Completed Event: Men's Track and Field at NCAA Championships on June 11, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Men's Track and Field
(No Team Score)
at NCAA Championships
South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Men's Track and Field Roster
Bates, Tom
Tom Bates
- Hometown:
- Waverly, Iowa
- Prev School:
- St. Cloud State
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Hurdles
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season)
400M IN: 52.79 (2017 - JR, Jim Emmerich - 1/21)
60H IN: 8.43 (2017 - JR, SDSU Last Chance - 2/17)
110H OUT: 15.25 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 5/11-13)
400H OUT: 56.44 (2017 - JR, Arkansas Invite - 3/24-25)
4x400M IN: 3:36.28 (2017 - JR, Dakota Realty - 2/3)
HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘17S)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
INDOOR: Competed nine 60m hurdles events ... finished 11th in the prelims of the 60m hurdles at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24) - his fourth-best mark on the year ... recorded a season-best in the prelims of the Mark Messersmith (1/27), finishing seventh (8.54) and 0.11 seconds from his 2017 PR (PR - 8.43, is 10th on the all-time list) ... added his best place-finish of the season at the Dakota Realty (2/3), finishing fifth (8.65) ... had the team’s third-best 60m hurdles mark (11th in the league) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 10 events ... ran a career-best 15.25 in the prelims of the 110m hurdles at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13), placing eighth ... ran 15.62 in the championship race, finishing ninth ... posted a career-best 56.44 in the 400m hurdles at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24-25), finishing 12th ... competed in 400m hurdles at The Summit League Championships, placing 10th in the prelims (58.69).
INDOOR: Competed in eight events ... posted a career-best 52.79 in the 400m at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite (1/21), placing12th ... ran a career-best 8.43 in the 60m hurdles at the SDSU Last Chance (2/17), finishing second ... the performance at the SDSU Last Chance is ninth-best on SDSU’s top 10 performance list ... placed seventh in the finals of the 60m hurdles at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25), posting 8.78.
BEFORE SDSU:
2015-16 (St. Cloud State):
OUTDOOR: Placed 11th in the 400m hurdles at the NSIC Outdoor Championships, finishing in 57.78 ... placed second in the 400m hurdles at the Warrior Challenge, posting a time of 56.56 ... posted a time of 59.18 to place third in the 400m hurdles at the USF Invitational.
INDOOR: Placed sixth in the 60m hurdles (8.97) and 600m (1:30.85) at the Northwest Open ... 4x400m relay team posted a time of 3:24.03 to place sixth at the SDSU Holiday Invite.
2014-15 (St. Cloud State):
OUTDOOR: Member of second-place 4x400m relay team (3:18.20) at the NSIC Championship, earning all-conference honors ... 4x400m relay team won the title at the Kip Janvrin Open, posting a time of 3:18.82.
INDOOR: Placed fourth in the 4x40m relay (3:25.01) and fifth in the 300m hurdles (41.30) at the SDSU Holiday Invite.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time state champion ... won 2014 state titles in the shuttle hurdle relay (58.01) and the 400m hurdles (53.73) ... earned all-state and elite all-state in 2014 ... earned five varsity letters (three in track and two in football) ... made honor roll 2011-14 ... father, Dave, played football at SDSU ... mother, Barb Riemenschneider Bates, played volleyball and track for the Jackrabbits ... brother, Peter, also competes for the SDSU track and field team.
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