LEISETH BREAKS DISCUS RECORD AT SD CHALLENGE

Friday, April 22

Vermillion, SD

TBA

South Dakota State University

USD Invitational

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

4/23/2022 7:09:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

VERMILLION, S.D. – Faith Leiseth rewrote history on Saturday with a new personal best in the discus throw that is now number one in the school record books.

Her 174-01.50 performance gave her a fifth place finish at the South Dakota Challenge, while Mildred Young took 10th place with a career-best distance of 167-06.00 for the sixth best mark in school history.

Leiseth also took fifth place in the shot put with a throw of 47-04.50.

Also in Vermillion, Kylee Edmonds cleared a career-best 11-08.50 in the pole vault that placed her sixth overall in the event and seventh on the all-time list.

Shae Campbell took seventh in the long jump with a leap of 17-11.75.

Collette Wolfe finished fourth overall in the 100-meter dash in 11.89 seconds as Lizzy Gillingham takes 10^th in 12.10 seconds.

Wolfe also grabbed a fourth place finish in the 200-meter dash in 24.84 seconds while Ashtyn Bertram finished 10^th in 25.27 seconds.

Laura Bogue tied for eighth overall in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.86.

In the 800-meter run, Grace Waage took sixth in 2:18.83 as Kasey Klocek (2:20.21) grabbed 10^th and Harley Fischer (2:21.62) finished 14^th.

SDSU dominated the women's 1500-meter run, placing four in the top 10. Nicole Greyer led the way with her runner-up finish in 4:41.63 for a PR while Caitlin Bright took third (4:42.64, PR), Kayla Christopherson finished sixth (4:51.89, PR) and Bailey Dergan finished ninth (4:56.01, PR).

Abbey Stadler finished just outside of the top 10 with her 13^th place finish in 5:04.74 for a career best.

On the men's side of competition, four Jacks finished in the top 10 of the 100-meter dash. Daniel Clarke took fifth in 10.56 seconds, Matthew Stahl was seventh in 10.59, Emmanual Phoulom-Smith finished eighth in 10.61 seconds and Evan Henderson grabbed ninth in 10.71 seconds.

Stahl also finished third overall in the 200-meter dash in 21.30 as Jake Werner took 12^th in 21.90 second and Phoulom-Smith finished 13^th in 21.92 seconds.

Tegan Bock claimed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 56.28 seconds for a PR as Braxton Karnik also scored a PR in 57.52 seconds for ninth place.

Dawson Schroeder took 10^th overall in the hammer throw with a distance of 185-08.00 (PR, ninth all time) while Hunter Wallster finished 11^th with a throw of 184-11.00 (PR, 10^th all time).

Dominick Etherington finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 56-02.75 as Schroeder took tenth with a throw of 52-00.00.

In the discus throw, Austin Eppard finished ninth with a distance of 169-00.75 for a PR.

Finally, Tyler Goehring took fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 44-08.00.

The SDSU track team was also competing at the Red Wolf Open in Jonesboro, Arkansas where even more Jackrabbit success came to fruition.

Trent Francom earned runner-up in the pole vault with a height of 17-05.50 while Jaden Peters finished tenth with a career-best clearance of 15-05.00.

Tristen Hanna took fifth in the javelin with a throw of 182-05.00 for a PR, which is now tied for fifth on the all-time. Hanna also finished third overall in the triple jump with a distance of 47-07.25.

On the women's side, Wendy Van Nes clears 12-02.00 for a fourth place finish in the pole vault as Addison Eisenbeisz finished third in the high jump with a clearance of 5-07.00.

Annie Wendt lept her way into a third place finish in the triple jump with a distance 38-06.75.

Jaiden Boomsma finished as runner-up in the 100-meter dash in 11.93 seconds after winning the long jump with a leap of 18-11.25 as Wendt earned fourth in a 18-06.50.

UP NEXT: SDSU will head to Iowa for the Drake Relays on April 28-30 while also sending competitors to the Rock Chalk Invitational in Lawrence, Kansas on April 30.

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