The Meet
South Dakota track and field travels to Topeka, Kansas, for the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge Thursday hosted at Washburn University's Indoor Athletic Facility. Field events begin at 1 p.m. with running events starting at 3 p.m.
The Coyotes will also send a contingent of distance runners to the SDSU Classic on Friday evening to race inside the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, S.D. Races get underway at 5 p.m.
The Coyotes
A pair of DakotaDome records were broken and South Dakota set 38 season-best performances on Saturday at the USD Alumni Meet on the Mildred J. Hillenbrand Memorial Track inside the DakotaDome. Second-year freshman
Erin Kinney broke the DakotaDome and school record in the 60 meters with a clocking of 7.47 seconds. The other DakotaDome record was broken by alumna Lara Boman in the weight throw. The women's and men's 4x200-meter relays set South Dakota program records at the meet.
Hannah Young,
Moe Bridgen,
Anna Robinson and Kinney teamed up in the women's relay with a tie of 1:41.38.
Ardell Inlay,
Dylan Kautz,
Demar Francis and
Virgil Steward clocked a record time of 1:29.60 on the men's side. It marked South Dakota's lone home meet of the indoor season.
The League Leaders
A Coyote leads the Summit League in eight of 32 events this indoor season.
Men's 60m Hurdles:
Brithton Senior, 7.81 seconds
Women's 200m:
Sara Reifenrath, 23.77 seconds
Women's 400m:
Sara Reifenrath, 54.95 seconds
Women's 4x400m Relay:
Anna Robinson,
Moe Bridgen,
Madison Jochum,
Sara Reifenrath, 3:44.07
Women's High Jump:
Danii Anglin, 5-8 ¾ (1.75m)
Men's Pole Vault:
Eerik Haamer, 17-11 (5.46m)
Women's Pole Vault:
Marleen Mülla, 14-2 ½ (4.33m)
Men's Triple Jump:
Jacob Jenkins, 48-8 ¼ (14.84m)
The Competition
Thursday's field includes Wichita State, Colorado-Colorado Springs, Lincoln, Washburn and the Coyotes.
One Last Thing
Another headline making waves this past week was alumnus Chris Nilsen setting a new American indoor pole vault record of 19-9 (6.02m) in Tourcoing, France.
