VERMILLION – With two titles, school records by KaNya Henderson and Taylor Stoltz, a DII provisional mark, and 14 top-10 program all-time performances, the University of Sioux Falls Track and Field Team put together standout efforts at the South Dakota Challenge, which concluded Saturday at the Lillibridge Track Complex.

"I am very pleased with our performances this weekend," said USF Director of Track and Field Doug Petersen, whose team will compete at the Loper Invitational in Kearney, Neb., on April 16. "We had great intensity on the track and in our field events competing against some strong DI and DII teams," he said.

In the women's 100-meter dash, Henderson broke the mark of Jada Carr in 2017 and Chloe Peterson in 2019. The junior from Utica, Miss., finished seventh in 12.07 as she set the record.

Junior Taylor Stoltz of Norfolk, Neb., tied the school record in the women's high jump as she set a personal best of 1.65m - 5-05. Stoltz, who finished fourth at the South Dakota Challenge, tied Sarah Gilbert who set the mark of 5-05 in 2010. Also in the high jump freshman Avery Bartunek was 12^th in 1.55m - 5-01.00 and moved into the top 10 at USF at ninth.

Winning titles included Emma Hertz, who captured her second at the South Dakota Challenge. In the women's shot shot put, Hertz, who won the discus on Friday, had a winning throw of 15.45m – 50-08.25, which ranks second all-time to her own record throw outdoors of 51-0.5 in 2019. In fact, Hertz had NCAA DII provisional marks in both the shot put and discus and ranks second in DII in the shot put and fifth in the discus.

Junior David Ecker won the men's 3,000 steeplechase in 9:22.98 which ranks second all-time at USF (Dan Armstrong, 9:18.36, 2019). In the same race, Aaron Voigt was fifth overall at 9:46.70 which is eighth on USF's all-time list.

Senior Mason Phillips put together the program's sixth best 1,500 meter run and placed third in 3:54.44 which is just off his personal best of 3:47.98 in 2019, which is second all-time at USF.

In the 800-meter run, junior Zoe Cigard was 11^th in 2:19.65, which was a PR and ranks 10^th all-time at USF.

In the women's long jump, sophomore Natalie Meyers finished eighth at 5.51m – 18-01 which is not only her outdoor PR but ranks ninth all-time at USF.

Sophomore Karlee Simmons was fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 12:30.4 which ranks seventh all-time at USF but is off her PR set earlier this year of 12:19.

In the women's heptathlon, USF placed two in the top 10 with marks that rank in the top-10 all-time at USF. Senior Emily Olson was sixth with 4,174 points, which ranks third all-time but of her PR of 4,596 in 2019. Freshman Emily Swanson finished at a PR of 3,949 which ranks fourth all-time at USF.

Other Women's Results
High Jump – Cece Will, 18^th, 1.50m – 4-11.00
Long Jump – Avery Bartunek, 13^th, 5.01m – 16-05.25; Cassidy Noeldner, 16^th, 4.91m – 16-01.50; Cece Will, 24^th, 4.29m – 14-01; Sarah Micek, 25^th, 3.98m – 13-00.75; and Clara Leverich, 27^th, 3.73m – 12-03.00
Shot Put – Bailey Rudebusch, 29^th, 11.51m – 37-09.25; Cali Boden, 33^rd, 10.81m – 35-0575
Triple Jump – Cassidy Noeldner, 13^th, 10.21m – 33-06
100-meter dash – Mercy Oyadare, 21^st, 21.63; Natalie Meyers, 24^th, 24.70; Lexi Frank, 38^th, 13.53; and Cassie Hohrman, 39^th, 13.59  
400-meters– Emma Kenkel, 14^th, 1:02.04; Myah Roggenbuck, 18^th, 1:03.31
800-meters – Annika Aho, 12^th, 2:19.76; Cassidy O'Meara, 14^th, 2:20.53; Tianna Wald, 19^th, 2:22.31; Moriah Bullerman, 40^th, 2:36.96; and Hannah Ebert, 42^nd, 2:39.42
4x100-meters relay – 7^th, 49.36, KaNya Henderson, Mercy Oyadare, Myah Roggenbuck and Natalie Meyers
4x400-meter relay – 9^th, 4:07.01, Annika Aho, Cassidy O'Meara, Khot Juac and Tianna Wald; 14^th, 4:33.25, Lauren Wells, Moriah Bullerman, Karlee Simmons and Hannah Ebert
400-meter hurdles – Anna Kenny, 13^th, 1:12.19
1,500-meters – Lauren Wells, 11^th, 4:51.94; Khot Juac, 14^th, 4:56.08

Other Men's Results
1,500-meters – Benjamin Morrison, 12^th, 4:06.11; Christian Lietz, 23^rd, 4:18.68; Seth Overholt, 26^th, 4:22.02; Wil Modjeski, 27^th, 4:22.17
3,000-meter steeplechase – Edwin Iraheta, 13^th, 11:05.91
400-meter relay – 13^th, 3:33.90, Logan Hansen, Aaron Voigt, David Ecker, Wil Modjeski; 16^th, 3:40.61, Diego Jaimes, Christian Lietz, Ben Morrison and Seth Overholt
5,000-meters – Chase Lather, 13^th, 16:22.85; Scott Obago Jr., 14^th, 17:11.89; Lucas Steiger, 15^th, 17:26.46
100-meter dash – Xavier Blackwell, 33^rd, 11.89
400-meters – Jayden Slaba, 17^th, 51.66; Robert Rauh, 26^th, 55.19
800-meters – Logan Hansen, 11^th, 1;58.55; Diego Jaimes, 33^rd, 2:05.06; Aweys Maalim, 40^th, 2:26.39
High Jump – Steven Miner, 14^th, 1.88m – 6-02
Pole Vault – Jake Person, 11^th, 4.35m – 14-03.25
Shot Put – Dawson Davito, 20^th, 13.96m – 45-09.75; Jaymeson Wolkow, 26^th, 11.95m – 39-02.50
Long Jump – Isiah Dancy, 19^th, 5.90m – 19-04.25
Triple Jump – Isiah Dancy, 14^th, 12.15m – 39-10.50
Hammer – Marek Rex, 34^th, 41.37m – 135-09; Brett Deschler, 37^th, 35.84m – 117-07; Carson Hausmann, 39^th, 34.07m – 111-09; Jaymeson Wolkow, 41^st, 32.16m – 105-06