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The 2006 men's track and field team, under the direction of national coach of the year Gottsleben, won the 2006 NCC Outdoor Championship Meet in Sioux Falls with 274 points, the fourth-highest total in the history of the NCC. The team went on to place fourth in the team standings at the national meet in Emporia, Kansas, with 35 points, the second-highest team finish in program history.
South Dakota had five all-American performances including four individual performances that set state and USD records. Hall of Famer Sam Pribyl won the pole vault, Terry Liggins finished second in the 110-meter hurdles, Mark Liebl was second in the javelin, and Dan Tolsma was second in the hammer throw. Rico Hatter finished eighth in the 110-meter hurdles.
Other NCC champions in 2006 outdoors included Tyler Wetering, Dominic Artis, Matt Dewald and Tony Turgeon. The 400-meter relay team of Stefan Logan, David Coley, Hatter and Artis also earned gold.
The Coyotes' 2006 indoor team placed second in the NCC and earned a 15th-place finish at nationals behinds Liggins' third-place finish in the 60 hurdles, Pribyl's third-place finish in the pole vault, and Nick Hagemann's eighth-place finish in the weight throw.
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