BROOKINGS, S.D. – In a scored meet Saturday at the Sanford Jackrabbit Athletic Complex, both the South Dakota men and women took the top spot in the team standings at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet in Brookings.
 
South Dakota, South Dakota State, North Dakota, St. Thomas, and Omaha were in attendance for the meet. South Dakota's men tallied 178 points, besting SDSU (156), St. Thomas (75), and UND (61). The women tallied 140 points, beating out the Jacks (100), Tommies (81), Fighting Hawks (45), and Mavericks (14).

TOP PERFORMERS
• The Coyotes swept the top collegiate men's and women's results in 5 events: long jump, high jump, pole vault, mile, and 60-meter hurdles.
• Marleen Mülla and Anna Willis both cleared 14-1 ¼ in the women's pole vault to be the top collegiate finishers. That height ranks 10^th in the NCAA this spring.
• South Dakota's Alexus Sindelar and Calia Chaney went 1-2 in the mile, running the fourth and fifth best times on the Coyote Indoor Top 10 list.
• Delaney Smith took second (top collegiate finisher) in the weight throw with a season's best 65-0 ½ (19.82m). That mark ranks No. 30 in the NCAA this season.
• Tristan Gray and Brandon Vander Sluis took the top two spots in the shot put, with Tristan Gray throwing a personal best 58-7 ½ (17.87m) for the title.
• Freshman Kenya Harris cracked into the Coyote Top 10 in the triple jump (8^th) with a winning jump of 39-4 (11.99m).
• Geneva Timmerman was the top attached finisher in the 3,000-meters with a time of 9:41.88, that time ranks sixth on the Coyote Indoor Top 10.

PODIUM PLACES
The Coyotes claimed 15 events and had a total of 35 top three finishes at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet.
 
Men's 60-meters
1. Ethan Baessler 6.77
 
Men's 60-meter hurdles
1. Jaden Damiano 7.87*
2. Mikael Grace 8.00*
 
Women's 60-meter hurdles
1. Sophie Amin 8.61*
 
Men's 200-meters
2. Ethan Baessler 21.77
 
Men's 400-meters
1. Evan Janzen 48.44
2. Braxton Smith 49.20
 
Women's 800-meters
1. Berkeley Engelland 2:09.88*
3. Ellie Thomas 2:11.46*
 
Men's 800-meters
2. Mason Sindelar 1:52.20*
 
Men's Mile
1. Natnael Kifle 4:12.00**
2. Mason Sindelar 4:13.83
 
Women's Mile
1. Alexus Sindelar 4:51.94**
2. Calia Chaney 4:52.27**
 
Women's 3,000-meters
2. Geneva Timmerman 9:41.88**
 
Men's High Jump
t-1. Joe Lynch 6-8 (2.03m)
t-1. Landon Olson 6-8 (2.03m)
 
Women's High Jump
1. Maddie Olson 5-7 (1.70m)
 
Women's Long Jump
t-1. Rylie Hansen 18-2 ½ (5.55m)
t-1. Matayah YellowMule 18-2 ½ (5.55m)
 
Men's Long Jump
1. Bennett Schwenn 23-3 ½ (7.10m)*
 
Men's Pole Vault
1. Caelan Harland 17-0 ¾ (5.20m)
2. Dylan Curtis 16-6 ¾ (5.05m)**
3. Beau Karst 16-0 ¾ (4.90m)
 
Women's Pole Vault
t-2. Anna Willis 14-1 ¼ (4.30m)*
t-2. Marleen Mülla 14-1 ¼ (4.30m)*
 
Men's Shot Put
1. Tristan Gray 58-7 ½ (17.87m)**
2. Brandon Vander Sluis 57-2 ¼ (17.43m)
 
Men's Triple Jump
2. Andrew Cartier 47-10 (14.58m)**
3. Carsen Staehr 47-3 ¾ (14.42m)
 
Women's Triple Jump
1. Kenya Harris 39-4 (11.99m)*
3. Mae Siegel 38-5 (11.71m)**
 
Women's Weight Throw
2. Delaney Smith 65-0 ½ (19.82m)
 
Men's 4x400 relay
1. Smith/Grace/Jett Tingelhoff/Janzen 3:16.63*

Women's 4x400 relay
2. Engelland/Thomas/Avery Winter/Hadley Cheatum 3:49.81*

* Season's best
** Personal Record

TOP 10 UPDATES
A total of 7 Coyotes set new South Dakota Indoor Top 10 marks on Saturday.
 
Men's 60-meter hurdles: Mikael Grace (6^th: 8.00)
Women's 800-meters: Ellie Thomas (7^th: 2:11.46)
Women's mile: Alexus Sindelar (4^th: 4:51.94)
Women's mile: Calia Chaney (5^th: 4:52.27)
Women's 3,000-meters: Geneva Timmerman (6^th: 9:41.88)
Women's triple jump: Kenya Harris (8^th: 39-4)
Men's shot put: Tristan Gray (4^th: 58-7 ½)

UP NEXT
South Dakota is back in action at the Dr. Rich McGuire Invite, hosted by Missouri in Columbia, Mo. The two-day meet starts Friday.
   
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