No. 21 in World Rachel King & Jacks Done in Cali

Friday, March 30

San Francisco, Calif.

Fri: 10:40 a.m. | Sat: 4:33 p.m.

South Dakota State University

San Francisco State Distance Carnival

3/31/2018 4:00:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results: Stanford Invitational 2018 - Final San Francisco State Distance Carnival Results - Live Results

Jackrabbits finish their expedition in California, finding world-best times, school top 10's and numerous personal-bests

CALIFORNIA MEETS - DAY 2 RECAP INFORMATION
Stanford Invitational (STANFORD, Calif) | San Francisco State Distance Carnical (HAYWARD, Calif.)

Three more Jackrabbits competed in California at the Stanford Invitational and San Francisco State Distance Carnival on Saturday.

Leading off the afternoon for South Dakota State was junior Krista Steele and sophomore Jaymie O'Connor.

Steele competed in the 800m at the Stanford Invite after running the 1,500m with a personal-best mark, and won her heat on a last-lap surge. Her time in the 1,500m (4:40.30) beats her previous-best mark by 14.45 seconds.

On Saturday, the Monticello, Minn. native, added a personal-best mark in the 800m (2:10.13). The mark ranks third all-time in school history and first in The Summit League, 38th in NCAA Division I (not including Saturday's updated marks).

She has now cracked the school's top 10 in the indoor 800m (school record), outdoor 800m (third all-time), indoor 600m (second all-time), indoor 400m (fourth all-time), along with the indoor 4x400m (sixth all-time, fourth leg) this year.

O'Connor competed in the 100m hurdles at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, winning her first career meet in the event with her second-best time of her career (14.16). She beat a field of 29 runners, boasting the best time by 0.50 seconds.

It was her sixth career top-three finish and the time ranks 76th in the NCAA Division I West performance list and third in The Summit League (not including Saturday's updated marks).

On Friday, the Chateauguay, Quebec native, ran the 100m hurdles at the Stanford Invitational, finishing 18th (14.37) among 39 runners.

Sophomore Miatta Flemister-Smith wrapped up the events for the Jacks, finishing 22nd (24.98) in the 200m dash at the Stanford Inviational.

It is a season-best mark for Flemsiter-Smith and just 0.11 seconds away from her career-best mark, which is ninth on the school's top 10 list.

The Champlin, Minn. native, has the league's fourth-best time in the 200m (not including Saturday's updated marks).

On Friday, she ran in the 100m at Stanford, finishing 12th (12.20).

ORAL ROBERTS INVITATIONAL RECAP - FINISHED TODAY (22 PR's FROM 13 JACKRABBITS)

CALIFORNIA MEETS - DAY 1 RECAP INFORMATION (Italics denote information from Day 2)
Stanford Invitational
STANFORD, Calif. - Junior Rachel King churned out another school record this year, her fourth during the 2018 season, on Friday evening on the Cobb Track in the 3,000m steeplechase.

She finished fifth (10:01.14) in the invitational heat, resetting her personal-best mark and school record. As of tonight, King was among the five fastest runners so far this season and has the nation's fifth-fastest mark, 21st in the world.

"It's mind-boggling to think about the rankings," explained King. "It's early in the season and the rankings probably won't stay but it's something amazing to talk about."

The St. Michael, Minn. native, beat her previous-best by 9.57 seconds.

"I think the time was really well for me - breaking a PR by nine (9.57) seconds - but I didn't break the (10-minute) barrier," King said. "I was proud of my performance because I got caught in no-man's land but I was able to comeback."

Junior Kyle Burdick wrapped up the evening in California by finishing second in the third section of the 5,000m (14:05.14 unofficial). The final places and official times will be updated as soon as they are released.

It was Burdick's first outdoor race of the season, just a few seconds slower than his outdoor personal-best-mark of 14:00.84 which is third on the school's top 10 list.

"I think Kyle did great to be in the mix at the end," head coach Rod DeHaven discussed. "Kyle seemed a little sluggish on the legs after he made the big leap, but I think it was a good overall race for him."

Jackrabbit Individual Results
100m - Women - Prelims
12. Flemister-Smith, Miatta (12.20)

Sophomore Miatta Flemister-Smith was just 0.01 seconds away from her personal-best mark she set in the first outdoor meet (Tulsa Duals: 3/16-17) of the 2018 season.

Flemister-Smith will compete in the 200m tomorrow at the Stanford Invitational, with an expected start time of 3:17 p.m. PST/4:33 p.m. CDT.

Miatta Flemister-Smith with a 4th-place finish in her heat (12.20)!

Just 0.01 seconds from her PR last weekend! #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/1znNsYxjoD
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 30, 2018

200m - Women - Finals
22. Flemister-Smith, Miatta

Sophomore Miatta Flemister-Smith wrapped up the events for the Jacks, finishing 22nd (24.98) in the 200m dash at the Stanford Inviational.

It is a season-best mark for Flemsiter-Smith and just 0.11 seconds away from her career-best mark, which is ninth on the school's top 10 list.

The Champlin, Minn. native, has the league's fourth-best time in the 200m (not including Saturday's updated marks).

Miatta Flemister-Smith finished 6th in the 5th heat at Stanford!

Looks like her time is close to 24.7 seconds unofficially!

If the time stands, it will be her PR and rank around 8th on the school's top 10!#GoJacks pic.twitter.com/K34Y5fqtmn
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 31, 2018

800m - Women - Finals
32. Steele, Krista (2:10.13)

Steele competed in the 800m at the Stanford Invite after running the 1,500m with a personal-best mark, and won her heat on a last-lap surge. Her time in the 1,500m (4:40.30) beats her previous-best mark by 14.45 seconds.

On Saturday, the Monticello, Minn. native, added a personal-best mark in the 800m (2:10.13). The mark ranks third all-time in school history and first in The Summit League, 38th in NCAA Division I (not including Saturday's updated marks).

She has now cracked the school's top 10 in the indoor 800m (school record), outdoor 800m (third all-time), indoor 600m (second all-time), indoor 400m (fourth all-time), along with the indoor 4x400m (sixth all-time, fourth leg) this year.

She finished fifth in her heat and 32nd overall.

Krista Steele finished 5th in the fourth heat of the 800m at Stanford!

Her unofficial time was 2:10.13

If the time stands, it would be a PR and rank 3rd on the school's all-time marks! #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/Xegqez1ZZv
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 31, 2018

5,000m - Men - Section 3
2. Burdick, Kyle (14:05.14)

Junior Kyle Burdick wrapped up the evening in California by finishing second in the third section of the 5,000m (14:05.14).

It was Burdick's first outdoor race of the season, just a few seconds slower than his outdoor personal-best-mark of 14:00.84 which is third on the school's top 10 list.

Kyle Burdick with the late rush to finish 2??nd in his section of the 5,000m!

His unofficial time of 14:05.14 is 4.30 seconds away from his PR, which is 3rd all-time! #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/VtUpZopdOH
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 31, 2018

100m Hurdles - Women - Prelims
18. O'Connor, Jaymie (14.37)

Sophomore Jaymie O'Connor posted her best time of the early outdoor season. O'Connor's mark beat her third-place time (14.39) at the Tulsa Duals.

3,000m Steeple - Women - Invite Heat
5. King, Rachel (10:01.14)

Junior Rachel reset yet another school record during the 2018 indoor/outdoor track and field season. She has reset the four school records (IN: Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m, OUT: 3,000m steeplechase) so far this season.

The St. Michael, Minn. native, finished fifth in the invitational heat at the Cobb Track. She has the nation's fifth-fastest time in the event and 21st-fastest in the world.

?? SCHOOL RECORD ??
Rachel King finishes 5th in the invitational heat of 3,000m Steeplechase!

Her time of 10:01.14 is her PR in the event! Beats her previous best by 9.57 seconds and it resets the school record! #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/WrprdesyVF
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 31, 2018

CALIFORNIA MEETS - DAY 1 RECAP INFORMATION (Italics denote information from Day 2)
San Francisco State Distance Carnival
HAYWARD, Calif. - Sophomore Chase Cayo and senior Trevor Capra kicked the morning off with two solid runs in the 10,000m.

Cayo finished 12th (29:41.81) with a personal-best mark and the school's sixth-fastest time all-time. He now has his name on three top 10 lists this season (IN: 3,000m, 5,000m, OUT: 10,000m)

"I expected to make a pretty big jump in my PR's this year because I have trained hard for it," said Cayo. " Now I have the confidence to know that I will do well and improve."

Capra finished a couple spots behind Cayo for a 14th-place finish (29:52.03). He was 8.80 seconds away from his best mark in the event.

"I was happy with Chase's performance and Trevor ran pretty well too," explain head coach Rod DeHaven. "I think both will have to keep working to improve to make the NCAA West Prelims."

Junior Krista Steele posted her personal-best mark in the 1,500m, which won her heat on a last-lap surge.

Her time of 4:40.30 beats her previous-best mark by 14.45 seconds. Steele finished 38th overall at Chabot College.

1,500m - Men - Finals
31. Peters, Gabe (3:57.63)

Freshman Gabe Peters recorded his first 1,500m race of his Jackrabbit career. He finished fourth in his heat.

Gabe Peters with the late surge! Leads for a moment before finishing fourth (3:57.72 Unoff.) in his heat! #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/ts7m55Z0ua
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 30, 2018

1,500m - Women - Finals
38. Steele, Krista (4:40.30)

Junior Krista Steele posted her personal-best mark in the 1,500m, beating her previous-best time by 14.45 seconds.

She won her heat with a late surge with a late-lap surge, and finished 38th overall.

Steele comes back to win her heat at the end! Her unofficial time was 4:40.26!

It seems like this will be her mark in the race will be her new PR in the 1,500m! #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/DoBGLmc920
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 30, 2018

5,000m - Men - Final
69. Mather, Micah (14:55.52)
99. Peters, Gabe (15:03.47)

First outdoor competition for sophomore Micah Mather and first 5,000m race for freshman Gabe Peters, but second race of the day for him (1,500m earlier).

Both Micah Mather and Gabe Peters wrapped up the 5,000m at the San Francisco St. Distance Carnival! (See them both in white jerseys) #GoJacks

Mather finished 11th in heat 5 (14:55.52 Unoff.)
Peters finished 17th (15:03.47 Unoff.) pic.twitter.com/ZBz4DzZGuq
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 31, 2018

10,000m - Men - Final
12. Cayo, Chase (29:41.81)
14. Capra, Trevor (29:52.03)

Sophomore Chase Cayo and senior Trevor Capra notched their first outdoor marks of the season. Capra raced in his first attached meet after competing in three meets during the indoor season unattached.

Cayo posted his career-best mark in the 10,000m, which is ranked sixth on the school's top 10 all-time list.

Capra missed his personal-best mark by 8.80 seconds and was moved down one spot (seventh) behind Cayo on the school's all-time list.

100m Hurdles - Women - Finals
1. O'Connor, Jaymie (14.16)

Sophomore Jaymie O'Connor competed in the 100m hurdles at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival, winning her first career meet in the event with her second-best time of her career (14.16). She beat a field of 29 runners, boasting the best time by 0.50 seconds.

It was her sixth career top-three finish and the time ranks 76th in the NCAA Division I West performance list and third in The Summit League. (not including Saturday's updated marks).

Jaymie O'Connor winning the first heat of the 100m Hurdles at San Francisco State!

She finished 14.16 (unoff.)! #GoJacks pic.twitter.com/SQBcUTh4Pq
— SDSU Track/XC (@GoJacksTFXC) March 31, 2018

Up Next
The track and field team will wrap up the two California meets tomorrow evening while another section of the team will compete at Oral Robert in the ORU Invitational.

The Jackrabbits will host the Scott Underwood Invitational on Monday, April 2 for high school teams.

Then the team will travel to Vermillion, S.D. on April 7 to compete in the Dakota Duals.

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