FORT WAYNE, Ind.—South Dakota senior Zack Anderson captured the Summit League Field Championship MVP award and freshman Brithton Senior broke the league's 60-meter hurdles record to highlight the Coyotes in action on Saturday at the Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships presented by the U.S. Air Force Special Warfare inside the Lutheran Health Fieldhouse.
 
Anderson claimed his third-straight Summit League indoor title in the high jump, leaping 7-0 ½. He added his first-ever long jump title on Friday night for 20 total points on the weekend. Anderson led a crew of Coyotes who totaled 33 points in the event. Sophomore Jack Durst and junior Blake Vande Hoef helped him sweep the podium with respective clearances of 6-10 ¾ and 6-8 ¾. The trio take home all-Summit honors. Junior Travis Larson placed fifth, senior pole vaulter Chris Nilsen took sixth and redshirt-sophomore heptathlete Kenneth McMahan tied for seventh.
 
Senior clocked a blistering 7.74 seconds to break the South Dakota school record and the Summit League Championships meet record on Saturday. He previously tied the meet record in the preliminaries on Friday. Both records were held by his coach, Teivaskie Lewin. Freshman Hugo Morvan added an all-Summit performance, taking third in 8.14 seconds. Senior Habib Jallow finished fifth.
 
South Dakota swept the podium in the women's pole vault with 32 points in the event. Junior Landon Kemp captured her first Summit League title with a winning height of 13-8 ½. The Coyotes have won the women's pole vault seven times in the last eight years. Senior Helen Falda and sophomore Deidra Marrison earned all-league honors with second- and third-place performances, respectively. Falda jumped 13-8 ½ while Marrison cleared 13-2 ½. Freshman Gen Hirata took fourth and redshirt-junior Makiah Hunt was sixth.
 
McMahan won South Dakota's first-ever heptathlon title with 5,327 points. Freshmen Marshall Faurot and William Stupalsky joined him in the two-day competition, placing fourth and sixth, respectively.
 
The Coyotes combined for seven total Summit League titles with Holly Gerberding (pentathlon), Nilsen (pole vault) and Anderson (long jump) adding titles on day one.

South Dakota finished runner-up in the women's team race with 148 points. The Coyote men took third with 156.5 points.

Stupalsky added an all-Summit performance in the triple jump. He leaped a personal best 46-8 to take runner-up. Durst doubled with his high jump performance by taking sixth in the triple.
 
Seniors Britny Kerr and Samara Spencer added all-league performances in the women's triple jump. Kerr leaped 39-9 ¾ to finish runner-up while Spencer jumped 38-11 ½ for third place.
 
After a third-place finish the last two years, senior Tasheka Gordon finished runner-up in the women's 60 meters on Saturday. She clocked 7.71 seconds. Spencer finished fourth in the race.
 
Junior Jonna Bart kept her momentum going on Saturday, following yesterday's all-Summit performance in the 3,000 meters with two more – taking third in the one mile run and the 5,000 meters. She clocked 4:58.67 for the one mile run, while she finished the 5,000 meters in 17:17.93. Senior Kianna Stewart raced the laps with her, placing fifth in the mile and sixth in the 5,000 meters.
 
On the men's side, sophomore Merga Gemeda captured his first all-Summit honors on the track in the 5,000 meters. He placed third in the race with a time of 14:41.97. Freshman Clayton Whitehead was right on his heels in fourth place.
 
Freshman Carly Haring placed third in the women's high jump, tying her season-best performance of 5-7. Haring garners all-league honors with the performance. Kerr added a fifth-place finish in the event.
 
Junior Danielle Thompson picks up all-league honors in the 400 meters for the second-straight year. She placed third with a time of 57.42. Freshman Madison Jochum took eighth in the final.
 
The Coyotes took fourth place in both the men's and women's weight throw. Junior Callie Henrich was fourth in the women's competition with a throw of 64-8 ¾. Junior Matt Slagus took fourth on the men's side with a throw of 63-8 ¾. Sophomore Jessie Sullivan finished seventh in the men's competition.
 
Kerr also took fourth in the women's 60-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 8.73 seconds. Gerberding returned from the pentathlon to score a point in eighth.
 
Both the women's and men's 4x400-meter relays placed fourth in the competition.
 
In his first Summit League Championship experience, freshman Dylan Kautz placed fifth in the 60 meters.
 
Senior Ellie Wilson scored two points in the women's 800 meters with a seventh-place finish.
 
Next on the slate for the Coyotes is the NCAA Championships slated for March 13-14 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 
Summit League Championships Point Scorers
1. Brithton Senior, men's 60-meter hurdles, 7.74
            3. Hugo Morvan, men's 60-meter hurdles, 8.14
            5. Habib Jallow, men's 60-meter hurdles, 8.27
1. Zack Anderson, men's high jump, 2.15m, 7-0 1/2
            2. Jack Durst, men's high jump, 6-10 ¾
            3. Blake Vande Hoef, men's high jump, 6-8 ¾
            5. Travis Larson, men's high jump, 6-6 ¾
            6. Chris Nilsen, men's high jump, 6-6 ¾
            7. Kenneth McMahan, men's high jump, 6-6 ¾
1. Landon Kemp, women's pole vault, 4.18m, 13-8 ½
            2. Helen Falda, women's pole vault, 4.18m, 13-8 ½
            3. Deidra Marrison, women's pole vault, 4.03m, 13-2 ½
            4. Gen Hirata, women's pole vault, 4.03m, 13-2 ½
            6. Makiah Hunt, women's pole vault, 3.88m, 12-8 ¾
1. Kenneth McMahan, men's heptathlon, 5,327 points
            4. Marshall Faurot, men's heptathlon, 4,990 points
            6. William Stupalsky, men's heptathlon, 4,612 points
1. Holly Gerberding, women's pentathlon, 3,759 points
1. Zack Anderson, men's high jump, 7.20m, 23-7 ½
1. Chris Nilsen, men's pole vault, 5.51m, 18-1
            2. Ethan Bray, men's pole vault, 5.31m, 17-5
            4. Kaleb Ellis, men's pole vault, 5.01, 16-5 ¼
            5. Nick Johnson, men's pole vault, 5.01m, 16-5 ¼
2. William Stupalsky, men's triple jump, 14.22m, 46-8
            6. Jack Durst, men's triple jump, 13.87m, 45-6 ¼
2. Britny Kerr, women's triple jump, 12.13m, 39-9 ¾
            3. Samara Spencer, women's triple jump, 11.87m, 38-11 ½
2. Tasheka Gordon, women's 60 meters, 7.71
4. Samara Spencer, women's 60 meters, 7.84
3. Carly Haring, women's high jump, 1.70m, 5-7
            5. Britny Kerr, women's high jump, 1.65m, 5-5
3. Jonna Bart, women's one mile run, 4:58.67
            5. Kianna Stewart, women's one mile run, 5:00.13
3. Jonna Bart, women's 5,000 meters, 17:17.93
            6. Kianna Stewart, women's 5,000 meters, 17:33.15
3. Jonna Bart, women's 3,000 meters, 9:48.89
            5. Abby Ripperda, women's 3,000 meters, 9:53.60
            7. Kianna Stewart, women's 3,000 meters, 9:56.34
3. Merga Gemeda, men's 5,000 meters, 14:41.97
            4. Clayton Whitehead, men's 5,000 meters, 14:44.08
3. Danielle Thompson, women's 400 meters, 57.42
            8. Madison Jochum, women's 400 meters, 57.99
3. Helen Gould, Hannah Draayer, Haley Arens, Kelsi Kearney, women's distance medley, 12:08.97
3. Alec Atwood, Zach Renken, Braden Peters, Cole Streich, men's distance medley, 10:31.50
4. Callie Henrich, women's weight throw, 19.73m, 64-8 ¾
4. Matt Slagus, men's weight throw, 19.42m, 63-8 ¾
            7. Jessie Sullivan, men's weight throw, 18.81m, 61-8 ½
4. Clayton Whitehead, men's 3,000 meters, 8:28.06
4. Britny Kerr, women's 60-meter hurdles, 8.73
            8. Holly Gerberding, women's 60-meter hurdles, 8.90
4. Madison Jochum, Danielle Thompson, Holly Gerberding, Hannah Draayer, women's 4x400 relay, 3:53.03
4. Habib Jallow, Aleksi Rosler, Kenneth McMahan, Brithton Senior, 3:22.83
5. Samara Spencer, women's long jump, 5.73m, 18-9 ¾
5. Dylan Kautz, men's 60 meters, 6.94
6. Callie Henrich, women's shot put, 14.77m, 48-5 ½
8. Meredith Clark, women's shot put, 14.04m, 46-0 ¾
7. Ellie Wilson, women's 800 meters, 2:19.46