LINCOLN, Neb.—South Dakota junior pole vaulter Marleen Mülla vaulted the third-best height in the NCAA this season at the Nebraska Tune-Up Friday night inside the Devaney Center.
 
Mülla presumably secured her ticket to the NCAA Indoor Championships after clearing 14-7 ¼ (4.45m) in the competition. She had been sitting in a four-way tie for 16th on the national charts alongside teammate Cassidy Mooneyhan prior to tonight's performance. Mooneyhan and senior Gen Hirata tied for second in the competition with a clearance of 13-4 ½ (4.08m). All three women qualified for the 2023 NCAA meet.
 
Junior Danii Anglin took first in the high jump field with a clearance of 5-8 ¾ (1.75m).
 
Matching her best leap in a Coyote uniform, junior Sammy Neil recorded a mark of 19-4 (5.89m) to win the women's long jump. She ranks fourth in USD program history with the mark. Neil also enters next week's Summit meet ranked fourth in the event. Freshman Taylor Bredthauer finished third in the competition with a season best 17-6 ¾ (5.35m).
 
Senior Riley Griffith won the women's weight throw with a season best mark of 55-2 ¾ (16.83m). Sophomore Kinsley Ragland took second in 53-2 ¼ (16.21m).
 
Junior Averi Schmeichel cruised to a win in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.71 seconds.
 
Senior Marshall Faurot tied for first in the men's pole vault, clearing 17-7 ¾ (5.38m) in the competition. Fourth-year junior Eerik Haamer took third in 17-1 ¾ (5.23m).
 
After just narrowly missing a shot at the 7-foot club, junior Joe Lynch tied his personal best of 6-11 (2.11m) for second place in the men's high jump. He leads the Summit this season with the mark.
 
Senior Meredith Clark finished runner-up in the shot put with a throw of 50-5 ½ (15.38m). The Summit leader in the event, Clark has thrown past 50 feet at all six meets this season.
 
Returning back to the Midwest after a weekend of racing in Washington, distance runners Ella Byers and Madison Brouwer recorded new personal bests in the women's 800 meters. Byers finished runner-up in 2:11.52 while Brouwer took third in 2:11.93. Byers ranks seventh in USD program history and Brouwer sits 10th.
 
On the men's side, redshirt-sophomore Mason Sindelar and sophomore Carson Lauterbach both clocked new personal bests in the mile. Sindelar was edged out at the line and finished runner-up in 4:11.51. Lauterbach took third in 4:13.63.
 
Junior Tommy Nikkel finished runner-up in the men's 200 meters with a time of 22.18 seconds.
 
Freshman Tyler Laughlin took third in the men's shot put competition with a throw of 47-3 ¾ (14.42m).
 
Junior Lauren Meyer was third in the women's triple jump after leaping 38-1 ¼ (11.61m).
 
The Coyotes are set for the Summit League Championships next Friday and Saturday in Fargo, North Dakota.