BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota men's track and field is prepped and ready to defend their Indoor Summit League Championship while the women's group is looking for their first indoor title since 2023.
 
SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP INFO
The Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships are set to begin at 9:30 a.m. both Friday and Saturday inside the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings. Multis start at 9:30 a.m. both days. Field events start at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon and 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning. Track events begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday.
 
All results can be followed live on Dakota Timing. All streaming of the championships can be found on the Summit League Network powered by Midco Sports Plus. There are streams dedicated to the track, high jump, pole vault, horizontal jumps, and throws.
 
SUMMIT LEAGUE PEAK PERFORMERS
Eerik Haamer earned his sixth 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 SDSU Last Chance Friday. Haamer cleared 18-3 ¾ in the men's pole vault competition to reach a new season's best.
 
The Coyotes have compiled 10 Summit League weekly honors 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
 
Feb. 25
Men's Field: Eerik Haamer
 
CONFERENCE LEADERS
With two weeks until the Summit League Indoor Championships, these are the Coyotes who are competing this weekend 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, 2^nd
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
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
Carsen Staehr, triple jump, 48-6 ¾ (14.80m), 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  
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  
Danii Anglin, high jump, 5-8 ¾, 2^nd
Sara Reifenrath, 200-meters, 24.01, 2^nd
Averi Schmeichel, 60-hurdles, 8.40, 3^rd
Lydia Knapp, weight throw, 65-5 ½, 3^rd  
Maddie Olson, high jump, 5-8 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. 13
Anna Willis, pole vault, 14-6 ¼, 4.43m, No. 15
Eerik Haamer, pole vault, 18-2 ¾, 5.56m, No. 13
Landon Olson, high jump, 7-2 ½, 2.20m, No. 16
 
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, 7.89s, 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
Jaden Guthmiller, 60-meters, 6.81s, 8^th
Isaac Ochoa, mile, 4:09.93, 9^th
 
Women's:
Averi Schmeichel, 60-hurdles, 8.40s, 1^st  
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 ¾, 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 five 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 fifth in the pole vault while the Coyote men rank sixth in the NCAA in the same event.