By: Jason Ferro
SIOUX FALLS – The USF Track & Field team sent split squads to Vermillion and Mankato over the weekend.
The USD Alumni Meet took place on Friday and Saturday while the Cougars only visited Mankato for the MSU Mark Schuck Open & Multi on Saturday. The Womens team placed 2
nd at MSU with 80 points only behind host MSU. The Men placed 5
th with 59 points.
Memorable performances:
Tyler Hiatt wins the Weight Throw at USD with a National Provisional toss of 18.45m.
the Men's Shot Put saw 3 Cougars in the top four with
Tyler Hiatt (National Provisional mark) winning the event while
Andrew Edwards took 2
nd and
Chase Snyder landed in 4
th.
Tamia Horton takes runner up in the 60m dash in 7.63 seconds at hits a National Provisional mark.
Denver Decker finishes 3
rd in the 600m run with a time of 1:25.13.
Emma Thomas crosses the finish line at 2:28.27 to take 4
th in the 800 Meter Run.
in the Men's 800 Meter Run
Caleb Rivera won the event in 1:53.95 (National Provisional mark and 3
rd all-time at USF while
Benjamin Morrison took 3
rd in 1:56.10.
The Women's 1000 Meter Run saw
Annika Aho take 2
nd in 2:58.86 (5
th all-time at USF) and Madie Swanson get 4
th in 3:04.53 (8
th all-time at USF).
Khot Juac placed 3
rd in the 1 Mile Run in 5:13.34,
Emily Swanson (8.82 – National Provisional mark) took 2
nd in the 60m Hurdles while
Kendall Anderson took 3
rd (9.11).
Emily Swanson wins the High Jump at 1.61m.
Emily Swanson takes 3
rd in the Long Jump at 5.39m.
Kamry Lindseys 5
th place toss of 7.28m in the Weight Throw was a National Provisional mark and 5
th all-time at USF. Her Shot Put of 13.06m was also the 8
th best in school history.
Marek Rex fired off a 15.93m throw in the Weight Throw and landed himself the 9
th best time in USF history while
Dawson Davito claimed the 10
th best at 15.58m.
Full Results by meet:
-USD Alumni Meet-
-Women-
Triple Jump-
Ella Steussy – 5
th – 10.76m
Avery Bartunek – 7
th – 10.37m
Weight Throw-
Kamry Lindsey – 5
th – 17.28m
Olivia Baumberger – 8
th – 15.24m
Nicole Flynn – 9
th – 15.02m
Raygen Diede – 11
th – 13.14m
Shelby Svien – 12
th – 12.32m
Kayla VanOsdel – Foul
Pole Vault-
McKenna Comstock – 8
th – 3.57m
Long Jump-
Abbi Webb – 5
th – 5.16m
Triple Jump
Ella Steussy – 5
th – 10.76m
Avery Bartunek – 7
th – 10.37m
Shot Put-
Kamry Lindsey – 5
th – 13.06m
Kayla VanOsdel – 6
th – 12.61m
Delanie VanDriel – 7
th – 12.27m
-Men-
Pole Vault-
Samuel Olson – 7
th – 3.98m
Ean Minnaert – 8
th – 3.58m
Weight Throw-
Tyler Hiatt – 1
st – 18.45m
Marek Rex – 5
th – 15.93m
Dawson Davito – 6
th – 15.58m
Andrew Edwards – 7
th – 14.73m
Shot Put-
Tyler Hiatt – 1
st – 16.74m
Andrew Edwards – 2
nd – 15.38m
Chase Snyder – 4
th – 15.21m
Dawson Davito – 6
th – 14.22m
-Mark Schuck Open-
-Women-
60 Meter Dash (Prelims)
Tamia Horton – 2
nd – 7.66
Paige Haack – 9
th – 8.02
Grace Gioffredi – 10
th – 8.03
Mackenzie Everson – 17
th – 8.36
(Finals)
Tamia Horton – 2
nd – 7.63
200 Meter Dash-
Paige Haack – 8
th – 26.75
Emily Swanson – 9
th – 26.84
Mackenzie Everson – 14
th – 27.24
Tierney Faulk – 15
th – 27.35
Sierra Stanton – 29
th – 29.50
Grace Gioffresi – SCR
600 Meter Run
Raina Weigelt – 6
th – 1:49.93
800 Meter Run
Emma Thomas – 4
th – 2:28.27
Lillian McCone – 6
th – 2:31.26
1000 Meter Run
Annika Aho – 2
nd – 2:58.86
Maddie Swanson – 4
th – 3:04.53
Faith Rustad – 10
th – 3:10.86
1 Mile Run-
Khot Juac – 3
rd – 5:13.34
Morgan Gehl – 5
th – 5:16.67
Ella Kolb – 13
th - 5:37.91
Eva Studt – 15
th – 5:38.89
60 Meter Hurdles (Prelims)
Emily Swanson – 3
rd – 8.87
Kendall Anderson – 5
th – 9.04
Tierney Faulk – 6
th – 10.16
Sierra Stanton – 10.24
60 Meter Hurdles (Finals)
Emily Swanson – 2
nd – 8.82
Kendall Anderson – 3
rd – 9.11
Tierney Faulk – 6
th – 9.91
Sierra Stanton – 7
th – 10.09
High Jump-
Emily Swanson – 1
st – 1.61m (wins High Jump Off at 1.66m)
Tierney Faulk – 13
th – 1.36m
Long Jump-
Emily Swanson – 3
rd – 5.39m
Tierney Faulk – 7
th – 5.01m
-Men-
60 Meter Dash (Prelims) -
Carter Friske – 28
th – 7.57
200 Meter Dash-
Collin Dingsor – 15
th – 23.33
Jonny Cheney – 18
th – 23.59
Ben Mandel – 19
th – 23.65
Carter Friske – 25
th – 24.49
600 Meter Run-
Denver Decker – 3
rd – 1:25.13
Caleb Roggenbuck – 8
th – 1:33.62
Jackson Drew – SCR
800 Meter Run-
Caleb Rivera – 1
st – 1:53.95
Benjamin Morrison – 3
rd – 1:56.10
Mikele Walu – 8
th – 1:59.69
Zachary Matzner – 10
th – 2:00.83
Ofbeka Morke – 16
th – 2:05.99
Filmon Wolday – 19
th – 2:11.42
1000 Meter Run-
Josiah Schroeder – 6
th – 2:41.22
1 Mile Run-
Camden Janiszeski – 6
th – 4:27.97
Parker Hahn – 14
th – 4:50.09
Guta Buta – 18
th – 5:02.24
Michael Cessna – 27
th – 5:29.25
60 Meter Hurdles (Prelims)-
Ben Mandel – 4
th – 8.46
Collin DIngsor – 6
th – 8.49
Jonny Cheney – 7
th – 8.72
60 Meter Hurdles (Finals)
Ben Mandel – 5
th – 8.43
Collin Dingsor – 6th – 8.62
Jonny Cheney – 7
th – 8.84
5000 Meter Run-
Kade Bullion – 2
nd – 15:41.70
Colter Elkin – 4
th – 15:59.73
Christian Lietz – 5
th – 16:00.07
Chase Henderson – 6
th – 16:03.59
Dylan Saur – 9
th – 17:00.61