VERMILLION, S.D.—South Dakota captured 19 events at the USD Twilight on Tuesday evening at the Lillibridge Track Complex.
 
Sophomore Travis Larson leaped a new personal best 6-10 ¾ to win the men's high jump. The height ties him for ninth in USD program history and moves him to fourth in this season's Summit rankings. Senior Deshonn Brown took second with his jump of 6-6 ¾. The duo are a part of the nation's No. 2 high jump squad.
 
Brown also leaped 44-10 ¾ to win the triple jump.
 
The Coyotes swept first through sixth in the women's 100 hurdles in flying v formation, led by junior Britny Kerr's time of 14.54 seconds. Junior Carmen Bermudez and senior Alanisse Williams took second and third, respectively.
 
Junior Blake Vande Hoef captured the long jump by more than two feet. He leaped a six-inch personal best 23-3 ¼ to move to seventh in the Summit League standings this season.
 
The 800-meter duo of sophomore Macy Heinz and senior Mallory Fine cut their usual distance in half to clock new personal bests for the 400 meters, finishing first and second. Heinz clocked 56.79 seconds for the second-fastest time by a Coyote this season and eighth-fastest time in the Summit. Fine crossed the finish line in 58.12 seconds. Sophomore Alli Wroblewski completed the Coyote podium sweep.
 
Senior Kimmy Peterson captured the pole vault with a height of 13-9 ¼. She also took three cracks at what would have been a personal-best bar of 14-3. Freshman Josephina Wright was second in the competition.
 
Junior Ethan Bray vaulted 17-6 ½ to take first in the men's pole vault. Freshman Sean McClellan finished third.
 
Senior Lara Boman captured the hammer throw with a mark of 188-4.
 
As the only Coyote to sweep two events on Tuesday, sophomore Josie Kroger cleaned up in the women's 100 and 200 meters. Her winning 100-meter time was 12.49 seconds, while she clocked a personal best 25.89 seconds for the 200 meters.
 
Junior Kianna Stewart crossed the finish line for the 1,500 meters in first. She clocked 4:44.99 for her season-opener in the event. The Coyotes swept the event with sophomore Kelsi Kearney finishing runner-up and freshman Leah Drengenberg leading the chase pack for third.
 
Senior Jacob Simmons captured the men's 1,500 meters with a time of 3:58.67. Sophomore Cole Streich finished third.
 
Junior Habib Jallow, a transfer from Wayne State, was victorious in the 400-meter hurdles in 54.19 seconds.
 
The Coyote women swept the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays. The quartet of junior Samara Spencer, senior Karina Dufoe, sophomore Danielle Thompson and junior Tasheka Gordon captured the 4x100 in 46.55 seconds. To close out the running events, the quartet of sophomore Alli Wroblewski, sophomore Holly Gerberding, junior Hannah Draayer and junior Ellie Wilson won the 4x400 in 3:56.10.
 
Sophomore Aleksi Rosler clocked 22.16 seconds to win the 200 meters. Sophomore Noah Weeter finished runner-up.
 
Sophomore Conor Penington won the 100 meters in 11.04 seconds with Rosler finishing runner-up.
 
The Coyotes swept the combined 5,000-meter races with freshman Merga Gemeda winning the men's side and senior Bethany Kozak capturing the women's race. Gemeda clocked 15:59.01, while Kozak finished in 18:28.25. Fellow freshman Jacob Waymire finished runner-up in the men's race.
 
While she finished runner-up in the race, senior Haley Bruggeman clocked a league-leading time of 1:02.38 for the 400-meter hurdles. Gerberding finished third behind her.
 
South Dakota competes at the Drake Relays inside the big blue oval in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday through Saturday.