Completed Event: Women's Track and Field at NCAA West First Round on May 28, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Women's Track and Field
(No Team Score)
at NCAA West First Round
South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Women's Track and Field Roster
Mechels, Halie
Halie Mechels
- Hometown:
- Lennox, S.D.
- Prev School:
- Lennox H.S.
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Distance
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Major:
- Biochemistry
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL-BEST MARKS: (updated after 2018 TF)
200M OUT: 28.45 (2015 - FR, Dakota Duals - 4/4)
400M IN: 1:04.62 (2015 - FR, Bison Classic - 1/17)
600M IN: 1:40.70 (2015 - FR, Jim Emmerich - 1/24)
800M IN: 2:20.94 (2015 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/13-14)
800M OUT: 2:19.54 (2015 - FR, Sioux Falls Relays - 4/17-18)
1,500M OUT: 4:39.92 (2016 - SO, Kip Janvrin - 4/28-29)
3,000M IN: 9:58.20 (2016 - SO, Summit League - 2/26-27)
5,000M IN: 17:25.94 (2016 - SO, Summit League - 2/26-27)
5,000M OUT: 17:19.48 (2016 - SO, Mt. SAC - 4/14-16)
60H IN: 10.04 (2015 - FR, USD Twilight - 2/20)
3,000S OUT: 10:25.39 (2016 - SO, Mt. SAC - 4/14-16)
4x400M IN: 4:14.81 (2015 - FR, Bison Classic - 1/17)
HJ IN: 5-02.50 (2015 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/13-14)
HJ OUT: 5-00.25 (2015 - FR, Jim Duncan - 4/10-11)
LJ IN: 14-05.75 (2015 - FR, Jack Johnson - 1/30-31)
SP IN: 23-08.00 (2015 - FR, Jack Johnson - 1/30-31)
PENT IN: 2,844 (2015 - FR, SDSU Open - 12/5-6)
CROSS COUNTRY
4K XC: 15:07.2 (2015 - SO, Bison Open - 9/4)
5K XC: 18:25.1 (2015 - SO, SDSU Classic - 10/3)
6K XC: 22:03.1 (2015 - SO, NCAA Midwest - 11/21)
HONORS & AWARDS:
All-Summit League (XC 2015 2nd-Team)
CoSIDA Academic All-America (2018)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2018)
USTFCCCA NCAA Division I All-Academic (TF 2016)
Academic All-Summit League Team (XC 2016, ITF 2016, OTF 2016)
Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (‘15XC. ‘16TF, ‘16XC, ‘17TF, '17XC, '18TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘14F*, ‘15S*, ‘15F*, ‘16S*, ‘16F, ‘17S, '17F, '18S)
* Denotes Distinguished Scholar
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in six events ... finished eighth (11:25.07) in the 3,000m steeplechase at The Summit League Championships (5/10-12) - her best mark on the season ... her best place-finished came from the 3,000m steeplechase at the Kip Janvrin (4/26-27), placing fifth (11:35.68) ... added her best 1,500m mark of the season at the USD Invite (4/11), finishing 11th (5:03.02) ... had the team’s second-best mark in the 3,000S (ranked 11th in the league) and 12th-best 1,500m mark (47th) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Did not compete.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in in five events ... finished eighth on the team, 31st overall (23:07.11) in her best 6k-time of the season at The Summit League Championships (10/28) ... at the Pre-National Invite (10/14), placed sixth on the team and 269th overall (23:23.4) ... in her lone 5k-race of the season, posted a 10th-place team finish, 17th overall (19:31.08) at the SDSU Classic (9/29) ... in her first race of the season at the Oz Memorial (9/8), placed third on the team, 16th overall (23:22.6) ... it was her best time at the Oz Memorial.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Arkansas Spring Invite (3/24-25), finishing second (11:02.35).
INDOOR: Competed in four events … posted a season-best 10:13.48 in the 3,000m at the Husker Invite (2/3-4), placing 10th … finished 15th (18:09.18) in the 5,000m at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25).
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in five meets … posted a season-best 22:05.1 in the 6k at the NCAA Midwest Championships (11/11), placing 112th … finished 16th (22:38.4) in the 6k at The Summit League Championships (10/29).
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Set a school-record in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase (10:25.39), placing fourth at the Mt. Sac Relays … qualified and competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary rounds, posting a 10:49.07 and placing 36th … placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at The Summit League Outdoor Championships, recording a 10:52.80 … placed eighth in the 5,000-meter run at The Summit League Outdoor championships, clocking 17:47.34 … ran a season-best 1,500-meters at the Kip Janvrin Open, finishing in 4:39.92 and placing seventh … won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:42.34 at the Arkansas Spring Invitational.
INDOOR: Placed fifth in the 5,000-meter run at The Summit League Indoor Championships after running a 17:25.94 … ran a personal-best 3,000-meters at The Summit League Indoor Championships, placing 10th in 9:58.20 … placed second in the 3,000-meters after recording a 10:18.56 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 14th overall at The Summit League Championships (11/14) … top-five Jackrabbit finisher in six of seven meets … ran a 6k personal-best at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/21), in 22:03.1 and finishing 93rd overall … finished 43rd overall (22:04.1) in the 6k at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (10/16) … placed 12th overall in the 4k at the NDSU Classic (9/4), finishing in 15:07.2.
2014-15:
OUTDOOR: Placed 15th in the 1,500-meters (4:52.62) and 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:37.17) at The Summit League Outdoor Championships.
INDOOR: Placed eighth in the pentathlon at the SDSU Open with 2,844 points ... placed 19th in the pentathlon at the Jack Johnson Classic with 2,792 points.
CROSS COUNTRY: Placed 46th (21:46.54) at the Bison Open (8/29) ... ran a 25:44.5 to finish 56th at the Oz Memorial (9/5) ... ran a 26:06.5 in the 6k at the Roy Griak Invite (9/27) ... finished 62nd at the SDSU Classic (10/4) in 20:20.92 ... placed fifth in the open division at the Bradley Pink Classic (10/17) with a time of 23:35.6.
BEFORE SDSU: Served as co-captain of cross country and track and field teams as a senior ... four-time recipient of Hurdler of the Year Award ... qualified for 2013 state cross country meet ... runner-up in the 2014 region meet in the 800m ... competed at 2011 state meet in the high jump, placing fourth ... ran the 100m hurdles at 2012 state meet ... competed in the 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles and the high jump at 2013 state meet ... placed fourth in the high jump, fifth in the 800m and sixth in the 100m hurdles at 2014 state meet ... also competed in the 300m hurdles at 2014 state meet.
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