University of South Dakota Athletics

NIL Opportunities: Liberty Justus

Career Bests

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the pentathlon at the Summit League Championships with a score of 3,561 points … moved to fifth in South Dakota program history in the pentathlon with the score … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … won the long jump at the South Dakota Kickoff in 18-4 ¼ (5.59m) … posted a personal best 8.85 seconds for the 60 hurdles in the Summit pentathlon competition … clocked 8.95 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Nebraska Tune-Up … placed third in the pentathlon at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic … tallied 10 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the heptathlon with a score of 5,062 points … also finished fourth in the long jump (19-5 ½) and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.06) at the Summit League Championships … her heptathlon score moved to sixth in South Dakota program history for the heptathlon … clocked a personal best of 13.95 seconds in the 100-meter hurdle preliminaries at the Summit meet to move to seventh in South Dakota program history for the event … won both the long jump (19-9) and 100-meter hurdles (14.47 seconds) at the USD Tune-Up … moved to sixth in South Dakota program history in the long jump (19-9) … victorious in the 100-meter hurdles at the Kip Janvrin Open … finished runner-up in the heptathlon at the USD Early Bird with a score of 4,887 points … tallied 10 top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the pentathlon with a season-best score of 3,537 points at the Summit League Championships … moved to fifth on the Coyote Top 10 in the pentathlon with a mark of 3,537 points … took seventh in the pentathlon competition at the Nebraska Adidas Classic … notched seven top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the heptathlon at the Summit League Championships with a season-best score of 4,852 points … also took ninth in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.19 seconds and 11th in the long jump in 18-7 ¾ at the league meet … moved to 10th on the Coyote Top 10 in the heptathlon with a mark of 4,852 points … finished runner-up in the heptathlon at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic … leaped 19-0 ¾ in the long jump at the South Dakota Challenge … tallied eight top-10 finishes in the spring.

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the pentathlon at the Summit League Championships … combined for a season-best score of 3,162 points at the league meet … also finished 15th in the triple jump at the league meet … took 10th in the pentathlon at the Bison Open with 2,985 points … leaped a season-best of 33-11 ¼ (10.34m) in the triple jump at the SDSU Last Chance meet … placed fourth in the pentathlon at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … tallied eight top-10 finishes indoors.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the heptathlon at the Summit League Championships … totaled a personal best score of 4,291 points in the heptathlon at the league meet … clocked a season-best 14.89 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles during the multi-event competition and took third in the event breakdown … placed fifth in the heptathlon at the South Dakota Challenge with a score of 4,209 points … leaped a season-best 17-1 ½ (5.22m) in the long jump event of the Challenge heptathlon … ran on the Coyotes’ third-place shuttle hurdle relay at the Drake Relays … recorded six top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Finished ninth in the pentathlon with a score of 3,209 points at the Summit League Championships … also took 14th in the triple jump with a leap of 35-3 at the league meet … tallied a personal best score of 3,335 points for third place in the pentathlon at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … moved to ninth on the Coyote top-10 list for the pentathlon with the 3,335 point total … took fourth place in the triple jump at the Iowa State Classic with a season-best mark of 35-8 … finished 10th in the 200 meters at the Adidas Classic with a time of 26.59 seconds … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Competed at six meets indoors … tallied a season-best score of 3,121 points for the pentathlon at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … clocked a season-best 60-meter hurdle time of 9.41 seconds at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … also finished runner-up in the triple jump at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a season-best mark of 36-2 … took fifth in the long jump at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … tallied seven top-10 finishes indoors.

Outdoor Track & Field
Took 13th in the triple jump at the Summit League Championships with a season-best leap of 36-7 ¾ …  tallied a season-best heptathlon score of 4,098 points at the Red Raider Open with a fourth-place finish … won the triple jump at the Wildcat Classic in 36-0 … leaped a personal best of 5-3 in the high jump at the South Dakota Challenge to place fourth in the competition … finished runner-up in the triple jump at the USD Twilight with a leap of 36-0 ¾ … clocked a wind-legal best of 15.28 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the USD Twilight as well … recorded 13 top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
A member of Sioux Falls Lincoln’s past two South Dakota Class AA Track and Field Championship titles in 2016 and 2017 ... placed sixth in the triple jump as a sophomore, while taking seventh in both the long jump and the 4x200-meter relay as a junior ... holds personal bests of 17-0 ¼ in the long jump and 36-1 in the triple jump ... also competed in the sprints, hurdles, pole vault and high jump while in high school ... a member of the Patriots’ gymnastics team that took eighth at the state meet, while also doing competitive cheer and dance.

Personal
Nursing major.