Wednesday Results | Thursday Results

AUSTIN, Texas—South Dakota senior Meghan Dennis placed third in the javelin to lead the Coyotes at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Thursday inside Mike A. Myers Stadium.
 
Dennis launched the javelin 152 feet, 1 inch for a mark five feet shy of winning the B section. She moves to 24th in the NCAA West Region. Dennis holds the school record in the event at 159-3. That distance qualified her for the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Senior Kelsey Barrett finished ninth in the 5,000 meters with a clocking of 17:09.86. Freshman teammate Megan Billington was also in the race, taking 19th in 17:55.84.
 
Setting a new outdoor personal best in the 5,000 meters, senior Mubarik Musa crossed the finish line in 14:41.75 for 10th place. Musa bettered his previous outdoor time by three seconds.
 
In her first collegiate heptathlon, sophomore Shanice Cannigan scored 5,035 points for the fifth-best time in program history. Cannigan, the indoor pentathlon school record holder, clocked 14.43 for the 100 hurdles, cleared 5-4 ¼ in the high jump, threw the shot put 30-8 ¼, ran 24.71 for 200 meters, leaped 18-9 ¼ in the long jump, threw the javelin 85-4 and crossed the finish line in 2:23.32 for 800 meters. Cannigan finished 19th overall.
 
Sophomore Lindsay Joyce took 12th in the 1,500 meter "B" section with a personal best 4:43.16.
 
Senior Isaac Allen finished 13th in the steeplechase in 9:36.19.
 
Sophomore Jake David took 19th in the pole vault "C" section after clearing 16-1 ¼.
 
Freshman Alex Borchers ran 54.48 seconds in the 400 hurdles for 55th.
 
South Dakota throws coach and three-time Olympian A.G. Kruger won the hammer throw in 241-3. Kruger's mark was the third-best by a Texas Relays Champion in meet history and qualifies him for the U.S. Olympic Trials.