Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

University of South Dakota Athletics

Now Loading:
Track and Field

2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Gen Hirata
Kiah Pieters
Kiah Pieters
Zachary Lucy Photography LLC
Aaron Mercado
Kiah Pieters
Aaron Mercado
Adam Pearson, USD
Molly Sheppard

Erin Kinney

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • Highschool Harrisburg HS
  • Major Kinesiology & Sport Management

Biography

Career Honors & Awards
  • Indoor School Record Holder in 60-meters (2023: 7.24), 4x200 relay (2023: 1:40.29), 4x400 relay (2024: 3:34.54)
  • Outdoor School Record Holder in 100-meters (2024: 11.22w), 4x100 relay (2024: 44.13), 4x200 relay (2024: 1:34.24), sprint medley relay (2024: 3:51.54)
  • Summit League Track Athlete of the Year (2022-23 Indoor)
  • Summit League Most Outstanding Performer of the Championships (2022-23 Indoor; 2024-25 Indoor)
  • Summit League Outdoor Track Championships MVP (2022-23)
  • 7x Summit League Champion Outdoor (2022: 4x100 relay; 2023: 100-meters, 200-meters, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay; 2024: 100-meters, 4x100 relay)
  • 6x Summit League Champion Indoor (2022-23: 60-meters, 200-meters; 2023-24: 60-meters, 4x400 relay; 2024-25: 60-meters, 200-meters)
  • all-Summit League Indoor (2021-22: 60-meters; 2023-24: 200-meters)
  • all-Summit League Outdoor (2021: 4x100 relay; 2024: 200-meters)
  • 13x Summit League Athlete of the Week (1/25/22, 5/9/22, 1/17/23, 1/24/23, 1/31/23, 2/7/23, 3/28/23, 4/11/23, 12/5/23, 2/6/24, 4/9/24, 4/16/24, 4/30/24)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
  • Summit League Commissioner's List (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
  • Summit League Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Career Bests

2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Most Outstanding Performer of the Championships… Summit League Champion in the 60-meters (7.32) and the 200-meters (23.83)… won the 60 at four meets including the championships… clocked 7.28 at the SDSU Holiday Open to take the crown in her first race of the season… completed the 60, 200 sweep at the USD Alumni with times of 7.34 and 24.26… ran 7.31 in the 60 to win at the SDSU Last Chance… totaled eight top-10’s.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Competed twice unattached… won the 200-meters at the USD Twilight with a 24.16 and took second in the prelims of the 100 at 11.62… took seventh at the USD Tune Up in the 400 by running 56.61.
 
2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 60-meters (7.31 seconds) and the 4x400 relay (3:41.71)...earned all-Summit League honors in the 200-meters with a season's best of 23.77...started the year with a victory in the 60-meters (7.40 seconds) and the 4x400 relay (3:46.28) at the SDSU Holiday Classic to earn Summit League Weekly Honors...ran a season's best 7.28 seconds in the 60 in the prelims at the Tyson Invitational...won three golds at the Mark Colligan Memorial to earn the Summit League Performer of the Week...totaled 10 event victories...finished the season with 15 top five finishes.

Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 100-meters (11.38 seconds) and the 4x100 relay (44.54)...all-Summit League in the 200 with a runner-up finish and a time of 23.78 seconds...three-time Summit League Athlete of the Week...won the 100-meters with a wind-aided 11.22 second school record and 4x100 relay in 45.44 seconds at the USD Early Bird to earn Summit League honors...won the same two events at the USD Challenge to earn a second Summit League weekly honor...won the 100-meters in 11.51 seconds and the 4x200 relay in 1:34.24 to earn her third weekly honor of the season...won nine events over the course of the season...totaled 14 top 10 finishes.

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Track Athlete of the Year … Summit League Most Outstanding Performer of the Championships … Summit League champion in the 60 meters (7.27) and 200 meters (23.96) … broke Summit League Championships meet record in the 60 meter preliminary with a clearance of 7.24 seconds … set the DakotaDome record in the 60 meters (7.24 seconds) and 200 meters (23.96 seconds) at the Summit meet … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … broke the South Dakota school record in the 60 meters (7.24 seconds) and the 4x200 meter relay (1:40.69) … moved to second in South Dakota program history in the 200 meters (23.96) … four-time Summit League Track Athlete of the Week selection … captured the 60 meters (7.27 seconds) and the 4x200 relay at the USD Alumni Meet … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on February 7 following the performance … finished runner-up in the 60 meters at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic in 7.33 seconds … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on January 31 following the Minnesota meet … took first in the 60 meters and second in the 200 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … garnered Summit Track Athlete of the Week on January 24 following the performance … swept the 60 meters and 200 meters at the South Dakota Kickoff … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on January 17 following the meet … tallied 13 top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Track Championships MVP … Summit League champion in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay … captured the 100 meters in a Summit League Championship meet record time of 11.34 seconds … clocked a personal best of 23.35 seconds to win the 200 meters at the Summit meet … ran on the 4x400-meter relay that set a Summit League Championship meet record and South Dakota school record with a time of 3:40.25 … also broke the South Dakota school record in the 100 meters (11.28 seconds), 4x100 meter relay (44.63 seconds) and 4x200 meter relay (1:35.92) … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100-meter relay … set the Lillibridge Track Complex record in the 100 meters (11.28 seconds) and the 4x100-meter relay (44.90 seconds) … moved to second in South Dakota program history in the 200 meters (23.35) … clocked a wind-aided 10.98 seconds to win the 100 meters at the USD Early Bird … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on April 11 following the meet … placed third in the open 100 meters (11.50 seconds) and anchored the then-school record breaking 4x100 relay (44.95) at the Aztec Invitational to open the season … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on March 28 following the performance … placed third in the 100 meters at the Drake Relays … notched 16 top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the 60 meters … finished runner-up in the 60 meters and took fourth in the 200 meters at the Summit League Championships … broke the South Dakota school record in the 60 meters with a clocking of 7.44 seconds in the Summit final … moved to second on the Coyote Top 10 in the 200 meters with a clocking of 24.31 seconds from the league meet … broke the DakotaDome record in the 60 meters with a clocking of 7.47 seconds at the USD Alumni Meet … member of the South Dakota school record breaking 4x200-meter relay with a combined clocking of 1:41.38 at the USD Alumni Meet … swept the 60 and 200 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational, clocking 7.53 seconds and 24.67 seconds, respectively … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week (1/25) for the performance … also won the 60 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational … notched 14 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 4x100-meter relay … earned all-Summit League honors in the 100 meters and 200 meters … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 4x100-meter relay … South Dakota’s 4x100 relay combined for a winning time of 44.99 at the Summit meet to break the program record … finished runner-up in the 100 meters and placed third in the 200 meters at the Summit League Championships … member of the South Dakota school record breaking 4x200-meter relay with a combined clocking of 1:35.94 from the Drake Relays … moved to third on the Coyote Top 10 in the 100 meters with a clocking of 11.64 seconds at the USD Twilight … moved to fourth on the Coyote Top 10 in the 200 meters with a clocking of 23.88 seconds at the Summit meet … in addition to winning the 100 meters in 11.64 seconds at the USD Twilight, finished runner-up in the 200 meters in 23.91 seconds to garner Summit League Track Athlete of the Week (5/9) honors … captured the 100 meters at the USD Early Bird and the South Dakota Challenge … tallied 16 top-10 finishes in the spring … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the 60 meters and sixth in the 200 meters at the Summit League Championships … crossed the finish line in 7.70 seconds for the 60 meters and 25.18 seconds for the 200 meters at the league meet … clocked a season-best 7.66 seconds in the 60 meters at the SDSU Last Chance meet … the time ranks sixth in USD program history … posted a season-best 25.07 seconds in the 200 meters in the preliminaries of the Summit meet for the ninth-best time in USD program history … won the 60 at the SDSU Holiday Invitational in 7.68 seconds … took gold at the Dakota Quad Classic in the 60 meters with a time of 7.69 seconds … captured a pair of event titles and tallied 12 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the 4x100-meter relay … helped the Coyotes clock 46.04 seconds for third place at the Summit League Championships in the 4x100-meter relay, the third-fastest time in USD program history … placed seventh in the 200 meters in 25.11 seconds at the Summit meet … also finished ninth in the 100 meters at the league’s championship … clocked season bests of 11.98 for the 100 meters and 24.95 for the 200 meters in the Summit preliminaries … victorious in the 100 meters at the Sioux City Relays in 12.23 seconds … finished runner-up in the 200 meters at the USD Twilight … tallied 11 top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
A 13-time South Dakota state medalist on the track ... holds Harrisburg High School records in the 60 meters, 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters along with all three sprint relays ... her clocking of 24.56 seconds in the 200 meters is the fifth-fastest in South Dakota's state history, while her mark of 11.85 seconds in the 100 meters sits 10th all-time ... earned South Dakota's Gold Medal Award twice in the 100 meters (2018, 2019) and once in the 200 meters (2019) ... her senior track and field season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... holds personal bests of 7.77 seconds for the 60 meters and 59.90 in the 400 meters ... an honor roll student.

Personal
Daughter of Rob Kinney and Nicholle Field ... kinesiology and sport management major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Sprints