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Track and Field

2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Aaron Mercado
Darren Miller

Kenzie Campbell

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Burford, Ontario
  • Highschool Paris District HS
  • Major Nursing

Biography

Career Honors & Awards
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2024: Hammer Throw)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List (2022-23, 2023-24)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 5th in the weight throw (63-9 ½)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 6th in the hammer throw (186-7)
 
Career Bests

2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Redshirted… competed in two meets unattached… took second in the weight throw at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (64-6 ½) and fifth in the same event at the SDSU Holiday Open (60-8 ¾).
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Redshirted.. competed in two meets unattached… took third in the hammer throw at both the USD Early Bird (181-10) and the USD Tune Up (186-3)... also competed in the discus throw at the USD Early Bird.

2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the weight throw at 60-11 ½ (18.58m) at the Summit League Championships…had a season’s best 62-4 ½ (19.01m) to take second at the SDSU Indoor Classic…took third at the USD Alumni Meet and fourth at the SDSU Holiday Open…totaled six top eight finishes.

Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the hammer throw…placed second at the Summit League Championships with a throw of 185-2 (56.45m)…had a collegiate best mark of 186-7 (56.88m) at the USD Challenge…added a third-place finish at the USD Invite.

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships … launched the weight a personal best distance of 63-9 ½ (19.44m) at the league meet … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … moved to fifth in South Dakota program history in the weight throw (63-9 ½) … took third in the weight throw at the SDSU Indoor Classic with a mark of 61-9 (18.82m) … placed in the top-10 of all six meets during the winter … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed eighth in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships … posted a mark of 166-11 (50.87m) in the competition … launched the hammer a season-best 176-9 (53.87m) at the Beach Invitational … tallied four top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Posted a season-best of 56-4 ½ in the weight throw at the USD Alumni Meet … took sixth in the weight throw at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge … tallied four top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships … launched the hammer 172-8 at the Summit meet … posted a season-best of 180-5 in the hammer throw at the South Dakota Challenge, taking sixth in the competition … moved to seventh on the Coyote Top 10 in the hammer throw with a mark of 180-5 … recorded five top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Silver medalist in the hammer throw at the 2021 Athletics Ontario U20 Outdoor Provincial Championship ... placed second in the hammer at the 2021 Athletics Ontario Open Provincial Championship ... earned the Paris District High School Outstanding Senior award in 2018-19 ... she captured the Presidents Trophy for Most Improved Athlete with Brantford Track and Field Club ... owns personal bests of 177-11 (54.24m) in the hammer throw and 50-1 (15.28m) in the weight throw ... also played volleyball for the Panthers ... an honor roll student and Ontario Scholar.

Personal
Daughter of Tim and Lisa Campbell ... nursing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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  • 2025-26Graduate Student

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