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Track and Field

2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Hailey Price
Bailey Zubke, USD Athletics
Kiah Pieters

Averi Schmeichel

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hartford, S.D.
  • Highschool West Central HS
  • Major Pre-Nursing

Biography

Career Honors & Awards 
  • Outdoor School Record Holder in the 100-meter hurdles (2024: 13.3), 4x100 relay (2024: 44.13)
  • Indoor School Record Holder in the 4x200 relay (2023: 1:40.69)
  • Indoor Summit League Champion (2024: 4x400 relay)
  • Outdoor Summit League Champion (2024: 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay)
  • All-Summit League Indoor (2024: 60-meter hurdles)
  • All-Summit League Outdoor (2024: 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles; 2023: 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles)
  • Academic All-Summit League Team (2022-23)
  • Summit League Honor Roll (2022-23, 2021-22)
  • Summit League Commissioner's List (2022-23) 
Career Bests

2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 4x400 relay (3:41.71)...earned all-Summit honors in the 60-meter hurdles at the Championships with a personal best 8.46 seconds to place third...won the 60-hurdles the week prior to the Championships at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 8.71...also won the 60h at the USD Alumni in 8.59 seconds...competed as a pentathlete twice during the season, setting a personal best 3,439 points at the SDSU Holiday Open, good for 10th on the USD all-time list...totaled 14 top-10's during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 4x100 (44.54) and the 4x400 (3:40.68)...garnered all-Summit League honors in the 100h (13.3) and 400h (59.1)...her wind-aided 13.3 second time in the 100h set the new school record and her 59.1 second 400h is third on the USD Top 10 list...competed at the NCAA West First Round in the 100h (13.54), 400h (59.17), and the 4x100 relay, where they set a new program record in the event (44.13)...set a personal best 12.09 in the 100 at the USD Challenge, where she also won the 100h and 4x100 relay...placed third at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the 100h at 13.73...totaled seven event wins and 20 top-10 finishes.

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships … clocked a personal best time of 8.47 seconds in the Summit finals … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … moved to second in South Dakota program history in the 60-meter hurdles (8.47) … broke the South Dakota school record in the 4x200 meter relay (1:40.69) … clocked an indoor best of 25.52 seconds for 200 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic … moved to fifth in South Dakota program history in the 4x400-meter relay (3:46.22) at the Jim Emmerich meet … won the 60-meter hurdles at the South Dakota Kickoff … took third in the 60 hurdles at the Nebraska Tune-Up in 8.59 seconds … tallied 18 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles … placed third in both the 100-meter hurdles (13.79 seconds) and 400-meter hurdles (1:01.32) at the Summit League Championships … clocked a personal best of 13.75 seconds in the preliminaries of the 100 hurdles at the Summit meet … moved to second in South Dakota program history in the 100-meter hurdles (13.75) … recorded a personal best time of 1:00.18 to win the 400 hurdles at the USD Tune-Up … moved to fifth in South Dakota program history in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.18) … won the 100 hurdles at The Monday Meet in 14.02 seconds … clocked a wind-aided 13.77 seconds to finish runner-up at the USD Early Bird in the 100 hurdles … notched 12 top-10 finishes during the season … 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.

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships … posted a season best time of 8.67 seconds in the Summit preliminaries to reach the final … moved to second on the Coyote Top 10 in the 60-meter hurdles with that clocking of 8.67 seconds … finished runner-up in the 60 hurdles at the USD Alumni Meet … jumped a season-best 17-11 ¾ in the long jump at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge … tallied 16 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships … posted a season-best time of 1:01.95 in the semifinals for the 400 hurdles at the Summit meet … moved to ninth on the Coyote Top 10 in the 400-meter hurdles with the time … clocked a season best of 13.91 seconds to win the 100 hurdles at the USD Twilight … moved to sixth on the Coyote Top 10 in the 100-meter hurdles with that clocking of 13.91 seconds … took fourth in the 100 hurdles at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate … leaped a season-best 18-1 in the long jump at the USD Early Bird … notched 15 top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
A seven-time South Dakota state champion on the track ... led West Central High School to a team crown at the 2021 South Dakota Track and Field Championships ... tallied four individual titles as a senior, taking gold in the long jump, 200 meters, 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles ... also captured titles as a sophomore (long jump) and eighth-grader (100 hurdles, 4x200-meter relay) ... added four runner-up finishes in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles as a freshman and sophomore ... junior season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... owns personal bests of 14.64 in the 100-meter hurdles, 45.18 in the 300-meter hurdles, 25.74 in the 200 meters and 17-11 in the long jump ... owns the South Dakota Class A state meet record in the 100-meter hurdles ... also participated in gymnastics, soccer and cheer at West Central High School ... placed on the all-tournament team three consecutive years in gymnastics and helped the soccer team finish runner-up in 2019 ... a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
Daughter of Brent and Megan Schmeichel ... pre-nursing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Hurdles/Jumps
  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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