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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Kiah Pieters

Carsen Staehr

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Aurora, Neb.
  • Highschool Aurora HS
  • Major Pre-Business

Biography

Career Honors & Awards 
• All-Summit League Indoor (2024: triple jump; 2025: triple jump)
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2024: triple jump, long jump; 2025: triple jump) 
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Outdoor (2023-24)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List (2024-25)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2024-25, 2023-24)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 8th in the triple jump (48-10 ¾)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 2nd in the triple jump (50-6 ¾)
• 10th in the long jump (24-1 ½w)
 
Career Bests

2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
All-Summit League with a third place triple jump of 48-7 ¼ at the Summit League Championships… also placed 10th in the long jump at the conference meet at 22-8 ½… won the triple jump at the SDSU Last Chance (48-6 ¾) and the DeLoss Dodds Invitational (47-7 ¼)… had a season’s best long jump of 22-11 at the DeLoss Dodds to place fifth… totaled 11 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Runner-Up in the triple jump at 49-1 ½… also competed in the long jump at the conference meet, placing 11th at 23-2 ½… took third at the Drake Relays in the triple jump at 49-1 ¾, a season’s best… won the triple jump at both the USD Early Bird and South Dakota Challenge… also took third in the long jump at both meets, including a 23-5 ¼ season’s best at the South Dakota Challenge… totaled 10 top 10 finishes during the season.

2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the triple jump with a mark of 48-10 ¾ to place second...member of the Summit League Championships title-winning Coyote team...placed fifth in the long jump (23-6 ¾) at the Championships...won the triple jump (48-4 ¾) at the USD Alumni...totaled nine top 10 finishes during the season.

Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the triple jump (48-10 ¼) and long jump (23-7 ½)...set a personal best 50-6 ¾ (15.41m) in the triple jump to win the event at the USD Challenge...the week prior, he set a personal best 24-1 ½ (7.35m) in the long jump to place third at the USD Early Bird...Competed at NCAA West First Rounds...totaled eight top-10's during the season.

Prep
A six-time state medalist ... swept the triple and long jumps at the 2023 Nebraska State Track & Field Championships ... owns three golds in all, going back-to-back in the triple jump with a victorious leap of 47-9 ¾ (14.75m) this spring to defend the title ... the winning long jump mark was 23-0 ¼ (7.02m) ... a starter on Aurora’s football team, helping the Huskies finish runner-up at the Nebraska State Championships twice ... an all-state first team selection as a senior and a two-time all-district selection ... also garnered honorable mention all-conference honors on the basketball court ... an honor roll student ... member of the National Honor Society ... an academic all-state honoree ... an officer and national qualifier for the Future Business Leaders of America.

Personal
Son of Jay and Kim Staehr ... pre-business major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

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  • 2024-25Sophomore

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  • 2025-26Junior

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