WAYNE, NEB. – In the first outdoor performance since 2019, the University of Sioux Falls Track and Field Squad came up with a series of standout performances. Combined between the men's and women's teams, USF, which will compete at the Dordt Invite in Sioux Center, Iowa, on April 1, had 19 top-three performances, including eight individual titles during the two days of competition.

Leading the way was senior All American Mason Phillips, a double winner for the USF Men's Team as he earned victories in the 1500 meters at 4:07.36 and the 5,000 meters in 15:39.55.  In the women's highlights, four-time junior All-American Emma Hertz won the discus at 158-04 (48.27m), which ranks second best all-time at USF to her own school record of 169'2.25 throw in 2019. Junior Taylor Stoltz won the high jump with her career best of 5-01 (1.55 m), which tied her for 10^th all-time at USF.  In the women's 3,000-meters steeplechase, Karlee Simmons won in 12:19.27, which ranks sixth all-time at USF. Another event winner was freshman Emily Swanson, who had a career-best 10-11.75 (3.35m). USF also captured the men's pole vault as Jake Person had a vault of 14-02.75 (4.34m), which was a personal-best. USF also had a first-place finish on Friday from Miranda Phipps in the javelin throw with her top 10 USF all-time throw of 136-08.

Other performances on Saturday included –

Men's Team –
Long Jump – Isiah Dancy, 8^th, 19-04.75 (5.91m)
Triple Jump – Isiah Dancy, 3^rd, 40-11.00 (12.47m)
Discus – Marek Rex, 8^th, 131-08; Carson Hausman, 9^th, 126-00 (40.14m); Brett Deschler, 11^th, 121-03 (36.96m); Jaymeson Wolkow, 13^th, 111-06 (33.98m)
Shot Put – Dawson Davito, 4^th, 46-00.50 (14.03m); Deschler, 7^th, 37-01.75; and Wolkow, 8^th, 37-01.25 (11.31m)
1500-meter – Christian Lietz, 3^rd, 4:31.09; Wil Modjeski, 6^th, 4:34.28; and Scott Obago, 8^th, 4:50.82
5,000-meters – Seth Overholt, 5^th, 16:22.16; Chase Lather, 7^th, 16:57.29; and Lucas Steiger, 9^th, 17:25.55
110-meter hurdles – Ben Mandel, 5^th, 17.26
3,000-meter steeplechase – Aaron Voigt, 2^nd, 9:56.19; and David Ecker, 3^rd, 9:58.70 – both with personal bests
400-meter dash – Jayden Slaba, 7^th, 52.82; Robert Rauh, 10^th, 57.36; and Aweys Maalim, 11^th, 57.97.
200-meter dash – Xavier Blackwell, 8^th, 24.60; and Ben Mandel, 9^th, 24.63
100-meter dash – Blackwell, 5^th, 12.15
800-meter dash – Diego Jaimes, 4^th, 2:12.05

Women's Team
Long Jump – Emily Olson, 4^th, 16-05.75 (5.02m); Cassidy Noeldner, 5^th, 16-05.00 (5.0m); Avery Barunek, 7^th, 15-11.50 (4.86m); Clara Leverich, 15^th , 12-10 (3.91m) and Sarah Micek, 16^th, 12-08.00 (3.86m)
Triple Jump – Noeldner, 5^th, 32-11 (10.03m); Clara Leverich, 6^th, 29-02.50 (8.90m)
Pole Vault – McKenna Comstock, 4^th, 9-00.25 (2.75m)
Discus – Kayla Andersen, 7^th, 134-08 (40.88m) MacKenzie Bengston, 11^th, 119-00 (36.27m); Cali Boden, 13^th, 117-01 (35.68m); Bailey Rudebusch, 15^th, 111-06 (34.00m)
100-meter Hurdles – Emily Olson, 6^th, 16.50; Jailah Brice-Moore, 10^th, 17.10; Emily Swanson, 12^th, 18.03
400-meter dash – Emma Kenkel, 4^th, 1:03.72; Zoe Cigard, 5^th, 1:03.90; Holly Mayers, 9^th, 1:05.94
100-meter dash – KaNya Henderson, 3^rd, 12.60; Mercy Oyadare, 4^th, 12.92; Jailah Brice-Moore, 6^th, 13.51; Myah Roggenbuck, 8^th, 13.56; and Cassie Hohrman, 12^th, 13.85
200-meter dash – Oyadare, 2^nd, 27.27; Henderson, 3^rd, 27.91; Roggenbuck, 8^th, 28.76; Hohrman, 12^th, 29.11; Alexis Frank, 14^th, 29.44
400-meter hurdles – Anna Kenny, 5^th, 1:12.49
800-meter run – Annika Aho, 2^nd, 2:25.66; Khot Juac, 5^th, 2:26.33; Tianna Wald, 6^th, 2:29.09; Cassidy O'Meara, 7^th, 2:31.12; and Hannah Ebert, 12^th, 2:47.32