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
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at NCAA West First Round
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Women's Track and Field Roster
Steele, Krista
Krista Steele
- Hometown:
- Monticello, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Monticello H.S.
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Major:
- Pre-Nursing
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL-BEST MARKS: (updated after 2018 TF)
400M IN: 56.73 (2018 - JR, SDSU Last Chance - 2/16)
400M OUT: 57.60 (2018 - JR, USD Invite - 4/11)
600M IN: 1:32.63 (2018 -JR, SDSU Classic - 2/9-10)
800M IN: 2:09.30 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 2/23-24)
800M OUT: 2:07.55 (2018 - JR, Bryan Clay - 4/18-20)
1,500M OUT: 4:32.58 (2018 - JR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
MILE IN: 5:15.54 (2016 - FR, Summit League - 2/26-27)
4x400M IN: 3:49.58 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 2/23-24)
4x400M OUT: 3:48.15 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 5/10-12)
4x800M IN: 9:25.92 (2016 - FR, SDSU Classic - 2/12-13)
4x800M OUT: 9:03.67 (2018 - JR, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
DMR OUT: 11:23.20 (2018 - JR, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
CROSS COUNTRY
4K XC: 15:16.8 (2017 - SO, Bison Open - 9/1)
5K XC: 18:59.63 (2017 - SO, SDSU Classic - 9/29)
6K XC: 24:01.38 (2017 - So, Summit League - 10/28)
HONORS & AWARDS:
All-Summit League (ITF 2018, OTF 2018)
Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (‘17TF, '17XC, '18TF)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘15F, ‘16S, ‘17S, '17F, '18S)
RECORDS:
School Record: 800 IN - 2:09.30 (2018 - JR, Summit League - 2/23-24)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 13 events ... placed 31st (2:10.16) in the first round of the 800m at the NCAA West Prelims (5/24-26) - her fourth-best mark in the event of the season ... finished The Summit League Championships (5/10-12) by winning her first career outdoor 800m, which is her second career outdoor victory (2:09.59) ... also finished fourth in the 4x400m relay (3:48.15) to earn her first outdoor-all-league honor ... during the IN/OUT 2018 track season, she won both the indoor and outdoor league championship 800m, tallied eight total event-victories, and posted 12 total top-three finishes ... first recorded PR's in the 800m and 1,500m at the Stanford Invite (3/30-31) and San Francisco State Distance Carnival (3/30-31), trimming her 800m (2:10.13) by 2.43 seconds and moving from seventh all-time in school history to third, and cutting 14.45 seconds off her 1,500m (4:40.30) mark ... later on in the year, Steele cut another 2.58 seconds, totaling 5.01 seconds, off her 800m (2:07.55) at the Bryan Clay (4/19-20), which moved her into second all-time for SDSU ... her PR was the best mark in the league by 1.82 seconds (teammate Kendra Dykstra had the second-best mark, was 2.21 seconds better than the third-best mark in the league) ... then she beat her 1,500m PR by 7.72 seconds at the Howard Wood (5/4-5) to finish runner-up and move into eighth on the school's all-time list ... also recorded the school record in the DMR (11:23.20) by 14.80 seconds and SDSU's third-best mark in the 4x800m (9:03.67) at the Drake Relays (4/25-28) ... ran her second career outdoor 400m, notching a PR by 1.55 seconds, at the USD Invite (4/11), placing seventh (57.60) ... finished with the team’s fourth-best 400m mark (ranked 11th in the league), best 800m mark (best in the league by 1.82 seconds, and 90th in the NCAA), second-best 4x400m relay, best 4x800m relay and DMR on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in 10 events throughout the season … set the school record in the 800m at The Summit League Indoor Championships (2/23-24), winning the final race (2:09.30) … reset her personal-best in the 800m four times to trim her previous-best by 2.11 seconds … recorded the school’s sixth-fastest time in the 4x400m relay at the league championships, finishing second (3:49.58) … earned all-league honors in both the relay and the 800m … ran her first 400m dash at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16), winning the race with the school’s sixth-best time (56.73) … posted the school’s second-fastest time in the 600m, just 0.10 seconds behind the school record, at the SDSU Classic (2/9-10) … finished the season winning three out of four 800m races and winning both of her 600m races … finished the season ranked first in the league and 64th in the nation with her 800m time ... won six events during the season (one 400m, two 600m, three 800m), undefeated in the two 600m attempts and lone 400m attempt, won three of the four 800m attempts with one third-place finish ... had the second-best 400m mark (11th-best in the league), best 600m mark, and best 4x400m relay (third) on the season performance list.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six events ... ran her career-bests in the 6k and 5k throughout the season ... posted her career-best 6k at the Summit League Championships (10/28), finishing ninth on the team, 45th overall (24:01.38) ... posted a career-best in the 5k at the SDSU Classic (9/29), placing fourth among Jacks, sixth overall (18:59.63) ... recorded her event-best at the Roy Griak (9/23), finishing seventh on the team, 142nd overall (25:02.5) ... recorded fifth on the team, 14th overall (15:16.8) in her first career 4k at the NDSU Open (9/1).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 11 events ... ran a season-best 2:12.56 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/14-15), finishing 41st ... posted a 2:12.77 in the 800m at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13), placing sixth ... set a career-best 59.15 in the 400m at the SMSU Mustang Open (3/31-4/1), finishing seventh ... recorded a season-best 5:02.98 in the 1,500m at the Bryan Clay Invite ... recorded the fifth (9:09.43) fastest record as part of the 4x800m team at the Drake Relays (4/26-29).
INDOOR: Competed in nine events ... ran a career-best 2:11.41 in the 800m at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11), finishing third ... placed seventh in the 800m (2:16.21) at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25) ... posted a career-best 1:33.92 in the 600m at the SDSU Indoor Classic, completing second.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in the SDSU Classic (10/1) unattached ... ran 20:42.1 in the 5k.
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Ran a season-best 800-meters (2:14.40) at the Jim Duncan Invitational, placing fifth … ran a 5:02.67 in the 1,500-meter run at The Summit League Outdoor Championships, placing 18th … placed third as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team at the Jim Duncan Invitational … placed third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.65 at the USD Twilight.
INDOOR: Placed second in the 800-meters (2:17.19) and ran for the second-place 4x400-meter relay team (4:07.13) at the SDSU Tune Up … placed 18th in the mile at The Summit League Indoor Championships, recording a personal-best 5:15.54 ... ran a personal-best 600-meters at the Bison Classic, finishing in 1:42.24.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in two races … finished 38th (20:10.0) in the 5k at the SDSU Classic (10/3).
BEFORE SDSU: Three-year member of the cross country team … state team runner-up in 2010 … state team champions in 2011 … 2011 Heartland Nike Regional Team champions and Nike Nationals Team champions … cross country all-conference honorable mention 2010-13 … all-conference 2009-13… conference team champions in 2014 … state 4x800m relay participant as a junior … finished fifth at the state meet in the 4x800m relay as a senior … 2010-15 all-conference in either 4x800m relay, 800m run and/or 4x400m relay … received the Female Athlete of the Year award as a senior … member of the National Honor Society.
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