NEW ORLEANS – Emma Hertz of the University of Sioux Falls Track and Field Team has earned All Region honors for the 2021 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field season according to an announcement Friday (May 21) by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) following the conclusion of the regular season.

Top-5 individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region honors, in addition to each of the members of a top-3 ranked relay team. Hertz was honored for the shot put and discus.  

Hertz will attend and compete at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Outdoor Championships on May 27-29 at Grand Valley State Track and Field Stadium in Allendale, Michigan. Hertz is ranked fourth in NCAA DII in the shot put and seventh in the discus.

 A psychology and coaching major, Hertz has set school records in the discus (175-10 – 53.60m) and the hammer throw (184-10 – 56.33m). She has three All-NSIC honors, four shot put titles, four discus titles and two hammer titles as well as 17 DII provisional marks in the three events. With three All-NSIC honors at the NSIC Outdoor Championship, she helped lead USF to seventh place in the women's team competition.  

Hertz, who prepped at Sioux Falls O'Gorman High School, has qualified for the outdoor nationals for the second time (2018-19). In the shot put, Hertz had a qualifying throw of 50-8 ¼-15.45m at the South Dakota Challenge on April 9. It is a mark which ranks seventh in DII and is just off her own school record of 51-05 in 2019. This spring she had six DII provisional marks and four titles in the shot put. As for the discus, she ranks fourth in DII with a qualifying and school record mark of 175-10 – 53.60m, which was made at the Wayne State Challenge on May 1. This spring she has seven DII provisional marks in the discus along with four individual titles.

Hertz, who earned two indoor All-American honors (shot put, weight throw) at the NCAA DII Indoor Nationals earlier this year, has twice won the NSIC Field Athlete of the Week honors as she now has four such honors in her career. A four-time All-American, she has 57 top-3 finishes in the throws. In the indoor/outdoor meets in 2021, she has a total of 22 titles with 32 top-three finishes. Hertz, who owns five USF school records in indoor and outdoor throwing events, will make her fifth appearance at either NCAA DII indoor or outdoor national championship competitions.