SAN DIEGO, Calif.—The quartet of sophomore Sammy Neil, junior Jacy Pulse, sophomore Anna Robinson and junior Erin Kinney busted out a new school record of 44.95 seconds in the women's 4x100-meter relay at the Aztec Invitational Saturday at the San Diego State Sports Deck.
 
The relay bested last years' time of 44.99 seconds to break the record. USD finished runner-up in the relay race.
 
Fourth-year junior Lydia Knapp added a runner-up finish in the hammer throw, launching the hammer a distance of 195-11.
 
Kinney also clocked a new personal best in the open 100 meters, notching 11.50 seconds for the second-fastest time in USD history. She finished third in the race behind a pair of All-American sprinters from the Pac-12's Oregon and USC.
 
Pulse placed third in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.27 seconds to open the season. The 2022 NCAA runner-up in the 100 hurdles was the race winner on Saturday.
 
Sophomore Danii Anglin took third in the high jump with a clearance of 5-10 ¾ (1.80m) to open the outdoor season.
 
Sophomore Marleen Mülla also took third, clearing 14-0 (4.27m) in the women's pole vault.
 
Junior Luke Olson clocked a personal best of 1:51.52 to finish fourth in the 800-meter race. That performance ranks ninth in USD program history.
 
The men's 4x100-meter relay of fourth-year junior Ardell Inlay, fourth-year junior Dylan Kautz, fifth-year senior Johnson Adegbite and sophomore Ken-Mark Minkovski clocked 40.54 seconds for fifth place. The time's also the fifth-fastest in USD history.
 
Fourth-year junior Marshall Faurot took fifth in the men's pole vault with a height of 16-6 ¾ (5.05m).
 
Junior Abbie Schmidt added a fifth-place finish in the 5,000 meters by clocking 18:13.32.
 
South Dakota returns to action on Thursday with the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, and the Bobcat Invitational in San Marcos, Texas.
 

Wildcat Classic

 
WAYNE, Neb.—Four Coyotes finished in the top-10 of throwing events on Saturday at the Wildcat Classic held at Wayne State's LeRoy Simpson Track.
 
Redshirt-freshman Quincy Warren and sophomore Wyatt Pruce placed fifth and sixth, respectively, in the men's discus throw. Warren recorded a mark of 156-6 ¾ and Pruce sent the discus 156-1.
 
Freshman Kinsley Ragland took eighth in the women's shot put with a mark of 41-11 ¼. Fourth-year sophomore Riley Griffith added to yesterday's 10th-place hammer throw finish by taking 10th in the shot put as well.