JACKS WRAP UP SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND

Friday, April 1

San Francisco, CA

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South Dakota State University

Mike Fanelli Distance Classic

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

4/2/2022 11:36:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

South Dakota State men's and women's track and field teams scored multiple personal bests during a weekend full of meets in California and Vermillion.

The action kicked off on Friday in San Francisco, CA, at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic. Cailee Peterson started off the Jackrabbit success with a personal best showing in the 1500-meter run, crossing the finish line in 4:23.58. Her mark is now the third fastest time in school history.

At the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, CA, Oksana Johnson grabbed 10^th place in the 400-meter dash in 56.69 seconds.

Leah Hansen finished 34^th overall in an elite field of athletes in the 5000-meter run with a time of 6:26.10.

On Saturday in San Francisco, Peterson won her heat and placed second overall in the 800-meter run in a personal-best 2:09.47 that is now the fifth fastest time on record. Johnson took second in her heat and third overall in 2:09.50.

The rest of the team competed in Vermillion, featuring even more top 10 finishes from the Jackrabbits.

On the women's side of competition, Savannah Risseeuw claimed third in the 100-meter hurdle finals in 14.04 seconds, a new PR that is now the fourth fastest mark on record. Risseeuw also finished sixth overall in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:03.76 for another PR that sits 10^th on the all-time list.

Collette Wolfe finished fifth in the 200-meter dash in a career-best 25.27 seconds as Cerington Jones finished seventh in a career-best 25.40 seconds.

Claire Beckman finished as runner-up in her first career 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:12.90 as Bailey Dergan took 8^th in a career-best 11:38.78

Nicole Greyer took fourth overall in the 5000-meter run in 17:54.18 for a personal best as Kayla Christopherson also earned a PR with a 18:00.13 finish for sixth place.

The 4x100-meter relay team of Brielle Dixon, Wolfe, Ashtyn Bertram and Jaiden Boomsma took fourth in 46.97 seconds.

Jaide Geurts, Harley Fischer, Grace Waage and Kasey Klocek teamed up for the 4x400-meter relay and finished sixth overall in 4:05.44.

In field events, Faith Leiseth won the discus throw with a distance of 166-10.75 for a personal best and the fifth farthest mark in school history. Mildred Young took seventh in the same event with a throw of 147-08.00 for a personal best.

Leiseth also won the shot put with a throw of 48-01.75 for a new personal best and the fifth farthest mark in school history.

Addison Eisenbeisz lept her way into fifth place in the high jump with a clearance of 5-05.00 while Madison Kizer took seventh with a jump of 5-05.00.

Wendy Van Nes grabbed sixth in the pole vault with her outdoor-best clearance of 12-04.00, the fourth best mark in school history.

Nora Peterson earned fourth in the javelin throw with a career-best distance of 130-00.00, the eighth farthest mark on record.

On the men's side, Pierre Lear took fourth in the 110-meter hurdle finals in 14.55 seconds.

Emmanual Phoulom-Smith finished as runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles in 54.27 seconds while Josh Donahoe grabbed seventh in 55.68 seconds for a PR.

Daniel Clarke finished seventh overall in the 100-meter dash in 10.81 seconds.

Jake Werner took sixth overall in the 200-meter dash in 22.15 seconds as Matthew Stahl grabbed eighth in 22.20 seconds.

Daniel Burkhalter was second in the 800-meter run with a personal-best time of 1:52.34 as Tom Breuckman took fourth 1:52.86 for a career best.

Riley Bauer won the 1500-meter run in 3:56.83 for a career best. Carter Knaus took seventh in 4:01.79 and Michael Schwinghamer earned eighth in 4:01.81 in the same event.

Josh Becker won the 3000-meter steeplechase in a personal-best 9:12.12 as Lucas Caminiti took fourth in 9:30.49.

Phoulom-Smith, Werner, Clarke and Jared Wipf took eighth as a team in the 4x100-meter relay in 43.36 seconds.

The 4x400-meter relay squad of Phoulom-Smith, Kudra Nzibariza, Thailan Hallman and Tegan Bock earned seventh overall with a time of 3:23.35.

In field competition, Dawson Schroeder took fifth in the shot put with an outdoor-best throw of 52-10.00 as Dominick Etherington earned seventh with a throw of 52-05.50.

Hunter Wallster grabbed sixth in the hammer throw with a distance of 179-09.25, a personal best and the tenth best mark in school history.

Tristen Hanna claimed third in the triple jump with a distance of 47-01.75 as Tre Manning finished fourth in the long jump with a leap of 23-05.50 and Clarke took sixth with a jump of 23-04.00.

Conner Powers finished eighth in the high jump with a clearance of 6-05.25.

In the pole vault, Trent Francom took the runner-up spot with a clearance of 16-01.75 as Jaden Peters earned fifth with a height of 15-01.75 for a personal best.

UP NEXT: Next week features a pair of competitions for SDSU, with meets in Fayetteville, Arkansas on April 7 and 8 and Sioux City, Iowa on April 8 and 9.

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