Completed Event: Women's Track and Field at NCAA West First Round on May 28, 2025 , , No Team Score
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Women's Track and Field
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at NCAA West First Round
South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Women's Track and Field Roster
Lane, Vanessa
Vanessa Lane
- Hometown:
- Pequot Lakes, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Pequot Lakes H.S.
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Sprints
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season)
60M IN: 7.86 (2018 - SR, Bison Classic - 1/13)
100M OUT: 12.33 (2018 - SR, ORU Invite - 3/31)
200M IN: 25.77 (2016 - SO, SDSU Classic - 2/12-13)
200M OUT: 24.93w (2018 - SR, Summit League - 5/10-12)
400M IN: 1:02.31 (2015 - FR, Jack Johnson - 1/30-31)
400M OUT: 56.72 (2018 - SR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
800M IN: 2:20.23 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 2/24-25)
800M OUT: 2:18.55 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 5/11-13)
60H IN: 9.25 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 2/24-25)
100H OUT: 14.75w (2018 - SR, Summit League - 5/10-12)
4x100M OUT: 45.79 (2016 - SO, Howard Wood - 5/7)
4x200M OUT: 1:37.92 (2015 - FR, Drake Relays - 4/22-26)
4x400M IN: 3:49.38 (2018 - SR, SDSU Classic - 2/9-10)
4x400M OUT: 3:46.01 (2015 - FR, Summit League - 5/13-15)
SMR OUT: 4:04.01 (2018 - SR, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
HJ IN: 5-01.00 (2017 - JR, SDSU Last Chance - 2/17, 2018 - SR, Summit League - 2/23-24)
HJ OUT: 5-03.00 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 5/11-13)
LJ IN: 18-01.00 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 2/24-25)
LJ OUT: 18-01.75 (2018 - SR, ORU Invite - 3/31)
SP IN: 42-01.50 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 2/24-25)
SP OUT: 41-07.00 (2018 - SR, Bryan Clay - 4/18-20)
JT OUT: 129-09.00 (2018 - SR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
Pent IN: 3,730 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 2/24-25)
Hept OUT: 5,300 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 5/11-13)
HONORS & AWARDS:
All-Summit League (ITF 2017, 2018 OTF 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (‘16TF, ‘17TF, '18TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘15S, ‘16S*, ‘17S, '18S)
* Denotes Distinguished Scholar
RECORDS:
School Record: HEPTATHLON OUT 5,300 (2017 - JR, Summit League - 5/11-13)
School Record: 4x200M OUT 1:37.92 (2015 - FR, Drake Relays - 4/22-26)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 24 events, including two heptathlons ... won her first career Summit League Championship (5/10-12) multi-event, scoring 5,146 points with two event wins (200m - 24.93w, 800m - 2:2127), two personal-best marks (100H - 14.75w - by 0.25 seconds, 200m - 24.93w - by 0.29 seconds), and two season-best marks (HJ - 5-02.25 - by 0.50 inches, short of PR by 0.25 inches, Heptathlon score by 117 points, short of PR by 154 points) ... her PR in the 200m is the 10th-best mark for SDSU all-time ... also the second leg of the fourth-place (47.23) 4x100m relay team and the fourth leg of the fourth-place (3:48.15) 4x400m relay team at the league championships ... the 4x400m relay is ranked ninth-best in school history ... at the Howard Wood Relays (5/4-5), notched two PR’s - finished second in the 400m (56.72) - missing the school’s top 10 by 0.13 seconds, beating her previous-best by 0.22 seconds; and won the javelin (129-09.00) - beating her previous-best by two inches and moving into eighth-best all-time in school history ... added a season-best mark as the second leg of the third-place (47.19) 4x100m relay team at Howard Wood ... competed in four relays at the Drake Relays (4/25-28): adding a season-best in the 4x200m relay (third leg, fifth place, 1:39.99) which is ranked as the fourth-best mark at SDSU all-time; a season-best in the 4x400m relay (third leg, 11th place, 3:47.88) which ranks as eighth-best all-time, and a PR in the sprint medley (third leg, 14th place, 4:04.01) which is third on SDSU’s all-time top 10 ... competed in her first heptathlon of the season at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/18-20), placing third (5,029): first recording her season-best in the 200m (25.13, second place) - missing her PR by 0.01 seconds; adding a season-best in the 800m (2:19.11, fourth place) - missing her PR by 0.56 seconds; her first high jump over five feet on the season (5-01.75, 11th place); and a PR in the shot put (41-07.00, won) by four inches ... notched a win at the USD Invite (4/11) as the third leg of the 4x400m relay team (3:50.32) ... posted a PR in the 100m at the ORU Invite (3/31), finishing eighth (12.33) - trimming 0.06 seconds from her previous-best ... had the team’s second-best 100m (13th in the league), 200m (13th), and 400m (eighth), sixth-best 800m (21st), third-best 100m hurdles (16th), best 4x100m relay (fourth), 4x200m relay, 4x400m relay (third), and best SMR, third-best high jump (ninth), second-best long jump (16th), fourth-best shot put (18th), second-best javelin (12th), and best heptathlon (best) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in 11 events, including three pentathlons ... finished third (3,616) in the pentathlon at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24) with her best pentathlon of the season and a tied PR in the high jump (5-01.00, tied fifth place) ... also posted season-best marks in the 60m hurdles (9.29, sixth place), just 0.04 seconds away from her personal-best and in the 800m (2:22.24, fifth place) ... finished runner-up (3:49.58) as the second leg of the 4x400m relay team in the championships ... notched her personal-best 4x400m relay mark as the second leg at SDSU Classic (2/9-10), winning the event (3:49.38) - which ranks as the fifth-best mark at SDSU ... posted a PR in the 60m finals at the Bison Classic (1/13), placing seventh - trimming 0.02 seconds off her previous-best set in 2017 and in the prelims at the classic ... is tied for ninth all-time at SDSU ... added a season-best mark in the long jump and shot put in the multi at the SDSU Holiday Open (12/1-2), recording sixth (17-02.00) in the LJ and second (41-04.50) in the shot put ... had the team’s second-best mark in the 60m (12th in the league), sixth-best mark in the 800m (26th), fourth-best mark in the 60m hurdles (22nd), best 4x400m relay (third), tied for the third-best high jump (ninth), second-best long jump (16th), sixth-best shot put (21st), and best pentathlon score (third) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in two heptathlons and 19 other events … ran a career-best 12.47 in the 100m at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6), finishing third … posted a career-best 25.12 in the 200m at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13), placing third … recorded a career-best 56.94 in the 400m at the SMSU Mustang Open (3/31-4/1), completing second … set a season-best 15.06 in the 100m hurdles at The Summit League Championships, finishing sixth … placed fourth in the high jump with a career-best 5-03.00 at The Summit League Championships … recorded a season-best 17-06.25 in the long jump at The Summit League Championships, placing fourth … won the shot put, setting a season-best 41-03.00 at The Summit League Championships … won the javelin, throwing a career-best and SDSU’s eighth-best throw of 129-07.00 at The Summit League Championships ... set a career-best 5,300 points in the heptathlon in The Summit League Championships, finishing third ... competed as a part of the third-place 4x100m relay team in the league championships, finishing in the schools second fastest outdoor time of 47.27 ... placed fifth (1:39.51) as part of the second-fastest outdoor team in school history in the 4x200m relay team at the Drake Relays (4/26-29) ... won (3:46.14) the 4x400m relay at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays.
INDOOR: Competed in two pentathlons and 10 other events … posted a career-best and the school’s 10th fastest time of 7.88 in the 60m at the Mark Messersmith Invite (1/28), finishing sixth … ran a season-best 25.91 in the 200m at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11), placing 28th … recorded a season-best 2:20.23 in the 800m at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25), completing fourth … set a career-best 9.25 in the 60m hurdles at The Summit League Championships, finishing seventh … posted season-best 5-01.00 in the high jump at the SDSU Last Chance (2/17), placing second … recorded a career-best 4-11.50 in the long jump at The Summit League Championships, finishing third … won the shot put, throwing a career-best 42-01.50 at The Summit League Championships … scored a career-best and school’s second-best 3,730 points in the pentathlon at The Summit League Championships, finishing third.
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 10 events ... ran the first leg for the 4x100m relay team with a season-best time of 45.79 taking first place at the Howard Wood Dakota Replays (5/7) … 4x100m relay team raced to a second-place finish at The Summit League Outdoor Championships (5/12-14) … placed second in the 100m at the Kip Janvrin Open (4/28-29) with a time of 12.62 … posted a season-best 200m time (25.99) at the Kip Janvrin Open to finish in sixth place … ran a season-best 100m at the Nebraska Invitational (5/7), finishing in 25.99 to take sixth.
INDOOR: Competed in three pentathlons and 12 other events ... set personal-bests in six events during the indoor season … posted Jackrabbit season-best and personal-best time in the 60m, finishing in 7.91 at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/12-13) … threw a personal-best shot put at The Summit League Indoor Championships (2/26-27) with a throw of 38-00.00 (11.58m) … ran a personal-best 800m (2:26.31) to take seventh place at the Jack Jennett Invitational (1/29-30) … placed second in the pentathlon at the SDSU Holiday Invite (12/4-5) with a final score of 3,339 … ran season-best 200m at the SDSU Indoor Classic, finishing in 25.77 … placed seventh in the pentathlon with a total score of 3,263 at The Summit League Indoor Championships.
2014-15:
OUTDOOR: Competed in one heptathlon and 18 other events ... ran top 100m (12.55) at the Sioux City Relays and best 200m (25.63), 800m (2:30.75) and 100m hurdles (15.00) at the Summit League outdoor championship meet ... posted season-best marks in the high jump (4-11.50), long jump (16-03.75), shot put (35-06.50) and javelin throw (104-06.00) at The Summit League outdoor Championships ... was part of the title-winning 4x200m relay team at the Sioux City Relays, which timed in at 1:45.18 ... clocked in at 46.18 in the 4x100m relay at the Drake Relays, placing 12th in the preliminaries ... ran the 4x200m relay at the Drake Relays, finishing in fifth place with a time of 1:37.92 ... part of first-place 4x100m relay team at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays with a time of 46.37 ... part of the Summit League champion 4x100m relay team that clocked in at 45.67 ... member of the third-place 4x400m relay team, which timed in at 3:46.01 ... placed third in the heptathlon at The Summit League Outdoor Championships with a point total of 4,635.
INDOOR: Competed in two pentathlons and 16 other events ... ran the top 60m (7.92) at the Bison Classic (1/17) ... ran season-best 200m (26.19) at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/13-14) ... season-best 400m (1:02.31) at the Jack Johnson Classic (1/30-31) ... ran season-best 800m (2:29.35) at the SDSU Open (12/5-6) and fastest 60m hurdles (9.49) at the Summit League Indoor Championships (2/27) ... posted best mark in the high jump (4-10.50) at the SDSU Open and top distances in the long jump (16-09.75) and shot put (30-07.50) at the Summit League Indoor Championship ... placed eighth in the pentathlon at the Summit League Indoor Championships totaling 3,125 points.
BEFORE SDSU: Was a five-time state participant/medalist in track and field and a three-time state participant/medalist in basketball ... was a four-time state champion in track ... made all-conference team in track six times, in basketball three times and in volleyball once ... helped track and basketball teams capture subsection team championships ... was an individual section track champion five times ... academic all-state team in track and basketball ... named the All-Area female basketball player of the year ... made the 1,000-point club in basketball ... holds six school records in track and field ... named the MVP of the track team five times ... named the basketball team's MVP and best defensive player ... served as the track team captain for two seasons and as the basketball team captain for one season.
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