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Track and Field

2026-27 Track and Field Roster

Bailey Zubke, USD Athletics

Evan Janzen

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
  • Highschool Sergeant Bluff-Luton HS
  • Major Health Sciences

Biography

Career Honors & Awards
• Summit League Indoor Champion (2026: 400m)
• All-Summit League Indoor (2025: DMR; 2026: 4x400)
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2025: 4x400)
• CSC Academic all-District (2025-26)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List (2024-25, 2025-26)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26)
School Records
• Outdoor Distance Medley Relay (9:37.21)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 5th in the 400-meters (47.82)
• 6th in the 4x400 (3:14.55)
• 6th in Distance Medley Relay (10:02.05)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 7th in the 400-meters (47.13)
• 5th in the 4x400 (3:11.93)
• 5th in the SMR (3:23.20)
* Top 10 marks as of end of 2025-26 season.*
 
Career Bests
 
2025-26
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 400-meters with an indoor best of 47.82 … all-Summit League in the 4x400 in 3:14.55 … also competed in the 200-meters, running 21.95 for 11th in the prelims … ran a 200-meter season’s best of 21.90 to place second at the SDSU Last Chance … took third at the SDSU Indoor in the 400 with a time of 48.12 … ran on the winning 4x400 at the Jim Emmerich Alumni and the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … won the 400-meters at the Jim Emmerich with a time of 48.84 … totaled six individual top 10s during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Ran in the 400-meters, 4x100, and 4x400 at the Summit League Championships … placed fourth in the 400-meters at 48.46, 5th in the 4x400 at 3:17.00, and 6th in the 4x100 at 42.15 … ran a 200-meter wind-aided 21.35 for ninth in the prelims at the conference meet … ran a 400-meter personal best of 47.13 to win the event at the South Dakota Challenge … also won the 4x100 in a season’s best 40.91 at the South Dakota Challenge … ran on the winning 4x400 in their division at the Drake Relays with a clocking of 3:11.93, the fastest outdoor 4x400 in Division I program history … also took 10th at the Drake Relays in 47.68 … ran on the winning 4x100 at the Sioux City Relays with a time of 41.39 … totaled seven individual and 10 relay top 10’s during the season.

2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
All-Summit League in the distance medley relay, placing third in 10:02.05… also took sixth in the 4x400 in 3:18.9 at the conference meet… ran a personal best 1:52.73 to win the 800 at the SDSU Last Chance… took fourth in the 600-meters in 1:21.32 at the Mark Colligan… took seventh in the 800 at 1:56.29 at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational… ran 1:54.15 in the 800 to place seventh at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
All-Summit League in the 4x400 relay with a third place time of 3:14.05… took eighth in the 400 at the conference meet with a time of 48.52… ran a personal best 48.19 in the 400 to place second at the USD Twilight… ran a leg of the school record distance medley relay (9:37.21) at the Drake Relay… took second at the USD Early Bird in the 400 with a time of 49.23… totaled 10 top 10 finishes during the season.

2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Competed in six meets...ran a personal best in the 1,000-meters with a time of 2:42.95 at the USD Alumni Meet...ran a season-best 1:57.68 in the 800 at the Nebraska Tune-Up...set a career best 1:22.71 in the 600 at the Mark Colligan Memorial.

Outdoor Track & Field
Ran at five meets during the season...set a personal best in the 400 at the USD Early Bird in 51.23...ran a personal best 1:54.55 in the 800 at the Mt. SAC Relays...placed third in the 800 at the Mount Marty Twilight with a time of 1:55.05...totaled three top-10 finishes.

Prep
A three-time state track and field qualifier ... anchored the Warriors’ fourth-place 4x400-meter relay at the 2023 Iowa State Track & Field Championships ... also qualified for the state meet in cross country as a senior ... played basketball and baseball for the Warriors, helping Sergeant Bluff-Luton reach the state basketball tournament in 2022 ... a three-time all-Missouri River Conference honoree in cross country and track & field ... owns SBL’s school record in the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.6 ... an honor roll student.

Personal
Son of Chad and Lou Ann Janzen ... health sciences major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Middle Distance
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Middle Distance
  • 2025-26Junior

    Middle Distance
  • 2026-27Senior

    Middle Distance