also owns both of their respective school records in the events, as Hilton scored the 200m outdoor record twice earlier in the year (20.92/w) and reset the 100m in the prelims (10.39w) -- once sophomore Daniel Clarke's record from the 2018 outdoor championships (10.43w).

Zenner has both the indoor 60m and 200m records.

In addition to Zenner and Hilton, the abovementioned Clarke helped SDSU walk away with all three Summit League All-League positions in the 100m, posting a season-best in the prelims (10.65w) and resetting it again in the finals (10.63).

Helping the trio in the 4x100m relay was freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith, who scored a PR in the 100m prelims (10.93, ninth). The squad, who already owns the school record from the Drake Relays (40.12), is the second-ever team to win the relay event (40.99).

800m DOMINANCE
As if squeezing all four Jackrabbit 800m runners into the finals of the indoor championships was tough, SDSU managed to put all six in the finals of the outdoor championships (Lawton, Bauer, Goehring, Gatrost, Boekelheide, Iverson).

Leading the pack throughout the prelims and finals was senior Cal Lawton (1:50.98), becoming the fifth Jackrabbit to claim an outdoor 800m title in the league. Freshman Riley Bauer managed to score his first career all-league honors outdoors with a third-place finish (1:51.94).

In the prelims, both Lawton and Bauer won their respective heats while junior Wyatt Gatrost (finals - sixth, 1:55.58) and sophomore Derek Boekelheide (finals - seventh, 1:57.17) placed runner-up in the heats.

Completing the indoor and outdoor 800m sweep, for both men and women, was sophomore Oksana Covey (2:07.93). She earned herself her first 800m championship by squeezing out a 0.26-second win and helped SDSU win all four 800m races this year (indoor - Gatrost, Steele, outdoor - Lawton, Covey).

The Ankeny, Iowa native also kept the two-year women's streak alive as senior Krista Steele won 2018's indoor and outdoor 800m and the 2019 indoor, the first two Jackrabbits to win the outdoor event.

SCHOOL RECORDS
Along with Hilton in the 100m, two other Jackrabbits reset school records at the championships.

Junior Jaymie O'Connor reset her personal-best and school-record mark for the third time this season as she cut 0.30 seconds from her PR at the start of the season and added her second career all-league honor in the event (second, 13.70w). She came into the finals after winning the opening heat of the prelims (13.87).

She was also a member of the third-place 4x100m relay squad (47.53).

Sophomore Trent Francom came away with a half-inch personal-best and school-record reset in the pole vault (third, 17-05.50) to earn his second consecutive all-league honor. His mark is tied for the 16th-best mark in the NCAA West Prelims and 23rd in the NCAA as of Friday.

CLIMBING THE TOP 10
Zenner was the leader in climbing top-10 charts this week, tying his personal-best mark in the 100m (prelims - 10.51) and moving up to No. 4 all-time in the 200m (21.21) with runner-up finishes.

Senior Logan Ammons and sophomore Madeline Moorhouse shined in the throws for South Dakota State as Ammons, the eighth-best thrower coming into the hammer on Wednesday afternoon, launched a personal-best mark to finish runner-up (198-04.00) to be No. 2 all-time.

Moorhouse, the 13th-best shot put thrower coming into Friday, placed seventh overall (46-00.50) for the ninth-best mark all-time.

Sophomore Noah Huber and Anna Donnay came away with all-time performances behind Ammons in the hammer and King in the 5,000m. Huber became No. 7 all-time with a 12th-place finish in the hammer (178-03.00) while Donnay jumped to No. 6 with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000m (16:53.95).

Men's hurdling duo in junior Nick Wessels and freshman Reid Pierzinski scored No. 7 all-time marks in the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles. Wessels did it in the preliminary round of the 110m hurdles (14.41w) while Pierzinski ran his PR in the finals of the 400m hurdles (53.41).

Both of them earned all-league honors in their respective events (Wessels - second in 110H, 14.60), with Pierzinski scoring in both the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles (400H - second, 53.41 ... 110H - fourth, 14.94).

Freshman Tre Manning led Jackrabbits in the long jump on Thursday by adding another 0.50 inches to his PR for a fourth-place finish and No. 8 all-time mark (23-10.00) senior Peter Bates finished with the No. 8 all-time decathlon mark on Wednesday and Thursday (eighth, 6,052).

UP NEXT
Several Jackrabbits will continue their season beyond the league championships, with the NCAA West Preliminary round in Sacramento, Calif. on May 23-25 with hopes of finishing the season at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas on June 5-8.

SOCIAL MEDIA
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FINAL TEAM SCORES
- MEN (21 of 21 Event Scored) -
1. North Dakota State (272)
2. South Dakota State (230)
3. South Dakota (155.5)
4. Oral Roberts (85)
5. North Dakota (43.5)
6. Western Illinois (22)
- WOMEN (21 of 21 Event Scored) -
1. North Dakota State (255)
2. South Dakota (189.5)
3. North Dakota (105.5)
4. Oral Roberts (103)
5. South Dakota State (85.5)
6. Western Illinois (33.5)
7. Purdue Fort Wayne (25)
8. Nebraska-Omaha (21)

MEN'S TEAMS WINNING TWO & RUNNER-UP
Year /// Team /// XC/ITF/OTF
2018-19 South Dakota State - won/won/2nd
2017-18 North Dakota State - 2nd/won/won
2013-14 South Dakota - 2nd/won/tied win
2008-09 Southern Utah - won/2nd/won
2007-08 SOUTHERN UTAH - WON/WON/WON
2005-06 Southern Utah - won/2nd/won
2003-04 SOUTHERN UTAH - WON/WON/WON
1999-00 Kansas City - 2nd/won/won
1997-98 Southern Utah - won/2nd/won
1996-97 YOUNGSTOWN STATE - WON/WON/WON
1985-86 Northern Iowa - 2nd/won/won
1983-84 NORTHERN IOWA - WON/WON/WON

JACKRABBIT PERSONAL-BEST MARKS RESET (23 Jacks, 32 PRs, 14 Top-10s, 3 School Records)
- MEN (15 Jacks, 22 PRs, 10 Top-10s, 2 School Records) -
So. Coby Hilton (100mP - School Record)
Jr. Sam Zenner (100mP - T-PR, No. 5, 200mF - No. 4)
Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-Smith (100mP)
Fr. Joseph Minor-Williams (5,000m)
Jr. Micah Mather (5,000m)
R-Fr. Alexander Auch (5,000m)
Jr. Nick Wessels (110HP - No. 7)
Fr. Reid Pierzinski (110HP, 400HF - No. 7)
So. Michael Schwinghamer (3,000S)
Fr. Tre Manning (LJ - No. 8)
So. Trent Francom (PV - School Record)
Sr. Logan Ammons (HT - No. 2)
So. Noah Huber (HT - No. 7)
Jr. Evan Hieber (100m, HJ)
Sr. Peter Bates (Dec. - No. 8, 100m, SP, HJ, DT)
- WOMEN (8 Jacks, 10 PRs, 4 Top-10s, 1 School Record) -
So. Emily Altenburg (100mP, LJ)
Fr. Lauren Van Dyke (400mF)
Jr. Anna Fasen (1,500m)
So. Anna Donnay (5,000m - No. 6, 10,000m)
Jr. Jaymie O'Connor (100HF - School Record)
So. Madeline Moorhouse (SP - No. 9)
Fr. Meghan Hettinga (SP)
Fr. Caitlin Thilges (SP)

Relay Teams in the School's Top 10:
Women's 4x400m Relay (No. 10) - Jr. Allison Sebern, Fr. Lauren Van Dyke, So. Chloe Bermel, So. Oksana Covey

JACKRABBIT EVENT WINNERS (6 Jacks, 9 Events)
- MEN (4 Jacks, 6 Events) -
So. Coby Hilton (100m, 200m)
Sr. Cal Lawton (800m)
Fr. Joseph Minor-Williams (5,000m)
Sr. Kyle Burdick (10,000m)
4x100m Relay (Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-Smith, So. Coby Hilton, So. Daniel Clarke, Jr. Sam Zenner)
- WOMEN (2 Jacks, 3 Events) -
So. Oksana Covey (800m)
Sr. Rachel King (5,000m, 3,000S)

ALL-LEAGUE (25): MEN (16): So. Coby Hilton (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Jr. Sam Zenner (100m, 200m, 4x100m), So. Daniel Clarke (100m, 4x100m), Sr. Cal Lawton (800m, 4x400m), Fr. Riley Bauer (800m), Sr. Kyle Burdick (1,500m, 5,000m, 10,000m), Fr. Joseph Minor-Williams (5,000m, 10,000m), Jr. Micah Mather (5,000m, 3,000S), Jr. Nick Wessels (110H), Fr. Reid Pierzinski (400H), Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-Smith (4x100m), So. Caleb Bray (4x400m), Jr. Wyatt Gatrost (4x400m), So. Mitchel Acker (4x400m), So. Trent Francom (PV), Sr. Logan Ammons (HT), WOMEN (9): So. Oksana Covey (800m, 4x400m), Sr. Rachel King (5,000m, 3,000S), Jr. Jaymie O'Connor (100H, 4x100m), So. Emily Altenburg (4x100m), Jr. Haley Mottinger (4x100m), So. Emma Stewart (4x100m), Jr. Allison Sebern (4x400m), Fr. Lauren Van Dyke (4x400m), So. Chloe Bermel (4x400m).

INDIVIDUAL JACKRABBIT RESULTS
100m - Men - Finals
1. Hilton, Coby (10.41)
2. Zenner, Sam (10.57)
3. Clarke, Daniel (10.63)
100m - Men - Prelims
1. Hilton, Coby (10.39wQ)
2. Zenner, Sam (10.51wQ)
3. Clarke, Daniel (10.65wQ)
9. Phoulom-Smith, Emmanual (10.93w)
15. Larson, Landon (11.27w)

In the finals, the speedsters of sophomore Coby Hilton, junior Sam Zenner, and sophomore Daniel Clarke finish take the all-league positions, going 1-2-3 in the championships. Hilton was 0.02 seconds behind his school-record mark her set in the prelims, still 0.01 seconds faster than the previous-record held by teammate Clarke (set at the 2018 championships, 10.43w).

Hilton is the first Jackrabbit to win either the 100m or 200m in The Summit League Outdoor Championships.

While Hilton re-wrote the school record in the prelims, Zenner tied his personal-best and No. 5 all-time mark while Clarke reset his season-best in the prelim and again in the finals.

Freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith scored a PR in the preliminary round as well, cutting 0.23 seconds from his previous-best. The top-three beat the field in the preliminary mark by 0.19 seconds.

100m - Women - Finals
8. Altenburg, Emily (12.35)
100m - Women - Prelims
8. Altenburg, Emily (12.28q)
13. Wevik, Mikayla (12.71w)

Sophomore Emily Altenburg qualified and competed in her first 100m championship. In the prelims, she added her PR by 0.03 seconds.

200m - Men - Finals
1. Hilton, Coby (21.04)
2. Zenner, Sam (21.21)
200m - Men - Prelims
1. Hilton, Coby (21.02wQ)
3. Zenner, Sam (21.41wQ)
12. Phoulom-Smith, Emmanual (22.54w)

Sophomore Coby Hilton and junior Sam Zenner finished 1-2 in the 200m after being 1-2-3 (along with Daniel Clarke) in the 100m. They were also legs in the winning 4x100m relay. Zenner's 200m mark will be No. 4 all-time (moving Landon Larson's 2017 mark - 21.31 - to No. 5).

Hilton and Zenner flipped positioning from indoors when Zenner won and Hilton finished runner-up. Hilton is the school-record holder in the 100m and 200m while Zenner holds the 60m and 200m indoor records. Both are a member of the 4x100m school record and No. 2 all-time mark while Zenner is also a member of the No. 4 and 5 all-time mark.

Hilton is the first Jackrabbit to win either the 100m or 200m in The Summit League Outdoor Championships while Zenner was the first to win the 60m or 200m for SDSU indoors.

Sophomore Coby Hilton and junior Sam Zenner added the league's best preliminary marks in the 200m, as they went 1-2 in the opening heat on Thursday.

Hilton's mark is 0.10 seconds away from his PR and school-record mark he posted twice earlier in the season (20.92/w at South Dakota Challenge and Bryan Clay Invite).

200m - Women - Prelims
14. Bermel, Chloe (26.05)
19. Wevik, Mikayla (26.56)

Both Jackrabbits competed in their first outdoor league championships.

400m - Men - Prelims
9. Bray, Caleb (49.64)
10. Acker, Mitchel (49.88)

Sophomores Caleb Bray and Mitchel Acker just miss the championship 400m tomorrow by 0.55 and 0.79 seconds. It was their first outdoor championship 400m attempts, first overall outdoor championships for Bray.

400m - Women - Finals
6. Van Dyke, Lauren (57.47)
400m - Women - Prelims
6. Van Dyke, Lauren (57.70q)
9. Sebern, Allison (59.74)
10. Bermel, Chloe (59.78)

Freshman Lauren Van Dyke competed in her first championships - indoors or outdoors - finishing with a sixth-place and PR run (by 0.17 seconds). In the prelims, she just missed her previous-best by 0.06 seconds.

Junior Allison Sebern added her third outdoor championship appearance while sophomore Chloe Bermel notched her first.

800m - Men - Finals
1. Lawton, Cal (1:50.98)
3. Bauer, Riley (1:51.94)
5. Goehring, Josh (1:54.53)
6. Gatrost, Wyatt (1:55.58)
7. Boekelheide, Derek (1:57.17)
8. Iverson, Blake (2:04.03)
800m - Men - Prelims
1. Lawton, Cal (1:51.95Q)
2. Bauer, Riley (1:54.30Q)
4. Gatrost, Wyatt (1:54.90Q)
5. Boekelheide, Derek (1:53.97Q)
7. Goehring, Josh (1:54.43q)
8. Iverson, Blake (1:54.57q)

After all the Jackrabbits qualified for the finals, all six, senior Cal Lawton took home his first outdoor event crown (won the 2016 indoor 800m) and his third career all-league honor in the event (fifth overall, two indoor all-league performances).

Freshman Riley Bauer posted his second career all-league honor in the event (2019 indoors and outdoors).

In the prelims, junior Josh Goehring added a season-best by 0.03 seconds while Lawton and Bauer finished with auto-bids by winning their respective heats. Junior Wyatt Gatrost and sophomore Derek Boekelheide also earned auto-bids by finishing behind their teammates in the event.

For indoors, all four of the Jacks in the prelims (Gatrost, Lawton, Bauer, Boekelheide) with Gatrost winning the title. It's the fifth Jack to win the event outdoors, fourth consecutive (since 2016).

800m - Women - Finals
1. Covey, Oksana (2:07.93)
7. Steele, Krista (2:17.30)
800m - Women - Prelims
1. Covey, Oksana (2:10.88Q)
4. Steele, Krista (2:13.79Q)
10. Dykstra, Kendra (2:17.01)
11. Friesen, Ellie (2:18.94)

Sophomore Oksana Covey wins her first career 800m at The Summit League Championships with her fourth straight all-league 800m performance (two outdoors, two indoors). The Jackrabbits have claimed the indoor and outdoor 800m titles for the second straight year (Steele won 2018 indoor/outdoor, 2019 indoor). No SDSU student-athlete has won the event prior.

In the prelims, Covey and senior Krista Steele earned auto-bids into the championships as Covey won her heat and Steele finish second in hers.

1,500m - Men - Finals
2. Burdick, Kyle (3:50.45)
7. Peters, Gabe (3:56.67)
8. Schwinghamer, Michael (3:58.59)

Senior Kyle Burdick became a four-time all-leaguer in the 1,500m, winning two races (2018, 2017) and runner-up the other two times (2019, 2016).

Sophomore Michael Schwinghamer scored for the first time in the event, placing ninth a year ago. Fellow Sophomore Gabe Peters tallied his second scoring performance in the event, finishing seventh in 2018.

1,500m - Women - Finals
7. Fasen, Anna (4:41.12)
9. Friesen, Ellie (4:46.57)
10. Peterson, Cailee (4:50.06)
11. Schweiss, Jamie (4:52.16)
14. Propst, Rachel (4:57.56)

Junior Anna Fasen added a personal-best mark by 0.95 seconds while senior Rachel Propst scored her best place-finish and mark in the outdoor championships. Freshman Ellie Friesen, sophomore Cailee Peterson, and redshirt-freshman Jamie Schweiss tallied their first outdoor championship appearances.

5,000m - Men - Finals
1. Minor-Williams, Joseph (14:34.98)
2. Burdick, Kyle (14:35.17)
3. Mather, Micah (14:40.67)
6. Nelson, Lukas (14:54.73)
8. Peters, Gabe (15:00.43)
9. Breuckman, Thomas (15:02.29)
10. Auch, Alexander (15:04.07)
17. Pierson, Lukas (15:43.17)
--. Schwinghamer, Michael (DNF)

Freshman Joseph Minor-Williams came away with his first career event championship, setting a personal-best mark by 1.82 seconds. In indoors, the freshman from Minneapolis, Minn. placed runner-up behind senior Kyle Burdick.

It was Burdick's best mark at the outdoor championships, adding his second outdoor all-league honors in the event, while junior Micah Mather (by 3.09 seconds) and redshirt freshman Alexander Auch (by 20.05 seconds) scored personal-best marks.

Auch and freshman Lukas Pierson competed in their first outdoor championships of their career.

5,000m - Women - Finals
1. King, Rachel (16:40.98)
7. Donnay, Anna (16:53.95)
11. Berzonsky, Emily (17:19.63)
13. Schell, Mackenzie (17:41.91)
24. Friesen, Ellie (18:59.38)
25. Fasen, Anna (19:18.79)
--. Peterson, Cailee (DNF)

Senior Rachel King pushed through to win her second 2019 outdoor championship event of the week by 5.46 seconds (won the 3,000m steeplechase on Thursday) with her best outdoor championship mark. It's her first outdoor win, third overall (two indoors - 2019, 2017), and 2.50 seconds from her overall 5,000m championship best (2019 indoors - 16:38.48).

Sophomore Anna Donnay reset her personal-best mark by 7.38 seconds to No. 6 all-time from No. 10. She joins King (16:09.54, school record in 2018) as the first Jackrabbits to climb the list since 2016 (Megan Westy, No. 7 - 16:58.87).

Senior Emily Berzonsky was 2.41 seconds from her PR she reset at the Bryan Clay Invite while freshman Ellie Friesen added her first mark in the 5,000m (did not finish her attempt in the indoor championships).

10,000m - Men - Finals
1. Burdick, Kyle (31:16.94)
2. Minor-Williams, Joseph (31:23.03)
4. Auch, Alexander (31:52.65)
6. Breuckman, Thomas (32:09.66)
9. Nelson, Lukas (32:29.65)

Senior Kyle Burdick added his second career win out of three attempts (all at Summit League Championships), winning the 2017 event and finishing runner-up behind teammate Chase Cayo in 2018.

The Jackrabbits have won the 10,000m four consecutive times and five overall since joining the league, with Burdick and Trent Lusignan winning two of them.

Freshman Thomas Breuckman posted his first 10,000m of his career while it was the first of the season for Nelson and Burdick. Redshirt freshman Alexander Auch was within 4.55 seconds of his PR set at the Phil Esten Challenge.

10,000m - Women - Finals
5. Donnay, Anna (36:49.34)
6. Berzonsky, Emily (36:51.16)
8. Schell, Mackenzie (37:25.37)

Sophomore Anna Donnay added her second personal-best reset of the season, trimming 8.90 seconds, while senior Emily Berzonsky recorded her third Summit League 10,000m attempt - her best of all three attempts.

Fellow senior Mackenzie Schell posted her first mark in the event (did not finish 2016 outdoor championships).

110m Hurdles - Men - Finals
3. Wessels, Nick (14.60)
4. Pierzinski, Reid (14.94)
110m Hurdles - Men - Prelims
2. Wessels, Nick (14.41wQ)
3. Pierzinski, Reid (14.72wQ)

The SDSU competitors finished third and fourth in the finals as junior Nick Wessels posted his first outdoor all-league honors.

In the prelims, Wessels and freshman Reid Pierzinski took the top two spots in the second heat of the men's 110m hurdles to automatically qualify for the championship race. They posted the second- and third-fastest marks out of the prelims.

Both Jackrabbits added personal-best marks as Wessels cut 0.28 seconds and moved from No. 10 all-time for No. 7 all-time for SDSU and Pierzinski trimmed 0.19 seconds and missed the school's top 10 by 0.08 seconds.

100m Hurdles - Women - Finals
2. O'Connor, Jaymie (13.70w)
100m Hurdles - Women - Prelims
2. O'Connor, Jaymie (13.87Q)
9. Mottinger, Haley (14.57w)

Junior Jaymie O'Connor reset the school record for the third time this season, cutting 0.04 seconds from her previous-best mark and 0.30 seconds from the start of the 2019 campaign. It's her second all-league performance out of three tries in the event.

In the prelims, O'Connor earned an auto-bid to the finals, winning her heat, while junior Haley Mottinger just missed the finals by 0.12 seconds.

400m Hurdles - Men - Finals
2. Pierzinksi, Reid (53.41)
5. Lieberg, Jake (55.24)
400m Hurdles - Men - Prelims
1. Pierzinski, Reid (54.33Q)
7. Lieberg, Jake (55.59q)
9. Wessels, Nick (57.15)

Freshman Reid Pierzinski ran a personal-best mark in the championship 400m hurdles, cutting 0.02 seconds and remaining No. 7 all-time for SDSU. He is the first Jackrabbit into the top 10 list since 2014 and the best since 2012.

In the prelims, Pierzinski ended up with the best mark by winning the first heat of the 400m hurdles. Junior Jake Lieberg followed him for a fourth-place first-heat finish.

3,000m Steeplechase - Men - Finals
2. Mather, Micah (9:12.53)
4. Schwinghamer, Michael (9:20.57)
8. Pierson, Lukas (9:35.46)

Junior Micah Mather added his second consecutive all-league honor in the outdoor championships, improving his place-finish and mark from last year's championships (third, 19:19.85).

Sophomore Michael Schwinghamer recorded a personal-best mark by 5.91 seconds, improving his place-finish from last year (seventh), while freshman Lukas Pierson missed his PR by 3.18 seconds.

3,000m Steeplechase - Women - Finals
1. King, Rachel (10:09.85)
8. Schweiss, Jamie (11:29.41)
9. Propst, Rachel (11:47.75)

Senior Rachel King wins her second consecutive 3,000m steeplechase with her best mark at the league championships. She added her largest margin of victory (32.70 seconds), beat her previous margin of victory (2018, 21.41 seconds).

Senior Rachel Propst notched her first mark in the event of the season.

4x100m Relay - Men - Finals
1. A Team (40.99)
(1. Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-Smith, 2. So. Coby Hilton, 3. So. Daniel Clarke, 4. Jr. Sam Zenner)

The Jackrabbit sprint squad won their second consecutive outdoor championship relay with their third-best mark of the season together.

The team recorded the No. 2 all-time mark at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (40.55) as the first time together and then reset the school record at the Drake Relays (40.12). Freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith traded places with last year's member Landon Larson, who helped the team win the 2018 outdoor championships with the previous school record (40.40).

4x100m Relay - Women - Finals
3. A Team (47.53)
(1. Jr. Jaymie O'Connor, 2. So. Emily Altenburg, 3. Jr. Haley Mottinger, 4. So. Emma Stewart)

The SDSU women came in just a weekend removed from running their first mark together at the Nebraska Invite. They missed their season-best mark by 0.07 seconds but still managed to score third, where they were projected to finish.

4x400m Relay - Men - Finals
3. A Team (3:13.85)
(1. So. Caleb Bray, 2. Sr. Cal Lawton, 3. Jr. Wyatt Gatrost, 4. So. Mitchel Acker)

The men's 4x400m relay team scored the best mark of the season by 4.87 seconds, short of the school's all-time list by 0.42 seconds.

4x400m Relay - Women - Finals
3. A Team (3:48.50)
(1. Jr. Allison Sebern, 2. Fr. Lauren Van Dyke, 3. So. Chloe Bermel, 4. So. Oksana Covey)

The relay squad for the women earned themselves the best mark of the season, going down as the No. 10 all-time mark for SDSU. It's the first entry into the relay all-time list since 2018.

High Jump - Men - Finals
4. Sears, Riley (6-07.00)

Senior Riley Sears tied his season-best mark from the Bryan Clay Invite and recorded his second-best place-finish and mark at the outdoor championships.

High Jump - Women - Finals
T-4. Eisenbeisz, Addison (5-03.00)
T-10. Mingo, Madison (5-01.00)

Freshman Addison Eisenbeisz competed in her first outdoor championships, beat her place-finish in the indoor league championship high jump (indoors - sixth, 5-04.50).

Sophomore Madison Mingo posted her best place-finish and mark in any league championship high jump event of her career - indoors or outdoors. (indoors twice - 5-00.50, outdoors last year - 4-11.75).

Long Jump - Men - Finals
5. Manning, Tre (23-10.00w)
--. Clarke, Daniel (Foul)

Freshman Tre Manning added his second personal-best reset by adding 0.50 inches to his best for a fifth-place finish. He remains No. 8 all-time for SDSU, first making the list at the ORU Invite (23-09.50) and then tying his PR at the Bryan Clay Invite (23-09.50).

Pole Vault - Men - Finals
3. Francom, Trent (17-05.50)

Sophomore Trent Francom posted a personal-best and school-record mark in the pole vault to collect his second career outdoor all-league performance. He adds 0.50 inches to his second reset of the season.

Pole Vault - Women - Finals
--. Johnson, Greta (No Height)

Long Jump - Women - Finals
6. Altenburg, Emily (18-06.00)
7. Stewart, Emma (18-01.75)

Sophomore Emily Altenburg jumped a personal-best mark in the long jump, adding 1.75 inches and missing the school's top 10 list by 0.50 inches. Her previous-best was set at the 2018 outdoor championships. Both Jackrabbits finished in scoring position after finishing 12th (Altenburg, 18-04.25w) and 13th (Stewart, 17-08.00).

Triple Jump - Men - Finals
4. Lieberg, Jake (45-02.25)
7. Manning, Tre (44-09.50)

Junior Jake Lieberg and freshman Tre Manning added their first outdoor triple jump marks of the season. Manning finished with an overall personal-best, beating his indoor mark (43-09.75). Lieberg tied his place-finish from his only other outdoor championship attempt in 2017 (fourth, 47-08.50w).

Triple Jump - Women - Finals
12. Bisgard, Sophie (36-09.50)
14. Eisenbeisz, Addison (35-09.25)

Both sophomore Sophie Bisgard and freshman Addison Eisenbeisz jumped in their first outdoor championships with Eisenbeisz also competing in the high jump on Thursday.

Eisenbeisz was short of her PR by two inches while Bisgard was short of her's by 7.50 inches.

Shot Put - Men - Finals
7. Huber, Noah (55-11.00)

Sophomore Noah Huber improved his place-finish and mark from the 2018's outdoor championships, adding 1-07.00 from last year. He beat the next-best thrower by 3-09.25.

Shot Put - Women - Finals
7. Moorhouse, Madeline (46-00.50)
10. Hettinga, Meghan (44-04.00)
14. Thilges, Caitlin (43-05.00)
19. Leiseth, Faith (36-00.75)

Sophomore Madeline Moorhouse added a personal-best mark by 7.50 inches to finish seventh at her second outdoor championship shot put. She is now No. 9 all-time for SDSU, No. 10 all-time indoors, just 0.25 inches short of teammate Micayla TerWee who is No. 8 all-time.

Also adding personal-best marks was freshmen duo Meghan Hettinga (by 2-07.50) and Caitlin Thilges (by 3-01.75). It was their first championship appearance, along with fellow freshman Faith Leiseth - indoors or outdoors.

Discus Throw - Men - Finals
5. Huber, Noah (165-00.00)

Sophomore Noah Huber came within 1-07.00 of his personal-best mark and No. 10 all-time mark, but improved his place-finish and mark from a year ago (ninth, 162-04.00).

Discus Throw - Women - Finals
4. Vollmer, Kasie (156-02.00)
13. Leiseth, Faith (135-00.00)
16. Thilges, Caitlin (123-10.00)
19. Hettinga, Meghan (120-09.00)
21. Zinola, Miranda (118-03.00)

Junior Kasie Vollmer scored in the discus throw for the third consecutive year, just missing the all-league finish by four inches. Freshmen trio in Faith Leiseth, Caitlin Thilges, and Meghan Hettinga recorded their first outdoor championship hammer throw marks while Zinola competed in her second outdoor championship event (fouled in 2018 hammer throw).

Hammer Throw - Men - Finals
2. Ammons, Logan (198-04.00)
12. Huber, Noah (178-03.00)

Senior Logan Ammons added his best mark of his career in the hammer throw en route to his first career all-league honors - indoors or outdoors. His 5-02.00 improvement moved him from No. 3 all-time to No. 2 behind former teammate Colton Bender (2018, 206-09.00). Ammons moved ahead of Jake Brinkmann (2012, 195-01.00) and sits 43rd in the NCAA West Prelims performance list as of Wednesday afternoon.

Also adding a personal-best mark and climbing the all-time list was sophomore Noah Huber, entering the list for the first time at No. 7 all-time. His 9-07.00 improvement helps him move ahead of teammate Samuel Coil - who was eighth-best and is now ninth all-time.

Hammer Throw - Women - Finals
16. Zinola, Miranda (145-05.00)
--. Thilges, Caitlon (Foul)

Sophomore Miranda Zinola added her first mark in the hammer competition at the outdoor league championships (fouled in 2018) while freshman Caitlin Thilges notched her first appearance in a championship meet.

Javelin Throw - Men - Finals
8. Hieber, Evan (166-01.00)

Junior Evan Hieber added his season-best mark in the javelin throw, increasing his best by 1-01.00. It's his first mark in the javelin at the league championships, outside of the decathlon.

Javelin Throw - Women - Finals
9. Astleford, Rachel (120-08.00)

Senior Rachel Astleford competed in her third Summit League javelin competition, adding her best mark of the day in the third attempt.

Decathlon - Men - Finals Scores
4. Hieber, Evan (6,605)
100m: 7th (11.67) - PR
Long Jump: 3rd (22-01.50) - SB
Shot Put: 3rd (41-04.25) - SB
High Jump: 1st (6-07.00) - PR
400m: 4th (52.94) - SB
110H: 4th (15.66w)
Discus: 7th (98-07.00)
Pole Vault: T-4th (12-09.50)
Javelin: 3rd (170-01.00) - SB
1,500m: 4th (4:55.27)

Junior Evan Hieber finished his second career decathlon at the outdoor league championships, with his second-best multi-event score all-time. His mark would be No. 6 all-time if he didn't reset the school record last year at the outdoor championships (6,844).

Throughout the two-day event, he scored two personal-best marks and four more season-best marks, falling just 10 points short of his day-one personal-best score (3,610) set in 2018 (3,620).

Hieber came close by scoring personal-best marks in two events, including a huge outdoor and overall personal-best in the high jump to win, and adding three more season-best marks. His first event was a 0.05-second PR in the 100m while claiming two season-bests in the long jump (by 0.75 inches) and shot put (by 1-00.75 feet) for a third-place finish.

Then came the high jump. The Sioux Falls, S.D. native climbed another three inches for an outdoor best, and one more inch for an overall best, to claim his first outdoor high jump victory, third overall (indoors and outdoors). In the overall standings, the junior climbed momentarily from fourth to third, just 199 points behind the leader.

On day two, his Javelin mark added his third season-best mark of the event. He recorded a season-best on Wednesday at the open javelin competition (161-01.00, eighth) and added another four feet today to finish third in the decathlon.

Decathlon - Men - Final Scores
7. Bates, Peter (6,052)
100m: 4th (11.52) - PR
Long Jump: 8th (19-04.25)
Shot Put: 8th (34-01.50) - PR
High Jump: 7th (6-00.00) - PR
400m: 6th (53.53)
110H: 7th (15.99w)
Discus: 8th (98-03.00) - PR
Pole Vault: T-4th (12-09.50)
Javelin: 6th (153-10.00) - SB
1,500m: 3rd (4:55.27)

Senior Peter Bates came away with a seventh-place finish in the decathlon, his second personal-best reset of the season by adding another 30 points to his Bryan Clay Invite mark. He moved up one spot in the all-time rankings to No. 8, five points away from the No. 7 all-time mark.

Throughout the course of the two-day event, the Waverly, Iowa native earned four personal-best marks and one season-best mark.

On the first day, Bates came within 11 points of his day-one personal-best decathlon score at The Summit League Championships, claiming three personal-best marks along the way. His previous-best mark was set earlier this year at the Bryan Clay Invite (3,135).

He opened competition with a 0.09-second personal-best mark in the 100m, earning his best place-finish of the day. Then he came away with a six-inch personal-best mark in the shot put and followed it up with a two-inch PR in the high jump.

On the second day, his eighth-place finish in the discus throw (98-03.00), adding another 4-05.00 PR reset. He finished with a sixth-place finish and season-best mark (153-10.00) and posted his best place-finish in the 1,500m with a bronze finish (4:55.27).

DECATHLON RESULTS - BY EVENT
Event 1: 100m - Men - Decathlon
4. Bates, Peter (11.52)
7. Hieber, Evan (11.67)

Event 2: Long Jump - Men - Decathlon
3. Hieber, Evan (22-01.50)
8. Bates, Peter (19-04.25)

Event 3: Shot Put - Men - Decathlon
3. Hieber, Evan (41-04.25)
8. Bates, Peter (34-01.50)

Event 4: High Jump - Men - Decathlon
1. Hieber, Evan (6-07.00)
7. Bates, Peter (6-00.00)

Event 5: 400m - Men - Decathlon
4. Hieber, Evan (52.94)
6. Bates, Peter (53.53)

Event 6: 110m Hurdles - Men - Finals
4. Hieber, Evan (15.66w)
7. Bates, Peter (15.99w)

Event 7: Discus Throw - Men - Decathlon
7. Hieber, Evan (98-07.00)
8. Bates, Peter (98-03.00)

Event 8: Pole Vault - Men - Decathlon
T-4. Hieber, Evan (12-09.50)
T-4. Bates, Peter (12-09.50)

Event 9: Javelin Throw - Men - Decathlon
3. Hieber, Evan (170-01.00)
6. Bates, Peter (153-10.00)

Event 10: 1,500m - Men - Decathlon
3. Bates, Peter (4:55.27)
4. Hieber, Evan (5:01.36)

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