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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Bailey Zubke, USD Athletics
Bailey Zubke, USD Athletics
Kiah Pieters

Mason Sindelar

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Pierce, Neb.
  • Highschool Pierce HS
  • Major Medical Biology

Biography

Career Honors & Awards 
• NCAA West First Round Qualifier (2025)
• Summit League Champion Indoor (2025: 800-meters, one mile)
• All-Summit League Indoor (2024: distance medley relay)
• All-Summit League Outdoor (2024: 1,500m)
• Summit League Track Athlete of the Week (5/6/25)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2024-25)
School Records
• Indoor 800-meters (1:49.34)
• Indoor 1,000-meters (2:21.01)
• Outdoor 800-meters (1:48.56)
• Outdoor Distance Medley Relay (9:37.21)
Coyote Indoor Top 10
• 2nd in the mile (4:03.07)
• 6th in the distance medley relay (10:03.56)
Coyote Outdoor Top 10
• 3rd in the 1,500-meters (3:44.21)
• 9th in the distance medley (2024: 10:06.03)
 
Career Bests

2024-25
Cross Country
Did not compete.
 
Indoor Track & Field
Had a breakout performance at the Summit League Championships, sweeping the 800 and mile titles… ran 1:50.82 to win the 800 and 4:05.4 to win the mile at the conference meet… broke the indoor 800 school record at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a time of 1:49.34… set the school record in the 1,000-meters at 2:21.01 to win the event at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational… ran a personal best 4:03.07 in the mile to place second at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational… Placed inside the top five in every race but one during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
NCAA West First Round Qualifier in the 800-meters… competed in the 800 and 1,500 meters at the Summit League Championships… placed sixth in both events, running 1:52.2 and 3:51.29 in the respective competitions… swept the 800 and 1,500 at the USD Tune Up with personal bests, including the outdoor 800 school record of 1:48.56… ran 3:44.21 in the 1,500… won Summit League Peak Performer honors following the performance at the USD Tune Up… Helped set the school distance medley relay record of 9:37.21 to place third at the Drake Relays… totaled 11 top-10 finishes during the season.

2023-24
Cross Country
Placed 22nd at the Summit League Championships with a season's best time of 25:36.6 on the 8k course...Competed at the NCAA Midwest Region Championships, running a 33:38.6 in the 10k...raced in two other meets during the season.
 
Indoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the distance medley relay with a team time of 10:03.56...member of the Summit League Championships title-winning USD team...placed 13th in the mile at the Championships with a time of 4:16.23...placed second in the mile with a personal best 4:11.51 at the Nebraska Tune-Up...won the 1,000-meters at the USD Alumni Meet with a 2:28.66 personal best...totaled six top-10's during the season. 
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the 1,500 with a runner-up time of 3:45.94, a personal best and the second quickest time in USD history...won four events during the season, including a personal best 1:53.74 in the 800 at the Mount Marty Twilight...won the 800 at the USD Early Bird and the 1,500 twice (USD Early Bird, USD Invite) during the season...finished inside the top 10 in every race over the season.

2022-23
Cross Country
Placed 20th at the Summit League Championships with a time of 24:04.7 for 8,000 meters … placed amongst USD’s scoring five for five of six meets during the fall … crossed the finish line in 138th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10,000-meter time of 31:51.0 … took 30th at the Platte River Rumble in 25:12.3 … clocked 25:35.0 at the Gans Creek Classic.
 
Indoor Track & Field
Redshirted … competed unattached at three meets … took third in the 800 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up in 1:54.71.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Redshirted … competed unattached at a trio of meets … won the 800 meters at the USD Early Bird in 1:56.47 … took seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at The Monday Meet in 9:54.88.

2021-22
Cross Country
Placed 29th at the Summit League Chamiponships with a time of 26:12.89 … finished among the Coyotes’ scoring five at five of seven meets during the season … placed in the top-seven at every meet … posted a season-best time of 25:47.1 for 8,000 meters at the Bradley Pink Classic … took 20th at the Briar Cliff Invitational … clocked 26:32.5 for 50th place at Nebraska’s Woody Greeno Invitatational … completed the 10,000-meter NCAA Midwest Regional course in 32:56.30 in 123rd place.

Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth as a member of the distance medley relay at the Summit League Championships … also took 11th in the mile with a season best time of 4:15.01 at the Summit League Championships … clocked a season best of 1:56.04 in the 800 meters at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge and finished third in the race … notched six top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Finished 13th in the 800 meters and 17th in the 1,500 meters at the Summit League Championships … clocked a season best time of 3:53.15 for 1,500 meters at the Beach Invitational … swept the 800 meters and the 1,500 meters at the Wildcat Invitational … moved to 10th on the Coyote Top 10 in the 1,500 meters with a clocking of 3:53.15 … posted a season best time of 1:54.02 in the 800 meters at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic … took eighth in the steeplechase at the USD Early Bird with a time of 9:51.36 … finished third in the 1,500 meters at the South Dakota Challenge … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the spring.

Prep
A four-time Nebraska state medalist in cross country, finishing runner-up three times ... a two-time all-state and two-time super-state honoree ... also owns the Pierce High School record for 800 meters with a time of 1:57.59 ... finished third at the Nebraska Track and Field Championships in the 800 meters as a senior with a time of 1:58.00 ... owns personal bests of 4:35 for 1,600 meters and 15:53.9 for 5,000 meters on the cross country course ... also played basketball for the Bluejays ... was an officer and district representative for FCCLA, a National Honor Society member and an honor roll student.

Personal
Son of Beth and Darren Sindelar ... medical biology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2024-25Redshirt Junior

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  • 2025-26Redshirt Senior

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