SDSU DOMINATES LAST CHANCE MEET

Friday, February 16

Brookings, SD

3:30 p.m.

South Dakota State University

SDSU Last Chance

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

2/16/2024 10:45:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

BROOKINGS, SD – A total of 14 event wins and a new school record highlighted a dominant performance by South Dakota State in the final home track meet of the season at the SDSU Last Chance on Friday.

Claire Beckman did both, winning the women's 600-meter run in 1:32.32 to also break the SDSU school record for the event. She led a foursome of Jackrabbits to top five finishes, with Reese Luze (1:35.70, PR) in third with her 10th all-time finish, Harley Fischer (1:35.83) in fourth and Hannah Spoden (1:36.38, PR) in fifth.

Other event wins include Savannah Risseeuw's 60-meter hurdle performance, where she took the crown in 8.61 seconds.

Jaiden Boomsma won the 60-meter dash, clocking a 7.52 in the event finals. She was followed behind by Rich-Ann Archer (7.81, third), Lizzy Gillingham (7.91, fifth) and Maggie Madsen (7.93, seventh).

Caitlin Bright won the mile in 4:59.77 as Emma Gonzalez clocked a personal best of 5:04.99 for fourth. Jenna Soine (5:05.58, PR) was fifth, Kadense Dooley (5:11.21, PR) came eighth and Nina Dawson (5:13.09, PR) took ninth.

Madison Kizer cleared 5-05.00 to win the women's high jump as Hadley Carlson (5-03.00) finished second and Taylor Jochum (4-11.25) took ninth.

Laci Leverty won the pole vault with her new personal best of 12-06.00, which is now tied for third all-time at SDSU. Kiah Boetel also took sixth with a 10-00.50.

Milee Young threw a 43-01.00 to win the women's shot put as Josie Curry (42-01.50) finished third and Kaitlynn Bot (40-02.25) was seventh.

Carter Toews took first overall in the 200-meter dash with his time of 22.11, followed behind by Hudson Schroeder (22.23, PR, second) and Andrew Law (22.86, PR, seventh)

James Pierce won the 400-meter dash with a 48.64—a new personal best and the seventh-fastest mark all-time in the event. Also finishing in the top 10 were Reggie Slaba (48.85, second), Thailan Hallman (49.11, third), Kudra Nzibariza (49.38, fifth) and Jeremiah Donahoe (50.11, sixth).

Andrew Moeller won the men's 600-meter run with his personal-best clocking a 1:21.54 for the top spot as Sam Castle's time of 1:55.41 pushed him to victory in the 800-meter run.

Ethan Fischer had an all-time performance in the weight throw, winning the event with a personal best of 61-08.50. He now sits eighth all-time at SDSU. Hunter Wallster (59-04.75) was second in the event and Caiden Fredrick (57-05.00) was fourth.

Matt Katz won the men's pole vault with a height of 16-01.00 and Tristen Hanna won the triple jump with a 45-05.00.

Additional top performances include Carter Johnson, who claimed fourth in the 60-meter hurdle finals with an 8.46 while Ben Morningstar (8.55, PR) took sixth, Aiden Voss (8.60, PR) was seventh and Gunnar Gunderson (8.66) finished eighth.

Hudson Schroeder was runner-up in the 60-meter dash finals, tying his personal best in 7.01 seconds. Caden Plasier tied his PR of 7.16 for fifth, Gunderson came sixth in 7.18 and Isaac Flanegan was seventh in 7.25.

Tyler O'Neill won 1000-meter run with a clocking of 2:36.36 for sixth place.

Five Jackrabbits finished in the top 10 of the men's mile, led by Daniel Burkhalter's time of 4:10.90 for second place. Jackson Dutcher (4:11.90, PR) took third, Nathan Notgrass (4:12.09, PR) was fourth, Josh Becker (4:13.24) crossed sixth and O'Neill (4:24.61, PR) was 10^th.

In the 3000-meter run, Carson Noecker led the way with an 8:30.13 for second place and a PR. Cormick Logue was third with a personal-best 8:38.01 and Will Harder came 10^th in 8:59.31.

Connor Powers claimed runner-up in the high jump with an indoor PR of 6-08.00 as Carson Kirwan cleared a PR-tying 6-04.75 for third.

Schroeder also found success in field events, this time finishing fourth in the long jump finals with a mark of 21-03.50.

Caiden Fredrick was runner-up in the shot put with his mark of 52-00.75 with Lee Reiser (50-00.50) taking fourth and Ryan Hackbart (45-03.50) finishing ninth.

Rich-Ann Archer took second in the 200-meter dash with a 25.46 as Jessica Boekelheide claimed fifth in 25.86.

Emily Rystrom was the overall runner-up in the women's 400-meter dash with her personal-best time of 58.29 as Abby Hughes clocked a 59.38 for fourth place and a new PR.

Emily Plucker took fourth in the 800-meter run with her personal-best time of 2:22.78 while Selma Dingmann finished close behind in fifth with a 2:23.39 for a new PR.

Hannah Neusch clocked an 11:14.27 for eighth place in the 3000-meter run.

Apryl Adderley took third in the women's long jump finals with a leap of 16-10.50 as Robyn Dayton finished sixth with a 16-01.75.

Emma Smith garnered a mark of 36-02.75 to claim third in the triple jump finals while Camryn Brinkman was fifth with a 35-08.00 and Adderley came seventh with a mark of 34-09.75.

In the weight throw finals, Young claimed fifth place with a 54-08.00 and Curry finished eighth with a mark of 51-03.75.

UP NEXT: The 2024 Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships will take place February 23 and 24 at the Shelly Ellig Indoor Track and Field Facility in Fargo.

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