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Track and Field

2021-22 Track and Field Roster

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Madisen Martinez
Dave Eggen/Inertia

Kallo Arno

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Omaha, Neb.
  • Highschool Burke HS
  • Major Kinesiology & Sport Management

Biography

Career Bests

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
No eligibility remaining.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed sixth as a member of the 4x400-meter relay at the Summit League Championships … finished 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 13th in the 1,500 meters at the league meet … clocked a personal best 4:04.23 in the 1,500 meters at the Summit Championship … posted a season-best of 9:36.38 in the steeplechase at the USD Early Bird with a sixth-place finish … finished runner-up in the steeplechase at the USD Twilight in 9:39.89 … took second in the 1,500 meters at the Wildcat Invitational … notched eight top-10 finishes during the spring.

2020-21
Cross Country
Fall cross country season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Indoor Track & Field
Clocked a season-best of 4:23.93 in the mile at the SDSU Holiday Invitational to place fourth … finished runner-up in the mile at the Dakota Realty Alumni meet in 4:25.35 … placed third in the 800 meters at the Dakota Quad Classic with a time of 1:58.45 … clocked a season-best 1:58.08 for 800 meters at the SDSU Last Chance meet … tallied eight top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Recorded a personal best time of 9:37.36 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the South Dakota Challenge … finished runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the USD Early Bird … ran on the Coyotes’ ninth-place 4x800-meter relay at the Drake Relays … clocked 9:39.18 for the 3,000-meter steeplechase at Drake … tallied five top-10 finishes during the season.

2019-20
Cross Country
Finished 34th at the Summit League Championships with a time of 26:58.3 … one of six men to race in all seven meets … finished among USD’s top-seven in four meets and scored for the Coyotes in two of them … posted a season-best 8,000-meter time of 26:12.8 at the Bradley Pink Classic for 103rd place … placed 34th at the NDSU Bison Open … clocked 26:40.9 at the Chile Pepper Festival … member of the Coyotes’ squad at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing 175th with a 10,000-meter time of 34:48.3.

Indoor Track & Field
Victorious the mile at the SDSU Holiday Invitational in 4:30.64 … clocked a season-best 1:57.49 for 800 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up, finishing sixth in the race … took 10th in the 800 meters at the Adidas Classic … tallied five top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19
Cross Country
Placed 24th at the Summit League Championships with a time of 26:50.00 … notched a season-best of 26:10.5 for 8,000 meters at the Bradley Pink Classic … scored for the Coyotes in five of six meets during the season … was the second Coyote across the line at the Woody Greeno Invitational, clocking 26:27.1 for 48th place overall … made the Summit League honor roll.

Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the distance medley relay, helping the relay take third in 10:25.81 … clocked a personal best 4:24.39 for the mile at the Summit League Championships with an 11th-place finish … won the mile at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet in 4:38.17 … posted a personal best of 8:55.98 for 3,000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic … posted a season-best of 1:57.82 for 800 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic as well … made the Summit League honor roll.

Outdoor Track & Field
Redshirted.

2017-18
Cross Country
Placed 30th at the Summit League Championships with a personal best time of 27:03.35 … competed in five of six meets for the Coyotes … also clocked 27:34.4 at the Bradley Pink Classic … took 49th at the Woody Greeno Invitational in 28:15.1.

Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors as a member of the Coyotes’ third-place distance medley relay which clocked 10:35.08 … ran the 800-meter leg of the relay … finished 11th in the mile at the Summit League Championships with a time of 4:32.76 … placed fourth in the 800 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … recorded a season-best time of 1:58.97 for 800 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up to place 18th … notched a season-best performance of 4:30.28 in the mile, finishing 16th at the Hawkeye Invitational … recorded a trio of top-1o finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Recorded a season best mark of 4:04.72 for 1,500 meters to place fifth at the Red Raider Open … clocked a season best of 1:57.33 in the 800 meters at the Sioux City Relays to place 11th … placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the USD Twilight … also took fourth in the 800 meters at the South Dakota Invitational with a time of 1:58.50 … clocked 1:58.05 in the 800 meters and 4:06.45 in the 1,5000 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … recorded five top-10 finishes during the season.

Prep
Anchored the Bulldogs’ 4x800-meter relay to the Nebraska All-Class Gold at the 2016 Nebraska Class A Track and Field Championships ... the relay clocked 7:51.45 for a new Omaha Burke record ... placed fourth at the 2017 state meet in the 800 meters with a time of 1:56.65 ... qualified for all four Nebraska state meets.

Personal
Son of Yagoub Arno and Awadia Kuku ... kinesiology and sport management major with an emphasis in sport management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Junior

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  • 2020-21Senior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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