DISCUS RECORD FALLS IN CALIFORNIA

Thursday, April 11

Long Beach, CA

8 a.m. PT

South Dakota State University

Pacific Coast Intercollegiate

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

4/12/2024 12:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

LONG BEACH, CA – The South Dakota State men's discus record, previously set in 2000, was broken on Thursday in the first day of track action in California.

Ethan Fischer threw a monstrous 186-05.00 to make new Jackrabbit history and finish seventh overall at Pacific Coast Intercollegiate meet as Caiden Fredrick took 22^nd with a 166-04.00.

In the shot put, Lee Reiser claimed 40^th overall with a throw of 49-10.50 while Hunter Wallster threw a 184-11.00 for 18^th place in the hammer throw.

Tristen Hanna flew into 11^th place of the men's triple jump with a mark of 47-04.50 as Rylan McDonnell finished 20^th in the long jump with a leap of 23-02.50, just .25 off his personal best.

Hanna also took 18^th overall in the javelin, throwing a 165-09.00

Matt Katz clear 15-05.50 in the pole vault for 23^rd place overall while in the high jump, Connor Powers and Carson Kirwan each cleared 6-05.00 to tie for 15^th overall.

Andrew Moeller clocked a 1:58.32 in the 800-meter run, taking fourth in his heat and 14^th place overall.

On the women's side of action, Brielle Dixon (13.89) finished sixth in heat two and 14^th overall in the 100-meter hurdles as Savannah Risseeuw (13.99) took fourth in heat three and 18^th overall.

Laura Bogue clocked a 1:05.99 for a 48^th place finish in the 400-meter hurdles.

Madison Kizer placed first in her flight and fifth overall in the high jump with her mark of 5-07.25, tying her outdoor PR, as Layne Kirkendoll tied for 14^th with a PR-tying 5-05.25.

Kirkendoll also competed in the long jump, finishing 50^th with a mark of 17-01.50.

Laci Leverty tied for 20^th in the pole vault with the sixth-best mark in school history of 12-04.00.

Milee Young took 22^nd overall in the discus throw with her mark of 146-10.00 and Nora Peterson finished 10^th in the javelin throw with a 126-09.00.

At the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, two Jackrabbits clocked All-Time performances during the open 3000-meter steeplechase event. Cody Larson finished seventh overall with a time of 8:52.44—the third-best time in SDSU history—and Josh Becker came 16^th with an 8:55.38—now fifth on the All-Time List.

Through five events in the men's decathlon, Ryan Benson currently sits seventh with 3547 points. He earned two PRs so far, with a 37-11.50 in the shot put and a 52.02 in the 400-meter dash.

Action will continue tomorrow for the Jackrabbits at the Bryan Clay Invitational and the Beach Invitational.

-GoJacks.com-