BROOKINGS, S.D. – On a day which University of Sioux Falls Track & Field set eight top-10 marks in the program history,
Trey Furgeson highlighted the Cougars' trip to the South Dakota State Invitational on Friday. Furgeson broke the USF men's 600-meter run record while the Cougars 23 top-five finishes, including three first-place marks and a sweep of the pole vault competitions.
A native of Lennox, S.D., Furgeson had started the season off well, closing in on the record he broke Saturday. With a 1:19.86, Furgeson overtakes the top spot in the USF record books from Brady Velersdyk, who set the previous record of 1:20.37 in 2010. Furgeson toppling the school mark is the fifth time that USF has set a new record this year.
In the women's pole vault,
Courtney Crandall continues to be the class of Division II, clearing 4.00 meters for the third time this season, the only NCAA Division II vaulter to do it once. On Friday, Crandall cleared 4.01 meters (13 feet-1.75 inches), which tied her season best mark, to win her third competition of the season. Placing four in the top five,
Hannah Linder and
Josie Spitz both cleared 3.56 meters (11-8.00) to tie for second while
Sydney Siekman placed fifth at 3.41 meters (11-2.75).
NCAA Division II men's pole vault leader
Scott Greenman would only bolster his resume for the NCAA Championships as he won his fourth competition of the season, and recorded the fifth-highest vault of the season in the process. With a clearance of 5.12 meters (16-9.50), Greenman won the men's pole vault competition on Friday, while his top three vaults of the season are the top three marks in NCAA Division II this year.
Jacob Zebedee improved his season-best with a 4.97-meter (16-3.50) clearance to take second place,
Jagger Gran placed third at 4.82 meters (15-9.75), and
Chase Jensen and
Kyle Downey tied for fourth at 4.67 meters (15-3.75).
After setting the school record in the men's heptathlon at the first meet of the season,
Teddy Frid continues his assault on the USF record books. His runner-up time of 8.27 seconds in the men's 60-meter hurdles ranks third all-time at USF, and he added a another second-place finish in the high jump with a 1.90-meter (6-2.75).
Miranda Phipps joined Frid as a runner-up in the high jump, placing second in the women's discipline at 1.52 meters (4-11.75).
After anchoring the men's cross country team as a freshman,
Zach Lundberg has made a seamless transition to indoor track, and he logged two all-time top 10 times on Friday. Lundberg was second in the men's mile with a time of 4:16.94, the No. 5 time in USF history, and he added a fifth-place finish in the men's 800-meter run at 1:58.04, which is No. 10 in the USF track annals.
USF women's jumpers
Jada Carr and Jessica both recorded top-five marks on Friday, and
Xavier Scarlett added a runner-up mark in the men's long jump. Carr posted a 5.42-meter (17-9.25) leap to finish second, while Justin was at 5.23 meters (17-2.00) to finish fifth, just missing a top-10 USF mark. Scarlett hit a big PR and nearly cracked the USF top-10 list, finishing second with a best leap of 6.64 meters (21-9.50).
Derrick Sheppard recently set a top-three mark in the men's weight throw and he nearly set another PR in the same event. Sheppard tossed the weight 16.97 meters (55-8.25) to take second, but it was his third-place heave in the shot put that moved him into eighth in USF's history books. Sheppard recorded best mark of 14.91 meters (48-11.00) for third and
Christian Gruschin was right behind him with the No. 9 all-time toss of 14.63 meters (48-0.00), placing him fifth in Friday's competition.
Tenley Schwartz was the top women's performer on the track, logging a near-20 second PR of 19:36.25 in the women's 5,000-meter run, registering the No. 8 time in USF history.
Clara Paul also added a top-10 mark by placing fifth in the women's triple jump with a 10.69-meter (35-1.00) mark, which ranks eighth in USF history.
Jonathon Rowe broke the USF men's 60-meter dash record last week and he logged another fast time on Friday, placing fifth in the finals with a 7.03-second sprint.
