MANKATO, MINN. – Led by a school record in the shot put by Tyler Hiatt plus a second place finish in the pentathlon from Emily Swanson, the University of Sioux Falls Track and Field Team wrapped up an impressive performance at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday (Feb. 26).

Across two days, USF had four All-NSIC performances from senior Emma Hertz (weight throw), sophomore Emily Swanson (high jump, pentathlon) and sophomore Tyler Hiatt (shot put), plus school records by Hiatt in the shot put and the women's distance medley relay.

With 13 top eight placements and 12 top-10 program marks, USF achieved at a high level, which was shown its total final point counts as teams. The USF Women's Team placed sixth with 37 points and the Men's Team was ninth with 25.5 points as both squads significantly improved their results from 2021 (12^th place).

USF Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Doug Petersen was pleased with the performance by his men's and women's squads.

"It was a good meet for us. It was exciting to see Tyler (Hiatt) break the school record and to see Emily Swanson do extremely well in the pentathlon. Overall, it was a good solid effort as we were pleased with each team's finishes.  We had some great performances and some that were average but the NSIC is crazy competitive. I think everybody is happy how the two days went for us," he said.

In his first NSIC IDTF Championship, Hiatt set a school record (Jordon Bents, 2014, 57-08.25) in the shot put with a throw 17.63 meters - 57-10.25, which placed him second and with an NCAA DII provisional mark.

On the second day, USF totaled five top-10 program marks today and had 12 across the two days of the meet.

In the women's pentathlon, Swanson had the third-best mark in school history and a DII provisional mark with 3,536 points. Swanson, who won three of the five events in the multi-event, was just two points from her career mark of 3,538, which ranks second at USF. She is also currently ranked 11^th in the country with that total. Today, she had a career-best and sixth best mark in school history of 9.15 to win the 60-meter hurdles event and earned 879 points. She tied a PR & had a DII prov mark in going 1.70M-5-07 (2nd all-time at USF) in the high jump for a second straight day. On Friday, she took second in the high jump competition at the same height. Her other results in the pentathlon included in the shot put, where she was fifth with 549 points on a throw of 10.30 meters – 33-09.50. In the long jump, she placed 15^th with a jump of 4.79 meters – 15-08.75 and 503 points. She also won the 800-meters with another PR of 2:25.53 for 750 points.  

Freshman Morgan Gehl also shined at the NSIC Championships. In the mile run and the 3,000 meters, she recorded the second best indoor times ever run at USF. Gehl bettered her own mark in the mile of 5:03.03 to finish eighth. Gehl's time ranks second all-time in USF program history. Khot Juac finished 12th in 5:10.33 with a PR and the fourth best time in school history.  Gehl also had her best career-mark in the 3,000-meters at 10:10.35, which ranks second all-time at USF. She placed ninth in the race.

With a clocking of 7.67, senior sprint standout KaNya Henderson claimed fourth in the women's 60-meters. She placed in the top four in the 60-meters at conference for the second time in her career.

In the women's shot put, senior Emma Hertz had another top-four placing as she threw the shot put 14.09 meters – 46-02.75 after placing third in the weight throw on Friday with a DII provisional mark.

In his first NSIC meet, sophomore Joseph Donahue was an impressive seventh in the men's 60-meters with a finals clocking of 6.97 (6th all-time at USF). He finished just off his prelims effort of 6.95 which ranks 3rd all-time at USF.

Also for the men's team, freshman Zach Matzner was sixth in the men's 800-meters with a personal-best clocking of 1:56.97, which was less than a second out of the program's top-10. Freshman Caleb Rivera also placed in his first individual event at the league meet with a clocking of 2:32.49 in the 1,000-meters. The mark is just off his personal best but provided three team points for the Cougars
 
Other Men's Results
Mile Run – Aaron Voigt, 10^th, 4:23.47
High Jump – Steven Miner, 14^th, 1.85 meters – 6-00.75
3,000-meters – David Ecker, 9^th, 8:33.90; Micade Shumway, 13^th, 8:46.62; Christian Lietz, 22^nd, 9:01.59
Shot Put – Patrick Hagan, 13^th, 14.32 meters – 46-11.75; Jaymeson Wolkow, 15^th, 14.20 meters – 46-07.25; Dawson Davito, 21^st, 13.55 meters – 44-05.4
4x400-meter relay -- 9^th, Joseph Donahue, Jayden Slaba, Ethan Kraft and Zach Matzner, 3:30.03.

Other Women's Results
3,000-meters – Khot Juac, 25^th, 10:27.78
4x400-meter relay -- 11^th, Emma Kenkel, Olivia Baumberger, Cassidy O'Meara, and Tianna Voigt, 4:07.32
Shot Put – Kayla Van Osdel, 12^th, 12.88 meters – 42-03.25; Kamry Lindsey, 22^nd, 22.77 meters, 38-07.50