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South Dakota State University Athletics
Hall of Fame — Sheena Dauer
CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD
Lettered: 2000-05
Inducted: 2024
Sheena Dauer continued the Jackrabbit tradition of championship distance running by winning six conference titles in cross country and track and field during a career that spanned both NCAA Division II and Division I competition.
The native of Springfield, Minnesota, became only the third female runner to win three consecutive North Central Conference individual cross country championships, joining fellow SDSU runners and Hall of Fame inductees Kristin Asp (1981-83) and Kiri Johnson (1990-92) by claiming titles in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Dauer went on to earn NCAA Division II All-America honors with a 14th-place individual finish at the 2002 national cross country meet.
Dauer carried the momentum from her 2002 cross country season into the 2003 indoor track and field campaign as she crowned NCC champion in the 5,000 meters and recorded a runner-up finish in the event at the NCAA Division II Championships.
With SDSU moving to Division I competition as her collegiate career wound down, Dauer capped her Jackrabbit tenure by winning both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs at the 2005 Division I Independent Outdoor Track and Field Championships and shared the Women’s Athlete of the Meet Award.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Photo Gallery
Induction Introduction and Speech
Lettered: 2000-05
Inducted: 2024
Sheena Dauer continued the Jackrabbit tradition of championship distance running by winning six conference titles in cross country and track and field during a career that spanned both NCAA Division II and Division I competition.
The native of Springfield, Minnesota, became only the third female runner to win three consecutive North Central Conference individual cross country championships, joining fellow SDSU runners and Hall of Fame inductees Kristin Asp (1981-83) and Kiri Johnson (1990-92) by claiming titles in 2001, 2002 and 2003. Dauer went on to earn NCAA Division II All-America honors with a 14th-place individual finish at the 2002 national cross country meet.
Dauer carried the momentum from her 2002 cross country season into the 2003 indoor track and field campaign as she crowned NCC champion in the 5,000 meters and recorded a runner-up finish in the event at the NCAA Division II Championships.
With SDSU moving to Division I competition as her collegiate career wound down, Dauer capped her Jackrabbit tenure by winning both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs at the 2005 Division I Independent Outdoor Track and Field Championships and shared the Women’s Athlete of the Meet Award.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Photo Gallery
Induction Introduction and Speech