FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ­— South Dakota track and field concluded its time at the NCAA West First Rounds Friday as Jaden Damiano and Landon Olson competed in Fayetteville.
 
Olson started the day for the Yotes in the men's high jump. He cleared the opening bar of 6-9 ½ (2.07m) on his second attempt, but was unable to get over the following height of 6-11 ½ (2.12m). Only half of the field was able to clear the second bar of the day.
 
On the track, Damiano competed for a second time this week, running the quarterfinals of the men's 110-meter hurdles. After earning an auto qualifier spot to Friday's round, Damiano ran 13.69 to place 17^th Friday. The top 12 advanced to the NCAA Championships and the cut line was 13.49 seconds.
 
South Dakota returns to Vermillion with three qualifiers to the NCAA Championships in Eugene June 10-13. Caelan Harland advanced in the men's pole vault and will go for his first all-American honor to cap his freshman season.
 
Anna Willis and Marleen Mülla advanced to the NCAA Championships in the women's pole vault. Willis is looking for a third all-American honor, and second outdoor. She placed fourth outdoor last season and was third indoor this winter.
 
Mülla is hoping to make some South Dakota track and field history in June. She is going for a seventh all-American honor, and a third outdoor honor. Only one Coyote in USD's Division I history has seven all-American honors, Chris Nilsen. Mülla is currently tied with fellow women's pole vaulters Emily Grove, Helen Falda, and Gen Hirata for the most Division I all-American honors by a Coyote woman.
   
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