Career Bests
2018-19
Cross Country
Placed 27th at the Summit League Championships with a time of 27:01.24 … one of two men to finish in the Coyotes’ top-seven at all six meets during the season … finished among the scoring five at four meets … took 176th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 34:42.7 for 10,000 meters … clocked a season-best of 26:35.5 for 8,000 meters at the Bradley Pink Classic.
Indoor Track & Field
Competed at four meets … clocked a season-best of 9:10.27 for 3,000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic … finished runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … posted a time of 4:36.00 for the mile at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
Outdoor Track & Field
Clocked season bests in both the 800 meters and 1,500 meters at the USD Twilight … crossed the finish line in 2:02.61 for the 800 meters and 4:14.40 in the 1,500 meters at the meet … took 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the South Dakota Challenge in 10:58.00.
2017-18
Cross Country
Received all-Summit League second team honors with a 12th-place finish in a personal best time of 25:31.37 at the Summit League Championships … finished 138th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a time of 31:28.86 for 10,000 meters … placed among the Coyotes’ top-seven at all six meets, scoring in five … took 31st at the Nebraska Woody Greeno Invitational in 27:01.6 … placed 33rd at the Augustana Twilight … also clocked 26:05.8 at the Bradley Pink Classic … made the Summit League honor roll.
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the mile at the Summit League Championships in 4:18.11 … also finished ninth in the 3,000 meters in 8:41.15 and 11th in the 5,000 meters in 15:27.66 at the league meet … recorded season bests of 4:14.30 in the mile and 8:35.65 in the 3,000 meters at the Tyson Invitational … won the mile at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet in 4:23.85 … placed third in the 800 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet in 2:00.59 … notched a season best of 1:57.72 for 800 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up … recorded eight top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the 1,500 meters in 3:54.06 and sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a season best time of 9:32.61 at the Summit League Championships … also finished 12th in the 5,000 meters at the league meet with a time of 16:08.47 … placed third in his section at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the 1,500 meters with a season best time of 3:53.92 … recorded a season best finish of 14:54.28 for 5,000 meters while placing fourth at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational … notched a season best 800-meter time of 1:58.93 at the Sioux City Relays … tallied six top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
2016-17
Cross Country
Notched a season best 8,000-meter performance of 28:28.5 for 23rd at Iowa’s NCAA Regional Preview … took 52nd at the Summit League Championships with a 29:30.9 clocking … crossed the finish line in 29:00.1 at the Bradley Classic … took 28th at the Augustana Twilight.
Indoor Track & Field
Finished 13th in the 800 meters and 14th in the mile at the Summit League Championships … clocked 2:02.74 for the 800 meters and 4:37.63 for the mile at the Summit meet … took fourth in the 800 meters at the USD Last Chance Meet and sixth at the Hawkeye Invitational … recorded a season best of 4:30.30 in the mile at the SDSU Classic … clocked a season best of 2:01.61 for 800 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational.
Outdoor Track & Field
Took 10th in the 800 meters and 13th in the 1,500 meters at the Summit League Championships … notched a season best of 1:58.35 for 800 meters at the Summit preliminary … ran a leg of the 4x1,600-meter relay that ranks fifth on USD’s all-time charts with a time of 17:25.72 … finished runner-up in the 800 meters and the 1,500 meters at the USD Twilight … clocked a season best of 4:04.27 in the 1,500 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Wildcat Classic in 10:28.73 … recorded a season best of 15:55.15 for 5,000 meters to place sixth at the Sioux City Relays.
2015-16
Cross Country
Placed 34th at the Summit League Championships in 27:16.26 … among the Coyotes’ top seven at five meets during the year and scored in four … took 14th at the NDSU Bison Open with a 6,000-meter time of 19:37.1 … finished 29th at the SDSU Classic in 27:00.9 … clocked a season-best 25:39.2 at the Bradley Pink Classic … finished 192nd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10,000-meter time of 35:40.9 … made the Summit League honor roll, earning distinguished scholar status.
Indoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the mile and ran a leg of the Coyotes’ fourth-place distance medley relay at the Summit League Championships … recorded a season best mile time of 4:19.37 at the meet … placed fourth in the mile at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … notched a season best 15:24.75 for 5,000 meters at the SDSU Indoor Classic … clocked a season best 2:01.51 for 800 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed eighth in the 1,500 meters in a season best 3:58.89 at the Summit League Championships … recorded a career best 1:58.05 for 800 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … also took fourth in the 1,500 meters at Howard Wood … finished fifth in the 3,000 steeplechase in 10:08.35 at the USD Twilight … took fifth in the 1,500 meters at the Sioux City Relays … ran a leg of the Coyotes’ 10th-place 4xOne Mile Relay at the Drake Relays … made the Summit League honor roll.
Prep
Millard South's second runner on their 2013 state championship cross country team ... placed eighth as a junior and sixth as a senior at the Nebraska State Cross Country Championships ... took sixth in the 3,200 meters and ninth in the 1,600 meters at the 2015 Nebraska Class A Championships ... ran a leg of the Patriots' state runner-up 4x800-meter relay ... recorded a personal best mile time of 4:22.40 at the 2015 Kansas Relays ... an honor roll student at Millard South.
Personal
Son of Cody and Deb Wendt ... kinesiology and sport management major with an emphasis in exercise science.
