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Track and Field

2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Kiah Pieters
Aaron Mercado
Aaron Mercado
Aaron Mercado
Aaron Mercado

Matayah YellowMule

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rapid City, S.D.
  • Highschool Central HS
  • Major Social Work

Biography

Career Honors & Awards 
  • All-Summit League Outdoor (2023: high jump)
  • Summit League Honor Roll (2022-23)
Career Bests

2023-24
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the pentathlon with 3,751 points at the Summit League Championships...also competed in the high jump (5-6 ½) and long jump (17-10 ¾) at the Championships...scored a personal-best 3,765 points in the pentathlon at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, recording personal bests in the 60-meter hurdles (8.82) and shot put (35-9 ½)...took second in the high jump (5-7 ¾) and ninth in the 200 (26.41) with personal bests at the USD Alumni...totaled 13 top-10 finishes.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the high jump and eighth in the long jump at the Summit League Championships...recorded season-bests of 5-5 ¾ and 18-7 ¼ in both events...placed third in the long jump at the USD Invite and fourth in the high jump...totaled four top-10's.

2022-23
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the long jump (18-10 ¾), seventh in the triple jump (39-0 ½) and seventh in the high jump (5-3) at the Summit League Championships … all three marks were season bests … member of the Coyotes’ Summit League Championship title-winning team … moved to 10th in South Dakota program history in the triple jump (39-0 ½) … won the triple jump at the South Dakota Kickoff in 37-3 (11.35m) … tallied 12 top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Garnered all-Summit League honors in the high jump … placed second in the high jump at the Summit League Championships after clearing a collegiate best of 5-7 ¼ (1.71m) … moved to eighth in South Dakota program history in the high jump (5-7 ¼) … won the triple jump at the USD Tune-Up in 38-5 ½ (11.72m) … finished runner-up in both the high jump and long jump at The Monday Meet … jumped a wind-aided 39-4 ½ (12.00m) in the triple jump at the USD Early Bird … notched eight top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Won back-to-back state titles in the triple jump as a junior and senior, also taking the all-class gold in the event ... added a runner-up finish in the long jump at the 2021 South Dakota State Championships and took fifth in the 100 meters in 2022 ... leaped a personal best 39-9 in the triple jump at the Last Chance Meet in May 2022 ... holds a personal best of 18-11 ½ in the long jump from junior season ... holds Central's school record in the long jump ... played volleyball and participated in gymnastics for the Cobblers.

Personal
Daughter of Diane Two Bulls ... social work 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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