Jackrabbit track and field wraps up competition in Iowa

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DES MOINES, Iowa – The South Dakota State track and field program wrapped up competition Saturday at the 108th Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa.

The women's shuttle hurdles team of Marissia Hagedorn, Haley Mottinger, Jaymie O'Connor and Rhyan Pettaway posted a school-record time of 58.60 seconds for fourth place.

The men's relay teams posted some impressive performances on Saturday.

The distance medley relay team of Alejandro Sanchez, Marc Husman, Cal Lawton and Kyle Burdick finished in sixth place with a time of 10:00.20.

In the men's sprint medley relay, Jalen Williams, Dru Kenny, Anthony Bachmeier and Josh Goehring ran a time of 3:31.30.

Emily Donnay finished sixth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:33.82.

In the men's high jump, Zach Koosman cleared 6 feet, 8 inches and J.J. Hejna cleared 6-6.

In the hammer throw, Abby Sudbeck threw a distance of 160-1 on the women's side, and Logan Ammons threw a distance of 170-4 on the men's side.

Friday Recap

Drake Relays

South Dakota State athletes competed at the 108th Drake Relays and found success in several relays.

Both the men's and women's 4x200-meter relay teams posted top-10 times.

On the women's side, Savannah Dolezal, Vanessa Lane, Jacleen Patterson and Kayla McDonald teamed up to finish in 1:39.51, which ranks number two in school history.

The men's team of Williams, Kenny, Sam Zenner and Landon Larson finished in 1:27.80 for ninth on the all-time top-10 list.

In the women's 4x800-meter relay, Oksana Covey, Krista Steele, Donnay and Kendra Dykstra finished in 9:09.43, which ranks fifth in school history.

The men's 4x100-meter relay team of Dru Kenny, Landon Larson, Joe Bednar and Sam Zenner posted a time of 42.55 to finish eighth and qualified for the finals.

In the 100-meter hurdles, O'Connor posted a time of 14.35 seconds.

Zenner recorded a time of 10.68 seconds in the 100-meter dash.

Kip Janvrin Open

Jackrabbit student-athletes also competed at the Kip Janvrin Open in Indianola, Iowa, on Friday afternoon.

Chandler Klawitter won the 3,000-meter steeplechase posting a personal-best time of 9:32.50.

Chase Cayo recorded a personal-best time of 14:46.81 in the 5,000-meter run to claim the title.

In the 1,500-meter run, Brendan Sage (3:57.90) finished fourth and Lukas Nelson (3:58.25) claimed fifth.

Thursday Recap

Rachel King broke a 33-year-old record in the 5,000-meter run finisihing in 16:16.48. The previous record, which was set by Kristin Asp in 1984, was 16:25.25.

After falling less than one second short of the school record two weeks ago, Joel Reichow set a new school record in the men's 5,000-meter run with a time of 13:53.05. The previous record of 14:00.24 was set in 2005 by Brad Lowery.

Kyle Burdick also ran a new personal-best time, finishing in 14:00.84 which ranks third in school history.

Trevor Capra finished second in the 10,000-meter run, finishing in a personal-best time of 29:43.23, which ranks sixth on the SDSU top-10 list.

In the women's 10,000-meter run, Emily Berzonsky ran a personal-best time of 36:49.16.

The 4x1,600-meter relay team of Lawton, Brendan Sage, Sanchez and Lukas Nelson combined to finish in 16:55.93 for sixth place.

Up Next

The Jacks return to action May 5-6 at the Howard Wood Dakota relays in Sioux Falls.