University of South Dakota Athletics

NIL Opportunities: Ardell Inlay

Career Bests

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the 60 meters and 200 meters …placed third in the 60 meters in 6.79 seconds and third in the 200 meters in 21.72 seconds at the Summit League Championships … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … tied for second in South Dakota program history in the 60 meters (6.73) with a time recorded in the 60 preliminaries at the Summit meet …  broke the South Dakota school record in the 4x200 meter relay (1:29.48) … finished third int eh 200 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic in a season best time of 21.63 seconds … moved to eighth in South Dakota program history in the 200 meters (21.63) with that time … took second In the 60 meters at the USD Alumni Meet in 6.81 seconds … tallied 15 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League champion in the 4x100-meter relay … also placed eighth in the 100 meters in 10.61 seconds and fifth as a part of the 4x400-meter relay at the Summit League Championships … broke the South Dakota school record in the 4x100 meter relay (39.94 seconds) at the Summit meet … clocked a personal best of 10.52 seconds in the 100 meters at the Pacific Coast Invitational … moved to ninth in South Dakota program history in the 100 meters (10.52) … won the 100 meters at the USD Early Bird in a wind-aided 10.33 seconds … finished runner-up in the 100 meters at The Monday Meet … recorded 12 top-10 finishes during the spring.

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the 200 meters, eighth in the 60 meters and ran on the fifth-place 4x400 relay at the Summit League Championships … clocked season bests of 6.88 seconds in the 60 meters and 21.86 seconds in the 200 meters in the Summit preliminaries … member of the South Dakota school record breaking 4x200-meter relay with a combined clocking of 1:29.60 at the USD Alumni Meet … took third in the 200 meters at the Nebraska Adidas Classic … tallied 16 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 4x100-meter relay … also placed eighth in the 100 meters and eighth in the 200 meters at the Summit League Championships … moved to second on the Coyote Top 10 as a member of South Dakota’s 4x100-meter relay with a clocking of 40.02 from the league meet … notched a season-best time of 21.44 seconds in the 200 meters in the Summit preliminaries … posted a season-best time of 10.52 in the 100 meters at the USD Twilight for second place … moved to eighth on the Coyote Top 10 in the 100 meters with that clocking of 10.52 seconds … took third in the 100 meters at the South Dakota Challenge in a wind-aided 10.44 seconds … moved to fourth on the Coyote Top 10 as a member of South Dakota’s 4x200-meter relay with a clocking of 1:26.12 at the Drake Relays … notched 14 top-10 finishes during the spring.

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the 60 meters and fifth with the 4x400-meter relay at the Summit League Championships … clocked 6.96 seconds in the 60 meters at the league meet … also finished 11th in the 200 meters in a season-best 22.08 seconds … won the 60 meters at the Dakota Realty Invitational with a season-best time of 6.87 seconds … moved to ninth in USD program history for the 60 meters with the time … swept both the 60 and the 200 meters at the Dakota Realty Invitational … took first in the 60 meters at the USD Invitational in 6.89 seconds … captured five event titles and recorded 11 top-10 finishes indoors.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 4x100-meter relay … earned all-Summit League honors in the 4x400-meter relay … placed sixth in the 100 meters at the Summit League Championships in 10.72 seconds ... the Coyotes’ championship 4x100-meter relay clocked 39.94 seconds to break the school record, meet record and Lillibridge Track Complex record … it also set state of South Dakota collegiate record for the 4x100-meter relay … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary as a part of the 4x100-meter relay … ran on the Coyotes’ runner-up 4x400-meter relay with a clocking of 3:12.53 at the league meet … the relay time ranks fifth in USD program history … clocked a season best of 10.60 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 meters at the league meet … moved to ninth in USD program history for the 100 meters with the time … captured the 100 meters back home at the Sioux City Relays in 10.77 seconds … notched a season-best of 21.82 seconds in the 200 meters with a third-place finish at the South Dakota Challenge … ran on the Coyotes’ fourth-place 4x100 and fifth-place 4x400 at the Drake Relays … tallied 15 top-10 finishes during the season.

2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Finished 17^th in the 60 meters at the Summit League Championships … recorded a season-best of 6.92 seconds for 60 meters to place fourth at the Jim Emmerich Invitational … took fifth in the 60 meters at the SDSU Holiday Invitational in 6.93 seconds … notched a season-best for 200 meters at the Iowa State Classic with a clocking of 22.18 seconds … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Prep
The 2019 Drake Relays champion in the 100 meters ... edged out the competition by .002 to take home his first Drake flag with a clocking of 10.878 seconds ... took home a quartet of top-three finishes on the track at the 2019 Iowa Class 4A Track and Field Championships ... finished runner-up in the 200 meters, placed third in the 100 meters and anchored both the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays to third place ... the runner-up in the 100 meters at the state meet the year prior as well ... graduated with Sioux City East High School program records for both the 100 meters (10.75 seconds) and 200 meters (21.71 seconds) ... also played football and baseball for the Black Raiders ... an honor roll student.

Personal
Son of Shandell Inlay ... biology major.