Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country at Augustana Twilight on September 5, 2025 at 9:00 p.m.
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9:00 p.m.
Men's Cross Country
at Augustana Twilight
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
Cayo, Chase
Chase Cayo
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Michael, Minn.
- High School:
- St. Michael-Albertville H.S.
Bio
2020-21:
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OUTDOOR: Ran in four meets competing in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters...Named All-Conference for his Summit League runner-up effort in the 10,000 meters clocking in at 30:21.19...set a personal best in the 10,000 meters at the Drake Relays with an incredible sub 30:00 effort (29:19.10)...the 10,000 meter time slotted him second fastest all-time in Jackrabbit’s history...moved into eighth all-time with his 3,000 meter personal best of 14:10.42 at the GVSU Extra Weekend Meet.
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INDOOR: Competed unattached in two meets participating in both the 3,000 and 5,000 meters...claimed second place at the SDSU Indoor Classic in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:24.76.
2019-20Â
Outdoor Track: Season canceled
Indoor Track: Won the SDSU Indoor Classic 5,000 meters while competing unattached in a time of 14:40.76.Â
Cross Country: He finished fourth in a time of 24:57.1 in the Summit League Cross Country Championships helping the team sweep the top six spots which was the fourth consecutive team title for the Jackrabbits. It was his third time finishing in the top four of the league meet. He had a career best 32nd place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Stillwater, OK helping the team to a program best fourth place team finish.Â
2018-19:
Outdoor: Redshirted
Indoor Track: Competed in two meets with a season best 3,000 meter time of 8:28.75 coming at the Jim Emmerich Invitational on 1/19.Â
Cross Country: Finished second at the Summit League Cross Country Championships leading the Jacks to the their 3rd straight team title. He opened the season with a 14th place finish at the Roy Griak Invitational in a time of 25:01 and then ran a season best of 24:48 at the Pre-National Meet in Verona, WI. At the season ending NCAA Midwest Regional he finished in 53rd place in a time of 32:10.5.
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in four events ... won the 10,000m (30:47.58) and finished third in the 5,000m (15:07.80) at The Summit League Championships (5/10-12) ... improved his championships marks by 54.45 seconds in the 5,000m and 36.41 seconds in the 10,000m ... recorded his PR in the 10,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays (4/19-21), placing 26th (29:38.99) which is fourth all-time on the school’s top 10 ... finished the season ranked fifth on the team (11th in the league) in the 5,000m and with the best mark in the 10,000m on the team (best in the league with Capra 0.67 seconds behind him - their marks are 1:23.96 and 1:23.29 minutes better than the third-best mark) on the season performance list ... was 54th on the coach’s review of the NCAA West preliminary performance list, missing the top 48 to go by 0.55 seconds in the 10,000m.
INDOOR: Competed in six events including the: mile, 3,000m, 5,000m ... won the 5,000m race (14:29.44) at The Summit League Indoor Championships (2/23-24) and placed sixth in the 3,000m race (8:28.67) ... it was his PR in the 5,000m race and ranks eighth on the school’s all-time top 10 list ... recorded his PR (4:21.99) in the mile at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16), placing fifth ... set a PR (8:24.54) in the 3,000m Husker Invite (2/3), which is ranked 10th on the school’s all-time top 10 list ... had the team’s seventh-best mile (18th in the league), second-best 3,000m (sixth), and best 5,000m (best in the league, 131st in the NCAA) on the season performance list.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six events ... finished second for the Jacks, 45th overall (30:06.2) at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (11/10) ... it is his personal-best time in the 10k and ranked fourth on the top Jackrabbit times at the regionals ... won his first career Summit League Championship (10/28) race while earning the Championship MVP and first-team All-Summit accolades ... his time of 24:44.78 beat his 2016 league championship time by 1:04.8 minutes and placed him ninth on the league’s all-time fastest championship winning time list ... the mark also ranks him third on SDSU’s all-time 8k times in The Summit League Championships and third-fastest in the league’s 2017 season performance list ... he led the Jackrabbit squad in the Pre-National Invite (10/14), among numerous ranked teams, by improving his personal-best time by over a minute ... he placed 67th (24:13.6), which is the new fastest time among active Jackrabbits and the league’s fastest 8k-time of the season ... the performance is four seconds short of The Summit League's top 10 8k times (all-time) ... earned his second Summit League Athlete of the Week of the season, his second career honor ... finished second (25:23.50) in the SDSU Classic (9/29) ... was his best time at the SDSU Classic ... placed 12th (25:32.0) at the Roy Griak (9/23) with a field of ranked teams ... the time is his personal-best at the Griak and top time among active Jacks ... finished second (20:13.0) at the Oz Memorial (9/8) ... it was his best four-mile time and Oz Memorial performance.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in five events ... ran a career-best 8:30.01 in the 3,000m at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24-25), placing third ... won and posted a career-best 14:46.81 in the 5,000m at the Kip Janvrin Open (4/27-28) ... finished 17th (16:02.25) at The Summit League Championship (5/11-13) in the 5,000m ... ran career-best 30:25.11 in the 10,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays (4/13-15), placing 10th ... finished sixth (31:23.99) at the Summit League Championships in the 10,000m.
INDOOR: Competed in six events ... placed ninth in the 3,000m at The Summit League Championships (2/24-25), recording a season-best 8:34.67 ... finished a season-best 14:48.08 in the 5,000m and placed sixth.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in seven events ... posted a career-best 31:21.9 in the 10k at the NCAA Midwest Championships (11/11), placing 52nd ... ran the 6k in 19:29.6 at the Bison Open (9/2), finishing fourth ... finished 26th (21:09.8) in the 4 mile at the Oz Memorial (9/9) ... placed 132nd with a career-best 25:19.6 in the 8k at Wisconsin Invitational (10/14).
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Redshirted ... did not compete.
INDOOR: Posted a season-best mile (4:28.37) at the Ted Nelson Classic, placing ninth … ran personal-best 3,000-meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic, finishing in 8:42.55 and claiming 13th place … placed third in the 3,000-meter run at the SDSU Tune Up, finishing in 8:42.83.
CROSS COUNTRY: Redshirted ... did not compete.
BEFORE SDSU: Two-time all-state and top-10 finisher in the Minnesota Class AA State cross country meet … four-time all-conference in the Mississippi 8 Conference … two-time conference champion in the Mississippi 8 Conference … member of the 2013 and 2014 conference champion St. Michael-Albertville teams … two-time section 5AA champion, and a member of 2014 Section Champion St. Michael-Albertville team … three-time Minnesota state participant … member of the 2014 St. Michael-Albertville team placing fourth at Class AA State meet… named third team All-Midwest Region at the 2014 Footlocker Midwest Regional championship meet … two-time captain for St. Michael-Albertville … freshman year voted rookie of the year… sophomore year voted most improved… junior and senior year voted hardest worker and team MVP… school record holder in the 5K… A and B Honor Roll honors at St. Michael-Albertville … Social Studies Department Award recipient senior year.
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