University of South Dakota Athletics

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—South Dakota saw first-place finishes from senior Eldon Warner in the 1,500-meter run, junior Blake Vande Hoef in the long jump, and junior Britny Kerr in the 100-meter hurdles to highlight Coyotes performances Saturday at the 94^th Howard Wood Relays. USD athletes won 11 events during the two-day meet.
 
Warner ran a season-best time of 3 minutes, 46.16 seconds, besting the field of 48 runners by two seconds to earn the win. Vande Hoef's fifth of six jumps was best. He reached 22-feet-3.75-inches and won his competition by more than two feet. Kerr's winning time in the hurdles was a season-best 14.12 seconds.
 

The U/C mens LONG JUMP champ is Blake Vande Hoef from @SDCoyotesXCTF with a leap of 22-03.75 pic.twitter.com/1aGsxgxy70

— Dakota Relays (@DakotaRelays) May 4, 2019

In other action, sophomore Callie Henrich took bronze in the shot put with a throw of 44-6.75. Junior Carmen Bermudez and redshirt freshman Madason Tessier made it three Coyotes in the top five of the 100 hurdles. Bermudez crossed fourth with a time of 14.72s. Tessier was fifth at 14.79s.
 
Junior Habib Jallow took fourth in the men's 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.11s. Sophomore Jackson Coker threw 53-1.75 in the shot put, a season best. Sophomore Zach Renken placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with a finish of 56.12s.
 
South Dakota next competes at the Summit League Championship Meet May 8-10 in Macomb, Ill. The Coyotes women tied for first place with North Dakota State at last year's championship meet in Tulsa, Oklahoma.