Career Bests
2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
South Dakota men’s indoor track and field Coyote Character Award winner at The Charlies … clocked a season-best time of 51.23 seconds in the 400 meters at the SDSU Last Chance meet … finished runner-up in the 400 meters at the SDSU Holiday Invitational in 51.65 seconds … tallied nine top-10 finishes.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships … clocked a personal-best time of 53.88 seconds in the 400 hurdles at the Summit meet … victorious in the 400-meter hurdles at the Sioux City Relays with a time of 54.90 seconds … recorded a season-best 200-meter time of 23.23 seconds at the USD Twilight … won the 400-meter hurdles at the Wildcat Classic … notched a time of 54.31 seconds for fifth in the 400 hurdles at the South Dakota Tune-Up … captured three event titles and tallied nine top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors as a member of the Coyotes’ third-place distance medley relay at the Summit League Championships with a time of 10:31.50 … clocked a season-best of 51.11 seconds for 400 meters at the Iowa State Classic … finished seventh in the 400 meters at the Jim Emmerich Invitational … recorded a season-best of 9.01 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … tallied six top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Clocked a season-best 51.76 seconds for 400 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic … finished runner-up in the 400 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … notched a time of 1:26.88 in the 600-meter run at the SDSU Holiday Invitational.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the 400-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships with a time of 56.86 seconds … clocked a season-best 400-meter hurdle time of 54.99 seconds at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate with a ninth-place finish … took third in the 400 hurdles at the Wildcat Classic … clocked a time of 55.11 for the 400 hurdles at the Beach Invitational … tallied six top-10 finishes outdoors … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2017-18
Indoor Track & Field
Owned a season best of 9.32 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles from the Hawkeye Invitational … placed third in the 600 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational with a time of 1:27.02 … clocked a season best of 51.44 seconds in the 400 meters at the SDSU Classic … ran on the Coyotes’ 4x400-meter relay throughout the season … recorded five top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Finished ninth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships with a time of 57.31 seconds … also ran a leg of the Coyotes’ fourth-place 4x400-meter relay at the Summit meet … clocked a personal best of 55.80 for the 400 hurdles for fourth place at the ORU Invitational … finished runner-up in the 400 hurdles at the USD Twilight … placed third in the 400 hurdles in 56.69 seconds at the Red Raider Open … recorded 10 top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
Prep
Finished runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2016 Iowa Class 3A Track and Field Championships in 53.47 seconds, which set a new Spirit Lake High School record ... also ran a leg of the Indians’ state championship 4x200-meter relay in 2015 with a school record clocking of 1:29.52 ... with a pair of top-three finishes on the 4x400 relay, he has combined for four top-three finishes at the state meet in the last two seasons ... also a three-year letterwinner on the Indians football team, helping the team to a 2015 state title ... a National Honor Society Member and ranks first in his class at Spirit Lake High School.
Personal
Son of Brian and Leslie Renken ... business major with an emphasis in accounting.
