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Track and Field

2026-27 Track and Field Roster

Bailey Zubke, USD Athletics

Ethan Baessler

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Blair, Nebraska
  • Highschool Blair HS
  • Major Kinesiology & Sport Management

Biography

Career Honors & Awards
• Summit League Outdoor Champion (2025: 100-meters, 4x100)
• all-Summit League Indoor (2026: 60-meters)
• all-Summit League Outdoor (2026: 100-meters, 200-meters)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 2nd in the 60-meters (6.70 seconds)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 5th in the 100-meters (10.33w seconds)
• 5th in the 200-meters (21.04w seconds)
• 5th in the Sprint Medley (3:23.20)
• 7th in the 4x100 (40.38 seconds)
* Top 10 marks as of end of 2025-26 season.*

Career Bests

2025-26
Indoor Track & Field
Placed third at the Summit League championships in the 60-meters running 6.73 … took ninth in the prelims of the 200 clocking 21.87 … ran a personal best and second-best time in program history in the 60 of 6.70 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational to place third … opened the season with a winning 60 time of 6.72 at the SDSU Holiday Open … won the 60 in 6.77 and took second in the 200 at a season’s best 21.77 at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet … totaled 10 top 10 finishes and three event wins during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League in both the 100- and 200-meters with a runner-up finish in the 100 (10.28) and third in the 200 (21.04) … The 21.04 in the finals is a personal best that ranks fifth on the USD Outdoor Top 10 … Also competed in the 4x100 at the conference meet … ran a wind-legal season’s best of 10.35 in the 100 at the South Dakota Challenge to win the event … also won the 200 in 21.27 at the same meet … Ran on USD’s sprint medley relay squad that ran 3:23.20 to place fifth at the Drake Relays … that time ranks fifth on the USD Top 10 … totaled six event wins during the season and added seven more top 10 finishes.

2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Ran a personal best 6.73 seconds to win the USD Alumni Meet... took gold in the 60 four times: USD Alumni, Mark Colligan Memorial (6.82), DeLoss Dodds Invitiational (6.75), SDSU Last Chance (6.75)... ran a season's best 22.48 in the 200-meters at the Mark Colligan Memorial... competed at the Summit League Championships in the 60-meters... totaled six top 10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Claimed two championships at the Summit League Championships… won the 100-meters with a personal best 10.33-second clocking… helped win the 4x100 in 40.38 seconds… also placed sixth in the 200-meters (21.59) and clocked a personal best 21.26 in the prelims… placed second or better in every 4x100 the squad finished during the season… took second in the 100 at the USD Tune Up in 10.51 seconds… placed fifth or better in every race but one during the season.

Prep
A four-time state medalist sprinter for Blair High School, he took home the Nebraska Class B titles in the 100 meters and 200 meters as a junior...owns the Nebraska Class B state record for the 100 meters with a clocking of 10.53 seconds...also owns school records in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay, and 4x400-meter relay...played football, basketball and baseball for the Bears in addition to running track and field.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2026-27Junior

    Sprints