SDSU COMPLETES FIRST WEEKEND OF OUTDOOR COMPETITION

Thursday, March 27

St. Louis, Mo.

South Dakota State University

WashU Distance Carnival

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

3/29/2025 5:29:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

By: Becca Ball

SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — South Dakota State wraps up its first weekend of outdoor track and field competition with a trio of meets on Saturday afternoon.

HEAD COACH ROD DEHAVEN

"We got a lot of personal bests from the results at St. Louis. Texas had a little bit of a different environment with the weather being not super hospitable the first couple days. We certainly did get some nice efforts out of that as well. We had some good opening season marks and is certainly something we can build on as we progress deeper into the year."

BOBCAT INVITE
Results

Brielle Dixon put on a show in the 100-meter hurdles at the Bobcat Invitational as the senior won the event with a time of 13.50. Pierre Lear and Carter Johnson competed in the 110-hurdles. Lear took fifth with a time of 13.96, while Johnson finished 35th at 14.77.

The Jackrabbits showed up and showed out in the discus competition as three Jacks finished in the top 10. Caymen Gebheim finished fourth with a mark of 177-05.00 (54.09m) to become the fifth-best performer in SDSU history. Ethan Fischer finished behind him in fifth with a throw of 165-02.00 (50.34m). Caiden Fredrick rounded out the Jackrabbit lineup with a mark of 164-11.00 (50.27m) to place 7th.

Hunter Wallster competed for South Dakota State in the hammer throw. Wallster threw 194-02.00 (59.18m) to finish 12th overall.

Milee Young represented the women's thrower squad in the discus this weekend. Young finished 11th with a mark of 133-11.00 (40.82m).

Jared Wipf rounded out competition at the Bobcat invite in the 100-meter race. Wipf finished 21st at 10.51, only 0.01 second off from his personal record.

TEXAS RELAYS
Results

Lear had a solid showing in the 110-meter hurdle finals at the Texas Relays. The senior secured silver with a time of 13.98, only one of two athletes to run under 14 seconds. Carter Johnson competed as well, finishing 26th with a time of 14.70.

On the women's side, Dixon finished 21st in the 100-hurdles prelims, crossing the line at 13.86.

The men's 4X100-meter relay, consisting of Jared Wipf, Evan Henderson, Carter Toews and Drew Olson, landed on the SDSU top 10 all-time list at ninth with a run of 41.17 to finish 26th overall.

Fredrick represented the Jackrabbits in the discus B event. Fredrick threw 168-05.00 (51.33) to finish in the top five. Wallster competed in the hammer throw event, finishing in the top 10 with a mark of 199-08.00 (60.86m).

WASH U DISTANCE CARNIVAL

In St. Louis, Claire Beckman clutched gold in the 1500-meter race with a time of 4:28.48. Kayla Christopherson, Eleni Lovgren, Nina Dawson and Lindsey Rotz competed as well. Christopherson took 12th with a time of 4:35.09. Dawson and Lovgren crossed the line together in 20th and 21st, respectively. Dawson finished at 4:37.34, and Lovgren finished at 4:37.40. Freshman Lindsey Rotz competed in her first collegiate outdoor meet on Friday, finishing 34th with a time of 4:52.12.

Christopherson, Lovgren, and Dawson competed together in the 3000-meter steeple as well. Christopherson finished at 10:46.57 to place fourth of 36 competitors. Lovgren took 13th with a time of 10:55.24 and Dawson placed 25th at 11:14.20.

Ashlyn Hillyard led the way for the Jackrabbits in the 5000-meter race. Hillyard finished in the top 15 of 100 athletes with a time of 16:56.87. Mya Kizer and Emma Gonzalez competed as well, finishing 31st and 35th, respectively. Kizer crossed the line at 17:11.38, while Gonzalez finished at 17:18.14.

Cashton Johnson and Nathan Notgrass competed in the 5000-meter on the men's side. Johnson took 18th with a time of 14:22.31, while Notgrass placed 47th of 100 competitors, crossing the line at 14:45.41.

UP NEXT

The Jackrabbits will compete at three different meets. Part of the Jackrabbit squad will stay close to home to compete at the USD Early Bird, while the rest of the Jacks fly to California to compete among top-tier competition at the Stanford Invite and Mike Fanelli Distance Carnival.

-GoJacks.com-