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
2019 Men's Track and Field Roster
Acker, Mitchel
Mitchel Acker
- Hometown:
- Oronco, Minn.
- Prev School:
- Pine Island H.S.
- Indoor:
- So.
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Outdoor:
- So.
- Class:
- Sophomore
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before 2019 season)
400M IN: 51.37 (2017 - Unattached, SDSU DII Invite - 1/20)
400M OUT: 50.07 (2018 - RFR, NSU Twilight - 4/20)
600M IN: 1:21.55 (2017 - Unattached, SDSU Classic - 2/10-11)
1:22.01 (2018 - RFR, Bison Classic - 1/13)
800M IN: 1:54.09 (2018 - RFR, Jim Emmerich - 1/20)
800M OUT: 1:54.45 (2018 - RFR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
4x400M IN: 3:22.55 (2018 - RFR, Bison Classic - 1/13)
4x400M OUT: 3:13.98 (2018 - RFR, Summit League - 5/10-12)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in seven events ... finished fifth (1:56.48) in the finals of the Summit League Championships (5/10-12) ... was the fourth Jackrabbit out of six total to finish in the finals of the 800m ... was a part of the runner-up (3:13.98) 4x400m relay team (third leg) at the championships, adding the team’s best mark in the event of the season, second-best in the league, and 286th in the NCAA ... ran his first career outdoor 800m at the Howard Wood (5/4-5), finishing with his best mark of his collegiate career (1:54.45, 10th place) ... it was the teams sixth-best mark of the season in the event, just 2.41 seconds from the school’s top 10 mark, and ninth-best in the league ... competed in the 4x400m at the Drake Relays (4/25-28), finishing 11th in the preliminary round as the third leg (3:17.76) ... his first outdoor race as a Jackrabbit was the 400m at the NSU Twilight (4/20), winning the event (50.07) with the team’s seventh-best mark of the season, league’s 19th-best mark.
INDOOR: Competed in eight events ... ran in the prelims of the 800m at the Summit League Championships (2/23-24), finishing 11th (1:56.08) ... it was his second attempt in the 800m of the season ... recorded his season-best mark in the 800m at the Jim Emmerich (1/20), placing sixth (1:54.09) ... it was his first 800m mark of the season and as an attached SDSU runner ... ranked fourth-best on the team’s season performance list, 11th in the league and 403rd in the NCAA ... finished 1:22.01 (third place), in his first attached 600m at the Bison Classic (1/13) ... it was his second-best mark in the event out of three career attempts and ranked fourth-best on the team’s season performance list and 221st in the NCAA ... competed in two 4x400m relays with his best coming at the Bison Classic (3:22.55, third place), which was the team’s third-best mark on the season (third leg).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Redshirted ... did not compete.
INDOOR: Redshirted ... competed in five events unattached ... ran a season-best 51.37 in the 400m, finishing seventh at the SDSU DII Invite (1/20) ... finished eighth at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11) in the 600m in a season-best 1:21.55 ... posted a season-best 1:58.62 in the 800m, placing a season-high fourth at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite (1/21).
BEFORE SDSU: Three-time all-state in the 800-meter run ... won 2016 state titles in the 800-meter run and 4x400 relay ... member of state-champion 4x800-meter relay team at the 2015 state meet ... placed third in the 800-meter run at the 2014 and 2015 state meets ... holds school records in the 800-meter run (1:54.93) and 4x400 relay (3:22) ... team finished runner-up at 2016 state meet and placed third in 2015 ... garnered track freshman of the year in 2013, and was team MVP in 2014 and 2016 ... earned 11 varsity letters (five in track and field, two in basketball, two in football and two in soccer) ... garnered academic all-state honors 2013-16 ... National Honor Society member 2015-16 ... made honor roll 2012-16.
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before 2019 season)
400M IN: 51.37 (2017 - Unattached, SDSU DII Invite - 1/20)
400M OUT: 50.07 (2018 - RFR, NSU Twilight - 4/20)
600M IN: 1:21.55 (2017 - Unattached, SDSU Classic - 2/10-11)
1:22.01 (2018 - RFR, Bison Classic - 1/13)
800M IN: 1:54.09 (2018 - RFR, Jim Emmerich - 1/20)
800M OUT: 1:54.45 (2018 - RFR, Howard Wood - 5/4-5)
4x400M IN: 3:22.55 (2018 - RFR, Bison Classic - 1/13)
4x400M OUT: 3:13.98 (2018 - RFR, Summit League - 5/10-12)
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in seven events ... finished fifth (1:56.48) in the finals of the Summit League Championships (5/10-12) ... was the fourth Jackrabbit out of six total to finish in the finals of the 800m ... was a part of the runner-up (3:13.98) 4x400m relay team (third leg) at the championships, adding the team’s best mark in the event of the season, second-best in the league, and 286th in the NCAA ... ran his first career outdoor 800m at the Howard Wood (5/4-5), finishing with his best mark of his collegiate career (1:54.45, 10th place) ... it was the teams sixth-best mark of the season in the event, just 2.41 seconds from the school’s top 10 mark, and ninth-best in the league ... competed in the 4x400m at the Drake Relays (4/25-28), finishing 11th in the preliminary round as the third leg (3:17.76) ... his first outdoor race as a Jackrabbit was the 400m at the NSU Twilight (4/20), winning the event (50.07) with the team’s seventh-best mark of the season, league’s 19th-best mark.
INDOOR: Competed in eight events ... ran in the prelims of the 800m at the Summit League Championships (2/23-24), finishing 11th (1:56.08) ... it was his second attempt in the 800m of the season ... recorded his season-best mark in the 800m at the Jim Emmerich (1/20), placing sixth (1:54.09) ... it was his first 800m mark of the season and as an attached SDSU runner ... ranked fourth-best on the team’s season performance list, 11th in the league and 403rd in the NCAA ... finished 1:22.01 (third place), in his first attached 600m at the Bison Classic (1/13) ... it was his second-best mark in the event out of three career attempts and ranked fourth-best on the team’s season performance list and 221st in the NCAA ... competed in two 4x400m relays with his best coming at the Bison Classic (3:22.55, third place), which was the team’s third-best mark on the season (third leg).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Redshirted ... did not compete.
INDOOR: Redshirted ... competed in five events unattached ... ran a season-best 51.37 in the 400m, finishing seventh at the SDSU DII Invite (1/20) ... finished eighth at the SDSU Indoor Classic (2/10-11) in the 600m in a season-best 1:21.55 ... posted a season-best 1:58.62 in the 800m, placing a season-high fourth at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invite (1/21).
BEFORE SDSU: Three-time all-state in the 800-meter run ... won 2016 state titles in the 800-meter run and 4x400 relay ... member of state-champion 4x800-meter relay team at the 2015 state meet ... placed third in the 800-meter run at the 2014 and 2015 state meets ... holds school records in the 800-meter run (1:54.93) and 4x400 relay (3:22) ... team finished runner-up at 2016 state meet and placed third in 2015 ... garnered track freshman of the year in 2013, and was team MVP in 2014 and 2016 ... earned 11 varsity letters (five in track and field, two in basketball, two in football and two in soccer) ... garnered academic all-state honors 2013-16 ... National Honor Society member 2015-16 ... made honor roll 2012-16.
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