FARGO, N.D. – South Dakota State won three titles on the final day of the Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Championships as the Jackrabbit men took second and the women were third.
The men rallied late in the team race and finished with 199 points, scoring 29 in the final two events to top South Dakota's 193 team points. North Dakota State won the men's competition with 253 points.
"As much as things at the indoor championships went our way, it was the opposite at the outdoors where we had to fight through some adversity," SDSU head coach Rod DeHaven said. "Our guys rallied and did a great job of getting us back over the top towards a second-place finish, and I'm really proud of the way we fought. That's all we can ask of those guys, and they did a great job."
The women had 107.5 points, far ahead of fourth-place Western Illinois' 43.5 points. North Dakota State won with 335 points and South Dakota had 241 points.
"Our women's team had some nice performances on the final day," DeHaven said. "All those second-place finishes were great for our team, and I thought we put great effort out there. We need to get a little more depth, continue to grow and gain maturity as we close the gap."
After taking first in Friday's long jump, Bryant Courter took home the men's triple jump title Saturday with a distance of 50 feet, 2 3/4 inches en route to being named the Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships Men's Newcomer of the Year. Four other Jackrabbits placed in the top eight, as Josh Dotson (48-3 1/4), Jake Lieberg (47-8 1/2) and Ephram Albrecht (46-6 1/4) were Nos. 3-5, while J.J. Hejna (46-0 3/4) finished seventh.
Alejandro Sanchez won a title of his own in the 800-meter run, cruising across the line in 1 minute, 51.99 seconds. Teammate Cal Lawton was just .12 behind and took home a second-place finish. Josh Goehring (1:53.81) placed as well in the event, finishing sixth.
Kyle Burdick was another repeat champion for the Jackrabbits, winning the 1,500-meter run in 3:46.86 after claiming Friday's 10,000-meter race.
Burdick narrowly missed taking his third title by finishing second in the men's 5,000-meter run in 14:55.04.
Burdick was named the 2017 Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championships Men's Track MVP.
Alongside Burdick as placewinners in the 1,500-meter run were Brendan Sage (3:57.32) and Joel Reichow (4:01.26), who finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
At 5,000 meters, SDSU again placed five in the top eight as Burdick, Trevor Capra (15:00.64) and Reichow (15:03.59) sat in second, third and fourth, respectively. Lukas Nelson placed sixth in a time of 15:13.87, and Micah Mather (15:29.06) closed the scoring in eighth.
SDSU put two in the top eight of the men's pole vault, as Regan Francom tied for third at 15-9 1/4 and Anthony Andera was eighth at 14-9 1/2.
Mason Leiseth was the lone place-winner for SDSU in the men's discus throw, as the senior had a distance of 162-1.
Jake Lieberg finished third in the 110-meter hurdles (14.77) and fifth at the 400-meter distance (54.12), while Landon Larson was fifth in the 100-meter dash (10.74) and third in the 200-meter sprint (21.33). Sam Zenner raced alongside Larson at 100 meters and put up an eighth-place finish in 11.03.
Dru Kenny and Anthony Bachmeier placed seventh and eighth in the men's 400-meter dash, putting up times of 50.01 and 50.32, respectively.
In the relays, SDSU's 4x100 meter team of Kenny, Larson, Belhaj and Zenner finished fifth in 42.05, and the 4x400 meter group of Larson, Sanchez, Kenny and Belhaj was third in 3:13.4.
The SDSU women turned in five second-place finishes.
Kasie Vollmer started the day by tossing 160-5 in the discus for a runner-up finish.
Emily Donnay was second in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:27.24 and followed with a second-place finish at 5,000 meters in 17:14.91. Emily Berzonasky (17:53.76) was sixth for SDSU at 5,000 meters.
The 100-meter hurdles saw Jaymie O'Connor (14.06) take second, Marissia Hagedorn (14.27) fourth and Rhyan Pettaway (14.90) eighth. At 400 meters, Cailyn Schreurs (1:03.44), Evelyn Klein (1:04.21) and Hagedorn (1:05.22) finished fourth, sixth and eighth in hurdles.
Kayla McDonald finished eighth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.16 to snag a team point for the Jackrabbits, while she and Miatta Flemister-Smith finished fourth and sixth at 200 meters in 24.7 and 25.07, respectively.
Jacleen Patterson (56.39), Savannah Dolezal (56.46) and Sebern (58.92) were fourth, sixth and eighth, respectively, for the Jackrabbits at 400 meters. Oksana Covey (2:09.48) finished third and Krista Steele (2:12.77) joined her on the podium in sixth at 800 meters.
The SDSU 4x100 relay squad of Delany Carlson, Vanessa Lane, McDonald and Patterson put up a time of 47.27 to place third. The 4x400 team of Dolezal, Patterson, Lane and Covey finished second in 3:47.21.
The NCAA West Preliminaries are May 25-27 in Austin, Texas.
JOEL REICHOW – SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
17 podiums (16 ind.): Outdoor – 8; Indoor – 9 (8 ind.)
4 wins: Outdoor – 1; Indoor – 3
2016-17 – Outdoor T&F
2nd, 10,000 (30:14.94); 4th, 5,000 (15:03.59); 8th, 1,500 (4:01.26)
2016-17 – Indoor T&F
1st, mile (4:16.63); 1st, 5,000 (14:24.17); 4th, 3,000 (8:24.75) [Championship Track MVP]
2016 Cross Country
2nd [All-American]
2015-16 – Outdoor T&F
1st, 5,000 (14:36.94); 2nd, 10,000 (30:37.35)
2015-16 – Indoor T&F
Redshirted
2015 Cross Country
2nd [All-American]
2014-15 – Outdoor
Redshirted
2014-15 – Indoor
3rd, mile (4:12.67); 3rd, 3,000 (8:24.95); 3rd, 5,000 (14:45.21)
2014 Cross Country
Redshirted
2013-14 – Outdoor
2nd, 10,000 (31:00.4); 8th, 5,000 (15:15.15)
2013-14 – Indoor
1st, 5,000 (14:39.42); 3rd, 3,000 (8:24.35)
2013 Cross Country
5th
2012-13 – Outdoor
8th, 1,500 (4:00.16); 12th 5,000 (15:16)
2012-13 – Indoor
3rd, distance medley relay (10:23.04) with Phillip LaVallee, Justin Carson and Dylan Slaba; 10th, mile (4:19.89); DNF, 5000 (—).
2012 Cross Country
10th
