COLUMBIA, Mo. – For the first time at the Division I level, South Dakota track and field heads to Columbia, Missouri for an indoor meet, taking on the competition at the Dr. Rich McGuire Invite hosted by Missouri on Friday and Saturday.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Friday's action in the Hearnes Center Fieldhouse at Missouri starts at 9 a.m. with multi-events (men's heptathlon and women's pentathlon). Individual field events start with the men's weight throw at 10 a.m. and the women's pole vault at 10:30 a.m. Individual running events start at 2 p.m. with the women's 5,000-meters. Action is anticipated to conclude around 5 p.m.
 
Saturday's action starts at 11 a.m. with the resumption of the men's heptathlon events and the women's shot put. The first individual event on the track is the women's mile at 12:05 p.m. The meet is scheduled to wrap up around 4 p.m. Saturday.
 
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
Live results of the meet is being provided by Prime Time Timing.
 
SUMMIT LEAGUE PEAK PERFORMER
Anna Willis earned her second career Kwik Star Summit League Peak Performer honor of the season this week for her performance at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet. Willis cleared 14-1 ¼ at the meet, good for second at the meet, first in the Summit League and 10^th in the NCAA.
 
Willis' honor is the second for a Coyote this season. The full list of Coyote honorees this season by week:

January 20
Women's Field: Marleen Mülla
 
January 27
Women's Field: Anna Willis
 
CONFERENCE LEADERS
The Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships are a month away, scheduled for February 27 and 28 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Here are the Coyotes who ran inside the top five in their events in the Summit League so far this season.
 
Men's:
Caelan Harland, pole vault, 17-6 ½, 5.35m, t-1^st
Jaden Damiano, 60-meter hurdles, 7.87, 1^st
Tristan Gray, shot put, 58-7 ½, 17.87m, 1^st
Wyatt Stewart, pole vault, 17-6 ½, 5.35m, t-1^st
Ethan Baessler, 60-meters, 6.72, 2^nd
Landon Olson, high jump, 6-10 ¾, 2.10m, 2^nd
Bennett Schwenn, long jump, 23-3 ½, 7.10m, 3^rd
Brandon Vander Sluis, shot put, 57-11 ¼, 17.66m, 3^rd
Carsen Staehr, triple jump, 48-2, 14.68m, 3^rd
Evan Janzen, 400-meters, 48.84, 3^rd
Mason Sindelar, 800-meters, 1:52.20, 3^rd
Mikael Grace, 60-meter hurdles, 8.00, 3^rd
Andrew Cartier, triple jump, 47-10, 14.58m, 4^th
Joe Lynch, high jump, 6-9 ¾, 2.08m, 4^th
Natnael Kifle, mile, 4:12.00, 4^th
Beau Karst, pole vault, 16-6 ¾, 5.05m, t-5^th
Dylan Curtis, pole vault, 16-6 ¾, 5.05m, t-5^th
Mikael Grace, 200-meters, 21.71, 5^th  
 
Women's
Alexus Sindelar, mile, 4:51.94, 1^st
Anna Willis, pole vault, 14-1 ¼, 4.30m, t-1^st
Berkeley Engelland, 800-meters, 2:09.88, 1^st
Delaney Smith, weight throw, 65-0 ½, 19.82m, 1^st  
Geneva Timmerman, 3,000-meters, 9:41.88, 1^st
Maddie Olson, high jump, 5-8, 1.73m, 1^st
Marleen, Mülla, pole vault, 14-1 ¼, 4.30m, t-1^st
Calia Chaney, mile, 4:52.27, 2^nd
Kenya Harris, triple jump, 39-4, 11.99m, 2^nd
Matayah YellowMule, long jump, 19-2 ½, 5.85m, 2^nd
Ellie Thomas, 800-meters, 2:11.46, 3^rd
Calia Chaney, 800-meters, 2:12.59, 4^th
Rylie Hansen, long jump, 19-1 ¼, 5.82m, 4^th
Sophie Amin, 60-meter hurdles, 8.61, 4^th
Eliza Aitken, pole vault, 12-9 ½, 3.90m, 5^th
 
NCAA LEADERS
The NCAA Indoor Championships will be held in Fayetteville, Arkansas on March 13-14. The Top 16 in every event qualify for the championships. Here are the Coyotes who are in the top 50 of their events in the NCAA so far this season.
 
Men's
Caelan Harland, pole vault, 17-6 ½, 5.35m, 23^rd
Wyatt Stewart, pole vault, 17-6 ½, 5.35m, 23^rd
Tristan Gray, shot put, 58-7 ½, 17.87m, 50^th
 
Women's
Anna Willis, pole vault, 14-1 ¼, 4.30m, 10^th
Marleen Mülla, pole vault, 14-1 ¼, 4.30m, 10^th
Delaney Smith, weight throw, 65-0 ½, 19.82m, 31^st
 
COYOTE TOP 10
The following Coyotes have either improved their standing or entered the all-time indoor top 10 at South Dakota this winter.
 
Men's
Ethan Baessler, 60-meters, 6.72, 2^nd
Tristan Gray, shot put, 58-7 ½, 4^th
Brandon Vander Sluis, shot put, 57-11 ¼, 5^th
Caelan Harland, pole vault, 17-6 ½, t-5^th
Wyatt Stewart, pole vault, 17-6 ½, t-5^th
Mikael Grace, 60m hurdles, 8.00, 6^th
 
Women's
Alexus Sindelar, mile, 4:51.94, 4^th
Calia Chaney, mile, 4:52.27, 5^th
Kali Ringstmeyer, 60-meters, 7.58, 5^th
Geneva Timmerman, 3,000-meters, 9:41.88, 6^th
Ellie Thomas, 800-meters, 2:11.46, 7^th
Kenya Harris, triple jump, 39-4, 8^th
Rylie Hansen, long jump, 19-1 ¼, 9^th
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS
The first national, regional, and position group rankings of the season were released Tuesday, with the South Dakota women ranking 55^th in the first national ranking of the season.
 
In the Midwest Regional Ranking, the Coyote men are ranked 12^th in the first regional ranking, the second highest ranked Summit League school in the region. The USD women are inside the top 15, ranking 13^th. They are also the second highest ranked Summit League school. In the conference rankings, both South Dakota squad rank behind North Dakota State in the first ranking of the season.
 
In the event squad rankings, South Dakota's both South Dakota's men and women have three event groups inside the Top 25 in the NCAA, highlighted by the pole vault squads who are 2^nd (women) and 6^th (men) respectively.
 
South Dakota men's pole vault ranks sixth in the NCAA so far this season. The Coyote men's shot put squad ranks 14^th in the NCAA and the 60-meter hurdle squad ranks 25^th. USD's women's pole vault squad is 2^nd in the NCAA this season. The triple jumpers are 15^th and the 800-meter squad is 19^th.
   
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