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Track and Field Britni Smith, USD Sports Information

Coyotes add two more wins at Drake Relays

DES MOINES, Iowa—South Dakota fourth-year juniors Hugo Morvan and Marshall Faurot captured the Coyotes' fourth and fifth Drake Relays flags of the weekend in winning their respective events inside Drake Stadium on Saturday.
 
Morvan, hailing from Vannes, France, clocked a personal best 13.88 seconds to win the 110-meter hurdles at the 113th Drake Relays. The time ranks fourth in USD program history.
 
Faurot, a native of Scott City, Kansas, posted the top mark in the men's pole vault with a clearance of 16-5 ¼ (5.01m). Faurot stopped jumping after the winning make due to the cold and wet conditions.
 
Other wins on the weekend were junior Jacy Pulse in the 400-meter hurdles, fourth-year junior Meredith Clark in the shot put and sophomore Joe Lynch in the high jump.
 
Sophomore Danii Anglin was just shy of grabbing her own flag, finishing runner-up in the women's high jump with a clearance of 5-9 ¼ (1.76m).
 
The men's sprint medley relay of freshman Mark Daley, sophomore Ken-Mark Minkovski, sophomore Tommy Nikkel and junior Luke Olson finished runner-up. The quartet clocked a time of 3:24.56, which ranks 10th in USD program history. Daley and Minkovski ran the 200-meter legs, Nikkel took the baton for a lap and Olson finished it off with the 800 meters.
 
Junior Erin Kinney placed third in the women's 100 meters by clocking 11.51 seconds. She set a USD school record earlier this week at The Monday Meet in Vermillion, clocking 11.28 seconds.
 
Kinney also anchored the women's 4x100-meter relay to a third-place finish. Sophomore Sammy Neil, Pulse and sophomore Anna Robinson compiled a time of 46.07 seconds. The quartet broke set a school record of 44.63 seconds in yesterday's preliminaries.

Fourth-year junior Madison Jochum finished fourth in the 800 meters with a personal best time of 2:10.03. She ranks sixth in USD program history with the mark. Jochum finished just behind prep teammate Amber Aesoph of Iowa in the race.
 
Sophomore Averi Schmeichel took seventh in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.84 seconds. She posted a new career best of 13.80 yesterday in the preliminaries.
 
The men's distance medley relay finished seventh in 10:04.61. Sophomore Riley Ruhaak opened the relay with the 1,200 meters, Olson took the 400-meter leg, junior Dylan Blake had the baton for two laps and fifth-year senior Merga Gemeda brought it home with the 1,600-meter leg. The quartet ranks sixth in USD program history with their time.
 
Fourth-year junior Lydia Knapp added a ninth-place finish in the women's hammer throw, throwing a distance of 190-6 (58.07m).
 
South Dakota wraps up the regular season at home on Friday with the USD Tune-Up at Lillibridge Track Complex in Vermillion, S.D.
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Danii Anglin

Danii Anglin

Jumps
Sophomore
Sophomore
Dylan Blake

Dylan Blake

Middle Distance
Junior
Sophomore
Meredith Clark

Meredith Clark

Throws
Junior
Junior
Marshall Faurot

Marshall Faurot

Jumps
Junior
Junior
Merga Gemeda

Merga Gemeda

Distance
Fifth Year
Senior
Madison Jochum

Madison Jochum

Middle Distance
Junior
Junior
Erin Kinney

Erin Kinney

Sprints
Junior
Sophomore
Lydia Knapp

Lydia Knapp

Throws
Junior
Junior
Ken-Mark Minkovski

Ken-Mark Minkovski

Sprints/Jumps
Sophomore
Sophomore
Hugo Morvan

Hugo Morvan

Hurdles
Junior
Junior
Luke Olson

Luke Olson

Middle Distance
Junior
Sophomore
Jacy Pulse

Jacy Pulse

Hurdles
Junior
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Danii Anglin

Danii Anglin

Sophomore
Sophomore
Jumps
Dylan Blake

Dylan Blake

Junior
Sophomore
Middle Distance
Meredith Clark

Meredith Clark

Junior
Junior
Throws
Marshall Faurot

Marshall Faurot

Junior
Junior
Jumps
Merga Gemeda

Merga Gemeda

Fifth Year
Senior
Distance
Madison Jochum

Madison Jochum

Junior
Junior
Middle Distance
Erin Kinney

Erin Kinney

Junior
Sophomore
Sprints
Lydia Knapp

Lydia Knapp

Junior
Junior
Throws
Ken-Mark Minkovski

Ken-Mark Minkovski

Sophomore
Sophomore
Sprints/Jumps
Hugo Morvan

Hugo Morvan

Junior
Junior
Hurdles
Luke Olson

Luke Olson

Junior
Sophomore
Middle Distance
Jacy Pulse

Jacy Pulse

Junior
Sophomore
Hurdles