SEATTLE, Wash. – A school record run plus a pair of meet records highlighted South Dakota track and field efforts in three meets across three states on Saturday.
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For the second straight day, third-year sophomore
Abrielle Jirele broke a school record at the Husky Classic in Seattle, Washington, while classmate
Jacy Pulse set two meet records during the SDSU Indoor held at Sanford Jackrabbit Complex.
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Jirele shaved seven seconds off her previous personal best and clocked 4:44.47 in the mile while teammate
Ella Byers also clocked seven seconds faster than her previous personal best in the very same race, clocking 4:46.05, a time that was also under the school record 4:48.80 set by Katie Wetzstein in 2016.
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Pulse, meanwhile, set meet records in the 200 and 400 while winning both races in Brookings, clocking 24.19 and 54.52, respectively. Her 24.19 clocking is a personal best and moved her up to third all-time.
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Ethan Heitman, a sophomore, also came away with a win from the SDSU Indoor, clearing a season best 6-9.25 (2.06m).
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The Coyotes added six more personal bests from the SDSU Indoor in Brookings on Saturday paced by runner-up finishes from
Brandon Vander Sluis,
Mark Daley and
Averi Schmeichel.
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Vander Sluis, a freshman, tossed the shot put 53-3.75 (16.25m) while classmate Daley sped to a 21.58 clocking in the 200, good for seventh all-time. Schmeichel posted a personal best 8.60 in the 60-meter hurdle prelims.
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Anna Robinson clocked a personal best 55.25 in the 400 and finished third while
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Dylan Kautz also posted a runner-up performance, with his season best 6.76 in the 60-meter dash.
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Sammy Neil, who placed seventh in the 60-meter dash, clocked a personal best 7.71 seconds in the prelims and is now 10
th all-time.
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Ardell Inlay was right behind Daley in the 200 timed in a personal best 21.63 for third while Kautz was fourth in 21.66. Inlay's time good for eighth on the all-time chart.
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Kenzie Campbell was third in the weight throw with a toss of 61-9 (18.82m),
Hugo Morvan placed third in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.10 and
Matayah Yellowmule was third in the triple jump at 37-5.75.
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Action in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the Tyson Invitational saw personal bests recorded by
Madison Jochum and
Spencer Buley.
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Jochum clocked 2:11.03 in the women's 800 and is now fifth all-time while Buley improved his personal best in the pole vault to 16-9.5 (5.12m).
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Buley finished third while school record holder in the women's high jump
Danii Anglin was fifth in a talented field, clearing 5-10.5 (1.79m).
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