NIL Opportunities: Jack Durst
Career Bests
2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League champion in the high jump with a clearance of 6-11 (2.11m) … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … won the high jump at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational with a height of 6-8 ¾ (2.05m) … jumped 6-8 ¼ (2.04m) for third at the USD Alumni Meet … notched six top-10 finishes during the season.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the high jump … finished runner-up in the high jump at the Summit League Championships with a clearance of 6-9 (2.06m) … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the high jump … finished 23rd at the NCAA West with a make of 6-10 ¼ (2.09m) … won the high jump at The Monday Meet in 6-11 ½ (2.12m) … named Summit League Field Athlete of the Week on May 2 following the performance… tallied five top-10 finishes during the spring.
2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the high jump … won the Summit high jump competition with a make of 6-8 ¼ … posted a season-best of 6-9 at the USD Alumni Meet to finish as the top collegian and second overall in the high jump field … finished 10th in the triple jump at the Summit meet in 44-4 … tallied six top-10 finishes during the season.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the high jump … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the high jump … captured the high jump at the Summit meet with a clearance of 6-9 ¾ … also placed seventh in the triple jump in 43-6 at the Summit League Championships … cleared a season-best of 6-11 in the high jump at the USD Twilight … made 6-10 ¾ in the high jump at the NCAA West Preliminary … won the high jump at the Pacific Coast Invitational … notched 10 top-10 finishes during the spring.
2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the high jump … cleared 7-10 ¼ (2.09m) to win the high jump at the Summit League Championships … also placed fourth in the triple jump with a leap of 44-11 (13.69m) at the league meet … leaped a season-best of 7-0 ¼ (2.14m) to finish as the top collegian in the high jump at the USD Invitational … cleared 7-0 ½ for second place at the Dakota Realty Invitational … captured the high jump at both the Division I Challenge and the Dakota Quad Classic … won three titles and notched eight top-10 finishes during the season.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the high jump … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary … finished runner-up with a leap of 6-10 ¾ (2.10m) at the Summit League Championships … leaped 6-11 (2.11m) at the NCAA West Preliminary and finished 24th … cleared a season-best 6-11 ¾ (2.13m) for second place at the South Dakota Challenge … took second at the USD Early Bird with a leap of 6-11 (2.11m) … tallied five top-10 finishes outdoors … member of the Coyotes’ nationally top-ranked men’s high jump squad during the season.
2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the high jump with a runner-up finish at the Summit League Championships … jumped 6-10 ¾ at the league meet … also placed sixth in the triple jump at the Summit League Championships with a season-best distance of 45-6 ¼ … leaped a season-best of 7-1 in the high jump at the Iowa State Classic to place third in the competition … member of the nationally second-ranked high jump squad by the USTFCCCA … finished runner-up in the high jump at the Adidas Classic with a clearance of 6-10 ¼ … cleared 6-10 ¾ in the high jump at the Jim Emmerich Invitational for second place … took second in the triple jump at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a mark of 45-4 ½ … tallied eight top-10 finishes during the season.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors at the Summit League Championships … placed third in the high jump with a clearance of 6-10 ¼ … posted a personal best of 7-2 ½ at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … the height ranks second in USD program history … won the high jump at the Jack Johnson Classic with his first career leap over seven feet, clearing 7-0 ¼ … finished in the top-10 at all 11 competitions of the indoor season … finished runner-up at the Hawkeye Invitational with a mark of 6-8 ¾ in the high jump … posted a season-best triple-jump leap of 42-10 ¾ at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational.
Outdoor Track & Field
South Dakota’s Rookie of the Year … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the high jump … narrowly missed a trip to the NCAA Championships, missing out on the final spot via a jump-off … earned all-league honors in the high jump at the Summit League Championships … finished runner-up at the Summit meet with a season-best clearance of 7-1 … the height ranks second in South Dakota program history … member of the nation’s top-ranked high jump squad by the USTFCCCA with an average height of 7-0 ½ … won the high jump at the Wildcat Classic … finished runner-up at the South Dakota Challenge with a leap of 6-11 … also placed second in 6-10 ¾ at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … took sixth in the high jump at the Drake Relays … tallied 10 top-10 finishes during the season … leaped 42-4 ¼ for a season best in the triple jump at the Wildcat Classic.
Prep
2018 Kansas Class 6A State Champion in the high jump ... finished runner-up at the state meet as a junior ... went undefeated in the high jump during his senior season ... victorious at the Kansas Relays, Sunflower League meet and regional meet ... holds the Shawnee Mission West school record in the high jump with a clearance of 6-10, which he cleared at both the South Relays and the Viking Invitational ... captured the AAU Junior Olympic National Championships with a high jump of 6-10 3/4 ... improved from his ninth-place finish the year prior ... competed in track and field for the first time as a junior in high school ... received National Scholar-Athlete Award from the U.S. Army Reserve ... two-time Sunflower League champion in the high jump ... garnered Shawnee Mission West's Most Outstanding Field Athlete and Most Dependable awards as a senior ... also played baseball and basketball for the Vikings ... participated in DECA and was a member of the honor roll.
Personal
Son of Doug and Tricia Durst ... health sciences major.
