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Track and Field

2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Kiah Pieters
Aaron Mercado
Kiah Pieters
Aaron Mercado

Landon Olson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Battle Creek, Neb.
  • Highschool Battle Creek HS
  • Major Finance

Biography

Career Honors & Awards 
• NCAA West First Round Qualifier (2023, 2025)
• All-Summit League Indoor (2025)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Indoor (2022-23, 2024-25)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Outdoor (2022-23, 2024-25)
• Academic all-Summit League Indoor (2024-25)
• Summit League Commissioner’s List (2023-24, 2024-25)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 2nd in the high jump (7-2 ½)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 9th in the high jump (6-11 ½)
 
Career Bests

2024-25
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Runner Up in the high jump at 6-8 ¼… Started the season with a clearance of 7-0 ½ to win the SDSU Holiday Open, earning Summit League Peak Performer honors… set a personal best of 7-2 ½ to win the USD Alumni, earning Peak Performer honors for a second time… won a third straight high jump competition by clearing 6-11 ¾ at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
NCAA West First Round Qualifier in the high jump… competed at the Summit League Championships in the high jump and long jump… jumped a season’s best 6-11 ½ to place second at the South Dakota Challenge… added a third place finish in the high jump at the USD Tune Up at 6-10 ¼… recorded a personal best in the long jump of 22-11 ¾ to take fifth at the USD Tune Up… recorded nine top 10 finishes.

2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Placed ninth in the high jump at the Summit League Championships with a clearance of 6-4 ¾ (1.95m)...member of the Summit League Indoor Track & Field Championships title-winning Coyote team...took second at the USD Alumni Meet with a season's best 6-10 ¼ (2.09m)...totaled four top 10 finishes over the course of the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed ninth in the Summit League Championship in the high jump (6-3 ½)...made a season's best jump of 6-9 (2.06m) at the USD Challenge to place second...recorded four top five finishes and placed 10th or better in every competition over the season.

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the high jump at the Summit League Championships in 6-7 (2.01m) … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … cleared a season-best height of 6-10 ¾ (2.10m) in the high jump at the SDSU Holiday Open, placing second in the field … finished runner-up at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic in the high jump … recorded a personal best leap of 22-0 ¾ (6.72m) in the long jump at the USD Alumni Meet … recorded 12 top-10 finishes indoors … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Finished 10th in both the high jump (6-5) and the long jump (21-10) at the Summit League Championships … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the high jump … jumped a personal best height of 6-11 (2.11m) to win the high jump at the Beach Invitational … tied for eighth in South Dakota program history in the high jump (6-11) with the mark … took third in the high jump at the Mt. SAC Relays in 6-8 ¾ (2.05m) … also cleared 6-8 ¾ (2.05m) at the Drake Relays … tallied nine top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Nebraska state champion in the long jump and seven-time state medalist at the Nebraska State Championships ... as a senior, won gold with the 4x100-meter relay clocking 43.99 seconds, added a runner-up finish in the high jump, placed second in the long jump and took fifth in the triple jump at the 2022 Nebraska State Championships ... cleared a personal best of 6-10 in the high jump at the state meet and leaped a personal best of 23-1 ¼ in the long jump in April of 2022 ... both marks are Battle Creek High School records ... a two-time all-district and academic all-state honoree on the football field, helping the team reach state ... Battle Creek's class president, the National Honor Society president and an honor roll student.

Personal
Son of Beth and Scott Olson ... finance major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

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  • 2023-24Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Junior

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  • 2025-26Senior

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