Completed Event: Men's Track and Field at NCAA Championships on June 11, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Men's Track and Field
(No Team Score)
at NCAA Championships
South Dakota State University Athletics
2018 Men's Track and Field Roster
Leonhard, Dakota
Dakota Leonhard
- Hometown:
- Fredericksburg, Pa.
- Prev School:
- Northern Lebanon H.S.
- Indoor:
- So.
- Position:
- Throws
- Outdoor:
- So.
- Class:
- Sophomore
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season)
SP IN: 48-02.50 (2017 - FR, Dakota Realty - 2/4)
SP OUT: 47-08.00 (2017 - FR, Bryan Clay - 4/13-14)
JT OUT: 195-04.00 (2017 - FR, USD/SDSU Dual - 4/8)
AWARDS:
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘18S)
RECORDS:
School Record: JT OUT: 195-04.00 (2017 - FR, USD/SDSU Dual - 4/8)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed eight javelin events ... finished fourth (182-10.00) in his first marks at The Summit League Championships (5/10-12) ... added a season-best the week prior - at the Howard Wood (5/4-5), being runner-up (183-02.00) ... won the Mount Marty (4/25) with a throw of 179-02.00 ... had the team’s best javelin mark (fifth in the league) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in five shot put events ... added his season-best mark at the Bison Classic (1/13), placing 13th overall (47-09.00) - just 5.50 inches from his PR set in 2017 ... added a ninth-place finish overall, the sixth Jack (45-03.00), at the Dakota Realty (2/3) ... had the team’s seventh-best shot put mark (16th in the league) on the season performance list.
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 10 events ... threw a season-best 47-08.00 in the shot put at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/13-14), placing 14th ... won the javelin, throwing a career-best 195-04.00 at the USD/SDSU Dual (4/8) ... that ranked as the best throw in SDSU history.
INDOOR: Competed in six events ... threw a career-best 48-02.50 in the shot put at the Dakota Realty Alumni Track & Field Meet (2/4), placing seventh.
BEFORE SDSU: Placed seventh in javelin at the 2016 state meet ... qualified and competed at nationals in the javelin throw, placing 13th ... runner-up in javelin and third in shot put at the 2016 district meet ... holds school records in shot put (56-03.25) and javelin (190-01.00) ... earned Lebanon Daily News athlete of the week in 2016 ... lettered all four years in track and field ... made superior honor roll 2012-16 ... active member of Future Farmers of America 2012-16.
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