11 Jackrabbit Entries Look to Advance to Austin

Thursday, May 23

Sacramento, Calif.

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South Dakota State University

NCAA DI West Preliminaries

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5/22/2019 11:55:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

The NCAA West Prelims are on tap this weekend in Sacramento with 11 Jacks looking to move onto the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas

MEETS 16: South Dakota State (Men & Women) at NCAA West Preliminaries

When	Thursday, May 23 - Field Events: 2 p.m. CT \| Track Events: 6:30 p.m. CT \| Jacks: 2 p.m. CT Friday, May 24 - Field Events: 2 p.m. CT \| Track Events: 6:30 p.m. CT \| Jacks: 8:15 p.m. CT Saturday, May 25 - Field Events: 2 p.m. CT \| Track Events: 8 p.m. CT \| Jacks: 8:15 p.m. CT
Where	NCAA West Prelims \| Host: Sacramento State \| Stadium: Hornet Stadium \| Location: Sacramento, Calif.
Live Results	Live Results: FlashResults \| Watch Live: FloTrack ($)
Meet Notes	Event Schedule \| Home Meet Page \| Heat Sheets: Men /// Women \| Declaration Sheets: Men /// Women \| NCAA Results Page NCAA Preview \| FloTrack Preview /// East/West Predictions \| NCAA West Prelim Announcement South Dakota State's Performance Lists & Records Page
Social Media	Twitter \| Facebook \| Instagram \| #GoJacks

The South Dakota State track and field's select 11 Jackrabbits are set to compete at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento, Calif. starting on Thursday through Saturday.

JACKRABBITS COMPETING
There are a total of 11 Jackrabbits making the third trip out to the west coast. Making their first trip to the prelims is senior Logan Ammons, juniors Cal Lawton and Sam Zenner, and sophomore Coby Hilton along with freshmen Addison Eisenbeisz and Emmanual Phoulom-Smith. Senior Rachel King is making her fourth trip to the prelims while fellow senior Kyle Burdick is taking his third trip. Sophomores Oksana Covey, Daniel Clarke, and Trent Francom are competing in their second NCAA event.

WOMEN'S EVENTS
So. Oksana Covey (26th - 800m)
Sr. Rachel King (4th - 3,000S, 38th - 5,000)
Fr. Addison Eisenbeisez (37th - HJ)

MEN'S EVENTS
So. Coby Hilton (38th - 100m, 27th - 200m)
Sr. Cal Lawton (40th - 800m)
Sr. Kyle Burdick (25th - 1,500m, 46th - 5,000m)
So. Trent Francom (20th - PV)
Sr. Logan Ammons (43rd - HT)
18th - 4x100m Relay (Phoulom-Smith, Hilton, Clarke, Zenner)

MEET INFORMATION
Sacramento State will serve as host to the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary Round on Thursday, May 23 through Saturday, May 25. The three days of competition take place at Hornet Stadium and feature some of the nation's premier student-athletes. Qualifying individuals advance to the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, on June 5-8.

Gates at Hornet Stadium open at 11:00 a.m. on all three days. Merchandise is available for purchase from the booths located on the north end of Hornet Stadium. This year's program is available only in digital form and can be found here. Concessions are available on the north concourse of Hornet Stadium.

TICKET INFORMATION
All-meet tickets for the 2019 NCAA Division I Track and Field West Preliminary Rounds are on sale. Tickets are available for all three days of competition. All seats are general admission. Will call orders via the phone or internet may be picked up at any gate beginning on Thursday, May 24. Other pickups would be available at the Will Call window. Tickets may be purchased online HERE or by calling (916) 278-4323.

All-Meet Tickets
• $35 (General Admission)

Single Day Tickets
• $15 (General Admission)

PARKING
There are several parking lots adjacent to Hornet Stadium. Parking will be $10 beginning at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. For those arriving before 3 p.m. a daily permit must be purchased through the kiosks in the lot. Any vehicle without a permit will be ticketed.

WEST PRELIM FORMAT
Athletes who rank among the top 48 in their respective event earn berths into the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. The best 24 relay times also advance to NCAA prelims. Athletes with the top 12 times/marks and the best 12 relay teams at both the East and West Preliminary Rounds sites will qualify for the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, June 5-8 There is no decathlon or heptathlon competition at the NCAA Preliminary Rounds. The top 24 decathlon and heptathlon marks in the nation earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship site.

FOLLOW ALONG
The NCAA West Prelims have a live results link (found above) and FloTrack will broadcast the meet on their website that is available with a subscription cost (link found above). 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.

JACKRABBIT SCHEDULE AT THE NCAA WEST PRELIMINARIES
800m: 26th - So. Oksana Covey (First Rd.- Thursday at 10:10 p.m. CT...*Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:30 p.m. CT)
3,000m Steeplechase: 4th - Sr. Rachel King (Quarterfinal - Friday at 10:20 p.m. CT)
High Jump: 37th - Fr. Addison Eisenbeisz (First Rd. - Thursday at 5:30 p.m. CT)

100m: 38th - So. Coby Hilton (First Rd. - Thursday at 8:55 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:15 p.m. CT)
200m: 27th - So. Coby Hilton (First Rd. - Friday at 9:55 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Saturday at 9:50 p.m. CT)
800m: 40th - Sr. Cal Lawton (First Rd. - Thursday at 10:35 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:45 p.m. CT)
1,500m: 25th - Sr. Kyle Burdick (First Rd. - Thursday at 8 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Saturday at 8:45 p.m. CT)
5,000m: 46th - Sr. Kyle Burdick (Quarterfinal - Saturday at 10:45 p.m. CT)
Pole Vault: 20th - So. Trent Francom (First Rd. - Thursday at 6:30 p.m. CT)
Hammer Throw: 43rd - Sr. Logan Ammons (First Rd. - Thursday at 2 p.m. CT)
4x100m Relay: 18th - Quarterfinal - Saturday at 8:15 p.m. CT
(Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-Smith, So. Coby Hilton, So. Daniel Clarke, Jr. Sam Zenner)

DAILY SCHEDULE
- THURSDAY -
Hammer Throw: 43rd - Sr. Logan Ammons (First Rd. - Thursday at 2 p.m. CT)
Pole Vault: 20th - So. Trent Francom (First Rd. - Thursday at 6:30 p.m. CT)
High Jump: 37th - Fr. Addison Eisenbeisz (First Rd. - Thursday at 5:30 p.m. CT)
1,500m: 25th - Sr. Kyle Burdick (First Rd. - Thursday at 8 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Saturday at 8:45 p.m. CT)
100m: 38th - So. Coby Hilton (First Rd. - Thursday at 8:55 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:15 p.m. CT)
800m: 26th - So. Oksana Covey (First Rd. - Thursday at 10:10 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:30 p.m. CT)
800m: 40th - Sr. Cal Lawton (First Rd. - Thursday at 10:35 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:45 p.m. CT)

- FRIDAY -
*100m: 38th - So. Coby Hilton (*Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:15 p.m. CT)
*800m: 26th - So. Oksana Covey (*Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:30 p.m. CT)
*800m: 40th - Sr. Cal Lawton (*Quarterfinal - Friday at 8:45 p.m. CT)
200m: 27th - So. Coby Hilton (First Rd. - Friday at 9:55 p.m. CT ... *Quarterfinal - Saturday at 9:50 p.m. CT)
3,000m Steeplechase: 4th - Sr. Rachel King (Quarterfinal - Friday at 10:20 p.m. CT)

- SATURDAY -
4x100m Relay: 18th - Quarterfinal - Saturday at 8:15 p.m. CT
(Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-Smith, So. Coby Hilton, So. Daniel Clarke, Jr. Sam Zenner)
*1,500m: 25th - Sr. Kyle Burdick (*Quarterfinal - Saturday at 8:45 p.m. CT)
5,000m: 46th - Sr. Kyle Burdick (Quarterfinal - Saturday at 10:45 p.m. CT)
*200m: 27th - So. Coby Hilton (*Quarterfinal - Saturday at 9:50 p.m. CT)
*Denotes that they have to qualify for the round

ABOUT THE JACKS
Jackrabbit Interviews: Burdick | King | Hilton (prior to Summit League) | 4x100m Relay Team
It is the second-most entries and student-athletes SDSU has sent to the prelims, qualifying at least 10 entries for the fourth consecutive year. The men are tied with the most entries and student-athletes ever with eight and six, while the women have entered at least three entries every year since being DI eligible in 2009.

The Jackrabbits will bring the largest amount of track athletes out of The Summit League with two entries on the women's side and six entries on the men's side (rest of league has six women, five men/relays).

Senior Rachel King enters the prelims with the best men's or women's ranking out of the league on the track, and only the fourth woman ranked in the top five of her respective event (eighth men's or women's league athlete ranked in the top five of their respective event).

The four-time NCAA West qualifier finished the prelims in Sacramento last year in the ninth spot with her then-PR and school-record mark (9:57.75) to qualify for the championships in Eugene. She earned All-America Honorable Mention with her 23rd-place finish (10:27.92).

King has run the 3,000m steeplechase twice this season, first at Stanford with her fifth school-record reset and runner-up finish (9:54.44), and then once again at The Summit League Championships where she posted a 32.70-second win in the event (10:09.85).

She is currently ranked seventh on the NCAA's performance list, 12th on FloTrack's individual rankings (projected Second Team All-America), and 16th in the world. If she makes it to the championships again, the St. Michael, Minn. native would be the second-ever SDSU student-athlete to make it in back-to-back seasons (Sara Ackman - 2009-2010).

King is the fifth Jack to qualify in the steeplechase (King - 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016; Megan West - 2016, 2015; Halie Mechels - 2016; Tera Potts - 2013; Nicole Davis - 2010) as she also qualified for the 5,000m (16:19.64) but scratched. She would have been 38th on the declaration sheet.

Also competing on the track on the women's side is sophomore Oksana Covey, making her second 800m appearance in the post-season. She has the 26th-best mark on the declaration with the school's fastest-ever mark in the event (2:06.09).

The 2019 outdoor 800m league champion appeared at the prelims during her freshman campaign in the 2017 season at Austin, Texas, finishing 29th (2:10.09). She was the first-ever female to qualify for the event at the DI prelims and is now a part of the third consecutive year a Jack has competed in the event (Covey - 2017, 2019; Krista Steele - 2018).

Continuing her accomplished freshman season is Addison Eisenbeisz, as she will be the fourth Jackrabbit, second freshman (Wirth in 2011), to compete in the high jump at the West Prelims (Lora Shearer - 2009*; Mary Wirth - 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015; Kali Olson - 2013; Monique Mack - 2016 ... Shearer was in the Midwest Regionals).

Eisenbeisz has the tied third-best all-time mark outdoors (5-08.75) and the eighth-best indoor mark (5-07.00) for SDSU, behind Wirth and Mack while being tied with Olson for the outdoor all-time list.

For the men, senior Kyle Burdick competes in his third consecutive 1,500m and 5,000m prelims, qualifying for the NCAA Championships back in 2017 to be named Second Team All-America (3:43.78). Last year, he qualified for the quarterfinals in the 1,500m in Sacramento, finishing 18th (3:46.66).

The Rapid City, S.D. native's season-best (3:44.74) from the Bryan Clay Invite is his best mark since the NCAA Championships back in 2017. He is the last Jackrabbit on the men's side to qualify for the championships, third overall.

Sophomore Coby Hilton will have a busy weekend as he qualified for two individual events (100m, 200m) and is a member of the 4x100m relay team. He managed to get into the preliminary 100m with his personal-best and school-record mark set in the prelims at The Summit League Championships last weekend (10.39), ranking 38th on the declaration list. He will be the second-ever male SDSU 100m sprinter at the prelims, third overall (Daniel Clarke in 2018, Carly Carper in 2017, 2016).

For the 200m, the Marshall, Minn. native has the 27th-best mark on the declaration list (20.92), a mark he's scored twice this season. The Summit League champion in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay has ran NCAA West qualifying marks on his last four 200m attempts (21.04, 21.02w, 20.92w, 20.92).

Hilton is first male SDSU student-athlete to compete in the 200m at the DI prelims, third overall (Heather Wollman - 2009*, Carly Carper - 2015 ... *Wollman qualified for the Midwest Regionals). Carper and Hilton are the only two Jackrabbits to qualify in both the 100m and 200m, while the 4x100m relay team is the first-ever Jackrabbit squad on the West Prelims track.

Speaking of the relay team, sophomore Daniel Clarke is the lone Jackrabbit sprinter on the team to have West Prelims experience, running the 100m last year as a true freshman (37th, 10.52). Clarke will join Hilton and freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith, along with junior Sam Zenner, as the No. 18 4x100m relay squad on the declaration sheet (40.12) out of 24.

There is only one other Summit League relay team, Oral Roberts' 4x400m relay team, ranked 23rd out of 24 that qualified.

Sophomore Trent Francom enters his second consecutive NCAA West Preliminaries with the best Jackrabbit ranking on the men's side at No. 20 on the declaration sheet. He is among four other Summit League pole vaulters after finishing third in the outdoor league championships with his PR and school-record mark (17-05.50).

Last year, the Huron, S.D. native finished 28th in Sacramento (16-04.75) and came back this season to reset both the indoor and outdoor school records (17-00.00 indoors). He is the second-ever male to qualify for the regionals, third overall, and first-ever to qualify more than once (Tyler Schiferl - 2009*; Amy Leiferman - 2015 ... *Schiferl qualified for Midwest Regionals).

Senior Logan Ammons qualified for the hammer throw in dramatic fashion, scoring his PR and school's second-best mark in the event at The Summit League Championships last weekend to finish runner-up after coming into the competition with the eighth-best mark (198-05.00).

The Kadoka, S.D. native increased his PR over the season by 5-09.00 to earn his first NCAA West Prelim appearance with the 43rd-best mark on the declaration sheet. He will be the second consecutive Jackrabbit in the third straight year competing at the prelims in the hammer throw, third male since becoming DI.

Past hammer throw competitors - (Colton Bender - 2018, 2017; Jake Brinkmann - 2012; Sean Burns - 2011, 2010; Silvia Zanini - 2017; Brooke Garner - 2013, 2012, 2011; Michelle Schuch - 2010, 2009*; Jennifer Mack - 2010).

UP NEXT
The NCAA announced last Thursday the top 48 declared entries in all individual events and the top 24 relay teams in each region with the top 12 advancing from the prelims to the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas on June 5-8.

SOCIAL MEDIA
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