Career Honors & Awards
• NCAA West First Round Qualifier (2025: hammer throw)
• All-Summit League Indoor (2023: weight throw)
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2025: hammer throw)
• Summit League Field Athlete of the Week (1/24/23)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic (2022-23)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22)
• Summit League Commissioner's List (2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 3
rd in the weight throw (66-4 ½)
• 10
th in the shot put (47-6 ¼)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 5
th in the hammer throw (191-5)
Career Bests
2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships with a season’s best toss of 64-8 ¾… recorded a best in the shot put of 47-6 ¼ at the Mark Colligan Memorial… won the weight throw at the USD Alumni with a toss of 63-5 ½… added a third place weight throw finish at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational at 64-4… placed inside the top 10 in every competition during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
All-Summit League with a third place finish in the hammer throw with a personal best 191-5… also competed in the discus (10
th: 133-3) and the shot put (12
th: 41-11 ¼) at the conference meet.. NCAA West First Round Qualifier in the hammer throw… won the hammer at the USD Tune Up with a mark of 188-3… also won the hammer throw at the Mount Marty Twilight at 176-5… took fifth at the Drake Relays in the same event, recording a throw of 187-6… had a personal best of 143-8 in the discus to place third at the Bobcat Invitational… also recorded a season’s best 45-9 in the shot put for a third place finish at the Bobcat Invitational… recorded 15 top-10 finishes.
2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Competed in one meet during the season... placed second in the weight throw (61-2) and third in the shot put (44-10 ¼) at the USD Alumni Meet.
Outdoor Track & Field
Competed in three events at the Summit League Championships... placed sixth in the hammer (176-4), ninth in the discus (135-5), and 12th in the shot put (40-9 ½) at the Championships...set a personal best with a throw of 183-6 (55.93m) in the hammer throw to place third at the USD Early Bird...followed that performance with a personal best discus mark of 143-0 at the USD Challenge the following week...totaled 11 top-10 finishes over the course of the season.
2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the weight throw … finished runner-up in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships with a mark of 66-1 (20.14m) … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … launched the weight a personal best throw of 66-4 ½ (20.23m) to win the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … named Summit League Field Athlete of the Week on January 24 after the meet … moved to third in South Dakota program history in the weight throw (66-4 ½) … finished runner-up in the weight throw at the USD Alumni Meet … launched the shot put a season-best of 43-1 ½ (13.14m) at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic and took seventh … tallied 12 top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
Outdoor Track & Field
Competed at four meets during the spring … opened the season with a third-place finish in the hammer throw at the Wildcat Classic … launched the hammer a season-best of 176-8 (53.86m) at the USD Tune-Up … recorded a season best of 146-0 (44.51m) in the discus at The Monday Meet … tallied seven top-10 finishes … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships … posted a season-best throw of 61-4 at the USD Alumni Meet … moved to fifth on the Coyote Top 10 in the weight throw with that mark of 61-4 … finished runner-up in the weight throw at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge with a mark of 60-10 ½ … posted a season-best of 42-4 ¼ in the shot put at the SDSU Holiday Open … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Finished 10th in the hammer throw and shot put at the Summit League Championships … launched the hammer throw a season best 179-1 at the South Dakota Challenge … moved to eighth on the Coyote Top 10 in the hammer throw with that mark of 179-1 … notched a season best of 43-10 ½ in the shot put at the Summit meet … took eighth in the hammer throw at the USD Twilight in 175-8 … posted a season best of 132-2 in the discus at the South Dakota Challenge … notched nine top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
Prep
A three-time state medalist thrower from Windom, Minnesota ... placed third in the shot put at the Minnesota State Championships in back-to-back years as a freshman and sophomore ... added a fifth-place finish in the discus as a sophomore in 2019 ... a six-time all-Big South Conference honoree and has earned Windom's Field MVP award every year ... medaled twice at the New Balance Nationals while competing in the club circuit ... owns personal bests of 44-1 in the shot put, 127-0 in the discus, 154-2 in the hammer throw and 48-2 in the weight throw ... coached by Erin Elder at Windom, the father of Coyote thrower Kaden Elder ... also played volleyball and basketball for the Eagles ... honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society.
Personal
Daughter of Jerome and Marcia Smith ... kinesiology and sport management major.
