2016 Dakota Realty Alumni Meet Results

VERMILLION, S.D.—The South Dakota track and field teams won 16 events and posted the top collegiate finish in six more events as the Coyotes hosted the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet inside the DakotaDome Saturday.

Senior Analisa Huschle had a trio of top-three finishes highlighted by a win in the 60-meter dash. Huschle clocked 7.71 seconds to take the 60 meters, .1 seconds ahead of freshman teammate Karina Dufoe. Huschle was the top collegiate in the 200 meters at 25.28 seconds and placed third in the long jump.

2015 NCAA Outdoor Championship qualifier redshirt-junior Hunter Wilkes kicked off the season with a win in the pole vault, clearing 13-5 ¾. The Coyotes swept the event with junior Emily Brigham and redshirt-junior Madison Mills taking second and third.

Sophomore Shanice Cannigan missed a personal best by .02 in winning the 60-meter hurdles (8.96). Junior Ashley Thompson finished runner-up in 9.06.

Sophomore Brooke Ireland captured the 400 meters in 57.88 seconds. Ireland ran another 400 to lead off the winning 4x400-meter relay. Ireland, senior Kati Nelson, Huschle, and Cannigan captured the relay in 4:00.14.

The Coyote distance runners nearly swept the podium in the 800 meters, one mile run, and 3,000 meters. Senior Katie Wetzstein won titles in both the mile (4:57.31) and the 3,000 meters (9:59.50). Junior Nicole Schmidt won the 800 meters in 2:20.99 and finished runner-up to Wetzstein in the mile. Senior Kelsey Barrett finished runner-up in the 3,000 meters with sophomore Bailey Oettel in third. Freshman Liz Bohn took third in the 800 meters and sophomore Lindsay Joyce was third in the mile.

Thompson grabbed a title in the triple jump with a bounding leap of 39-3 ¼. Sophomore Colette Christensen finished runner-up.

In the throws, senior Kayla Johnson and junior Danielle Waldner placed as the top collegiate in the weight throw and shot put, respectively. Johnson tossed 57-5 ½ and Waldner threw 48-10 ¼.

Junior Mach Dojiok and senior Mubarik Musa recorded a photo-finish in the one mile run. Dojiok won in 4:19.72 with Musa .08 seconds behind. Dojiok also finished runner-up in the 800 meters.

Musa led a trio of Coyotes to top spots in the 3,000 meters as Musa clocked 8:58.47 for the win. Freshman Pierce Libbey and sophomore Brice Cowman took second and third, respectively.

Sophomore Gawain Williams took the 60-meter dash title in 6.86 seconds. Junior Luke Worden placed third. Freshman Jovane Parkinson finished runner-up in the 200 meters.

In his first collegiate race, freshman Mario Magana captured the 400 meters in 51.13 seconds. Sophomore Alex Williams was runner-up.

Magana teamed with three other freshmen, Brett Prenger, Alex Borchers, and Brennan Schmidt, to win the 4x400-meter relay in 3:28.94.

Junior Tyler Frank won the high jump after clearing 6-8 ¾.

Senior Teivaskie Lewin recorded the fastest hurdle time of the day, 8.12 seconds, in the preliminaries. Junior Jay Cooper won the 60-meter hurdle finals in 8.43 seconds. Freshman Hunter Leighton took second.

The Coyote men also had the top collegiate finish in three field events. Senior Peter Chapman took runner-up based on attempts in the pole vault by clearing 16-2 ¾. Senior Connor Fitzsimmons placed third in the long jump with a leap of 21-7 ½. Junior Dustin Valind was third in the shot put with a mark of 50-4 ¾.

Out of indoor eligibility, fifth-year seniors Jeff O'Connell and Kyle McKelvey won the long jump and the shot put, respectively. O'Connell jumped 22-7 ¾. McKelvey threw 59-10 ½.

Assistant track and field coach and three-time Olympian A.G. Kruger won the men's weight throw, launching the weight 73-0 ¾. Coyote volunteer coach Neeia Cooperwood captured titles in the 200 meters (25.13) and the long jump (18-5 ¼). Recent Coyote alum and volunteer coach Cody Snyder finished second behind McKelvey in the shot put with a toss of 51-11 ¼.

The Coyotes compete at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational in Brookings, S.D., next Saturday.