VERMILLION, S.D. – After having to cancel the USD Early Bird due to poor weather conditions, South Dakota track and field hosted the USD Snooze Button Classic Wednesday afternoon at the Lillibridge Track Complex in Vermillion.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
• Of the 14 USD event winners, two of them also set personal bests that are inside the USD Top 10.
• Brandon Vander Sluis recorded an outdoor shot put best of 58-10 ¾ (17.95m) Wednesday. That mark ties him for 23^rd in the NCAA West Region so far this spring and is first in the Summit League.
• He also jumps to fourth on the USD outdoor top 10 in the shot put and he placed second in the discus Wednesday at 169-6.
• Kenya Harris won the triple jump at 39-10 ½ (12.15m), a distance that is ninth on the USD Top 10.
• A third new top 10 mark was set Wednesday when Bre Dunn ran a personal best 1:00.32 in the 400 hurdles. That time ranks 48^th in the NCAA West Region.
• Jaden Damiano and Mikael Grace took the top two spots in the 110-meter hurdles. Damiano's 13.86 is tied for 18^th in the West Region and Grace's 13.94 is tied for 27^th.
• Caelan Harland and Wyatt Stewart cleared 17-1 in the men's pole vault, tying for 21^st in the NCAA West this spring.
• Maddie Olson cleared 5-7 ¾ (1.72m) to win the high jump, tied for 36^th in the NCAA West Region.
 
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
South Dakota claimed 14 event titles at the USD Snooze Button Classic Wednesday afternoon. Here are the Coyotes with top five finishes:
 
Men's 100-meters
1. Ethan Baessler 10.73
 
Women's 100-meters
3. Jordyn Larsen 12.19
4. Jacie Rexilius 12.19
 
Men's 110-meter hurdles
1. Jaden Damiano 13.86
2. Mikael Grace 13.94
 
Women's 200-meters
2. Jacie Rexilius 25.43
 
Men's 400-meters
2. Evan Janzen 48.05
 
Women's 400-meters
2. Claudia Werner 58.06
3. Emma Marshall 58.47
 
Men's 400-meters
2. Jaden Damiano 56.06
 
Women's 400-meter hurdles
2. Bre Dunn 1:00.32**
3. Avery Winter 1:03.08
4. Hadley Cheatum 1:03.24
 
Men's 1,500-meters
4. Trevor Thomsen 3:59.68**
 
Women's 1,500-meters
2. Ella Perras 4:51.80**
4. Kinsey Evans 4:54.25**
 
Women's 3000-meter steeplechase
1. Maci Steuber 11:27.93
 
Men's 3000-meter steeplechase
1. Riley Ruhaak 9:46.82
2. Ty Petrocco (unattached) 9:50.00
 
Men's high jump
1. Landon Olson 6-7 (2.01m)
 
Women's high jump
1. Maddie Olson 5-7 ¾ (1.72m)
 
Men's long jump
3. Bennett Schwenn 23-10 ¼ (7.27m)
 
Men's triple jump
1. Carsen Staehr 46-0 (14.02m)
 
Women's triple jump
1. Kenya Harris 39-10 ½ (12.15m)**
2. Mae Siegel 37-0 ½ (11.29m)
 
Men's pole vault
1. Caelan Harland 17-1 (5.21m)
2. Wyatt Stewart 17-1 (5.21m)
3. Beau Karst 16-5 ¼ (5.01m)
4. Charles Cruse (unattached) 16-5 ¼ (5.01m)
 
Men's discus
2. Brandon Vander Sluis 169-6 (51.66m)
 
Women's hammer
1. Delaney Smith 188-8 (57.52m)
 
Women's javelin
1. Brei Christoffer 134-10 (41.10m)**
 
Men's shot put
1. Brandon Vander Sluis 58-10 ¾ (17.95m)**
2. Tyler Laughlin 52-1 ¾ (15.89m)
3. Ian Blowe 50-5 ¼ (15.37m)
 
Women's shot put
2. Delaney Smith 43-10 ½ (13.37m)
 
Men's 4x100 relay
1. Damiano/Janzen/Grace/Baessler 40.97
4. Tingelhoff/Smith/Snow/Bishop 42.08
 
Women's 4x100 relay
1. Amin/Rexilius/Ringstmeyer/Larsen 46.94
 
Men's 4x400 relay
2. Janzen/Weidner/Tingelhoff/Smith 3:17.46
 
Women's 4x400 relay
2. Cheatum/Eggert/Hoffman/Marshall 3:55.78
 
**- personal best
 
TOP 10 UPDATES
A total of three Coyotes set new South Dakota Outdoor Top 10 marks on Wednesday.
 
Men's shot put: Brandon Vander Sluis (4^th: 58-10 ¾)
Women's 400-meters hurdles: Bre Dunn (7^th: 1:00.32)
Women's triple jump: Kenya Harris (9^th: 39-10 ½)
   
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