LINCOLN, Neb. – South Dakota track and field came away with four victories during the Nebraska Tune-Up meet inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday.
 
Erin Kinney, Merga Gemeda, Ella Byers and Gen Hirata each won individual events as the Coyotes competed in their final regular season meet of the indoor season.
 
Gemeda, a fifth-year senior, won the mile run in a personal best 4:08.24 and moved to third on the school's all-time charts.
 
Byers, a fourth-year junior, won the 800-meter run in a personal best 2:11.99 and now sits 10^th all-time.
 
Hirata, a fourth-year junior, cleared 13-11 to lead six Coyotes in the top eight of the pole vault competition.
 
Kinney, a third-year sophomore, won the 60-meter dash in 7.31 seconds, just a shade off her personal best 7.27 that leads the Summit League.
 
Abrielle Jirele, a third-year sophomore, followed Byers across the finish line in the 800, clocking a personal best 2:12.80 to finish second.
 
Runner-up performances also came from Tre Young, Helen Gould, Carly Haring, Lydia Knapp and Mark Daley along with Cassidy Mooneyhan and Jaidyn Garrett tying for second in the pole vault.
 
Young, a sophomore, cleared a season best 17-1.5 (5.22m) to finish second in the pole vault and become the second Coyote to reach the 17-foot barrier during the indoor season.
 
Gould clocked 4:59.05 in the women's mile, Haring cleared 5-7.75 in the high jump, Knapp posted a toss of 66-1.5 in the weight throw and Daley posted a personal best 21.46 in the 200 to move up one spot to sixth all-time.
 
Charlie Babcock ran a personal best 8:29.57 in the 3,000 and cracked the all-time chart at No. 10.
 
South Dakota will host the two-day Summit League indoor track and field championships inside the DakotaDome on Feb. 24-25.