JACKRABBITS FIND SUCCESS AT IOWA MEETS

Thursday, April 27

Indianola, IA

South Dakota State University

Kip Janvrin Open

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

4/28/2023 11:16:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

DES MOINES, IA – South Dakota State track and field continued a busy weekend of action at the Drake Relays and Kip Janvrin Open on Friday, featuring hot performances on both sides of competition.

DRAKE RELAYS
Faith Leiseth made waves and took eighth place in two separate events in Des Moines: the women's invite shot put and invite discus. She first threw a 149-10.00 in the discus and then threw a 47-02.25 in the shot put.

Mildred Young took 18^th place in the discus with her throw of 142-01.00

Savannah Risseeuw ran a 14.05 in the 100-meter hurdle prelims to take fourth in her heat and 16^th overall while Jenna Johnson clocked a 56.51 400-meter dash for third in her heat and 12^th place overall finish.

The men's 4x1600-meter relay squad of Carter Knaus, Ben Olson, Cody Larson and Tom Breuckman clocked a 16:37.65 for fourth place.

Jared Wipf ran a 10.62 in the 100-meter dash prelims for third in his heat and a ninth place overall finish as Thailan Hallman finished in 13^th place overall in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.22.

Daniel Burkhalter claimed 11^th place in the 1500-meter run after clocking a 3:51.91.

Wyatt Seagren took runner-up in the discus with a personal best throw of 173-03.00 (eighth best in school history) and Ethan Fischer finished in 13^th with a 164-01.00 while in the shot put, Dominick Etherington was runner-up with his mark of 58-07.25.

KIP JANVRIN OPEN
Action in Indianola started with the women's 800-meter run, where Tori Glazier took runner-up in a personal best 2:12.06 and Claire Beckman finished close behind in third with a 2:12.18. Also competing were Harley Fischer (20^th, 2:17.62), Emma Ecker (28^th, 2:19.49) and Nina Dawson (31^st, 2:20.76).

On the men's side, four athletes competed in the 800-meter run, led by Eli Salisbury. He finished 25^th with a time of 1:55.44 while Lucas Caminiti ran a personal best 1:56.36 for 26^th. Nathan Notgrass came 47^th in 1:57.16 (PR) and Kyle Nordling was 62^nd with a 1:59.47 (PR).

SDSU will continue action at the Drake Relays on Saturday with a start time set for 8 a.m.

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