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Track and Field

2019-20 Track and Field Roster

Rachel Bellwood
Madisen Martinez
Rachel Bellwood
Dave Eggen/Inertia

Kianna Stewart

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Red Wing, Minn.
  • Highschool Red Wing HS
  • Major Business Administration

Biography

Career Bests

2019-20
Cross Country
Earned all-Summit League second team honors … placed 10th at the Summit League Championships in 21:50.3 … received Coyote Character Award at The Charlies … one of seven women to race in all seven meets … scored for the Coyotes in all seven meets as well … crossed the finish line as the Coyotes’ second runner at five of those meets … clocked a season-best 5,000-meter time of 17:36.8 at the Chile Pepper Festival to finish 42nd in the 280-woman field … it marked the fifth-fastest time in the league this season … posted a season-best 6,000-meter time of 21:28.4 at the Bradley Pink Classic for 14th place … took fifth at NDSU’s Bison Open … also placed sixth at the Augustana Twilight with a clocking of 17:39.2 for 5,000 meters … finished 16th at Nebraska’s Woody Greeno Invitational … member of the Coyotes’ squad at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing in 42nd with a time of 21:45.3 … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the mile, sixth in the 5,000 meters and seventh in the 3,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … clocked 5:00.13 for the mile, 9:56.34 for 3,000 meters and 17:33.15 for 5,000 meters at the Summit League meet … recorded a personal best mile time of 4:56.54 at the Adidas Classic with a fifth-place finish … dropped just outside of the Coyote Top-10 in the mile as the season progressed … notched a personal best of 9:50.84 for 3,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic … finished runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … took third in the mile at the Nebraska Tune-Up in 4:59.71 … clocked 10:01.73 for 3,000 meters at the Jim Emmerich Invitational with a third-place finish … tallied 10 top-10 finishes during the season … 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
Cross Country
Earned all-Summit League second-team honors … helped South Dakota capture its fifth-straight Summit League Championship team title … placed 14th at the Summit League Championships with a time of 22:00.80 … finished in the Coyotes’ top-seven at all six meets during the season … clocked a season-best 6,000-meter time of 21:31.9 in the season finale at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 45th in the field as the third Coyote across the line … took 12th at the Augustana Twilight … clocked 21:38.3 for 38th at the Bradley Pink Classic with two meets under the 22-minute barrier … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

Indoor Track & Field
Took 11th in the 3,000 meters at the Summit League Championships with a time of 10:16.05 … recorded a season-best time of 10:00.52 for 3,000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic with a fifth-place finish in the race … clocked a season-best mile time of 5:06.01 for seventh place at the Nebraska Tune-Up … took eighth in the 5,000 meters at the Jack Johnson Classic … tallied five top-10 finishes indoors.

Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a clocking of 10:58.96 at the Summit League Championships … clocked fourth-best time in South Dakota program history for the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays, crossing the finish line in a time of 10:48.75 … also finished 10th in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships with a season-best clocking of 17:14.41 … ran a leg of the Coyotes’ 10th-place 4xMile Relay at the Drake Relays … the relay clocked 20:37.38 which ranks sixth in South Dakota program history for the event … won the 1,500 meters at the USD Twilight in 4:44.99 … finished runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational … recorded nine top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2017-18
Cross Country
Led South Dakota to its fourth-straight Summit League Championship … garnered all-Summit League first team honors in seventh place with a time of 21:31.09 … finished 46th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a personal best of 21:12.70 … USD took fifth at the NCAA Midwest Regional, the highest finish by the Coyotes since the move to NCAA Division I … finished in the Coyotes’ top-seven at all six meets during the season, scoring in three of them … took 11th at the Woody Greeno Invitational … clocked 22:11.1 at the Bradley Pink Classic … took 57th at the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 23:08.0 on the Les Bolstad Golf Course … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors as a member of the Coyotes’ second-place distance medley relay which clocked 12:01.65 … ran the 1,600-meter leg of the relay … also finished 10th in the mile run in 5:06.89 … clocked a season best of 5:00.63 for the mile at the Hawkeye Invitational, placing sixth … finished fifth in the 3,000 meters at the Jack Johnson Classic in a season best of 10:06.17 … clocked a season best of 17:15.75 for 5,000 meters for sixth place at the Tyson Invitational … took fifth in the 800 meters in 2:20.15 at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … finished sixth in the mile at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 5:02.35 … recorded eight top-10 finishes during the season.

Outdoor Track & Field
Finished ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Summit League Championships in 11:31.55 … won the steeplechase at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational with a personal best of 11:01.06 … ranks fourth in USD program history in the steeplechase with a time of 11:01.06 … missed most of the season to injury … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2016-17
Cross Country
Helped the Coyotes to the program’s third consecutive Summit League Championship title … finished 25th at the championship meet in 23:04.4 … clocked a personal best 22:14.1 for 6,000 meters at the NCAA Midwest Regional … was the third Coyote finisher at the Woody Greeno Invitational to help the Coyotes to a team title, placing seventh overall in 22:38.5 … took 20th at Iowa’s NCAA Regional Preview in 22:20.7 … also took fourth overall to help the Coyotes win the Augustana Twilight … made the Summit League honor roll.

Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the 5,000 meters of the Summit League Championships … notched an indoor best of 17:20.07 to rank 10th on USD’s all-time charts … also finished ninth in the mile and the 3,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … clocked a personal best of 10:01.58 for 3,000 meters at the Summit meet … placed fourth in the mile at the USD Last Chance Meet with a season best time of 5:01.67 … notched a season best of 2:20.34 for 800 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … tallied eight individual top-10 finishes during the season.

Outdoor Track & Field
Finished ninth in the 10,000 meters at the Summit League Championships in 38:17.08 … finished runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational with a time of 17:15.16 which ranks eighth on USD’s all-time charts … also finished runner-up in the 5,000 meters at the Pacific Beach Intercollegiate … notched a personal best of 4:36.75 for 1,500 meters at the USD vs. SDSU Dual to rank 10th on USD’s all-time charts … ran a leg of the Coyotes’ 4x800-meter relay at the Drake Relays which posted the fifth-fastest time in program history in 9:15.60 … clocked a season best 2:16.11 for 800 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … recorded seven top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Placed 11th at the 2015 Minnesota State Cross Country Championships to earn all-state honors ... also ran a leg of Red Wing's fourth-place 4x800-meter relay at the 2015 Minnesota State Track & Field Championships ... earned all-Big Nine Conference honors in back-to-back seasons as a junior and senior ... led the Wingers to a Big Nine Conference team title in 2015 ... earned all-Big Nine Conference honors in the 1,600 meters, 800 meters, and 4x400-meter relay, en route to leading Red Wing High School to a conference title as a junior ... academic all-state for cross country as a junior and senior ... played volleyball for the Wingers ... member of National Honor Society, Key Club, FFA, S.A.D.D. and Young Life.

Personal
Daughter of Tina Stewart ... business administration major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

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  • 2017-18Sophomore

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  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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