King & Burdick Claim First Outdoor Crowns

5/9/2019 10:36:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

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20 Jackrabbits earned a chance to compete in the finals as King won the steeplechase and Burdick won the 10,000m to lead scoring

MACOMB, Ill. - The South Dakota State track and field teams carried 20 Jackrabbits onto the finals of The Summit League Outdoor Championships while seniors Kyle Burdick and Rachel King notched the first SDSU victories.

Burdick opened up the competition in the morning with the 10,000m by claiming his second career win in the event (31:16.94) andthe school's fourth consecutive win in the race (since 2016). The Rapid City, S.D. native is the second Jack to win the event multiple times in their career (Trent Lusignan, 2013-2016).

King added a 32.70-second win (10:09.85) in her specialty, the 3,000m steeplechase, to score back-to-back wins in the outdoor championship event.

On the men's side of the steeplechase, junior Micah Mather earned his second straight all-league honor with a runner-up finish, making 2019's performance his best of his career (improved place-finish and mark in the championships).

Back in February, the men's 800m crew crammed all four Jacks into the indoor championship finals, who eventually finished 1-2-3-4 in the finals. Tonight, the squad slammed all six SDSU student-athletes from the preliminary round. Leading the way was senior Cal Lawton (1:51.95), followed by freshman Riley Bauer (1:54.30), who both won their respective heats.

The Jackrabbit duo in sophomore Coby Hilton and junior Sam Zenner became a 1-2 punch in the 100m and 200m preliminary round, posting the best two times in both events.

The two speedsters first ran the 100m with Hilton re-writing the school record (10.39w) that was previously held by teammate Daniel Clarke from last year's championships (10.43w). The Marshall, Minn. native cut 0.04 seconds from the record while Zenner tied his personal-best mark and No. 5 all-time mark (10.51w).

Clarke, a sophomore (10.65w), raced behind Zenner in the second heat of the event as all three earned auto-bids into the championship with the three fastest prelim marks by 0.19 seconds over the rest of the field.

In the 200m, Hilton (21.02w) and Zenner (21.41w) led the opening heat together as Zenner reset his season-best mark. The Eagan, Minn. native was 0.05 seconds from his career best and No. 6 all-time mark; Hilton was 0.10 seconds away from his school-record mark set on two separate occasions earlier this season (20.92).

In the women's 800m, sophomore Oksana Covey led the league with an opening heat win (2:10.88) while senior Krista Steele finished runner-up in the second heat (2:13.79) as both will compete in the finals tomorrow.

Freshman hurdler Reid Pierzinski managed to score championship positioning in both the 110m hurdles (14.72w) and 400m hurdles (54.33). He had the league-best 400m hurdles mark out of the prelims, winning the opening heat, and the third-best 110m hurdles mark with a personal-best reset.

Junior Nick Wessels had the best second-best mark out of the 110m hurdles prelims with a PR reset and No. 7 all-time SDSU mark (14.41w).

Junior Jaymie O'Connor qualified in 100m hurdles for the third straight time with an auto-bid in the championships. She won her heat (13.87w) while junior Haley Mottinger (ninth, 14.57w) just missed the finals by 0.12 seconds.

Freshman Lauren Van Dyke and sophomore Emily Altenburg qualified for the finals in their first outdoor championship appearances of their respective events.

Altenburg scored a 0.03-second personal-best for an eighth-place finish in the 100m (12.28w) and followed it up with a 1.75-inch PR in the long jump (sixth, 18-06.00).

Van Dyke was within 0.04 seconds of her personal-best mark in the 400m, still finishing sixth in the preliminary round (57.70).

Three Jackrabbits in the women's shot put also scored personal-best marks in Hanson Field as sophomore Madeline Moorhouse led with the school's No. 9 all-time mark outdoors for a seventh-place finish (46-00.50).

Freshmen duo Meghan Hettinga (10th, 44-04.00) and Caitlin Thilges (14th, 43-05.00) were the other two to tally career-best marks in their first outdoor championships.

The men's decathlon wrapped up by mid-afternoon with junior Evan Hieber recording a fourth-place finish (6,605) that included two personal-best marks and four season-best marks with a win in the high jump (6-07.00). At the end of the first day, he was within 10 points of his first-day personal-best mark.

Teammate and senior Peter Bates climbed to seventh in the decathlon standings thanks to his second personal-best reset in the decathlon score (6,052). The Waverly, Iowa native came away with four personal-best marks and a season-best reset.

RECAPPING THE WEEK
On Wednesday, senior Logan Ammons added a personal-best mark in the hammer throw finish runner-up (198-04.00) with the school's No. 2 all-time mark.

He entered the competition with the league's eighth-best throw and added 5-02.00 to move ahead of Jake Brinkmann (2012, 195-01.00) and behind former teammate and school-record holder Colton Bender (2018, 206-09.00).

Also improving his PR was sophomore Noah Huber, recording a 9-07.00 personal-best increase and moving into the school's all-time list at No. 7 (12th, 178-03.00).

Senior Rachel Astleford and junior Evan Hieber also competed in the javelin throw. Astleford finished ninth (120-08.00) in her final outdoor championships while Hieber scored an eight-place spot (166-01.00) with a season-best.

UP NEXT - Track Preview | Event Schedule (Updated) | Day 1 Recap
For Friday, field events will continue at 11 a.m., competing in the trials and finals.

Field Events on Friday -

MEN'S POLE VAULT (11 a.m.)
Women's Discus Throw (11 a.m.)
Women's Triple Jump (11 a.m.)
Men's High Jump (11:30 a.m.)
Men's Discus Throw (1 p.m.)
Men's Triple Jump (1 p.m.)

On the track, action will begin at 12:20 p.m. with finals events, including both the 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay, and the 1,500m and 5,000m finals. There will be one pause scheduled for 1:40 p.m. for an awards ceremony and then the final awards ceremony will be tentatively at 3:30 p.m.

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TEAM SCORES
- MEN (Day 2, 7 of 21 Event Scored) -
1. North Dakota State (131)
2. South Dakota State (48)
3. South Dakota (21)
4. North Dakota (19)
5. Oral Roberts (10)
6. Western Illinois (5)
- WOMEN (Day 2, 9 of 21 Event Scored) -
1. North Dakota State (144)
2. South Dakota (94.5)
3. North Dakota (45.5)
4. South Dakota State (30.5)
5. Western Illinois (24.5)
6. Nebraska-Omaha (8)
7. Oral Roberts (4)
--. Purdue Fort Wayne (--)

JACKRABBITS IN THE FINALS
- MEN -
100m: So. Coby Hilton, Jr. Sam Zenner, So. Daniel Clarke
200m: So. Coby Hilton, Jr. Sam Zenner
800m: Sr. Cal Lawton, Fr. Riley Bauer, Jr. Wyatt Gatrost, So. Derek Boekelheide, Jr. Josh Goehring, Fr. Blake Iverson
110H: Jr. Nick Wessels, Fr. Reid Pierzinski
400H: Fr. Reid Pierzinski, Jr. Jake Lieberg
- WOMEN -
100m: So. Emily Altenburg
400m: Fr. Lauren Van Dyke
800m: So. Oksana Covey, Sr. Krista Steele
100H: Jr. Jaymie O'Connor

JACKRABBIT PERSONAL-BEST MARKS RESET
- MEN -
So. Coby Hilton (100m - School Record)
Jr. Sam Zenner (100m - T-PR, No. 5)
Fr. Emmanual Phoulom-Smith (100m)
Jr. Nick Wessels (110H - No. 7)
Fr. Reid Pierzinski (110H)
So. Michael Schwinghamer (3,000S)
Fr. Tre Manning (LJ - No. 8)
Sr. Logan Ammons (HT - No. 2)
So. Noah Huber (HT - No. 7)
Jr. Evan Hieber (100m, HJ)
Sr. Peter Bates (100m, SP, HJ)
- WOMEN -
So. Emily Altenburg (100m, LJ)
So. Anna Donnay (10,000m)
So. Madeline Moorhouse (SP - No. 9)
Fr. Meghan Hettinga (SP)
Fr. Caitlin Thilges (SP)

JACKRABBIT EVENT WINNERS
- MEN -
Sr. Kyle Burdick (10,000m) - won two, SDSU won event since '16
- WOMEN -
Sr. Rachel King (3,000S) - won back-to-back

ALL-LEAGUE (5): MEN (4): Sr. Kyle Burdick (10,000m), Fr. Joseph Minor-Williams (10,000m), Jr. Micah Mather (3,000S), Sr. Logan Ammons (HT), WOMEN (1): Sr. Rachel King (3,000S)

INDIVIDUAL JACKRABBIT RESULTS
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)

Sophomore Coby Hilton led the Jackrabbits in the prelims of the 100m, posting the school record by cutting 0.11 seconds from his previous-best and No. 4 all-time mark set at the South Dakota Challenge (10.50w). He knocked off teammate Daniel Clarke's record (10.43w) set in the 2018 outdoor championships.

Junior Sam Zenner and sophomore Daniel Clarke went first and runner-up in the second heat to join Hilton as auto-bid qualifiers for the championships at 1:35 p.m. tomorrow. Zenner tied his PR and No. 5 all-time mark while Clarke added a season-best mark.

Freshman Emmanual Phoulom-Smith notched a personal-best mark in the second heat, cutting 0.23 seconds from his previous-best. The top-three Jackrabbits beat the field by 0.19 seconds.

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

Sophomore Emily Altenburg qualifies for the championship event in her first outdoor Summit League appearance by scoring a PR by 0.03 seconds.

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 add the league's best preliminary marks in the 200m, as they went 1-2 in the opening heat.

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). Zenner's mark is a season-best, short of his PR and No. 6 all-time mark by 0.05 seconds.

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

Freshman Lauren Van Dyke advances to the championship 400m tomorrow at 1:20 p.m., just missing her personal-best mark from the Dakota Relays last weekend by 0.06 seconds. She was fourth in the opening heat of the prelims.

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

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)

The Jackrabbits all qualify for the finals of the 800m scheduled for 2 p.m. tomorrow. For indoors, SDSU sent all four to the finals in the indoor championships.

Junior Josh Goehring was the lone Jackrabbit to record a season-best mark by 0.03 seconds.

Senior Cal Lawton and freshman Riley Bauer earned auto-bids by winning their respective heat while junior Wyatt Gatrost and sophomore Derek Boekelheide finish second and third in their respective heats.

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 and senior Krista Steele earn automatic bids into the finals tomorrow at 1:55 p.m. Covey won the first heat while Steele finished second in the second heat.

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 - Prelims
2. Wessels, Nick (14.41wQ)
3. Pierzinski, Reid (14.72wQ)

Junior Nick 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 at 1:15 p.m. on Friday. 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 - Prelims
2. O'Connor, Jaymie (13.87Q)
9. Mottinger, Haley (14.57w)

Junior Jaymie 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 - Prelims
1. Pierzinski, Reid (54.33Q)
7. Lieberg, Jake (55.59q)
9. Wessels, Nick (57.15)

Freshman Reid Pierzinski ended up with the best mark out of the prelims 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.

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).

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).

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.

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.

Junior Evan Hieber finished the first day of The Summit League Outdoor Championships within 10 points of his day-one personal-best decathlon score. His previous-best (3,620) was set at the 2018 league championships in Tulsa, Okla.

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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