GRAND FORKS, N.D. – South Dakota track and field enters the Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday with many athletes peaking at the right time, and are hoping to lift South Dakota to its 65^th and 66^th conference titles in Grand Forks.
 
MEET INFORMATION
The Summit League Championships are scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Frederick "Fritz" D. Pollard Jr. Athletic Center.
 
Multi-event action starts at 9:30 a.m. Friday with the women's pentathlon 60-meter hurdles and at 10 a.m. with the men's heptathlon 60-meters. Individual events Friday start at 3 p.m. with the women's weigh throw, men's pole vault, and women's long jump. Track events start with the first section of the 3,000-meters at 3:30 p.m.
 
Saturday's action begin with the resumption of the men's heptathlon at 9:30 a.m., beginning with the 60-meter hurdles. Individual field events begins at 11:30 with the women's triple jump and individual track events at 1 p.m. with the first section of the women's mile.
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS
South Dakota women's track and field remained in the Top 25, ranking 22^nd in the latest national rankings. The Coyote women are the top ranked Summit League team.
 
Both the Coyote men and women rank inside the top 10 in the Midwest Region, both 10^th in the latest regional rankings. Both squads are the lone Summit League squads to be in the top 10 in the region.
 
In the event squad rankings, South Dakota's both South Dakota has five event groups inside the Top 30 in the NCAA, highlighted by the pole vault squads who are 2^nd (women) and 7^th (men) respectively.
 
The Coyote men's shot put squad ranks 14^th in the NCAA. The men's 60 hurdles are 27^th in the country. USD's women's triple jumpers are 20^th.
 
South Dakota is the top ranked Summit League school in five events: women's pole vault (2^nd), men's pole vault (7^th), women's triple jump (20^th), women's 800m (47^th), and women's mile (69^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
Landon Olson, high jump, 7-1, 2.16m, 26^th
Brandon Vander Sluis, shot put, 60-10 ½, 18.55m, 31^st  
Caelan Harland, pole vault, 17-7, 5.36m, 36^th
Wyatt Stewart, pole vault, 17-6 ½, 5.35m, 37^th
Jaden Damiano, 60m hurdles, 7.77, 44^th
Distance Medley Relay (Sindelar, Atwood, Hensley, Ochoa), 9:47.64, 45^th
 
Women's
Marleen Mülla, pole vault, 15-2 ¼, 4.63m, 2^nd  
Anna Willis, pole vault, 15-1, 4.60m, 3^rd   
Delaney Smith, weight throw, 68-4 ½, 20.84m, 25^th  
 
SUMMIT LEAGUE PEAK PERFORMERS
Two Coyotes earned Summit League Peak Performer honors heading into conference. Marleen Mülla tied the Summit League Indoor record for most career weekly honors with nine, earning her third of the season after a career performance at Nebraska. Sophie Amin added her first career weekly honor after a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles put her in the top 100 in the NCAA in the event this season.
 
South Dakota has earned nine weekly honors this season, three by Mülla. The full list of Coyote honorees this season by week:

January 20
Women's Field: Marleen Mülla
 
January 27
Women's Field: Anna Willis
 
February 3
Women's Field: Marleen Mülla

Feb. 10
Men's Field: Landon Olson
Women's Track: Berkeley Engelland
Women's Field: Anna Willis
 
Feb. 17
Women's Field: Anna Willis
 
Feb. 24
Women's Track: Sophie Amin
Women's Field: Marleen Mülla
 
CONFERENCE LEADERS
The Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships have arrived. Here are the Coyotes who ran inside the top five in their events in the Summit League so far this season.
 
Men's
60-meters:
2. Ethan Baessler 6.70
 
400-meters:
3. Evan Janzen 48.12
t-5. Braxton Smith 48.47
 
800-meters:
1. Mason Sindelar 1:48.62
4. Tommy Hensley 1:50.34
 
3,000-meters:
5. Isaac Ochoa 8:13.19
 
60-meter hurdles:
1. Jaden Damiano 7.77
2. Mikael Grace 7.86
 
High Jump:
2. Landon Olson 7-1 (2.16m)
 
Pole Vault:
1. Caelan Harland 17-7 (5.36m)
2. Wyatt Stewart 17-6 ½ (5.35m)
4. Beau Karst 17-2 ¾ (5.25m)
 
Long Jump:
t-2. Bennett Schwenn 23-6 ¼ (7.17m)
 
Triple Jump:
5. Carsen Staehr 48-2 (14.68m)
 
Shot Put:
1. Brandon Vander Sluis 60-10 ½ (18.55m)
2. Tristan Gray 59-2 ¾ (18.05m) 
 
Heptathlon
3. Townsend Barton 5190 points
 
Women's
60-meters:
5. Kali Ringstmeyer 7.50
 
800-meters:
1. Berkeley Engelland 2:08.12
2. Calia Chaney 2:08.96
 
Mile:
2. Geneva Timmerman 4:47.54
3. Calia Chaney 4:49.51
 
3000-meters:
2. Geneva Timmerman 9:23.76
 
60-meter hurdles:
1. Sophie Amin 8.36
 
High Jump:
1. Maddie Olson 5-9 ¾ (1.77m)
 
Pole Vault:
1. Marleen Mülla 15-2 ¼ (4.63m)
2. Anna Willis 15-1 (4.60m)
t-3. Eliza Aitken 13-4 ½ (4.08m)
t-3. Rylie Hansen 13-4 ½ (4.08m)
 
Long Jump:
1. Matayah YellowMule 19-8 (5.99m)
5. Rylie Hansen 19-1 ¼ (5.82m)
 
Triple Jump:
1. Matayah YellowMule 40-9 ¾ (12.44m)
3. Kenya Harris 39-11 ¼ (12.17m)
 
Weight Throw:
1. Delaney Smith 68-4 ½ (20.84m)
 
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
Mason Sindelar, 800-meters, 1:48.62
Sindelar/Atwood/Hensley/Ochoa, Distance Medley Relay, 9:47.64, 1^st
Ethan Baessler, 60-meters, 6.70, 2^nd
Jaden Damiano, 60m hurdles, 7.77, 2^nd
Brandon Vander Sluis, shot put, 60-10 ½, 3^rd
Tommy Hensley, 800-meters, 1:50.34, 3^rd  
Townsend Barton, heptathlon, 5190 points, 3^rd
Isaac Ochoa, mile, 4:06.18, 4^th
Isaac Ochoa, 3000-meters, 8:13.19, 4^th
Mikael Grace, 60m hurdles, 7.86, 5^th
Tristan Gray, shot put, 59-2 ¾, 5^th
Caelan Harland, pole vault, 17-7, 5^th
Wyatt Stewart, pole vault, 17-6 ½, 6^th
Evan Janzen, 400-meters, 48.12, 7^th
Andrew Atwood, 800-meters, 1:51.71, 8^th
Natnael Kifle, 3000-meters, 8:22.14, 8^th
Braxton Smith, 400-meters, 48.47, 10^th
 
Women's
Geneva Timmerman, 3,000-meters, 9:23.76, 1^st
Marleen Mülla, pole vault, 15-2 ¼, 1^st
Chaney/Engelland/Thomas/Sindelar, Distance Medley Relay, 11:33.59, 1^st
Anna Willis, pole vault, 15-1, 2^nd  
Berkeley Engelland, 800-meters, 2:08.12, 2^nd
Delaney Smith, weight throw, 68-4 ½, 2^nd
Kali Ringstmeyer, 60-meters, 7.50, 2^nd
Sophie Amin, 60m hurdles, 8.36, 2^nd
Calia Chaney, 800-meters, 2:08.96, 3^rd
Geneva Timmerman, mile, 4:47.54, 3^rd
Matayah YellowMule, triple jump, 40-9 ¾, 3^rd
Matayah YellowMule, long jump, 19-8, 4^th
Maddie Olson, high jump, 5-9 ¾, 4^th
Calia Chaney, mile, 4:49.51, 5^th
Drew Beason, mile, 4:51.44, 6^th
Kenya Harris, 60m hurdles, 8.72, 6^th
Kenya Harris, triple jump, 39-11 ¼, 7^th
Alexus Sindelar, mile, 4:51.94, 7^th
Drew Beason, 3,000-meters, 9:43.09, 8^th
Ellie Thomas, 800-meters, 2:11.46, 8^th
Berkeley Engelland, 400-meters, 56.14, 9^th
Brei Christoffer, 60m hurdles, 8.36, 9^th
Kali Ringstmeyer, 200-meters, 24.65, t-9^th
Rylie Hansen, long jump, 19-1 ¼, 9^th
Jacie Rexilius, 60-meters, 7.69, 10^th
   
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