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Track and Field

2020-21 Track and Field Roster

Molly Sheppard
Aaron C Packard/USD

Moira Kleinschmit

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Waverly, Neb.
  • Highschool Waverly HS
  • Major Social Work

Biography

Career Bests

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Finished ninth in the pentathlon at the Summit League Championships with a season-best score of 3,078 points … cleared a season-best 5-3 ¼ (1.61m) in the pentathlon high jump and took second in that event … took fourth in the 800 meters at the USD Invitational … scored 2,994 points at the Bison Open’s pentathlon for ninth place … tallied eight top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Competed at two meets during the outdoor season … took second in the high jump at the Wildcat Classic with a jump of 4-11 (1.50m) … launched the javelin 81-0 (24.69m) at the South Dakota Challenge … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Recorded a season-best pentathlon score of 2,797 points at the SDSU Holiday Invitational for 13th place … finished fourth in the pentathlon at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with 2,768 points … clocked 1:49.45 for 600 meters at the Jim Emmerich Invitational … tallied two top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Recorded a season-best pentathlon score of 2,781 points at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … took fifth in the long jump at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a leap of 15-2 ¾ … finished eighth in the 600 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational with a time of 1:43.63 … recorded a season-best 9.64 seconds for the 60-meter hurdles at the SDSU Indoor Classic.

Outdoor Track & Field
Scored 3,900 points in the heptathlon to place fifth at the Red Raider Open … clocked 16.01 seconds for the 100-meter hurdles at the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic … jumped a season-best 16-1 ¾ in the long jump at the South Dakota Challenge for a season best … cleared 5-1 in the high jump for sixth at the USD Twilight … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2017-18
Indoor Track & Field
Leaped a season best 5-1 in the high jump for ninth place at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … matched the season best of 5-1 at the Hawkeye Invitational for 11th place … jumped 5-0 ½ in the high jump for sixth place at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Cleared a season best of 4-11 in the high jump at the South Dakota Invitational, placing 12th in the competition … leaped 4-7 ¾ at the ORU Invitational for 11th place in the high jump … clocked 13.37 seconds for 100 meters at the ORU Invitational … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
Placed third in the high jump to help Waverly High School capture the 2016 Nebraska Class B title ... cleared a personal best of 5-4 at the meet ... also lettered on the Vikings’ volleyball team ... an academic all-state and all-conference honoree.

Personal
Daughter of Cheryl Kleinschmit and Matthew Malone ... social work major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Junior

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  • 2020-21Senior

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