BROOKINGS, S.D. – The South Dakota Track and Field program gets one final conference tune-up opportunity this week as they head to Brookings for the SDSU Last Chance Friday.
 
SDSU LAST CHANCE INFO
The SDSU Last Chance is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday inside the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings. Field events start at 3:30 p.m. while the track events will get underway at 4 p.m.
 
Live results are provided by Dakota Timing. Fans can also watch live on the Summit League Network powered by Midco Sports Plus.
 
SUMMIT LEAGUE PEAK PERFORMERS
Eerik Haamer earned his fifth Kwik Star Summit League Men's Field Peak Performer of the Week honor of his career this week after a season's best performance at the Tyson Invitational Friday. Haamer cleared 18-2 ¾ in the men's invitational pole vault competition to reach a new season's best.
 
The Coyotes have compiled eight Summit League weekly honors so far this winter. The full list of Coyote honorees this season by week:
 
Dec. 10
Men's Field: Landon Olson
 
Jan. 21
Men's Field: Landon Olson
Women's Track: Erin Kinney
Women's Field: Cassidy Mooneyhan
 
Jan. 28
Co-Women's Field: Anna Willis
 
Feb. 4
Men's Track: Caleb Rivera
Men's Field: Spencer Buley
Women's Track: Sara Reifenrath
 
Feb. 18
Men's Field: Eerik Haamer
 
CONFERENCE LEADERS
With two weeks until the Summit League Indoor Championships, these are the Coyotes with Top 5 results in the conference this season:
 
Men's:
Eerik Haamer, pole vault, 17-7 ¼ (5.37m), 1^st
Landon Olson, high jump, 7-2 ½ (2.20m), 1^st
Mason Sindelar, 800-meters, 1:49.34, 1^st
Caleb Rivera, mile, 4:03.01, 2^nd
Joe Lynch, high jump, 6-10 ¾ (2.10m), 2^nd
Spencer Buley, pole vault, 17-5 ¾ (5.33m), 2^nd
Townsend Barton, heptathlon, 4,849 points, 2^nd
Brandon Vander Sluis, shot put, 56-9 ¼, 3^rd
Ethan Baessler, 60-meters, 6.73s, 3^rd
Jaden Damiano, 60-meter hurdles, 7.91, 3^rd
Mason Sindelar, mile, 4:03.07, 3^rd
Caleb Rivera, 3,000-meters, 8:15.42, 4^th
Derek Eidsness, heptathlon, 4,569 points, 4^th
Tre Young, pole vault, 16-10 ¾ (5.15m), 4^th
Wyatt Stewart, pole vault, 16-10 ¾ (5.15m), 4^th
4x400-relay, 3:16.60, 4^th
Bennett Schwenn, long jump, 23-7 ¼ (7.19m), 5^th
 
Women's:
Berkeley Engelland, 800-meters, 2:09.4, 1^st
Cassidy Mooneyhan, pole vault, 14-6 ¾, 1^st  
Danii Anglin, high jump, 5-8 ½, t-1^st
Erin Kinney, 60-meters, 7.27s, 1^st
Erin Kinney, 200-meters, 23.89s, 1^st
Maddie Olson, high jump, 5-8 ½, t-1^st
Sara Reifenrath, 400-meters, 53.31, 1^st
4x400-relay, 3:42.73, 1^st
Anna Willis, pole vault, 14-6 ¼, 2^nd  
Sara Reifenrath, 200-meters, 24.01, 2^nd
Averi Schmeichel, 60-hurdles, 8.42, 3^rd
Lydia Knapp, weight throw, 65-5 ½, 3^rd  
Delaney Smith, shot put, 47-6 ¼, 4^th  
Delaney Smith, weight throw, 64-4, 4^th
Kailee Swart, pole vault, 13-5, 4^th
Eliza Aitken, pole vault, 12-11, 5^th
Sophie Amin, 60-hurdles, 8.52, 5^th
 
NCAA LEADERS
At the end of the regular season, athletes who rank inside the top 16 nationally qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, held in Virginia Beach, Va. On March 14-15. Here are the Coyotes who rank inside the Top 25 in their respective events this season:
 
Cassidy Mooneyhan, pole vault, 14-6 ¾, 4.44m, No. 12
Anna Willis, pole vault, 14-6 ¼, 4.43m, No. 14
Eerik Haamer, pole vault, 18-2 ¾, 5.56m, No. 14
Landon Olson, high jump, 7-2 ½, 2.20m, No. 15
 
COYOTE TOP 10
The following Coyotes have either improved their standing or entered the all-time top-10 at South Dakota this winter:
 
Men's:
Caleb Rivera, mile, 4:03.01, 1^st
Mason Sindelar, 800-meters, 1:49.34, 1^st
Ethan Baessler, 60-meters, 6.73s, t-2^nd
Landon Olson, high jump, 7-2 ½, 2^nd
Mason Sindelar, mile, 4:03.07, 2^nd
Caleb Rivera, 3,000-meters, 8:15.42, 3^rd
Jaden Damiano, 60-hurdles, 7.91s, 4^th
Spencer Buley, pole vault, 17-5 ¾, 5^th
Isaac Ochoa, 3,000-meters, 8:21.99, 7^th
Brandon Vander Sluis, shot put, 56-9 ¼, 7^th
Isaac Ochoa, mile, 4:09.93, 9^th
 
Women's:
Averi Schmeichel, 60-hurdles, 8.42s, 2^nd
Berkeley Engelland, 800-meters, 2:09.40, 2^nd
Schmeichel/Thomas/Reifenrath/Engelland, 3:42.73, 2^nd
Cassidy Mooneyhan, pole vault, 14-6 ¾, 3^rd
Sophie Amin, 60-hurdles, 8.52, 3^rd
Anna Willis, pole vault, 14-6 ¼, 4^th
Matayah YellowMule, long jump, 19-2 ½, t-6^th
Matayah YellowMule, triple jump, 39-3 ¼,t-9^th
Delaney Smith, shot put, 47-6 ¼, 10^th
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS
In week four of the USTFCCCA Rankings, the Coyote men stayed at No. 11 in the Midwest Region, the top Summit League team in the region, and rank third in the Summit League rankings.
 
The Coyote women rank higher than any Summit League team in the Midwest Rankings, coming in 11^th this week. In the conference ratings, South Dakota sits third in the Summit League.
 
In the event rankings, the South Dakota women sit fourth in the pole vault while the Coyote men rank sixth in the NCAA in the same event.