Three Jacks Claim Event Crowns at Dakota Relays

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

5/3/2019 11:46:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

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Kasie Vollmer & Logan Ammons score wins in throwing events while Addison Eisenbeisz climbs the podium in the high jump

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Despite the two weather delays on Friday, the South Dakota State track and field teams scored three event winners and 16 personal-best marks at the 94th Dakota Relays on Howard Wood Field.

Senior Logan Ammons tallied the first event win for the Jacks with his first career win at the Dakota Relays, second win of the season and fourth of his career, in the hammer throw (186-03.00).

Freshman Addison Eisenbeisz came away with a four-inch win in the high jump (5-07.00) for the second SDSU event crown in Sioux Falls. It was her second consecutive win in the event, third of the outdoor season and fourth overall (indoors and outdoors) through her outstanding first-year as a Jackrabbit.

Eisenbeisz's mark is tied for the second-best mark in The Summit League's outdoor performance list behind her personal-best and tied-No. 3 all-time SDSU mark (5-08.75) that is ranked 28th in the NCAA West Preliminary performance list as of Friday night.

The senior from Savage, Minn., Kasie Vollmer, posted the third and final win of the opening day for the Jacks in the discus throw (163-08.00). She has won her third career competition at the Dakota Relays, ninth overall event crown (eight outdoors, one indoors), as she moves into the third-best mark on the league's performance list and 52nd in the NCAA West list as of Friday.

At the league championships, Vollmer has placed runner-up (2017) and won (2018) while appearing in the NCAA West Preliminaries the last two years.

Finishing behind Vollmer was freshman Faith Leiseth, who added a monster personal-best mark (151-00.00, a 10-05.00 increase) for a fourth-place finish. She was within three feet of the Jackrabbit all-time list.

Between the three SDSU wins, 16 student-athletes opened their last 2019 regular-season competition with a personal-best mark, including 11 first-year Jacks.

Three women in the 200m added personal-best marks - junior Allison Sebern (ninth, 26.02), freshman Mikayla Wevik (12th, 26.15), and sophomore Madisson Gay (20th, 26.72) - while two others added season-best marks out of seven total SDSU runners in the event.

Sebern nearly reset her season-best mark in the 400m with a fifth-place finish (59.06) while sophomore Chloe Bermal was close to resetting both her personal-best marks in the 200m (fifth, 25.71) and 400m (ninth, 59.74).

Both finished behind freshman Lauren Van Dyke in the 400m (third, 57.64), who reset her personal-best mark for the third time this season for a total of 2.75 seconds.

With her PR reset, the freshman from Lawton, Iowa moved up to the second-best Jackrabbit and 11th-best Summit League runner on the season performance list behind teammate Oksana Covey, who is fourth in the league.

Van Dyke also ran the 800m (13th, 2:19.25), finishing behind seniors Rachel King (fifth, 2:14.75) and Rachel Propst (12th, 2:19.23) who both posted personal-best marks in the event.

King recorded her second-ever 800m in the Yellow and Blue, last running the event to open her freshman campaign in 2016 (Tulsa Duals, March 18-19, 2016). She cut 13.88 seconds from that mark and is ranked ninth on the league's performance list as of Friday, missing the school's all-time list by 2.19 seconds.

Propst finished the 800m with her third personal-best reset of the season, cutting a total of 10.14 seconds from her best prior to the season (set back in 2016 at the Tulsa Duals, 2:29.37).

On the men's side, senior Kyle Burdick attempted the 3,000m steeplechase for the second time ever, second time at Howard Wood, but did not finish. Teammate and freshman Lukas Pierson scored his first career top-three finish in the steeplechase (9:40.91).

Two personal-best marks came from the track for the men, both in the 800m, as freshman duo Blake Iverson (eighth, 1:54.43) and Daniel Burkhalter (unattached, 21st, 1:57.28) reset their marks.

Redshirt freshman Samuel Coil scored a personal-best mark in the discus for the 10th-place finish (152-04.00, a 15-10.00 increase) behind sophomore Noah Huber (sixth, 158-02.00).

REMAINING JACKRABBIT WEEKEND SCHEDULE
On Saturday, both the track and field events will kick off at 9 a.m. in Sioux Falls with the last scheduled field event at 3:30 p.m. (HS boys javelin) and the last track event beginning at 6:30 p.m. (HS Class AA boys 4x400m relay). Several special events will be included throughout the weekend at Howard Wood, including many high school evets, award recognition programs, and special olympic events.

At Nebraska on Saturday, Jackrabbits will open competition tentatively at 12:30 p.m. and run until 6:10 p.m.

FOLLOW ALONG
There are select live results and live stream options available in the links 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.

SOCIAL MEDIA
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UP NEXT
Once the regular season is over, South Dakota State will pack up and head to Macomb, Ill. to compete in The Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships, looking to defend their 2019 indoor men's title.

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.

JACKRABBIT PERSONAL-BEST MARKS RESET
- MEN -
Fr. Blake Iverson (800m)
Una. Daniel Burkhalter (800m)
R-Fr. Samuel Coil (DT)
Una. Bryce Ludwig (HT)
Una. Trevor Begeman (HT)
- WOMEN -
Jr. Allison Sebern (200m)
Fr. Mikayla Wevik (200m)
So. Madisson Gay (200m)
Fr. Lauren Van Dyke (400m)
Sr. Rachel King (800m)
Sr. Rachel Propst (800m)
Fr. Jessica Christoffer (800m)
Fr. Bailey Dergan (3,000S)
Fr. Greta Johnson (PV)
Fr. Faith Leiseth (DT)
Fr. Caitlin Thilges (HT)

JACKRABBIT EVENT WINNERS
- MEN -
Sr. Logan Ammons (HT)
- WOMEN -
Fr. Addison Eisenbeisz (HJ)
Sr. Kasie Vollmer (DT)

INDIVIDUAL JACKRABBIT RESULTS
Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap
200m - Men - Finals
6. Schroeder, Zach (22.44)

Senior Zach Schroeder posted his first mark of the 2019 outdoor season, competing in his fourth 200m at the Dakota Relays. He beat his 2018 Relays mark and place-finish.

200m - Women - Finals
5. Bermel, Chloe (25.71)
9. Sebern, Allison (26.02)
12. Wevik, Mikayla (26.15)
16. Thill, Jennifer (26.44)
17. Carlson, Delaney (26.52)
19. Neff, Kayla (26.69)
20. Gay, Madisson (26.72)

Junior Allison Sebern recorded a personal-best mark by 0.10 seconds while freshman Mikayla Wevik tallied her third PR reset of the season by cutting 0.13 seconds. Sophomore Madisson Gay also scored a personal-best mark by 0.02 seconds while juniors Delaney Carlson and Kayla Neff reset their season-best marks.

400m - Women - Finals
3. Van Dyke, Lauren (57.64)
5. Sebern, Allison (59.06)
9. Bermel, Chloe (59.74)
10. Carlson, Delaney (1:00.05)
16. Glazier, Tori (1:03.56)
17. Stadler, Abbey (1:07.25)

Freshman Lauren Van Dyke added her third personal-best reset of the season, cutting 1.21 seconds this time for a total of 2.75 seconds since April 6. She moved to No. 2 on the Jackrabbit season performance list behind teammate Oksana Covey and sits 11th in the league's season performance list as of Friday evening.

It's the freshman's second top-three finish in the outdoor event while fellow freshmen Tori Glazier and Abbey Stadler added their first career marks in the event - indoors or outdoors.

Junior Allison Sebern missed her season-best mark by 0.02 seconds (59.04 set at Kip Janvrin) while sophomore Chloe Bermel missed her personal-best mark set at the Red Raider Open (59.37).

800m - Men - Finals
8. Iverson, Blake (1:54.43)
9. Hanna, Jordan (1:54.87)
10. Boekelheide, Derek (1:54.89)
11. Goehring, Josh (1:55.03)
21. Burkhalter, Daniel - Una. (1:57.28)
27. Radtke, Daniel (2:01.75)

Freshman Blake Iverson added a personal-best mark along with unattached freshman Daniel Burkhalter. Iverson cut 0.76 seconds while Burkhalter trimmed 1.56 seconds. Senior Jordan Hanna reset his season-best mark for the fourth consecutive time this season.

800m - Women - Finals
5. King, Rachel (2:14.75)
10. Dykstra, Kendra (2:17.91)
12. Propst, Rachel (2:19.23)
13. Van Dyke, Lauren (2:19.25)
19. Christoffer, Jessica (2:22.35)
31. Stadler, Abbey (2:38.41)

Senior Rachel King ran her second-ever 800m as a Jack, last running the event at the beginning of her freshman campaign (Tulsa Duals, March 18-19, 2016). Her mark tonight was a personal-best by 13.88 seconds and is ninth on the league's outdoor performance list as of Friday, missing the school's all-time list by 2.19 seconds.

Senior Rachel Propst finished the event with her third PR reset of the season, cutting 0.07 seconds this time and totaling 10.14 seconds on the season. Freshman Jessica Christoffer also notched a personal-best mark by 2.13 seconds.

5,000m - Men - Finals
5. Munsterman, Ray - Una. (15:52.75)
10. Wilts, Jacob - Una. (16:59.45)

Unattached sophomore Ray Munsterman added his season-best mark while fellow unattached sophomore Jacob Wilts notched his first mark of the season.

3,000m Steeplechase - Men - Finals
3. Pierson, Lukas (9:40.91)
7. Klawitter, Chandler (9:45.85)
--. Burdick, Kyle (DNF)

Senior Chandler Klawitter notched a season-best mark in the event while freshman Lukas Pierson posted his first career top-three finish in the steeplechase. Senior Kyle Burdick attempted his second career 3,000m steeplechase, second at Howard Wood, as he finished fourth in the 2016 Relays (9:59.48).

3,000m Steeplechase - Women - Finals
15. Schweiss, Jamie (11:57.54)
19. Dergan, Bailey (12:26.58)

Freshman Bailey Dergan reset her personal-best mark for the second time in the event, cutting 22.34 seconds this time and a total of 1:39.97 minutes from her first attempt on April 19-20. Junior Jamie Schweiss posted her second career mark in the event.

High Jump - Men - Finals
T-6. Sears, Riley (6-04.75)
12. Schmidt, Mason (6-02.75)

Senior Riley Sears added his fourth high jump competition at the Dakota Relays as a Jackrabbit. Freshman Mason Schmidt ended one inch short of his best mark outdoors.

South Dakota State's 2017 high jumper graduate Zach Koosman finished tied for 10th place with a jump of 6-02.75.

High Jump - Women - Finals
1. Eisenbeisz, Addison (5-07.00)
5. Mingo, Madison (5-01.00)
--. Kreber, Kendyl (NH)
--. Stevens, Lynsey (NH)

Freshman Addison Eisenbeisz recorded her third high jump competition of the outdoor season, fourth career high jump win throughout her indoor and outdoor first-year campaign with the Jackrabbits. She has won back-to-back competitions, winning at the South Dakota Twilight on April 23, while also winning the South Dakota Challenge on April 6.

The Pierre, S.D. native's mark on Friday at Howard Wood Field would be tied for the second-best mark in The Summit League performance list this season behind her personal-best mark (5-08.75, a mark that is tied for No. 3 all-time for SDSU) that is also ranked 28th in the NCAA West Preliminary performance list.

Sophomore Madison Mingo tied her mark from the 2018 Dakota Relays while improving her place-finish from a year ago (sixth in 2018).

Pole Vault - Men - Finals
3. Francom, Trent (16-10.00)
--. Andera, Anthony (NH)

Sophomore Trent Francom posted his 11th outdoor top-three finish in his two-year career, improving his place-finish and mark from last year's Dakota Relays (fourth, 16-06.75).

Pole Vault - Women - Finals
11. Muller, Amy (11-03.75)
12. Johnson, Greta (10-10.00)
--. Katz, Shannon (NH)

Junior Amy Muller ended just two inches short of her outdoor personal-best and No. 7 all-time mark while freshman Greta Johnson increased her outdoor and overall PR by four inches, falling short of the school's all-time list by 0.25 inches.

Triple Jump - Women - Finals
3. Bisgard, Sophie (36-04.25w)

Sophomore Sophie Bisgard competed in her second Dakota Relays as a Jackrabbit, improving both her place-finish and mark from a year ago. It's her second career outdoor top-three finish in the event, placing among four total competitors.

Discus Throw - Men - Finals
6. Huber, Noah (158-02.00)
10. Coil, Samuel (152-04.00)
19. Ludwig, Bryce - Una. (134-00.00)

Redshirt freshman Samuel Coil added a personal-best mark in the discus, throwing an additional 15-10.00 and resetting his best for the third time this season.

Discus Throw - Women - Finals
1. Vollmer, Kasie (163-08.00)
4. Leiseth, Faith (151-00.00)
13. Schmidt, Alexis - Una. (126-10.00)
14. Hettinga, Meghan (126-01.00)
15. Zinola, Miranda (124-05.00)
16. Thilges, Caitlin (123-01.00)

Senior Kasie Vollmer won her first discus throwing event of the season, her eighth outdoor crown (also has one indoors) and third at the Dakota Relays. She posted a season-best mark on Friday, her best-ever mark at the Howard Wood Field as a Jackrabbit. The Savage, Minn. native is now third in The Summit League's outdoor performance list and 52nd in the NCAA West Preliminary list as of Friday.

Freshman Faith Leiseth added another 10-05.00 to her best mark, missing the school's top 10 list by three feet. Unattached freshman Alexis Schmidt notched her first mark in the event.

Hammer Throw - Men - Finals
1. Ammons, Logan (186-03.00)
7. Coil, Samuel (163-03.00)
11. Ludwig, Bryce - Una. (163-03.00)
16. Begeman, Trevor - Una. (144-00.00)

Senior Logan Ammons notched his second win of the season, his first as a Jackrabbit at the Dakota Relays and fourth win of his hammer throwing career. Both unattached freshmen Bryce Ludwig and Trevor Begeman posted personal-best marks, Ludwig by 11-11.00 and Begeman by 2-01.00.

Hammer Throw - Women - Finals
7. Thilges, Caitlin (157-08.00)
13. Zinola, Miranda (14-08.00)
16. Wynn, Naomi (132-06.00)
23. Shubert, Kenzie (112-10.00)
26. Schmidt, Alexis - Una. (109-08.00)

Freshman Caitlin Thilges led the Jackrabbits in the hammer throw, posting a personal-best mark by 2-07.00, while unattached freshman Alexis Schmidt threw her first hammer throw mark of the season.

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