South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Men's Cross Country Roster
Carter Knaus
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Albertville, Minn.
- High School:
- St. Michael-Albertville H.S.
CAREER RESULTS
Honors:
- All Summit League Indoor Track and Field (2nd place Distance Medley Relay)
2021-22:
OUTDOOR: Ran personal bests of 1:53.42 for 800 meters and 3:52.21 for 1500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invite. A member of the 9th place 4 x 800 meter relay team at the Drake Relays that ran 7:36. Finished 5th in the 3000 meter steeplechase at the Summit League Championships in a time of 9:17.71 and he finished 6th in the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 3:51.19. Â
INDOOR:Â Competed only once due to injury
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished 26th at the Augustana Twilight 5k in a time of 20:34.9 for 4 miles.  Finished 15th at the SDSU Classic with a time of 26:05.4
2020-21:
OUTDOOR: Appeared in five meets competing both the 3,000 meter steeplechase and the 1,500 meters...just missed the podium with an impressive fourth overall steeplechase run at the Summit League Outdoor Championships with a season’s best time of 9:15.25...nearly scored for the Jackrabbits in the 1,500 meters also at the outdoor championships with another season best time of 3:54.59 for a ninth place finish overall.
INDOOR: Competed in five meets participating in the 800 meters, mile, 5,000 meters and distance medley relay (as the 1600m/mile leg)...earned all-conference honors for his 1600 meter leg in SDSU’s 10:05.27 effort to take bronze at the Summit League Indoor Championships...the distance medley relay time sits currently as the seventh fastest in school history...added a seventh-place finish in the 800 meters at the UND Open for a new personal best of 1:55.49...placed sixth in the mile at the SDSU Indoor Classic adding another personal best of 4:14.56 to the indoor campaign.
CROSS COUNTRY: Placed 11th overall at the Summit League Conference Championships clocking with an 8K time of 25:45.30 as SDSU's sixth finisher.
2019-20:Â
OUTDOOR: Season Canceled
INDOOR: Ran the 1200 meter leg of the 2nd place distance medley relay team at the Summit League Championships and finished 7th in the mile with a personal best of 4:17.00... ran a personal best of 800 in a time of 1:57.15 at the SDSU Last Chance Meet for the win... clocked four other sub 4:20 miles during his freshman campaign.
CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in five meets... ran a personal best time for 8k at the Briar Cliff Invite with a time 26:36.9... opened the season with a 19:42.6 for 6k at the Bison Open
BEFORE SDSU: Named all-conference cross country for four years... cross country state team and individual participant in 2017 and 2018... named all-state in cross country in 2018 (15th place)... named all-conference in track for three years... member of placing 4x800m relay teams at the state track meet for three years (8th place, 5th place, 4th place)...all-state academic cross country honors in 2017 and 2018... all conference academic honors for four years... all-conference track and field academic for four years... senior academic letter award.
