SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota women's and men's track and field teams have been picked second in the Summit League Indoor Track and Field Preseason Poll released Wednesday by the league office.
 
The Coyote women totaled 60 points and four of the nine first-place votes in the preseason voting by the league's head coaches. North Dakota State had the other five first-place votes and tallied 61 points to be picked as the preseason favorite.
 
South Dakota's men, meanwhile, tied with North Dakota State for second with 42 points and head one first-place vote. South Dakota State garnered four first-place votes and had 45 points to be picked as the preseason favorite.
 
South Dakota Director of Track and Field Lucky Huber named freshman Mark Daley, freshman Landon Olson, sophomore Sammy Neil and freshman Matayah Yellowmule as athletes to watch this season.
 
The Coyote women broke the ice and ended eight consecutive runner-up finishes by claiming the 2022 Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships for the first time ever. Returning for the women this season are three Summit League Champions who captured four individual events, along with three members of the championship 4x400-meter relay and two members of the championship distance medley relay. Third-year sophomore Sara Reifenrath, named the Summit League Most Outstanding Performer of the Championships, won the 200, in a school and Summit League Championship meet record, and 400 as well as anchoring the 4x400 to a school and Summit League Championship meet record. Danii Anglin captured the high jump and Marleen Mulla won the pole vault while Jacy Pulse and Anna Robinson return after running on the 4x400 unit. Madison Jochum, a fourth-year junior, and Helen Gould are returners from the winning distance medley relay quartet.
 
South Dakota men enter this indoor season following a runner-up in the Summit League Championships last February. Returning Summit League indoor championships are Dylan Kautz, Jack Durst and Eerik Haamer. Kautz, a junior, won the 60-meter dash, Durst, a fifth-year senior, repeated with his win in the high jump while Haamer, a third-year sophomore, triumphed in the pole vault.
 
The Coyotes open the 2022-2023 indoor track and field season by competing in the South Dakota State Holiday Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Brookings, S.D.
 
2022-23 SUMMIT LEAGUE MEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD PRESEASON POLL

	Team	Score (1st place votes)
1.	South Dakota State	45 (4)
T2.	North Dakota State	42 (3)
T2.	South Dakota	42 (1)
4.	North Dakota	25
5.	Oral Roberts	24
6.	St. Thomas	23
7.	Kansas City	13
8.	Western Illinois	10

 
2022-23 SUMMIT LEAGUE WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD PRESEASON POLL

	Team	Score (1st place votes)
1.	North Dakota State	61 (5)
2.	South Dakota	60 (4)
3.	South Dakota State	49
4.	North Dakota	41
5.	Oral Roberts	34
6.	St. Thomas	31
7.	Kansas City	20
8.	Omaha	19
9.	Western Illinois	9