VERMILLION – South Dakota women's and men's track and field teams came away with 19 victories during Saturday's South Dakota Kickoff indoor track and field meet inside the DakotaDome on Hillenbrand Track.
The Coyote women won 11 events while the men claimed eight first-place efforts in the opening meet of the 2023 portion of the indoor season. Combined the two teams saw 16 different athletes win individual races while South Dakota also won both 4x400 meter relay races.
Three DakotaDome records fell during the meet as third-year sophomore sprinter
Erin Kinney posted a 7.40 clocking in the 60-meter dash during the prelims, before running 7.43 in the finals, both times under her previous DakotaDome record of 7.47 from last season.
Magdalyn Ewen, a professional competing for Nike and former Arizona State collegian, broke DakotaDome records in both the shot put and weight throw. Ewen posted a throw of 74-10.5 in the weight throw and 62-5.75 in the shot put.
Kinney was the lone Coyote to win two individual events during the meet as she also claimed the 200 in 24.41, just off her personal best of 24.31.
The Coyote women received individual victories from
Jacy Pulse,
Sara Reifenrath,
Renee Thompson,
Averi Schmeichel,
Danii Anglin, Marleen Mulla,
Liberty Justus and Matayah Yellowmulle.
The men's team saw
Dylan Kautz,
Mark Daley, Tommy Nikkel,
Dylan Blake,
Luke Olson,
Riley Ruhaak and
Marshall Faurot win individual events. Former Coyote Zack Anderson won the high jump with a 6-10.25 clearance.
Pulse won the 400 in 58.17 while Schmeichel claimed the 60 hurdles in 8.79 and both teamed with
Madison Jochum and
Caelyn Valandra-Prue to win the 4x400 in 4:00.58.
Reifenrath clocked 1:36.56 to edge Jochum (1:37.32) in the finish of the 600 and Thompson claimed the Mile in 5:21.83.
Anglin cleared 5-11.5 to win the high jump, narrowly missing out on the DakotaDome record with three misses at 6-0.25. Mulla won the pole vault with a 14-1.25 clearance while Justus jumped 18-4.25 to claim the long jump and Yellowmulle 37-3 to win the triple jump.
Lydia Knapp, second in the weight throw behind Ewen, set a personal best of 66-1 to move up to second on the Coyote Top 10 chart.
Delaney Smith, third in the event, also raised her personal best to 62-2.75, and sits fifth all-time.
Kautz led a 1-4 finish in the 60-dash for the men with a win in 6.85 as
Ken-Mark Minkovski clocked 6.86 in the photo finish.
Daley was first to the line in the 200 in 22.21 as Kautz clocked 22.62 and
Johnson Adegbite third in 22.85.
Nikkel won the 400 in 51.82, Blake the 600 in 1:22.94, Olson the 800 in 2:02.09 and Ruhaak the mile in 4:29.24.
Faurot won the pole vault with a best of 16-6.75.
Olson, Nikkel and Daley joined
Hugo Morvan, second in the 60 hurdles, in winning the 4x400 in 3:25.78.
Jayden Green was the runner-up in both the long jump (23-1.75) and triple jump (45-7.25) while Joe Lyunch finished second behind Anderson in the high jump with a best of 6-8.25.
Jackson Coker set a personal best in the shot put with a 55-11.25, finishing second, and moved into ninth on the Coyote Top 10 chart.
South Dakota heads to Gillette, Wyoming to participate in the Power River Dual on Friday, Jan. 20.
