FARGO, N.D.—The Coyote women broke three Summit League Championship meet records and captured two titles Friday at Terrence Dahl and Donna Beres Track Complex in Fargo, North Dakota.
 
Sophomore Danii Anglin cleared a personal best height of 6-1 ¼ (1.86m) to win the women's high jump competition for the second-straight year. Anglin's mark broke the Summit League Championship meet record and South Dakota's program record, both of which were held by USD alumna Megan Glisar. It marked USD's sixth women's high jump title in the last decade. Freshman Matayah YellowMule finished runner-up with her own personal best of 5-7 ¼ (1.71m) and earned all-Summit accolades. Senior Carly Haring tied for fourth.
 
The nightcap was another Coyote gold medal with senior Helen Gould successfully defending her 3,000-meter steeplechase crown. She clocked 10:45.30 to earn all-Summit honors in the event for the third-straight year. Gould was runner-up in 2021 prior to winning last year. Juniors Renee Thompson and Abbie Schmidt finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
 
Junior Erin Kinney broke a seven-year-old Summit League Championships meet record in the preliminaries of the 100 meters. She clocked a blistering 11.41 seconds. Kinney now holds Summit meet records both indoors (60 meters) and outdoors.
 
Junior Jacy Pulse added USD's third Summit record of the day, clocking 58.46 seconds in the preliminaries of the 400-meter hurdles. She broke a 10-year-old meet record previously set by USD alumna Alexa Duling.

South Dakota leads the women's team race with 117.5 points entering the final day. Second-place North Dakota State has 78.83 points and third-place North Dakota has 70. On the men's side, South Dakota sits in third with 49 points behind North Dakota State (107) and South Dakota State (72).
 
The duo of fifth-year senior Jack Durst and sophomore Joe Lynch tied for second in the men's high jump with both clearing 6-9 (2.06m) on first-attempt makes. Durst earns all-league honors for the fourth time and Lynch garners his first outdoor honors with the Yotes. Fourth-year junior Ethan Heitman took sixth.
 
Sophomore Derek Eidsness became the first Coyote to podium in the decathlon since 2013, finishing runner-up with a personal best score of 6,535 points. The point tally moves him to seventh in USD program history. Freshman Townsend Barton, completing just his second career decathlon, placed seventh with a personal best score of 5,986 points. Fourth-year junior Wyatt Lubarski, who ended the first day of the decathlon in second, dropped out due to illness.
 
Fifth-year senior Liberty Justus capped off her Coyote career with a bang, earning her first career podium spot in the women's heptathlon with a third-place finish. She tallied a career best 5,062 points over the past two days, a tally that ranks sixth-best in USD program history. She placed in the top-five of all seven events, winning the 100 hurdles yesterday and the long jump today. She leaped 18-8 ¾ (5.71m) into a headwind to win the heptathlon long jump.
 
Following up yesterday's all-Summit performance in the hammer throw, fourth-year junior Meredith Clark returned to the podium in the shot put. She once again came up big on her final throw, with her last toss of 49-2 ¼ (14.99m) moving her into third place. This is the second-straight year she's garnered all-Summit in the outdoor shot put. Freshman Kinsley Ragland added a point with an eighth-place finish.
 
Justus followed up her all-Summit heptathlon performance with a fourth-place mark in the long jump. Sophomore Sammy Neil took seventh in the long jump. In the men's long jump, freshman Bennett Schwenn was sixth and sophomore Jayden Green was eighth.
 
Freshman Brandon Vander Sluis placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 55-2 ¼ (16.82m), just five inches shy of his personal best. Sixth-year senior Jackson Coker finished in eighth.
 
Advancing through to tomorrow's finals on the women's side are: Erin Kinney, 100 meters (11.41); Jacy Pulse, 100 meters (11.67); Sammy Neil, 100 meters (11.85); Averi Schmeichel, 100 hurdles (13.75); Liberty Justus, 100 hurdles (13.95); Erin Kinney, 200 meters (23.63); Anna Robinson, 200 meters (24.44); Anna Robinson, 400 meters (55.40); Caelyn Valandra-Prue, 400 meters (56.88); Jacy Pulse, 400-meter hurdles (58.46); Averi Schmeichel, 400-meter hurdles (1:00.48); Madison Jochum, 800 meters (2:11.50).
 
Qualifying for finals on the men's side are: Mark Daley, 100 meters (10.32); Dylan Kautz, 100 meters (10.46); Ardell Inlay, 100 meters (10.68); Hugo Morvan, 110-meter hurdles (13.90); Mikael Grace, 110-meter hurdles (15.03); Mark Daley, 200 meters (21.31); Ken-Mark Minkovski, 200 meters (21.67); Thomas Nikkel, 400 meters (48.80); Davion Williams, 400-meter hurdles (54.07); Hugo Morvan, 400-meter hurdles (55.19); Luke Olson, 800 meters (1:52.06).
 
The stage is set for the final day of the Summit League Championships. Field events are scheduled to get under way at noon with running events to start at 1:20 p.m. Saturday.
 
 
Summit League Championships Women's Point Scorers
1. Danii Anglin, high jump, 6-1 ¼ (1.86m)
            2. Matayah YellowMule, high jump, 5-7 ¼ (1.71m)
            t-4. Carly Haring, high jump, 5-5 ¼ (1.66m)
1. Gen Hirata, pole vault, 14-3 ¼ (4.35m)
            2. Marleen Mülla, pole vault, 13-9 ¼ (4.20m)
            t-3. Cassidy Mooneyhan, pole vault, 12-9 ½ (3.90m)
            5. Jaidyn Garrett, pole vault, 12-9 ½ (3.90m)
            t-6. Alayna Falak, pole vault, 12-3 ½ (3.75m)
            t-6. Deidra Marrison, pole vault, 12-3 ½ (3.75m)
1. Helen Gould, 3,000m steeplechase, 10:45.30
            7. Renee Thompson, 3,000m steeplechase, 11:29.95
            8. Abbie Schmidt, 3,000m steeplechase, 11:30.47
1. Lydia Knapp, hammer throw, 194-11 (59.43m)
2. Meredith Clark, hammer throw, 192-4 (58.62m)
7. Riley Griffith, hammer throw, 167-0 (50.91m)
8. Kenzie Campbell, hammer throw, 166-10 (50.87m)
2. Abby Ripperda, 10,000 meters, 35:58.83
3. Liberty Justus, heptathlon, 5,062 points
3. Meredith Clark, shot put, 49-2 ¼ (14.99m)
            8. Kinsley Ragland, shot put, 44-4 ¼ (13.52m)
4. Liberty Justus, long jump, 19-5 ½ (5.93m)
            7. Sammy Neil, long jump, 19-2 ½ (5.85m)
8. Lydia Knapp, javelin, 127-4 (38.83m)
 
Summit League Championships Men's Point Scorers
2. Derek Eidsness, decathlon, 6,535 points
            7. Townsend Barton, decathlon, 5,986 points
2. Merga Gemeda, 10,000 meters, 31:13.55
            7. Charlie Babcock, 10,000 meters, 31:54.28
t-2. Jack Durst, high jump, 6-9 (2.06m)
t-2. Joe Lynch, high jump, 6-9 (2.06m)
6. Ethan Heitman, high jump, 6-7 (2.01m)
6. Quincy Warren, hammer throw, 177-0 (53.96m)
            8. Wyatt Pruce, hammer throw, 171-2 (52.19m)
6. Bennett Schwenn, long jump, 22-10 ½ (6.97m)
            8. Jayden Green, long jump, 22-4 ¼ (6.81m)
6. Brandon Vander Sluis, shot put, 55-2 ¼ (16.82m)
            8. Jackson Coker, shot put, 54-6 ¾ (16.35m)