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
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at NCAA Championships
South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Men's Track and Field Roster
Hejna, J.J.
J.J. Hejna
- Hometown:
- Yankton, S.D.
- Prev School:
- Yankton H.S.
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Jumps
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season)
4x100M OUT: 43.50 (2018 - SR, USD Invite - 4/11)
4x400M OUT: 3:28.32 (2016 - SO, Lyle Hokanson - 4/22-23)
HJ IN: 6-09.00 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 2/24-25)
HJ OUT: 6-07.00 (2018 - SR, USD Invite - 4/11, Bryan Clay - 4/18-20)
LJ IN: 22-01.00 (2015 - FR, Summit League - 2/27)
LJ OUT: 22-04.50 (2016 - SO, Bryan Clay - 4/14-15)
22-09.75W (2016 - SO, Summit League - 5-12-14)
TJ IN: 46-00.50 (2015 - FR, Summit League - 2/27)
TJ OUT: 47-08.50w (2016 - SO, Summit League - 5/12-14)
HONORS & AWARDS:
All-Summit League (ITF 2015, 2016, 2017)
Academic All-Summit League Team (ITF 2016, 2017)
Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (‘16TF, ‘17TF, '18TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘15S*, ‘16S*, ‘17S, '18S)
*Denotes Distinguished Scholar
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed nine events during his senior campaign as a Jack ... added his fourth consecutive mark at The Summit League Championships (5/10-12) in the high jump and triple jump, while he didn’t add a long jump mark there for the first time ... tied his best-place finish all four years - a fifth-place finish (6-05.00) and tied his 2015 height for second-best (his best was 6-05.50 in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons) ... in the triple jump, he placed eighth overall (44-11.00) in the league championship event - his lowest mark and highest place-finish of the four times competed there ... it was his lone attempt in the triple jump all season ... notched a PR throughout the season in the high jump - adding 6-07.00 in two meets (USD Invite - 4/11, Bryan Clay - 4/18-20) - 0.25 inches better than his previous PR set in both the 2016 and 2017 seasons ... added two attempts in the long jump on the season, with his lone mark at the first meet of the season - Tulsa Duals (3/16-17) - finishing seventh (21-09.50w) ... posted his first career 4x100m relay mark at the USD Invite, being the third Jackrabbit team, fourth overall, to finish (43.50) as the third leg of the jumps team ... had the team’s sixth-best 4x100m mark, tied for the best mark in the high jump (sixth in the league), fourth-best long jump (19th), and fourth-best triple jump (eighth) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in 12 events in his last indoor season as a Jack ... competed in the triple, long, and high jump for the fourth time at The Summit League Indoor Championships (2/23-24) ... placed seventh (44-07.50) in the triple jump - tied for his second-best place-finish (with 2016), but his lowest mark of the four seasons ... placed 12th (21-11.75) in the long jump - his highest place-finish, but tied his second-best mark in the championship event (with 2017) ... finished fifth (6-08.75) in the high jump - his highest place-finish, but tied his second-best mark in the championships, just 0.25 inches from his best and indoor PR (tied with his 2016, short of PR set in 2017) ... his championships high jump, long jump, and triple jump was his season-best mark ... had the team’s second-best high jump (fifth in the league), third-best long jump (13th), and fourth-best triple jump (eighth) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 14 events ... placed 10th in the long jump (22-01.00), fifth in the high jump (6-05.50), and seventh in the triple jump (46-00.75) at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13).
INDOOR: Competed in 12 events ... set a career-best 6-09.00 in high jump at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25), placing third ... that mark ranked sixth on the top 10 list for SDSU ... set season-best marks in the long jump (21-11.75) and triple jump (49-09.50) at The Summit League Championships, finishing eighth and 10th.
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 17 events ... finished fifth in both the triple jump 47-08.50 and high jump 6-05.50 at The Summit League Outdoor Championships … won the title at the Lyle Hokanson Classic in the high jump after a jump of 6-06.00 … recorded a season-best high jump 6-06.75 and personal-best in the long jump 22-04.50 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … finished 17th at the Beach Invitational after posting a triple jump of 44-02.00.
INDOOR: Competed in 13 events ... finished third at The Summit League Indoor Championships in the High Jump, posting season-best jump of 6-08.75 and earning All-Summit League honors … recorded a season-best triple jump of 45-10.50 at The Summit League Indoor Championships to place seventh … began season with a third-place finish in the high jump, posting a 6-06.00 … recorded season-best long jump at the SDSU Indoor Classic, with a distance of 21-08.25.
2014-15:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 21 events ... posted best outdoor marks in the high jump (6-05.00), long jump (22-01.00) and triple jump (45-05.00), placing tied for 5th, 4th and 4th at the Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
INDOOR: Competed in 16 events ... posted best triple jump mark (46-00.50) of the indoor season at the Summit League Indoor Track & Field Championships en route to a second-place finish ... also recorded best indoor high jump (6-05.50) and long jump (22-01.00) marks at the Summit League championship meet, placing 4th and 5th respectively.
BEFORE SDSU: Holds school record in high jump (6-08.25) ... two-time state champion and conference champion in high jump ... twice earned all-conference and all-state class AA honors as a football player ... holds Yankton High School career and single-season records for receiving yards, touchdowns and receptions ... earned second team all-state accolades as a basketball player ... Irene Crakes Memorial Scholarship Award winner ... Max Haak Scholarship Award winner ... Frank Yaggie Award winner ... voted most inspirational for football team and MVP in basketball and football.
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