TULSA, Okla. – South Dakota State sophomore Bryant Courter (field) and junior Kyle Burdick (track) both won an event Saturday and repeated as MVPs in the process as the Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships came to a close at the OneOK Sports Complex.

Sophomore Wyatt Gatrost and junior Krista Steele added individual victories.

Redshirt-freshman Coby Hilton, sophomore Landon Larson, freshman Daniel Clarke and sophomore Zach Zenner added a win in the 4x100-meter relay.

The Jackrabbits won 10 events – Courter accounted for a pair – in the three-day meet.

Men

Courter earned his fourth Field Championship MVP award in as many Summit League meets.

After successfully defending his long jump title with a meet-record leap Friday, he did the same in the triple jump on Saturday with a school-record mark of 51 feet, 11 1/4 inches – just off the meet record.

Courter tied for fifth in the high jump on Friday and was fourth in the event a year ago.

Indoors, he won the triple jump and placed second in both the long jump and high jump this year. He was first in the long jump, third in the triple jump and fifth in the high jump in 2017. 

Burdick continued his successes by defending his title in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3 minutes, 48.55 seconds. He placed third in the 800 in 1:55.13.

Burdick was runner-up in the 10,000 on Thursday as he earned Track Championship MVP honors for the second year in a row.

The Rapid City native was the Most Outstanding Performer indoors this year after winning the mile and 3,000 and taking second in the 5,000.

Wyatt Gatrost tied for first in the 800 meters with South Dakota’s Eldon Warner with a 1:54.72 clocking.

Hilton, Larson, Clarke and Zenner posted a winning time of 40.4 seconds in the 4x100.

Clarke added a runner-up showing in the 100 in 10.45 seconds, while Hilton took fourth in the 200 with a 21.34 clocking and fifth in the 100 in 10.57. Larson placed fifth in the 200 with a time of 21.38.

Trent Francom cleared 17 feet in the pole vault to place third. The Coyotes’ Chris Nilsen was the champion at 19-0 1/4.

Skyler Monaghan placed third in the 400 (48.71) and Chase Cayo, the 10K winner Thursday, matched that finish in the 5,000 (15:07.8).

Taking fourth were Trevor Capra in the 5,000 (15:09.44), Josh Goehring in the 800 (1:55.53), Nick Wessels in the 110 hurdles (14.8) and Ephram Albrecht in the triple jump (46-9 1/2.

Micah Mather (5,000; 15:20.62), Mitchel Acker (800; 1:56.48) and Mason Leiseth (shot put; 58-0 1/4) each took fifth.

Jordan Hanna ended up sixth in the 800 (1:56.95) and eighth in the 1,500 (3:58.46).

Cameron Kuil placed sixth in the 400 (49.8) and Gabe Peters crossed in seventh in the 1,500 (3:58).

Adding eighth-place finishes were Sebastian Sowada in the 800 (2:01.41), JJ Hejna in the triple jump (44-11) and Noah Huber in the shot put (54-4).

The Bison claimed the team title with 259 points and the Jackrabbits were second for the second year in a row at 215.5. The Coyotes (201.5) ended up third.

Women

Steele crossed in 2 minutes, 5.59 seconds in the 800-meter dash to take home first-place honors.

Rachel King placed second in the 1,500 in 4:30.56, .39 seconds behind champion Lindsay Joyce (4:30.17) of South Dakota. 

King won the 3,000-meter steeplechase the day prior.

King was the Track Championship MVP indoors, winning the 3000 and mile and taking second in the 5,000; and also earned Championship MVP in cross country in the fall as she placed first in the event.

She did not run the 5,000 this week.

Anna Donnay was runner-up in the 5,000 with a 17:20.1 clocking.

Kendray Dykstra placed third in the 1,500 (4:33.12) and eighth in the 800 (2:22.09).

Miatta Flemister-Smith finished fifth in the 200 (24.6) and seventh in the 100 (11.92).

Jaymie O’Connor ended up fourth in the 100 hurdles in 14.17.

Taking sixth were Savannah Dolezal in the 400 (57.61), Jenni Schislow in the 800 (2:16.24) and Sandra Gramer in the 400 hurdles (1:05.27). Delaney Carlson ended up seventh in the 400 (57.83). Mackenzie Schell (1,500; 4:39.96) and Madi Moorhouse (shot put; 44-10 3/4) both took eighth.

Carlson, Vanessa Lane, Jenny Thill and Flemister-Smith teamed to take fourth in the 4x100-meter relay in 47.23. Dolezal, Carlson, Steele and Lane matched that finish in the 4x400 with a 4:00.8 clocking.

Lane was the heptathlon champion.

The Bison and Coyotes shared the team title with 263 points, while Oral Roberts rallied to take third at 116. The Jackrabbits (111) finished fourth.

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