The Meet

Four members of the South Dakota track and field program will compete at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held March 11-13 at the Tyson Indoor Track in Fayetteville, Arkansas. There are no fans allowed at the meet.
 

The Schedule

2:15 p.m. Friday | Men's 60m Hurdles Semifinal (Brithton Senior)
6:15 p.m. Friday | Women's Pole Vault (Gen Hirata)
12:30 p.m. Saturday | Men's Pole Vault (Ethan Bray, Eerik Haamer)
2:30 p.m. Saturday | Men's 60m Hurdles Final (Brithton Senior*)
 

The Broadcast

Live championship meet coverage will be streamed on ESPN3 using the WatchESPN app.
 
A tape-delayed TV broadcast will air on Sunday, March 14 at 8 p.m. on ESPNU.
 

The Coyotes

Senior Ethan Bray and freshman Eerik Haamer lead the nation's No. 1 pole vault squad. Bray enters the meet with the fourth-best height at 18-6 ½ (5.65m), while Haamer is tied for eighth in the field at 17-10 ½ (5.45m). Both jumped their qualifying marks at the SDSU Last Chance meet. The duo were also a 1-2 punch at the Summit League Championships two weeks ago. The men's pole vault gets underway at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
 
Sophomore Gen Hirata captured her first Summit League crown with a personal best vault of 14-3 ¼ (4.35). The time also moved her up into seventh on the national list and secured her qualifying spot. The women's pole vault competition is set for 6:15 p.m. Friday.
 
Sophomore Brithton Senior enters the men's 60-meter hurdles competition with a season-best time of 7.77 seconds from the semifinals of the Summit League Championships. That's the 10th-best mark in the nation this season, but he has run as fast as 7.74 seconds in the event at the 2020 Summit League meet. The men's 60-meter hurdle semifinals are scheduled for 2:15 p.m. Friday. The top eight advance do the finals scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
 

One Last Thing

The Coyote men are four spots outside of USTFCCCA's Top 25 entering the national meet. USD spent several weeks ranked in the top-25 throughout the 2021 indoor season. A top-eight finish scores points for South Dakota in the team race.