By: Jason Ferro
BROOKINGS - The Cougars competed at the SDSU Holiday Invitational & Multi to open their Indoor Track season and saw several memorable and record breaking performances.
Highlights:
- Emily Swanson won the Women's Pentathlon along with three events within it; the High Jump, Shot Put, and 800 Meter Run. Her 3,748 points is the second best in Cougar history, only to her own 3,771 early this calendar year.
- Kamry Lindsey threw 15.96m in the Weight Throw and took the Cougars 8th all-time spot.
- Tyler Hiatt won the Men's Shot Put with a 16.27m toss and claimed the 4th spot in the USF record books. He also broke the school record (his own) for the Men's Weight Throw with an 18.73m toss while taking 2nd.
- Ben Mandel tied the 6th best time in USF history in the 60m Hurdles at 8.34s. During the same event Collin Dingsor claimed the new 10th spot in the record book with a 8.39s finish.
- In the Women's 60m Hurdles Kendall Anderson finished in 9.24 seconds which is the 9th fastest in USF history.
- Tamia Horton nearly claimed the top spot in the event and USF's history books during the 60m Dash, her 7.61 seconds place her 2nd in the event - and history book. The time also beats her personal best and prior #2 on the USF chart by .08 seconds.
- Mackenzie Everson placed 2nd in the 400m dash in 1:00.15.
Team Scores:
Men - t-5th - 30 points
Women - 7th - 53 points
USF Results by event:
Women's Pentathlon-
60 Meter Hurdles
Emily Swanson – 2nd – 8.80 seconds – 952 points
Tierney Faulk – 14th – 9.79 seconds – 752 points
High Jump
Emily Swanson – t-1st – 1.67m – 818 points
Tierney Faulk – 18th – 1.37m – 481 points
Shot Put
Emily Swanson – 1st – 10.93m – 591 points
Tierney Faulk – 25th – 6.70m – 316 points
Long Jump
Emily Swanson – 5th – 5.39m – 668 points
Tierney Faulk – 12th – 4.91m – 535 points
800 Meter Run
Emily Swanson – 1st – 2:27.96 – 719 points
Tierney Faulk – 9th – 2:37.52 – 602 points
Total
Emily Swanson – 1st – 3748 points
Tierney Faulk – 14th – 2686 points
Women's Triple Jump
Ella Steussy – 10th – 10.77m
Avery Bartunek – 14th – 10.47m
Lelia Bullion – Foul
Men's Triple Jump
Blake Aurich - 14th – 11.55m
Women's Weight Throw
Kamry Lindsey – 11th – 15.96m
Nicole Flynn – 12th – 15.89m
Olivia Baumberger - 15.62m
Delanie Van Driel – 17th – 15.27m
Kayla Van Osdel – 25th – 14.06m
Shelby Svien – 40th – 12.55m
Raygen Diede – ND
Men's Shot Put
Tyler Hiatt – 1st – 16.72m
Chase Snyder – 7th – 15.69m
Cody Egger – 14th – 14.40m
Dawson Davito – 22nd – 13.42m
Men's High Jump
Johnathan Cheney – 12th – 1.85m
Women's Pole Vault
McKenna Comstock – 6th – 3.50m
Peyton Hanson – 10th – 3.05m
Greta Snaza – 15th – 2.75m
MaKenzie Adams – NH
Women's Long Jump
Ella Steussy – 23rd – 4.62m
Lelia Bullion – 24th – 4.53m
Avery Bartunek – 25th – 4.52m
Ellie Decker – Foul
Men's Pole Vault
Samuel Olson – t-15th – 3.80m
Blake Aurich – t-15th – 3.80m
Men's Weight Throw
Tyler Hiatt - 2nd - 18.73m
Dawson Davito - 23rd - 13.90m
Cody Egger - 44th - 12.09m
Marek Rex - Foul
Women's Shot Put
Kamry Lindsey - 11th - 12.62m
Delanie VanDriel - 12th - 12.46m
Kayla VanOsdel - 13th - 12.19m
Nicole Flynn - 20th - 11.55m
Shelby Svien - 23rd - 11.43m
Raygen Diede – Foul
Women's High Jump
Ella Steussy – NH
Men's 600 Meter Run
Caleb Roggenbuck – 18th – 1:30.53
Men's 60 Meter Hurdles
Ben Mandel – 5th – 8.34 seconds
Collin Dingsor – 7th – 8.39 seconds
Women's 60 Meter Hurdles
Kendall Anderson – 7th - 9.24 seconds
Women's 60 Meter Dash
Tamia Horton – 2nd – 7.61 seconds
Women's 400 Meter Dash
Mackenzie Everson – 2nd – 1:00.15
Women's 800 Meter Run
Raina Weigelt – 7th – 2:37.06
Men's 800 Meter Run
Filmon Wolday – 14th – 1:59.72
Ofbeka Morke – 24th – 2:04.19
Nicholas Muller – 31st – 2:09.34
Women's 300 Meter Dash
Sierra Stanton – 23rd – 47.37 seconds
Men's 300 Meter Dash
Johnathan Cheney – 7th – 36.01 seconds
Denver Decker – 9th – 36.50 seconds
Collin Dingsor – 12th – 37.02 seconds
Ben Mandel – 13th – 37.29 seconds
Women's 200 Meter Dash
Tamia Horton – 12th – 26.67 seconds
Paige Haack – 13th – 26.71 seconds
Grace Gioffredi – 14th - 26.81 seconds
Kendall Anderson – 23rd – 27.58 seconds
Men's 3000 Meter Run
Zach Matzner – 17th – 9:25.63
Dylan Saur – 20th – 10:05.46
Michael Cessna – 22nd – 11:17.21