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South Dakota Men's and Women's Track and Field Team Pick Up 11 Titles, 18 Overall at Bill Hillenbrand Invite

VERMILLION, S.D. - The University of South Dakota men's and women's track and field team recorded 11 titles and had 18 overall in the two-day Bill Hillenbrand Invitational that concluded today at the DakotaDome.

The USD women received first place finishes from Heidi Muellenburg (Redfield, S.D.), 60 meter-dash, 7.92; Stephanie Gebhart (Elkton, S.D.), 400-meter dash, 57.95; Amber Stoltenberg (Elkton, S.D.), 500-meter dash, 1:18.23; Kassy Laber (Parkston, S.D.), 800-meter run, 2:17.79; Aimee Nielsen (Mason City, Iowa), 3,000-meter run, 10:26.35; and Kiki Smith (Wahpeton, N.D.), long jump, 17'11. Amy Duba (Sioux Falls, S.D.) was second in the 1,000-meter run, 3:10.63 and Kaylee Keating (Sioux Falls, S.D.) was second in the 3,000-meter run in 11:00.34. Smith was second in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.17. Carrie Gonsor (Pierre, S.D.) finished second in the high jump at 4'10 and Marci Miller (Rapid City, S.D.) finished second in the pole vault at 11'06. Susan Chamberlain (Earling, Iowa) was second in the shot put with a throw of 41'05.25. The USD women also won the 4x400-meter relay in 3:55.65.

For the men, titlists included Josh Jeffery (Spearfish, S.D.) in the 800-meter run in 1:55.87; James Jeffery (Spearfish, S.D.), 1,000-meter run in 2:33.27; Tony Turgeon (Sioux Falls, S.D.), 3,000-meter run and Derek Gearman (Lennox, S.D.), high jump at 6'10. Gearman was also second in the long jump at 21'02.75. The Coyotes 4x400-meter relay finished second in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:25.31.

Women 60 Meter Dash Finals 1, Muellenberg, Heidi, USD, 7.92. 2, Kern, Shawna, Mary, 8.02. 3, Rau, Katie, Mary, 8.03. 4, Dykstra, Amanda, Unattached, 8.04. 5, Knight, Marsha Gaye, Mary, 8.08. 6, Potter, Latoya, Mary, 8.17. 7, Duffy, Nikki, Dakota State, 8.25. 8, Konechne, Megan, Northern State, 8.30.

Women 200 Meter Dash 1, Potter, Latoya, Mary, 26.43. 2, Kern, Shawna, Mary, 26.63. 3, Rau, Katie, Mary, 26.70. 4, Cale, Carrie, Unattached, 26.84. 5, Konechne, Megan, Northern State, 27.16. 6, Waters, Katie, Mary, 27.40. 7, Duffy, Nikki, Dakota State, 28.00. 8, Harding, Megan, Northwestern, 28.10.

Women 400 Meter Dash 1, Gebhart, Stephanie, USD, 57.95. 2, Cale, Carrie, Unattached, 1:01.37. 3, Dalmacio, Karen, Mary, 1:02.54. 4, Hilton, Katy, Northern State, 1:04.46. 5, Maakestad, Kristen, Northwestern, 1:04.87. 6, Betz, Jenni, Northern State, 1:05.00. 7, Dibble, Laridee, Dakota State, 1:05.12. 8, Condon, Laura, Mount Marty, 1:06.88.

Women 500 Meter Dash 1, Stoltenberg, Amber, USD, 1:18.23. 2, Vetter, Shanna, Northwestern, 1:19.89. 3, Manning, Mandy, USD, 1:20.20. 4, Dittman, Mikyla, Northwestern, 1:21.04. 5, Reifenrath, Meghann, USD, 1:21.10. 6, Sands, Tricia, Unattached, 1:23.28. 7, Erickson, Jennifer, Northwestern, 1:24.15. 8, Wright, Jenny, Dakota Wesleyan, 1:24.52.

Women 1 Mile Run 1, Wolf, Kristal, Mary, 5:22.07. 2, Ackerman, Tiffany, Mary, 5:28.25. 3, Ainslie, Kap, Northwestern, 5:38.59. 4, Roe, Ivy, Mary, 5:41.54. 5, Weavill, Katie, Dakota Wesleyan, 5:41.80. 6, Whitney, Candice, Morningside, 5:45.84. 7, Kleindl, Carrie, Northern State, 5:49.82. 8, Deutsch, Robin, Mary, 5:53.39.

Women 800 Meter Run 1, Laber, Kassy, USD, 2:17.79. 2, Colbrese, Ashley, Mary, 2:20.78. 3, Lesnar, Lindsey, Northern State, 2:23.52. 4, Messer, Brittany, Mary, 2:24.92. 5, Moen, Hannah, Mary, 2:25.86. 6, Bumann, Heidi, Briar Cliff, 2:26.46. 7, Reinbold, Amanda, Mary, 2:29.43. 8, Deutsch, Robin, Mary, 2:30.46 Women 1000 Meter Run 1, Jacobson, Laura, Northwestern, 3:07.82. 2, Duba, Amy, USD, 3:10.63. 3, McIntyre, Amy, Dakota Wesleyan, 3:37.38. 4, Van't Hof, Kendra, Northwestern, 3:39.39.

Women 3000 Meter Run 1, Nielsen, Aimee, USD, 10:26.35. 2, Keating, Kayleen, USD, 11:00.34. 3, Kummerfeld, Mary, Northwestern, 11:24.26. 4, Clarys, Jessica, Mary, 11:24.70. 5, Fry, Erin, Northern State, 11:29.64. 6, Grabow, Emily, Morningside, 11:52.48. 7, Kohl, Karolyn, Mary, 11:56.29. 8, Turgeon, Paige, Unattached, 12:14.09.

Women 60 Meter Hurdles Finals 1, Kern, Shawna, Mary, 9.03. 2, Smith, Kiki, USD, 9.17. 3, Scott, Diana, USD, 9.21. 4, McGill, Mara, USD, 9.31. 4, House, Lindsay, Unattached, 9.31. 6, Knight, Marsha Gaye, Mary, 9.33. 7, Killoran, Katie, Mary, 9.37.

Women 4x400 Meter Relay 1, USD 'A' 3:55.65. 2, Mary 'A' 4:02.01. 3, USD 'B' 4:07.80. 4, Northwestern College 'A' 4:12.41. 5, Mary 'B' 4:12.47. 6, Northern State 'A' 4:13.35. 7, Mount Marty 'A' 4:27.42. 8, Briar Cliff 'A' 4:29.56. Women High Jump 1, Friestad, Olivia, Mary, 5-00, (1.52m). 2, Gonsor, Carrie, USD, 4-10, (1.47m). 2, Gould, Jennifer, Morningside, 4-10, (1.47m). 4, Jensen, Jenna, USD, J4-10, (1.47m). 4, Hiemstra, Serina, Dakota State, J4-10, (1.47m). 4, Huizinga, Lisa, Dordt, J4-10, (1.47m). 4, Tognetti, Lauren, Mary, J4-10, (1.47m). 8, Kappenman, Leslie, Mount Marty, 4-08, (1.42m).

Women Pole Vault 1, Schwehr, Kristen, Mary, 12-00, (3.65m). 2, Miller, Marci, USD, 11-06, (3.50m). 3, Crawford, Savannah, Mary, 11-00, (3.35m). 4, Simonich, Ann Marie, Mary, 10-06, (3.20m). 5, Sturlaugson, Breynn, Mary, J10-06, (3.20m). 6, Cerling, Katie, USD, J10-06, (3.20m). 7, Cumbee, Melissa, Mount Marty, 10-00, (3.04m). 8, Tognetti, Lauren, Mary, J10-00, (3.04m).

Women Long Jump 1, Smith, Kiki, USD, 5.46m, (17-11). 2, Campbell, Kayla, Mary, 5.04m, (16-06.50). 3, Friestad, Olivia, Mary, 4.88m, (16-00.25). 4, Keller, Destinee, Mary, 4.80m, (15-09). 5, Ross, Amber, Unattached, 4.79m, (15-08.75). 6, Sturlaugson, Breynn, Mary, 4.70m, (15-05). 7, Ulmer, Brittany, Dakota Wesleyan, 4.62m, (15-02). 8, Van Roekel, Sandy, Briar Cliff, 4.56m, (14-11.50). Women Shot Put 1, Baxter, Aubrey, Mary, 13.42m, (44-00.50). 2, Chamberlain, USD, 12.63m, (41-05.25). 3, Barber, Tiffany, USD, J12.63m, (41-05.25). 4, Plooster, Jocelyn, Northern State, 12.18m, (39-11.50). 5, Chapin, Kristi, Briar Cliff, 11.81m, (38-09). 6, Meier, Gena, Northern State, 11.80m, (38-08.75). 7, Kayser, Angie, Mount Marty, 11.46m, (37-07.25). 8, Katsma, Amy, Northwestern, 11.39m, (37-04.50). Men 60 Meter Dash Finals 1, McDougle, Ronnie, Unattached, 6.90. 2, Arnold, Micah, Nodak, 7.12. 3, Dinius, Josh, Mary, 7.13. 4, Kittles, Eric, USD, 7.18. 5, Andrews, Nick, Dakota Wesleyan, 7.19. 6, McCaskill, Jordan, USD, 7.24. 7, Beachem, Chang, Northern State, 7.25. 8, Rezac, Anthony, Morningside, 7.32.

Men 200 Meter Dash 1, Arnold, Micah, Nodak, 22.45. 2, Wills, Andy, Mary, 22.72. 3, Dinius, Josh, Mary, 23.07. 4, Stockdill, AJ, Mary, 23.20. 5, Groh, Merritt, USD, 23.24. 6, Havron, Tom, Mary, 23.28. 7, Shander, Luke, Mary, 23.54. 8, Molenda, Kenny, Mary, 23.74.

Men 400 Meter Dash 1, Leier, Tim, Mary, 51.00. 2, Wills, Andy, Mary, 51.57. 3, Erling, Chad, USD, 51.71. 4, Marcotte, Brandon, Mary, 52.33. 5, Hamik, Jake, Northern State, 52.40. 6, Toft, Devin, USD, 52.65. 7, Beckman, Corey, Briar Cliff, 52.83. 8, Howell, Sean, Unattached, 53.42.

Men 500 Meter Dash 1, Meister, Greg, Unattached, 1:07.42. 2, Van Dyke, Kraig, Northwestern, 1:08.48. 3, Hegge, Joe, USD, 1:08.75. 4, Bay, Ron, Morningside, 1:09.27. 5, Hoffman, Kyle, Dakota State, 1:09.33. 6, Reimer, Brian, USD, 1:09.55. 7, Dempsey, Jeff, Briar Cliff, 1:09.65. 8, Miller, DJ, Briar Cliff, 1:11.08.

Men 1 Mile Run 1, Wetering, Tyler, Unattached, 4:18.81. 2, Bussey, Travis, Mary, 4:21.68. 3, Meyers, Jeremy, Morningside, 4:30.74. 4, Seier, Nate, USD, 4:31.09. 5, Rettig, Kurt, Mary, 4:32.40. 6, Trettin, Jacob, Morningside, 4:38.33. 7, Danga, Jeramiah, Morningside, 4:39.94. 8, Hoffman, Kasey, Morningside, 4:46.61.

Men 800 Meter Run 1, Jeffery, Josh, USD, 1:55.87. 2, Nash, Dave, Unattached, 1:56.28. 3, Meister, Greg, Unattached, 1:58.27. 4, Farah, Jama, Morningside, 1:59.77. 5, Bussey, Travis, Mary, 2:00.56. 6, Hegge, Joe, USD, 2:01.72. 7, Baltzell, Josh, Northern State, 2:02.07. 8, Beckman, Corey, Briar Cliff, 2:03.49.

Men 1000 Meter Run 1, Jeffery, James, USD, 2:33.27. 2, Vermeer, Michael, Northwestern, 2:42.38. 3, Skatvold, Kelly, Dakota Wesleyan, 2:55.35. 4, Larsen, Nathan, Dakota Wesleyan, 3:05.21. 5, Wingert, Jeff, Dakota Wesleyan, 3:15.16.

Men 3000 Meter Run 1, Turgeon, Tony, USD, 8:40.81. 2, Wetering, Tyler, Unattached, 8:48.41. 3, Maxon, Matt, Dakota Wesleyan, 9:05.35. 4, DeWald, Matt, USD, 9:06.41. 5, Walberg, Matt, Northern State, 9:06.89. 6, Scott, Matt, Northern State, 9:09.97. 7, Seier, Nate, USD, 9:32.69. 8, Ureste, Nile, Northwestern, 9:41.29. Men 60 Meter Hurdles Finals 1, Piper, Jesse, Mary, 8.53. 2, Dinius, Josh, Mary, 8.54. 3, Briggs, Jason, USD, 8.58. 4, Cundy, Robbie, Northwestern, 8.74. 5, Ball, Toby, Dakota State, 8.76. 6, Vahrenkamp, Jim, USD, 8.79. 7, Hamik, Jake, Northern State, 8.97. 8, Blair, Anthony, Unattached, 9.07.

Men 4x400 Meter Relay 1, Mary 'A' 3:25.01. 2, USD 'A' 3:25.31. 3, Northern State University 'A' 3:32.52. 4, U of South Dakota 'C' 3:32.59. 5, Northwestern College 'A' 3:33.20. 6, Morningside 'A' 3:33.78. 7, Mary 'B' 3:34.30. 8, USD 'B' 3:34.38.

Men High Jump 1, Gearman, Derek, USD, 6-10, (2.08m). 2, Anderson, Matt, Northern State, 6-06, (1.98m). 3, Casavan, Joe, Dakota State, J6-06, (1.98m). 4, Fransman, Chris, Dordt, 6-02, (1.87m). 5, De Jong, Dan, Dordt, J6-02, (1.87m). 5, Looker, Lance, Mary, J6-02, (1.87m). 7, Vahrenkamp, Jim, USD, J6-02, (1.87m). 8, Musil, Ryan, Northwestern, 6-00, (1.82m).

Men Pole Vault 1, Pribyl, Sam, Unattached, 16-07, (5.05m). 2, Messer, Robert, Mary, 14-06, (4.41m). 3, Dunn, Adam, USD, 14-00, (4.26m). 4, Freidt, Tavis, Mary, 13-06, (4.11m). 5, Axtman, Zach, Mary, J13-06, (4.11m). 6, Wood, Tony, Mary, 13-00, (3.96m). 7, McGruder, Nate, Northern State, 12-06, (3.81m). 8, Latt, Dan, Mary, J12-06, (3.81m).

Men Long Jump 1, Cradle, Leon, Mary, 6.52m, (21-04.75). 2, Gearman, Derek, USD, 6.47m, (21-02.75). 3, Ellison, Cale, USD, 6.35m, (20-10). 4, Chromy, William, USD, 6.22m, (20-05). 5, Blankers, Kyle, Northwestern, 6.19m, (20-03.75). 6, Blair, Anthony, Unattached, 6.05m, (19-10.25). 7, Chandler, Christopher, Mary, 6.02m, (19-09). 8, Meuzelaar, Jeff, Dordt, J6.02m, (19-09).

Men Shot Put 1, Brommer, Eric, Unattached, 15.29m, (50-02). 2, Fynaardt, Nick, Northwestern, 15.23m, (49-11.75). 3, Headrick, Scott, Dakota State, 14.30m, (46-11). 4, Pfitzer, Garret, Northern State, 13.74m, (45-01). 5, Obrigewitch, Josh, Mary, 13.50m, (44-03.50). 6, Brommer, Daniel, Northwestern, 13.21m, (43-04.25). 7, Davis, Nick, Northern State, 13.20m, (43-03.75). 8, Ortmeier, Andrew, Northwestern, 13.07m, (42-10.75).

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Players Mentioned

Derek Gearman

Derek Gearman

Sophomore
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Josh Jeffery

Josh Jeffery

Freshman
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Tony Turgeon

Tony Turgeon

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