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Track and Field

2023-24 Track and Field Roster

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Darren Miller

Jacy Pulse

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Salem, S.D.
  • Highschool McCook Central HS
  • Major Nursing

Biography

Career Bests

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League champion in the 400 meters and 4x400-meter relay … also garnered all-Summit League honors in the 200 meters … broke a 32-year-old DakotaDome record in the 400 meters (54.48 seconds) to take gold at the Summit meet … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … won the 400 meters in an indoor best time of 54.29 seconds at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … moved to second in South Dakota program history in the 400 meters (54.29) … moved to fifth in South Dakota program history in the 4x400-meter relay (3:46.22) at the Jim Emmerich meet … swept the 200 meters (24.19 seconds) and 400 meters (54.52 seconds) at the SDSU Indoor Classic … moved to third in South Dakota program history in the 200 meters (24.19) … broke the South Dakota school record in the 4x200 meter relay (1:40.69) at the USD Alumni Meet … won the 200 meters at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic … took first in the 400 meters at the South Dakota Kickoff … won the 200 meters at the SDSU Holiday Open in 24.98 seconds … tallied 16 top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
All-American in the 400-meter hurdles … Summit League Track Athlete of the Year … placed 10th at the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a clocking of 56.14 seconds, the fastest semifinal time to not make the final in NCAA Championship history … Summit League champion in the 400-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay … also garnered all-Summit League honors in the 100 meters in second place … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 400-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter relay … clocked a personal best of 56.11 seconds at the NCAA West Preliminary to advance to the NCAA Championships … broke the Summit League Championships meet record in the preliminary of the 400-meter hurdles, clocking 58.46 seconds … 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 400 hurdles (56.11 seconds), 4x100 meter relay (44.63 seconds) and 4x200 meter relay (1:35.92) … three-time Summit League Athlete of the Week during the outdoor season … captured the Drake Relays flag for the 400-meter hurdles in a then-school record time of 56.79 seconds … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on May 2 following the performance … won the 100 meters at the USD Tune-Up in a personal best of 11.66 seconds … moved to fourth in South Dakota program history in the 100 meters (11.66) … set the Lillibridge Track Complex record in the 4x100-meter relay (44.90 seconds) at The Monday Meet … won the 400 hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays in 58.31 seconds and took gold as a member of the 4x100 relay … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on April 18 following the successful weekend in California … clocked a personal best of 23.98 seconds in the 200 meters at the Bobcat Invitational … moved to seventh in South Dakota program history in the 200 meters (23.98) … recorded a time of 58.25 seconds for the 400-meter hurdles at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on April 4 following the weekend in Texas … tallied 20 top-10 finishes during the spring … 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 400 meters … placed third in the 400 meters with a time of 55.50 seconds and took seventh in the 200 meters in 25.06 seconds at the Summit League Championships … moved to sixth on the Coyote Top 10 in the 400 meters with that clocking of 55.50 seconds … finished runner-up in the 400 meters at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge in 56.38 seconds … clocked a season-best 9.12 seconds for the 60 hurdles at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet … tallied 12 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 400-meter hurdles, the 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay … earned all-Summit League honors in the 100 meters … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x100-meter relay … finished 25th in the 400 hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminaries with a season-best time of 58.88 seconds … the time moved her to second on the Coyote Top 10 list for the event … South Dakota’s 4x100 relay combined for a winning time of 44.99 at the Summit meet to break the program record … moved to second on the Coyote Top 10 as a member of South Dakota’s 4x400-meter relay with a clocking of 3:41.16 at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … also finished 10th in the 400-meter hurdles and helped the 4x100 relay break a then-school record at Texas en route to being named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week (3/29) … member of the South Dakota school record breaking 4x200-meter relay with a combined clocking of 1:35.94 at the Drake Relays … won the 400 hurdles at the South Dakota Challenge and the USD Twilight … broke one minute in the 400 hurdles for the first time at the Summit League Championships, clocking 59.58 seconds … posted 23 top-10 finishes during the spring … 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.

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Clocked a season-best of 9.12 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Dakota Realty Invitational with a third-place finish in the race … posted a season-best time of 25.83 seconds in the 200 meters at the Division I Challenge … tallied three top-10 finishes indoors.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 4x400-meter relay … earned all-Summit League honors in the 4x100-meter relay … placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships … the women’s 4x400-meter relay combined for a time of 3:42.05 at the Summit meet, setting a Lillibridge Track Complex record and clocking the second-fastest time in USD program history … helped the Coyotes clock 46.04 seconds for third place at the league meet in the 4x100-meter relay, the third-fastest time in USD program history … clocked a personal best of 1:02.51 for fifth place in the 400 hurdles at the Summit meet … took third in the 200 meters at the USD Twilight with a time of 25.72 … also finished third in the 200 meters at the Sioux City Relays … ran the 400-meter leg of the Coyotes’ ninth-place distance medley relay at the Drake Relays, recording a time of 12:08.67 for the fifth-best time in USD history … tallied 14 top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
The 2019 South Dakota Class A Track MVP ... took home state titles in three out of four sprints in one day, capturing gold in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and 200 meters while finishing runner-up in the 100 meters ... a 14-time state medalist for McCook Central-Montrose ... her senior track and field season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... holds personal bests of 14.57 seconds for the 100 hurdles and 44.72 seconds for the 300 hurdles ... also owns bests of 12.1 seconds for the 100 meters, 25.37 in the 200 meters and 57.79 in the 400 meters ... played volleyball and basketball for the Fighting Cougars ... an honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society ... earned academic all-state accolades for volleyball, basketball, and track and field.

Personal
Daughter of James and Sarah Pulse ... nursing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

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  • 2021-22Sophomore

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  • 2022-23Junior

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  • 2023-24Senior

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