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Track and Field

2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Aaron Mercado
Aaron Mercado
Molly Sheppard
Molly Sheppard

Dylan Blake

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Mapleton, Iowa
  • Highschool Maple Valley - Anthon Oto HS
  • Major Accounting

Biography

Career Bests

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth as a member of the distance medley relay at the Summit League Championships … also finished 10th in the 800 meters at the Summit meet … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … won the 600 meters at the South Dakota Kickoff in a season-best time of 1:22.94 … clocked a season-best of 1:53.56 in the 800 meters at the USD Alumni Meet, finishing runner-up in the field … finished runner-up in the 600 meters at the Jack Johnson Classic … tallied nine top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Finished 12th in the 800 meters in 1:54.74 at the Summit League Championships … clocked a personal best time of 1:53.37 for 800 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays …  moved to sixth in South Dakota program history in the distance medley relay (10:04.61) at the Drake Relays … posted a season-best of 4:03.79 for 1,500 meters at the USD Early Bird … tallied three top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth as a member of the distance medley relay at the Summit League Championships … also finished 10th in the 800 meters at the league meet in a season-best time of 1:53.71 … took second in the 800 meters at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge … posted a season-best mile time of 4:32.54 at the USD Alumni Meet … finished runner-up in the 800 meters at the SDSU Holiday Open … tallied 10 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Finished 10th in the 800 meters at the Summit League Championships with a season-best time of 1:53.75 … took third in the 800 meters at Wichita State’s KT Woodman Classic … posted a season-best 400 meter time of 53.42 at Wichita State … notched four top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in both the distance medley and 4x400-meter relays at the Summit League Championships … also finished 14th in the open 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:56.77 at the league meet … won the 800 meters at the USD Invitational in 1:58.25 … finished runner-up in the 800 meters at both the Dakota Quad Classic and the SDSU Holiday Invitational … tallied 11 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Recorded a collegiate best time of 1:55.40 for the 800 meters at the USD Early Bird … captured the 1500 meters at the USD Twilight with a winning time of 4:09.91 … ran on the Coyotes’ ninth-place 4x800-meter relay at the Drake Relays … recorded nine to-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
A four-time qualifier in cross country and three-time qualifier on the track for the Iowa State Championships ... senior track and field season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... placed sixth in the 800 meters in 1:58.23 at the 2019 Iowa Track and Field Class 2A Championships ... a two-time place winner at the state meet in the 800 meters and on the Rams' 4x800-meter relay ... took seventh in the 800 meters at the 2019 Drake Relays ... a four-time all-Western Valley Conference honoree in cross country and three-time all-WVC in track and field ... also played basketball and baseball for the Rams ... honor roll student.

Personal
Son of Chris and Shari Blake ... accounting major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Distance
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2022-23Junior

    Middle Distance