BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota athletes broke three Summit League Championship records and compiled eight event titles on the second day of the Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings.
 
Sara Reifenrath already has her name attached to three Summit League Championship records, and she improved, or helped improve, on two of them.
 
In the 400-meters, Reifenrath, who didn't use starting blocks this weekend, ran a 52.95, tying her personal best, and besting her meet record of 53.55 from 2021. She followed that performance with an anchor leg in the 4x400 relay that crossed the line in 3:40.46. With the help of Averi Schmeichel, Berkeley Engelland, and Ellie Thomas, the quartet broke the record of 3:41.71, set by USD last year. The time is also second in USD history indoor.
 
The third meet record came on the men's side, where Mason Sindelar had a breakout performance in both the mile and the 800-meters. Starting the day off in the mile, the first non-multi event on the track Saturday, Sindelar ran a meet record 4:05.4 to best teammate Caleb Rivera, who took second at 4:06.43.
 
Sindelar followed his record-breaking performance with another event title, this time winning the 800-meters in 1:50.82. Sindelar broke the school record in the event earlier this season, coming short of that time Saturday, but still bringing home gold.
 
The strong day on the track continued for the Coyote women, as Erin Kinney, competing in her final indoor conference meet, won both the 60- and 200-meters. Kinney ran 7.32 in the 60-meters and a season's best 23.83 in the 200-meters to take two more gold medals home. Kinney now has six indoor championships to go with her seven outdoor championships.
 
Three Coyotes added championships in the field. In the women's pole vault Anna Willis and Cassidy Mooneyhan shared the gold at 14-1 ¾ (4.31m). Eliza Aitken (13-4 ¼) and Kailee Swart (13-4 ¼) took fifth and sixth respectively. Alayna Falak took eighth at 12-4 ½ (3.77m).
 
One last Coyote title was in the men's high jump, where Joe Lynch cleared 7-0 ¼ (2.14m) to win, followed by teammate Landon Olson at 6-8 ¼ (2.04m) who placed in a share of second.

The men's heptathlon wrapped up Saturday, and Townsend Barton took third overall with 5,171 points. His total is the third most in USD history. Barton shared the top mark in the pole vault at 15-5 (4.70m). He also took second in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.2o seconds. Teammates Noel Spence and Derek Eidsness took fifth and seventh respectively. Spence took second in the 1,000-meters with a time of 2:51.22
 
Three Coyote women made Saturday's 800-meter final, and Berkeley Engelland placed third with a time of 2:10.87, just .22 seconds behind the winner. Ellie Thomas ran a 2:12.16 for fifth and Sydney Stodden a 2:14.04 for seventh.
 
In the women's 60-meter hurdles, Averi Schmeichel, who reset her school record in the event Friday, ran 8.35 seconds in the finals to place third. Sophie Amin ran 8.60 seconds to place sixth. In the women's mile, Jade Ecoffey ran a personal best 4:52.56, the eighth best mile time in USD history, to place sixth. Geneva Timmerman added an eighth-place finish in the 5,000-meters at 17:09.32.
 
On the men's side, Jaden Damiano ran 7.81 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles to place second. It's a personal best time that moves him into third in USD history in the event.
Jaden Guthmiller ran a 6.84 second 60-meter final to place fourth.
 
In other strong field event performances, three Coyote women placed inside the top six in the high jump, led by a third-place finish for Danii Anglin at 5-7 ¾ (1.72m). Maddie Olson and Matayah YellowMule took fifth and sixth, both clearing 5-5 ¾. Carsen Staehr took third in the men's triple jump at a season's best 48-7 ¼ (14.81m) and Jayden Green took seventh at 46-8 (14.22m). In the men's shot put, Tristan Gray took seventh at 51-5 ½ (15.68m).
 
In the team standings, South Dakota placed third on both sides. The USD men claimed 130 points and the women 126.
 
Now the Coyotes will await the announcement of NCAA Indoor National Championship qualifiers. The top 16 athletes in each event will receive the invite to Virginia Beach, Virginia for the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14 and 15.