University of South Dakota Athletics

Career Awards & Honors

• Program record holder in the mile (4:44.47, 2023) and 3,000-meters (9:30.48, 2023)
• Summit League Indoor Track Championships MVP (2022-23)
• Summit League Scholar of the Championship (2023)
• All-Summit League Indoor (2021-22: mile, 3,000, 5,000; 2022-23: mile, 5,000)
• Cross Country all-Summit League (2021 Second Team, 2023 First Team)
• Summit League Athlete of the Week (10/4/22)
• Academic all-Summit League Cross Country (2022, 2023)
• Academic all-Summit League Indoor (2021-22, 2022-23)
• Summit League Commissioner's List (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

Career Bests

2024-25
Cross Country
Did not compete.
 
Indoor Track & Field
Competed at the four meets during the season… won the 3,000-meters at the SDSU Last Chance with a clocking on 10:04.95… took 15^th at the Summit League Championships in the 5,000 at 17:31.35… took 10^th in the mile at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational clocking 5:01.34.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Ran in the 5,000 and 10,000-meters at the Summit League Championships, including a personal best 37:19.5 in the 10,000 to place 10^th… took seventh in the 5,000 with a clocking of 17:00.85 at the championships… clocked a best of 16:56.31 in the 5,000-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational… won the 1,500 with a time of 4:38.16 at the USD Early Bird… ran a season’s best 4:32.51 in the 1,500 to take fifth at the USD Tune Up… took third at the Mt. SAC Relays in the 1,500 by running 4:33.59… ran on the school record distance medley relay squad at the Drake Relays with a 11:40.66 time… totaled seven top 10 finishes.

2023-24
Cross Country
Placed fifth at the Summit League Championships with a season's best time of 21:17.7...Earned Summit League First Team honors...member of the 2023 Summit League Women's Cross Country Championship Team...placed 51st at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 21:45.6...added a fifth place finish at the SDSU Classic, running the 5k meet in 18:14.2...named Summit League Scholar of the Championship...selected to second all-Summit League Academic Team.

Indoor Track & Field
Competed in four meets...ran a collegiate best 2:58.71 in the 1,000 meters at the USD Alumni Meet...placed third in the 3,000 at the Mark Colligan Memorial...ran a season's best 4:55.27 in the mile at the Mark Colligan Memorial...had a season's best 9:41.43 at the Husky Classic.

Outdoor Track & Field
Did not compete.

2022-23
Cross Country
Placed 15th at the Summit League Championships with a time of 21:01.9 for 6,000 meters … was the Coyotes’ lead runner in the final four meets during the fall … one of two athletes to finish in USD’s scoring five at all six meets … clocked a season-best time of 20:54.6 at the Gans Creek Classic to place 16th in the field ... picked up Summit League weekly honors (10/4) following the performance at Mizzou … crossed the finish line in 65th place at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 21:21.1 … finished seventh at the Platte River Rumble in 21:31.5 … opened the season in fifth place at the Augustana Twilight with a time of 17:54.77 for 5,000 meters … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
 
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Track Championships MVP … garnered all-Summit League honors in the mile and 5,000 meters with a pair of runner-up finishes … also placed fourth in the 3,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … broke a pair of South Dakota school records during the season … clocked a school record of 4:44.47 for the mile at the Husky Classic … also broke the 3,000-meter record at the Husky Classic with a time of 9:30.48 … posted a personal best of 2:12.80 while finishing runner-up in the 800 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up … won the 3,000 meters at both the Jack Johnson Classic and the Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet … clocked four sub-five minute miles during the season … tallied eight top-10 finishes during the indoor season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Suffered a season-ending injury after the second weekend … clocked 17:31.57 for 5,000 meters to open the season at the Raleigh Relays … placed sixth in the 1,500 meters at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 4:27.68 … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2021-22
Cross Country
Earned all-Summit League second team honors … placed ninth at the Summit League Championships with a clocking of 21:56.17 for 6,000 meters … finished among the Coyotes’ scoring five at six of seven meets during the season … placed in the top-seven at every meet … was the Coyotes’ top finisher at the Bradley Pink Classic, clocking a season-best time of 21:29.4 for the 6,000-meter race … the time ranked fifth in the Summit League for the season … placed third at the Briar Cliff Invitational with a season-best 5,000-meter time of 17:58.88 … it marked the 10th-fastest time by a Summit athlete in the fall … crossed the finish line in 65th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 21:49.08 … added a 26th-place finish at Nebraska’s Woody Greeno Invitational in 18:22.8 … 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 in the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters … placed third in the mile in 4:53.19, third in the 3,000-meters in a season-best 9:40.36 and third in the 5,000 meters in a season-best 16:59.41 at the Summit League Championships … posted a season-best mile time of 4:51.52 at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge to move to second on the Coyote Top 10 in the event … improved to second on the Coyote Top 10 in the 3,000 meters with a clocking of 9:40.36 from the Summit meet … also moved to eighth on the Coyote Top 10 in the 5,000 meters with a clocking of 16:59.41 from the Summit meet… captured the 3,000 meters at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge … won the mile at the Hawkeye Invitational in 4:56.76 … took first in the mile at the USD Alumni Meet as well … victorious in the 3,000 meters at the Nebraska Adidas Classic in 9:43.89 … tallied 11 top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters and sixth in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … posted a season-best mark of 4:23.08 for 1,500 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays … the time moved her to second on the Coyote Top 10 list in the event … clocked a season-best time of 2:13.17 for the 800 meters at the Beach Invitational that same weekend … moved to fourth on the Coyote Top 10 as a member of South Dakota’s distance medley relay with a clocking of 11:53.68 at the Drake Relays … finished third in the 5,000 meters at the South Dakota Challenge in 17:38.04 … notched 10 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
Cross Country
Fall cross country season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the 3,000 meters, fifth in the mile and eighth in the 5,000 meters at the Summit League Championships … notched a season-best of 9:51.02 for 3,000 meters at the Summit meet … clocked 4:57.48 in the mile and 17:53.90 in the 5,000 meters at the league’s championship … won the mile at the SDSU Last Chance meet in 4:56.60 … posted a season-best of 17:26.36 in the 5,000 meters at the Division I Challenge … recorded a season-best mile time of 4:55.78 at the Dakota Quad Classic with a runner-up finish in the race … won the mile at the Dakota Realty Invitational … finished runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the USD Invitational, Dakota Realty Invitational and Dakota Quad Classic … captured two event titles and tallied 10 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the 800 meters and sixth in the 1,500 meters at the Summit League Championships … notched a season-best time of 4:33.22 for the 1,500 meters at the league meet … crossed the finish line in 2:14.77 for 800 meters at the Summit meet … cracked USD’s top-10 list in the 1,500 meters with the 10th-fastest time in program history … posted a season-best time of 2:13.78 in the 800 meters at the South Dakota Tune-Up … ran on USD’s third-place 4xone mile relay at the Drake Relays, clocking 20:00.38 for the third-fastest relay time in school history … took fourth in the 5,000 meters at the Bobcat Invitational with a season-best time of 17:35.61 … clocked 4:34.97 for seventh place in the 1,500 meters at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … named a Summit League Athlete to Watch in the preseason … tallied nine top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
A two-time qualifier for the Minnesota Track and Field Championships ... also ran at the 2019 Minnesota Cross Country Championships, before finishing off her senior season with a personal best 5,000-meter time of 18:55.6 at the Nike Heartland Regional ... her senior track and field season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... owns personal bests of 1:39.44 for 600 meters and 2:17.52 for 800 meters on the track ... received academic all-state recognition in both cross country and track and field ... a three-sport letterwinner for the Eagles, she also helped Eden Prairie's basketball team reach the 2020 state tournament.

Personal
Daughter of David Jirele and Jessica Jirele ... communication sciences and disorders major.