Upcoming Event: Women's Cross Country at Griak Invitational on September 19, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.
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10:45 a.m.
Women's Cross Country
at Griak Invitational
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Women's Cross Country Roster
Dykstra, Kendra
Kendra Dykstra
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rapid City, S.D.
- High School:
- Rapid City Stevens H.S.
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
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PERSONAL-BEST MARKS: (updated after 2018 TF)
800M IN: 2:12.64 (2018 - SO, SDSU Classic - 2/9-10)
800M OUT: 2:09.37 (2018 - SO, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
1,000M IN: 2:53.81 (2017 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/10-11)
1,500M OUT: 4:28.37 (2018 - SO, Bryan Clay - 4/18-20)
MILE IN: 5:00.54 (2017 - FR, Jim Emmerich - 1/21)
4x400M OUT: 4:17.32 (2017 - FR, Arkansas Invite - 3/24-25)
4x800M OUT: 9:03.67 (2018 - SO, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
DMR IN: 12:07.27 (2018 - SO, SDSU Classic - 2/9-10)
DMR OUT: 11:23.20 (2018 - SO, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
CROSS COUNTRY
4K XC: 15:19.1 (2016 - FR, Bison Open - 9/2)
5K XC: 18:12.2 (2017 - SO, Ron Pynn - 10/14)
6K XC: 22:05.7 (2017 - SO, NCAA Midwest - 11/10)
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Honors and Awards:Â
All-Summit League (OTF 2018)
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence ('17XC, '18TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘16F, ‘17S, '17F, '18S)
RECORDS:
School Record: DMR OUT - 11:23.20 (2018 - SO, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 12 events ... finished eighth in the finals (2:22.09) of the 800m at The Summit League Championships (5/10-12), her best place-finish in the league championships ... in the prelims of the championship 800m, recorded the best prelims mark (2:14.77) ... finished third, second on the team (4:33.12), in the 1,500m at the league championships - improving her 2017 championships time by 21.34 seconds and 12 places ... reset her 800m PR at the Howard Wood (5/4-5), recording her second career outdoor 800m win, first of the season, in the 800m (2:09.37) ... her mark is fifth-fastest on the school’s all-time list ... won her first career 1,500m at the Howard Wood (4:30.62) ... finished with a PR in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/18-20), placing 65th (4:28.37) and moving into fourth all-time on the school’s top 10 ... a part of two relay teams (4x800m, DMR) at the Drake Relays (4/25-28), adding a PR in the 4x800m and running her first outdoor DMR ... was the second leg of the 4x800m team that finished seventh (9:03.67) with the school’s third-fastest mark all-time ... ran the first leg of the DMR that finished 14.80 seconds faster than the previous school record, finishing fourth at Drake (11:23.20) ... had the team’s second-best mark in the 800m on the season performance list (ranked second in the league, 81st in the NCAA West Region), second-best 1,500m (fourth), best 4x800m relay mark and distance medley mark.
INDOOR: Competed in seven events ... finished ninth in the prelims (2:16.33) in the 800m at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24) ... reset her indoor 800m and DMR PR’s at the SDSU Classic (2/9-10), finishing fourth in the 800m (2:12.64) and as the first leg of the DMR (12:07.27) ... her 800m PR is ranked fifth all-time on the school’s top 10 while her DMR mark is tied for 10th all-time ... notched her lone top-three finish of the season at the SDSU DII Invite (1/19) in the 800m, finishing runner-up (2:16.09) ... added a season-best mark in the mile at the Bison Classic (1/13), placing fourth (5:03.64) - 3.10 seconds from her 2017 PR ... had the team’s second-best 800m mark on the season performance list (ranked fifth in the league), second-best mark in the mile (13th), and second-best mark in the DMR.
CROSS COUNTRY:Â Competed in six races ... finished fourth for the Jacks, 116th overall (21:54.5) in a career-best 6k-performance at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/10) ... placed 23rd overall, sixth for the team (22:31.23) at The Summit League Championships (10/28) ... ran her personal-best 5k at the Ron Pynn Open (10/14), recording fifth overall, best among Jacks (18:07.8) ... recorded a her personal-best at the SDSU Classic (9/29), placing sixth on the team, 10th overall (19:08.84) ... improved her 4k career-time at the NDSU Open (9/1), finishing ninth on for SDSU, 26th overall (15:51.8).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR:Â Competed in 11 events ... ran a career-best 2:12.69 in the 800m at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6), finishing fifth ... recorded a season-best 4:35.69 in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/13-14) ... placed 15th (4:54.46) in the 1,500m at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13) ... ran a 2:14.26 in the prelims of the 800m at The Summit League Championships ... set the fifth-fastest record (9:09.43) as part of the 4x800m relay at the Drake Relays (4/26-29).
INDOOR:Â Competed in eight events ... ran a season-best 2:15.76 in the 800m at the Mark Messersmith Invitational (1/28), finishing fourth ... won the 1,000m with a season-best 2:53.81 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11) ... posted a season-best 5:00.54 in the mile at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite (1/21), placing fourth ... finished 20th (5:22.60) in the mile at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25) ... placed fourth (12:11.44) as the third leg on the distance medley relay at The Summit League Championships.
CROSS COUNTRY:Â Competed in seven races ... ran a career-best 22:36.7 in the 6k at the NCAA Midwest Championships (11/11), finishing 155th ... placed 30th (23:17.5) in the 6k at the Summit League Championships (10/29).
BEFORE SDSU: Earned all-state honors three times in cross country and twice in track ... lettered five times in cross country and four times in track … won the medley relay and 4x800-meter relay at the 2014 state track meet … captured back-to-back state championships in the 4x800m relay in 2014 and 2015 … ran the eighth-fastest mile time in South Dakota history (4:58.27), finishing second in the mile at the 2016 state meet … owns the school record in the 1,600m (4:58.27) … earned cross country all-academic honors in 2016 … named to the honor roll and was a member of National Honor Society.
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