WICHITA, Kan.—South Dakota captured six event titles Saturday at Cessna Stadium on the final day of the K.T. Woodman Classic.
Sophomore
Eerik Haamer moved to seventh in the nation in the men's pole vault with a winning jump of 18-0 ½ (5.50m). Sophomore
Tre Young placed third in 17-0 ¾ (5.20m), third-year sophomore
Marshall Faurot took fourth and freshman
Spencer Buley was eighth.
Third-year sophomore
Lydia Knapp became the second Coyote woman to launch the hammer past 200 feet on Saturday. She was victorious in the hammer throw with a personal best of 203-3 (61.95m) for the second-best mark in USD history. It also ranks 31st in the nation this spring. Classmate
Meredith Clark and freshman
Kenzie Campbell were third and fourth in the competition, respectively, with a pair of personal best throws. Clark moved to seventh in USD history with her mark of 176-11 (53.93m). Campbell posted a mark of 171-1 (52.15m). The Coyotes racked up five spots in the top-10 of the event with freshman
Delaney Smith taking eighth and fourth-year sophomore
Kasey Jensen finishing ninth.
Following last week's collegiate best performance, freshman
Moe Bridgen clocked a flat minute in the 400-meter hurdles for the second-straight week. She won the event in 1:00.97. Sophomore
Jacy Pulse finished runner-up in 1:02.13. Fifth-year senior
Holly Gerberding and freshman
Averi Schmeichel took fifth and sixth, respectively.
Bridgen led off the Coyotes' winning 4x400-meter relay, which recorded a time of 3:43.10 to cap off the night. Bridgen was joined on the relay by sophomore
Sara Reifenrath, Pulse, and freshman
Anna Robinson.
Freshman
Danii Anglin captured first place in the high jump with a clearance of 5-9 ¼ (1.76m). Third-year sophomore
Carly Haring took fourth place.
Sophomore
Cassidy Mooneyhan was victorious in the pole vault with a clearance of 13-4 ¼ (4.07m). Fourth-year junior
Deidra Marrison cleared 13-0 ¼ (3.97m) for third place in the field. Sophomore
Jaidyn Garrett and fifth-year junior
Landon Kemp finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
Knapp was also the top collegian in the discus, albeit finishing runner-up overall with a throw of 153-2 (46.70m). Fourth-year junior
Josephine Starner was fourth and Clark was eighth.
Clark added a personal best throw in the shot put, placing second with a toss of 47-10 (14.58m). The mark moves her to sixth in USD program history. Starner took third in 46-0 (14.02m), Jensen was eighth and Knapp was 10th.
Fourth-year junior
Jessie Sullivan added a trio of third-place finishes in the men's throws. He launched the discus 179-9 (54.78m), the hammer 199-10 (60.90m) and the shot put 55-5 ½ (16.90m). Freshman
Tristan Gray took fourth in the shot put with an outdoor-best mark of 54-11 ½ (16.75m), which ranks eighth in USD history. Fifth-year senior
Matt Slagus was fourth in the hammer and eighth in the discus, while fourth-year junior
Kaden Elder took 10th in the hammer.
Reifenrath was the third collegian in a pair of open sprinting events. She took third overall in the 200 meters with a wind-legal time of 24.17 seconds. She was also the third collegian, fourth overall, in the 400 meters with a time of 55.67 seconds. Robinson took fourth in the 200 meters in 24.31 seconds, which moves her to seventh in USD program history.
Schmeichel clocked a wind-aided 14.09 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to lead a pack of Coyotes in that event. She was fourth, Bridgen took fifth, third-year sophomore
Kylie Larson was seventh and Gerberding was 10th.
Third-year sophomore
Hugo Morvan notched a wind-aided 14.32 seconds for fourth place in the men's 110 hurdles. Young added a 10th-place finish in the hurdles to his pole vault performance.
Following yesterday's 1,500-meter races, four Coyotes placed in the top-10 of the Saturday 800-meter races. Sophomore
Abrielle Jirele finished fifth, third-year sophomore
Ella Byers sixth, and third-year sophomore
Helen Gould ninth. Freshman
Mason Sindelar was fifth on the men's side.
Fourth-year junior
Jack Durst and third-year sophomore
Ethan Heitman took fifth and sixth, respectively, in the men's high jump competition after clearing 6-6 (1.98m).
Sophomore
Erin Kinney clocked 11.65 seconds for sixth place in the 100 meters. It was a wind-aided (+5.8) mark, otherwise the time would have moved her to third in USD history. Third-year sophomore
Dylan Kautz clocked 10.39 seconds in the men's 100 meters.
Redshirt-freshman
Lauren Meyer finished seventh in the long jump and freshman
Jayden Green took eighth in the triple jump.
The Coyotes return to action in California next week split amongst a handful of meets in the Los Angeles area.