ST. PAUL, Minn.—South Dakota broke three more Summit League Championship meet records Saturday at O'Shaughnessy Stadium. Redshirt-junior Sara Reifenrath captured the women's Track Championship MVP and fifth-year senior Meredith Clark took home the women's Field Championship MVP from the meet.
 
Reifenrath, the Track Championship MVP, returns to Vermillion with four gold medals from the weekend and 25 points scored. She clocked a Summit League Championship meet record and a South Dakota program record of 52.81 seconds to take gold in the 400 meters, holding off indoor champion Nell Graham of NDSU down the home stretch. Reifenrath also took gold in the open 200 meters in 23.30 seconds, just one-tenth of a second off her own meet record from 2022. She's captured three career titles in both the 200 meters and 400 meters. She also anchored the Coyotes' victorious 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays.
 
Clark garnered the Field Championship MVP award for the second-straight year. She totaled 22 points with a pair of gold medals in the throwing events. After winning the shot put title yesterday, Clark returned to win the discus throw today. Her best mark of 161-2 (49.13m) came on her final throw of the competition. A Coyote has won the discus two years in a row.
 
In her final conference meet, senior Jacy Pulse took a victory lap in the 400-meter hurdles by breaking her own Summit meet record from yesterday's preliminary with a clocking of 57.70 seconds. She's won the event for three-straight years. Pulse also ran on the Coyotes' championship 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays.
 
The women's 4x100-meter relay of senior Erin Kinney, Pulse, junior Averi Schmeichel and Reifenrath opened up the running events Saturday by setting a new Summit League Championship meet record of 44.54 seconds. USD held the previous record of 44.99 seconds from 2022. The Coyotes have won three-straight league titles in the 4x100 relay and four overall.
 
Kinney successfully defended her title in the open 100 meters with a time of 11.38 seconds. She was just .04 shy of yesterday's Summit League Championships meet record set in the preliminaries. Kinney was also runner-up to Reifenrath in the 200 meters, clocking 23.78 seconds.
 
The quartet of Schmeichel, Pulse, fifth-year senior Madison Jochum, and Reifenrath captured South Dakota's fourth-straight championship title in the women's 4x400-meter relay with a clocking of 3:40.68. The time was just off last year's championship meet record of 3:40.25.
 
Sophomore Mikael Grace captured his first Summit League Championship title, taking the 110-meter hurdles in a personal record time of 13.90 seconds. His time ranks fifth in USD program history. He also finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with a clocking of 55.61 seconds.
 
Freshman Jaden Guthmiller, who entered the Summit meet with the 14th-best seed time in the men's 100 meters, heads home a Summit League champion in the event. He took the tape in a personal best 10.31 seconds. The time ranks third in USD program history. Guthmiller also clocked a personal record 21.45 seconds in the 200 meters, finishing fourth in the event.
 
Fifth-year senior Marshall Faurot successfully defended his Summit League title in the men's pole vault and the Coyotes swept the top-four spots. USD swept the podium in both pole vault competitions. Faurot was the lone athlete to clear 17-3 ¾ (5.28m) to win. Redshirt-junior Tre Young finished runner-up with a clearance of 17-0 (5.18m) and junior Spencer Buley rounded out the podium with a clearance at the same height. Buley's make of 17-0 (5.18m) was a season best. Senior Eerik Haamer took fourth in the field, also clearing 17-0 (5.18m).
 
South Dakota finished with 13 conference champions with Clark (shot put), junior Joe Lynch (high jump) and senior Gen Hirata (pole vault) joining Saturday's victors.
 
The Coyotes finished runner-up in both team races to North Dakota State. South Dakota's men finished with 175 points to North Dakota State's 190 points. The Coyote women finished with 197 points to the Bison's 238 points.
 
Schmeichel, in addition to her gold medals in the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays, made the podium in both hurdle races. She finished runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles in a personal best time of 13.30 seconds. The time is a new South Dakota program record in the event. She also placed third in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 59.10 seconds, breaking the minute barrier for the first time this weekend. Her time ranks third in USD program history.
 
Redshirt-sophomore Mason Sindelar had a stellar performance in the men's 1,500-meter run, finishing runner-up in 3:45.94. The Coyotes were not seeded to score in the event with Sindelar entering the meet with the 11th-best time this spring. He finished strong down the final 200 meters with a five-second personal best. The top three athletes were all under the previous conference meet record.
 
On the women's side for the 1,500 meters, fifth-year senior Ella Byers finished runner-up in a season-best time of 4:28.29. She also took seventh in the 800-meter run.
 
Junior Thomas Nikkel took the silver in the men's 400 meters with a personal best time of 47.22 seconds. He also finished sixth in the 200 meters. Sophomore Mark Daley was seventh in the 200 meters and eighth in the 400 meters.
 
The men's 4x100-meter relay of Guthmiller, Nikkel, fifth-year senior Ardell Inlay and Daley finished runner-up in 40.10 seconds.
 
Freshman Carsen Staehr added a podium finish in the men's triple jump, taking second in 48-10 ¼ (14.89m). Junior Jayden Green was sixth and sophomore Bennett Schwenn was seventh.
 
Junior Anna Robinson took fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 54.73 seconds and fifth in the 200 meters in a personal best 24.26 seconds.
 
Fifth-year senior Madison Jochum clocked 2:11.92 to finish fourth in the women's 800 meters.
 
Junior Lauren Meyer placed fifth in the women's triple jump with a leap of 39-4 ½ (12.00m).
 
Junior Wyatt Pruce took sixth and sophomore Quincy Warren was seventh in the men's discus competition. Sophomore Kinsley Ragland was seventh in the women's discus with a personal best throw of 137-3 (41.85m).
 
Select Coyote athletes will advance on to the NCAA West Preliminary meet held May 22-25 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Qualifiers will be announced next week.
 
Summit League Championships Men's Point Scorers
1. Mikael Grace, 110m hurdles, 13.90 seconds
1. Jaden Guthmiller, 100m, 10.31 seconds
1. Marshall Faurot, pole vault, 17-3 ¾ (5.28m)
            2. Tre Young, pole vault, 17-0 (5.18m)
            3. Spencer Buley, pole vault, 17-0 (5.18m)
            4. Eerik Haamer, pole vault, 17-0 (5.18m)
1. Joe Lynch, high jump, 6-9 ½ (2.07m)
            2. Ethan Heitman, high jump, 6-9 ½ (2.07m)
2. Mason Sindelar, 1,500m, 3:45.94
2. Thomas Nikkel, 400m, 47.22 seconds
            8. Mark Daley, 400m, 49.68 seconds
2. Tristan Gray, shot put, 54-9 ¼ (16.69m)
2. Quincy Warren, hammer throw, 183-10 (56.05m)
            3. Tristan Gray, hammer throw, 176-1 (53.69m)
            4. Wyatt Pruce, hammer throw, 164-7 (50.18m)
2. Bennett Schwenn, long jump, 24-1 (7.34m)
            3. Carsen Staehr, long jump, 23-7 ½ (7.20m)
            6. Jayden Green, long jump, 23-2 ¾ (7.08m)
2. Carsen Staehr, triple jump, 48-10 ¼ (14.89m)
            6. Jayden Green, triple jump, 47-8 ½ (14.54m)
            7. Bennett Schwenn, triple jump, 47-7 ¾ (14.52m)
2. Jaden Guthmiller, Thomas Nikkel, Ardell Inlay, Mark Daley, 4x100m relay, 40.10 seconds
4. Jaden Guthmiller, 200m, 21.45 seconds
            6. Thomas Nikkel, 200m, 21.96 seconds
            7. Mark Daley, 200m, 26.49 seconds
5. Derek Eidsness, decathlon, 6,629 points
            6. Townsend Barton, decathlon, 6,618 points
            7. Noel Spence, decathlon, 6,441 points
6. Wyatt Pruce, discus, 157-0 (47.86m)
            7. Quincy Warren, discus, 155-5 (47.39m)
7. Mikael Grace, 400 hurdles, 55.61 seconds
 
Summit League Championships Women's Point Scorers
1. Sara Reifenrath, 400m, 52.81 seconds
            4. Anna Robinson, 400m, 54.73 seconds
1. Jacy Pulse, 400m hurdles, 57.70 seconds
            3. Averi Schmeichel, 400m hurdles, 59.10 seconds
1. Erin Kinney, 100m, 11.38 seconds
1. Sara Reifenrath, 200m, 23.30 seconds
            2. Erin Kinney, 200m, 23.78 seconds
            5. Anna Robinson, 200m, 24.26 seconds
1. Meredith Clark, shot put, 52-0 ½ (15.86m)
1. Meredith Clark, discus, 161-2 (49.13m)
            7. Kinsley Ragland, discus, 137-3 (41.85m)
1. Gen Hirata, pole vault, 14-1 ¼ (4.30m)
            2. Jaidyn Garrett, pole vault, 13-4 ½ (4.08m)
            3. Eliza Aitken, pole vault, 12-10 ¾ (3.93m)
            7. Kailee Swart, pole vault, 12-10 ¾ (3.93m)
1. Erin Kinney, Jacy Pulse, Averi Schmeichel, Sara Reifenrath, 4x100m relay, 44.54 seconds
1. Averi Schmeichel, Jacy Pulse, Madison Jochum, Sara Reifenrath, 4x400m relay, 3:40.68
2. Averi Schmeichel, 100m hurdles, 13.30 seconds
2. Ella Byers, 1,500m, 4:28.29
2. Kenzie Campbell, hammer throw, 185-2 (56.45m)
            6. Delaney Smith, hammer throw, 176-4 (53.76m)
            7. Meredith Clark, hammer throw, 175-10 (53.59m)
            8. Riley Griffith, hammer throw, 165-7 (50.47m)
2. Danii Anglin, high jump, 5-7 ¾ (1.72m)
            3. Maddie Olson, high jump, 5-7 ¾ (1.72m)
            5. Matayah YellowMule, high jump, 5-5 ¾ (1.67m)
4. Madison Jochum, 800m, 2:11.92
            7. Ella Byers, 800m, 2:17.72
4. Sammy Neil, long jump, 19-3 ¼ (5.87m)
            8. Matayah YellowMule, long jump, 18-7 ¼ (5.67m)
5. Lauren Meyer, triple jump, 39-4 ½ (12.00m)
8. Abbie Schmidt, 3,000m steeplechase, 11:08.43