DAY TWO FULL OF SUCCESS FOR JACKS

Photo by: Bill Powell

5/13/2022 10:19:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

TULSA, OKLAHOMA – Ben Anteau earned the only medal for SDSU, and a school record was broken on the second day of action at the Summit League Outdoor Championships as many other athletes qualified for finals.

SDSU dominated the 3000-meter steeplechase, led by Anteau who clocked a 9:14.43, giving him a third place finish for the bronze medal.

Also in the race, Josh Becker (9:16.17) scored a fourth place finish, Carter Knaus (9:17.71) finished fifth, Lucas Caminiti (9:22.36) was seventh and Michael Schwinghamer (9:57.93) grabbed 11^th.

Pierre Lear clocked a blazing 14.08 in the 110-meter hurdles for a new school record and qualification for finals. Lear now holds the school record for the indoor 60-meter hurdles and outdoor 110-meter hurdles.

Josh Donahoe finished in fifth place in the decathlon with a career-best 6323 points.

Dominick Etherington grabbed seventh in the shot put with a 57-06.25 as Dawson Schroeder took ninth with a throw of 55-11.00.

Tre Manning claimed fourth place in the long jump with his leap of 23-01.75. Tristen Hanna (21-07.25) finished 13^th and Tyler Goehring (21-04.00) took 14^th.

Daniel Clarke and Matthew Stahl each qualified for the 100-meter dash finals after Stahl grabbed a PR in 10.70 seconds.

Stahl (21.29, PR) and Jake Werner (21.71, PR) each qualified for the 200-meter dash finals.

Thailan Hallman will move on to the 400-meter dash finals after clocking a 49.07 for a PR.

Reid Pierzinski, Emmanual Phoulom-Smith and Lear (55.40, PR) are all headed to the 400-meter hurdle finals.

Riley Bauer, Daniel Burkhalter and Tom Breuckman will all compete in the 800-meter run finals

On the women's side of competition, Lizzy Gillingham finished the heptathlon in seventh place with a career-best 4395 points.

Faith Leiseth led the way for SDSU in the discus throw, taking fourth place with her throw of 152-09.00. Mildred Young was seventh with her throw of 146-00.00 and Kennedy Morris was just behind in eighth with a 144-05.00.

True Thorne finished 11^th with her throw of 135-03.00 and Meghan Hettinga rounded out the Jackrabbits in 13^th place with a 128-09.00.

Jaiden Boomsma lept her way into fifth place in the long jump with a 19-08.00 for a PR while Annie Wendt (18-03.25) was 15^th.

Addison Eisenbeisz finished sixth in the high jump with a clearance of 5-05.25.

Kayla Christopherson clocked a 11:07.01 in the 3000-meter steeplechase for fourth place. Claire Beckman (11:17.80) took sixth and Bailey Dergan (11:37.39) earned seventh.

Rich-Ann Archer, Jaiden Boomsma and Collette Wolfe all qualified for the 100-meter dash finals as Archer also advanced to the 200-meter dash finals.

Savannah Risseeuw (13.92), Brielle Dixon (13.99) and Collette Wolfe (14.05) all qualified for the 100-meter hurdle finals. Each girl also scored new PRs with their times.

Cerington Jones and Lauren Van Dyke advanced to tomorrow's 400-meter dash finals.

Oksana Johnson (2:07.61), Cailee Peterson (2:07.88, PR) and Jessica Christoffer (2:09.73, PR) all advanced to the 800-meter run finals. Peterson's time tied the meet record while Johnson's time proceeded to break the meet record.

UP NEXT: The final day of league championships is set to kick off at 11 a.m. with the field events while track events return at 12:20 p.m. Saturday afternoon.

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