2016 Summit League Friday Results | Saturday Heat Sheets

VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota seniors Jeff O'Connell and Analisa Huschle joined juniors Tyler Frank and Danielle Waldner as Summit League champions on the second day of the Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the Lillibridge Track Complex.
 
Waldner broke her shot put school record for the fourth time this season after throwing 53 feet, 1 ½ inches, to win her second Summit League shot put title. Waldner last won in 2014 when she was named the Newcomer of the Championship. Senior Meghan Dennis took eighth.
 
Frank captured his fourth consecutive Summit League high jump title after clearing 6-9 ½. Frank has won back-to-back indoor and outdoor titles in the event. O'Connell added a sixth-place finish in the high jump and senior Teivaskie Lewin took eighth.
 
Huschle defended her long jump title with a leap of 19-8. Junior Ashley Thompson, in the third long jump of her Coyote career, earned all-league honors in third at 19-2 ½. Sophomore Shanice Cannigan took fourth.
 
O'Connell captured his second career Summit League outdoor title with his first coming in 2014. O'Connell leaped 23-11 ¾ to win today. Freshman Joe Reagan added all-Summit honors in third at 23-8. Lewin took fourth and senior Connor Fitzsimmons was eighth.
 
Senior Kyle McKelvey earned all-Summit honors with a runner-up performance in the shot put. McKelvey threw 60-1 ¼. Junior Dustin Valind added a point for the Coyotes in eighth.
 
Senior Isaac Allen placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:31.83. Sophomore Brice Cowman added an eighth-place finish.
 
Cannigan added a fifth-place finish in the high jump.
 
After two day of competition, freshman Hunter Leighton wrapped up competition in the decathlon. Leighton took seventh with 5,225 points.
 
Freshman Madeline Huglen placed seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:34.91. The mark is the seventh-fastest in USD history.
 
The Coyotes also qualified for finals in numerous running events. Finalists include freshman Haley Bruggeman (400 hurdles), Cannigan (100 hurdles, 400 hurdles), junior Jay Cooper (110 hurdles), junior Mach Dojiok (800 meters), freshman Karina Dufoe (100 meters, 200 meters), Huschle (100 meters, 200 meters), sophomore Brooke Ireland (400 meters), freshman Hunter Leighton (110 hurdles), Lewin (110 hurdles, 200 meters), freshman Mario Magana (200 meters, 400 meters), freshman Brett Prenger (400 meters), Reagan (100 meters), freshman Brennan Schmidt (400 meters), Thompson (100 hurdles), freshman Eldon Warner (800 meters), freshman Alanisse Williams (100 hurdles, 400 hurdles), sophomore Gawain Williams (100 meters, 200 meters), and senior Katie Wetzstein (800 meters).

South Dakota currently sits second in the men's and women's team scores. The women have 96.5 points and the men have totaled 64 points.
 
The Summit League Championships resumes Saturday with the field events at 11 a.m. and the track events at 12:20 p.m.