FARGO, N.D.—The quartet of freshman Madison Brouwer, fourth-year junior Jacy Pulse, fifth-year senior Madison Jochum and fifth-year senior Ella Byers cruised to a new meet record in the distance medley relay Friday night at the Summit League Championships inside the Shelly Ellig Indoor Track & Field Facility.
 
South Dakota captured four Summit League titles on the opening day and the Coyotes lead the men's team race after day one.
 
The women's distance medley relay were one of three teams to run under the previous Summit League record time. Brouwer, Pulse, Jochum and Byers combined for a time of 11:36.56. The mark also breaks a 16-year-old South Dakota program record. The quartet captured the Coyotes' second Summit title in the distance medley relay since joining the league in 2012.
 
Senior Marshall Faurot successfully defended his title in the men's pole vault, clearing a personal best of 18-1 ¼ (5.52m) to earn the victory. It was South Dakota's eighth-straight title in the men's pole vault and 10th overall. Faurot's height ties for 12th in the nation this season.
 
South Dakota racked up 28 points overall in the men's pole vault behind Faurot. Fourth-year junior Eerik Haamer earned all-Summit honors with a runner-up finish, clearing 17-7 ¼ (5.37m). Junior Spencer Buley joined the 17-foot club by clearing a personal best of 17-1 ½ (5.22m). He took fourth in the competition. Junior Tre Young took fifth clearing the same height. Freshman Wyatt Stewart was eighth with a height of 15-7 ¾ (4.77m).
 
A 46-year-old USD school record went down in the men's long jump tonight. Sophomore Bennett Schwenn leaped a personal best of 24-11 (7.59m) in winning his first league title. Schwenn improved on his runner-up finish from a year ago, capturing USD's first long jump title since 2020 and fifth overall. Freshman Carsen Staehr took fifth in 23-6 ¾ (7.18m).
 
It was a sweep in the long jumps as junior Sammy Neil captured the women's title. She jumped a personal best mark of 20-1 ½ (6.13m). The mark ranks second in USD school history. Neil snags the Coyotes' second women's long jump title indoors and first since 2019.
 
The men's distance medley relay of redshirt-sophomore Mason Sindelar, fourth-year junior Luke Olson, freshman Alexander Wear and sophomore Carson Lauterbach captured all-Summit accolades with a third-place finish. The quartet clocked 10:03.56, the seventh-fastest time in USD history.
 
Junior Wyatt Pruce took fourth in the men's weight throw with a personal best throw of 60-4 ¼ (18.40m). He cracks the Coyote Top 10, moving to eighth in the event. Redshirt-sophomore Tristan Gray was fifth in 59-11 (18.26m) and sophomore Quincy Warren was sixth in 58-0 ½ (17.69m). Gray's mark ranks 10th in USD program history.
 
Junior Kenzie Campbell and senior Meredith Clark took fourth and fifth in the women's weight throw. Campbell posted a mark of 60-11 ½ (18.58m) and Clark launched the weight throw 60-6 ¾ (18.46m).
 
Sophomore Matayah YellowMule took fourth in the women's pentathlon competition with a score of 3,751 points. YellowMule leaped a season best 18-9 ¾ (5.73m) for second in the pentathlon's long jump competition and tied for second in the high jump.
 
Through four events of the men's heptathlon competition, the quartet of Coyotes competing are sitting in scoring position. Junior Derek Eidsness sits in second place at 279 points behind the leader, Maguire Peterson, from North Dakota. Sophomore Noel Spence is in fifth, senior Bryce Paulsen is in seventh and sophomore Townsend Barton is in eighth.
 
Advancing through to tomorrow's finals on the women's side are: Erin Kinney, 60 meters (7.29 seconds), 200 meters (24.03 seconds); Averi Schmeichel, 60-meter hurdles (8.56 seconds); Jacy Pulse, 200 meters (24.58 seconds), 400 meters (55.60 seconds); Sara Reifenrath, 200 meters (24.24 seconds), 400 meters (56.06 seconds); Anna Robinson, 200 meters (25.08 seconds); Caelyn Valandra-Prue, 400 meters (56.81 seconds); Ella Byers, 800 meters (2:12.74); Madison Jochum, 800 meters (2:13.82); Madison Brouwer, 800 meters (2:13.89); Alexis Pagel, 800 meters (2:15.73).
 
Qualifying for finals on the men's side are: Dylan Kautz, 60 meters (6.76 seconds), 200 meters (21.71 seconds); Ardell Inlay, 60 meters (6.81 seconds), 200 meters (21.96 seconds); Mikael Grace, 60-meter hurdles (8.22 seconds); Ken-Mark Minkovski, 200 meters (21.89 seconds); Luke Olson, 800 meters (1:54.10).
 
Action resumes at Shelly Ellig Track tomorrow morning, starting with the men's heptathlon at 9:30 a.m.
 
Summit League Championships Women's Point Scorers
1. Sammy Neil, long jump, 20-1 ½ (6.13m)
1. Madison Brouwer, Jacy Pulse, Madison Jochum, Ella Byers, distance medley relay, 11:36.56
4. Matayah YellowMule, pentathlon, 3,751 points
4. Kenzie Campbell, weight throw, 60-11 ½ (18.58m)
            5. Meredith Clark, weight throw, 60-6 ¾ (18.46m)
 
Summit League Championships Men's Point Scorers
1. Marshall Faurot, pole vault, 18-1 ¼ (5.52m)
            2. Eerik Haamer, pole vault, 17-7 ¼ (5.37m)
            4. Spencer Buley, pole vault, 17-1 ½ (5.22m)
            5. Tre Young, pole vault, 17-1 ½ (5.22m)
            8. Wyatt Stewart, pole vault, 15-7 ¾ (4.77m)
1. Bennett Schwenn, long jump, 24-11 (7.59m)
            5. Carsen Staehr, long jump, 23-6 ¾ (7.18m)
3. Mason Sindelar, Luke Olson, Alexander Wear, Carson Lauterbach, distance medley relay, 10:03.56
4. Wyatt Pruce, weight throw, 60-4 ½ (18.40m)
            5. Tristan Gray, weight throw, 59-11 (18.26m)
            6. Quincy Warren, weight throw, 58-0 ½ (17.69m)