More PR's Friday Bring the Total to 27 in Cali

Wednesday, April 18

Azusa, CA

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South Dakota State University

Bryan Clay Invitational

4/21/2018 1:15:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Results: Pacific Coast Intercollegiate 2018 Results: Mt. SAC (10,000m Results)Results: Bryan Clay Invite

AZUSA, Calif. - The South Dakota State track and field team concluded their second 2018 trek out in California on Friday. After the dust settled, the Jackrabbits totaled 27 personal-best marks and seven top three finishes.

Over the course of the weekend, the SDSU student-athletes competed in three meets: Bryan Clay Invitational, Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, and the Mt. SAC Relays.

Friday - Day 2
On Friday, the State runners recorded 11 personal-best marks and one top-three finishes.

Highlighting the final day of Bryan Clay Invite competition was junior Rachel King, who recorded her personal-best mark in the 1,500m race. She beat her previous-best by 3.75 seconds and has the school's second-fastest mark all-time.

Fellow teammate, sophomore Kendra Dykstra also recorded a personal-best time in the 1,500m, beating her previous-best mark by 7.32 seconds and earning the fourth-best mark in school history.

Senior Mason Leiseth could not stop throwing huge marks and PR's in California. He set a personal-best in both the shot put and discus throw on Thursday afternoon at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate, which were both in the school's top 10.

Friday, he adds another 1-02.25 feet to her best throw in the shot put and moves up to second on the school's top 10. Then he throws a big throw in the discus, not quite better than his PR he set yesterday, but would have been a PR if it was his only throw of the weekend.

Junior Krista Steele ran her personal-best time in the 800m, her second time resetting her outdoor personal-best in the event out of three attempts. Steele's time is good enough to bump her into second on the school's all-time list.

Junior Kasie Vollmer was the lone Jackrabbit to finish in the top-three on Friday. Her toss in the discus throw is a season-best mark and she's closing in on her PR, which is the school record.

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The Jackrabbits are schedule to compete in the USD Twilight and Drake Relays next week.

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RECAP FROM DAY 1

Personal-Bests on Thursday
At Pacific Coast (Men)
R-Fr. Nick Wessels (110H)
So. Bryant Courter (LJ)
Fr. Daniel Clarke (LJ)
Sr. Mason Leiseth (SP-x2, DT)
At Pacific Coast (Women)
So. Jaymie O'Connor (100H)
So. Miatta Flemister-Smith (100m, 200m)
So. Delaney Carlson (400m)
At Bryan Clay (Men)
Fr. Gabe Peters (5,000m)
So. Micah Mather (3,000S)
So. Evan Hieber (Dec)
At Bryan Clay (Women)
Jr. Rachel King (5,000m)
Fr. Anna Donnay (5,000m)
At Mt. SAC Relays (Men)
So. Chase Cayo (10,000m)
Sr. Trevor Capra (10,000m)

Personal-Bests on Friday
At Bryan Clay (Men)
R-Fr. Coby Hilton (200m)
Jr. Wyatt Gatrost (800m)
Sr. Sebastian Sowada (1,500m)
Sr. Trevor Capra (1,500m)
Fr. Trent Francom (PV)
Sr. J.J. Hejna (HJ)
At Bryan Clay (Women)
So. Allison Sebern (400m)
Jr. Krista Steele (800m)
Jr. Rachel King (1,500m)
So. Kendra Dykstra (1,500m)

Top Three Finishes on Thursday
At Pacific Coast (Men)
1. So. Bryant Courter (LJ)
3. So. Sam Zenner (100m)
3. Fr. Daniel Clarke (LJ)
At Pacific Coast (Women)
2. Jr. Krista Steele (800m)
3. So. Kendra Dykstra (800m)
3. Sr. Vanessa Lane (Hept)
Top Three Finishes on Friday
At Bryan Clay (Women)
2. Jr. Kasie Vollmer (DT)

Included: Full Jackrabbit Results from Day 2 followed by Full Jackrabbit Results from Day 1
Full Jackrabbit Results - Day 2
100m - Men
11. Larson, Landon (10.77)
26. Clarke, Daniel (10.90)
37. Zenner, Sam (10.98)
56. Kuil, Cameron (11.15)
77. Hilton, Coby (11.28)

100m - Women
82. Carlson, Delaney (12.82)
100. O'Connor, Jaymie (13.08)

All of the men's 100m dash runners competed in their second event of the weekend in California.

It was the first time competing in the 100m on the weekend for sophomore Landon Larson and freshman Daniel Clarke and Cameron Kuil.

Sophomore Jaymie O'Connor recorded her first 100m of the outdoor season. It's her second event of the day, and third of the weekend.

Sophomore Delaney Carlson notched her second event of the weekend, competing in the 400m at the Pacific Coast yesterday.

200m - Men
19. Larson, Landon (21.61)
22. Hilton, Coby (21.72w)
24. Zenner, Sam (21.75)
39. Kuil, Cameron (22.03)
84. Wessels, Nick (22.97)

200m - Women
45. Carlson, Delany (25.56)

Redshirt freshman Coby Hilton posted a personal-best in the 200m while sophomores Sam Zenner and Landon Larson notched season-best marks.

Redshirt freshman Nick Wessels posted his first career 200m dash.

It was the second event of the weekend for sophomore Delaney Carlson. Yesterday, she posted a personal-best mark in the 400m at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate.

400m - Men
50. Johnson, Sam (50.05)

400m - Women
28. Flemister-Smith (56.64)
30. Dolezal, Savannah (56.93)
40. Sebern, Allison (58.06)

It was junior Sam Johnson's second 400m of the weekend in California.

Sophomore Miatta Flemister-Smith posted her first career 400m. She just missed on making the school's top 10 by 0.05 seconds.

It would have been her third mark of the weekend in the school's top 10, as she already has set PR's in the 100m and 200m this weekend.

Junior Savannah Dolezal posted her season-best in the event while sophomore Allison Sebern notched her personal-best in the 400m for the second time this season.

800m - Men
46. Goehring, Josh (1:52.44)
50. Gatrost, Wyatt (1:52.85)

800m - Women
16. Steele, Krista (2:07.55)

Junior Wyatt Gatrost notched a personal-best in the outdoor 800m, beating his previous-best mark by 5.96 seconds.

Sophomore Josh Goehring notched his season-best mark, beating it by 2.95 seconds.

Junior Krista Steele posted a personal-best mark in the event, which is now second-fastest on the school's top 10 list.

She finished 16th out of 149 competitors.

1,500m - Men - Last Events
41. Burdick, Kyle (3:44.78)
200. Sowada, Sebastian (3:55.87)
215. Peters, Gabe (3:58.14)
230. Nelson, Lukas (4:00.04)
245. Capra, Trevor (4:04.41)

1,500m - Men - Early Afternoon
33. Mather, Micah (4:03.62)

1,500m - Women
51. King, Rachel (4:26.43)
65. Dykstra, Kendra (4:28.37)
207. Donnay, Anna (4:46.28)

Seniors Sebastian Sowada and Trevor Capra posted their personal-best marks in the 1,500m while sophomore Lukas Nelson recorded a season-best performance.

Junior Kyle Burdick notched his first mark in the event for the 2018 season. It was close to his personal-best, by 2.26 seconds.

Sophomore Micah Mather recorded his first 1,500m race of the season.

Junior Rachel King and sophomore Kendra Dykstra post their personal-best marks in the 1,500m. King's mark is now ranked second fastest on the school's all-time list while Dykstra is now fourth best.

King beats her best by 3.75 seconds while Dykstra beats her best by 7.32 seconds.

Freshman Anna Donnay notched her first career 1,500m race.

4x400m Relay - Men
11. "A" Team (3:18.35)
(1. So. Landon Larson, 2. Jr. Sam Johnson, 3. So. Josh Goehring, 4. Jr. Wyatt Gatrost)

4x400m Relay - Women
6. "A" Team (3:50.11)
(1. Jr. Savannah Dolezal, 2. So. Allison Sebern, 3. So. Delaney Carlson, 4. So. Miatta Flemister-Smith)

110m Hurdles - Men
44. Wessels, Nick (15.87)

100m Hurdles - Women
15. O'Connor, Jaymie (14.19)

Redshirt freshman Nick Wessels posted his second 110m hurdles race on the weekend. He finished with a personal-best yesterday at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate (15.27).

Sophomore Jaymie O'Connor recorded her second 100m hurdles event of the weekend.

She recorded 14.00 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate yesterday. It was a PR and moved her into second on the school's all-time list.

400m Hurdles - Women
36. Gramer, Sandra (1:04.17)

Senior Sandra Gramer posted a season-best mark in the 400m hurdles, beating her previous-best mark by 1.22 seconds.

It was her second attempt of the weekend in California in the event.

High Jump - Men
T-23. Hejna, J.J. (6-07.00)

High Jump - Women
T-40. Holtz, Chloe (5-01.75)

Senior J.J. Hejna tied his personal-best mark in the high jump. He first set the 6-07.00 mark at the USD Invite last Wednesday.

Sophomore Chloe Holtz was just 1.25 inches from her outdoor personal-best mark.

Pole Vault - Men
8. Francom, Trent (16-02.50)

Freshman Trent Francom recorded his personal-best mark in the pole vault on Friday afternoon.

His mark is now sixth in the school's top 10 list.

Triple Jump - Men
10. Courter, Bryant (49-07.25)

Triple Jump - Women
49. Holtz, Chloe (34-03.00w)

Sophomore Bryant Courter recorded his first official outdoor triple jump for the season.

His mark jumps to the top of the Jackrabbit season performance list.

Sophomore Chloe Holtz notched three events on the weekend at the California meets.

Shot Put - Men
5. Leiseth, Mason (56-03.25)
10. Huber, Noah (53-05.75)

Shot Put - Women
13. Moorhouse, Madi (43-09.75)
21. TerWee, Micayla (41-11.50)
22. Vollmer, Kasie (41-11.25)
24. Astleford, Rachel (41-04.25)

Senior Mason Leiseth posted a personal-best mark in the shot put, resetting his personal-best from yesterday by 1-02.25 feet.

The mark moves his name from fourth on the school's top 10 to second.

Redshirt freshman Noah Huber recorded his best throw of the weekend in the shot put.

It was the second attempt in the shot put on the weekend for sophomore Micayla TerWee.

Both juniors Rachel Astleford and Kasie Vollmer posted her first outdoor marks in the shot put.

Discus Throw - Men
7. Leiseth, Mason (168-01.00)
--. Huber, Noah (Foul)

Discus - Women
2. Vollmer, Kasie (166-10.00)

Senior Mason Leiseth records yet another big throw in the discus. It wasn't quite as big as his PR yesterday, falling short by 1-04.00 feet.

Junior Kasie Vollmer added a season-best throw, which improves her throw by four feet.

She is closing in on her PR (173-11.00), which is the school record.

Javelin - Men
7. Leonhard, Dakota (177-08.00)

Javelin - Women
25. Astleford, Rachel (109-11.00)

Sophomore Dakota Leonhard posted his second time competing in the event this weekend in California.

Junior Rachel Astleford recorded her second attempt of the weekend in the javelin.

She recorded a season-best mark at the Pacific Coast yesterday (118-07.00).

Full Jackrabbit Results - Day 1
Individual Jackrabbit Results - Pacific Beach Intercollegiate

100m - Men
3. Zenner, Sam (10.60w)
15. Hilton, Coby (10.84)

100m - Women
6. Flemister-Smith, Miatta (12.05)

Sophomore Sam Zenner recorded his season-best mark, beating his previous-best by 0.05 seconds. The time was just 0.09 seconds from his personal-best mark, which is third on the school's all-time list.

Zenner also notched his second top-three finish in the event this season, fourth of his career.

Sophomore Miatta Flemister-Smith posted her personal-best mark at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate.

With her mark, she now moves out of a 10th-place tie to a tie for eighth place on the school's top 10 with Ashley Odegaard (2013).

Flemister-Smith beat her previous-best mark by 0.14 seconds.

200m - Men
Did not compete.

200m - Women
12. Flemister-Smith, Miatta (24.74)

Sophomore Miatta Flemister-Smith notched her second personal-best mark of the day (first one was in the 100m). Her mark keeps her in ninth place on the school's top 10, but moves her within 0.03 seconds of eighth all-time.

400m - Men
4. Larson, Landon (49.90)
5. Johnson, Sam (49.98)
10. Kuil, Cameron (50.41)

400m - Women
10. Carlson, Delaney (57.61)
11. Dolezal, Savannah (57.92)
18. Sebern, Allison (58.83)

Junior Sam Johnson recorded his fourth outdoor 400m of the season while it was the second time for sophomore Landon Larson and freshman Cameron Kuil

Sophomore Delaney Carlson recorded her personal-best in the 400m. It is her second career outdoor 400m, fourth overall 400m.

It was the third outdoor 400m this season for junior Savannah Dolezal and the fourth time for sophomore Allison Sebern.

800m - Men
7. Goehring, Josh (1:55.31)
14. Gatrost, Wyatt (1:57.11)

800m - Women
2. Steele, Krista (2:12.80)
3. Dykstra, Kendra (2:12.92)

Both sophomore Josh Goehring and junior Wyatt Gatrost recorded their season-best marks for the season.

It was Goehring's second attempt on the season, beating his previous-best by 0.07 seconds.

Gatrost recorded his third outdoor 800m, beating his previous-best by 1.70 seconds.

Sophomore Kendra Dykstra adds her season-best mark in the outdoor 800m, which was 0.23 seconds from her personal-best mark and 0.28 seconds from cracking the school's top 10.

Dykstra also recorded her second career outdoor top-three finish, which is her fourth of her career.

Junior Krista Steele notched her fourth career outdoor top-three finish, 13th in her career. In 2018, she has finished in the top-three of the 800m races all but once.

1,500m - Men
Did not compete.

1,500m - Women
Did not compete.

110m Hurdles - Men
19. Wessels, Nick (15.27)

100m Hurdles - Women
11. O'Connor, Jaymie (14.00w)

Redshirt freshman Nick Wessels recorded his personal-best mark in the event. It is his second time resetting his PR this season.

Wessels beat his previous-best by 0.03 seconds, which was from the ORU Invite.

Sophomore Jaymie O'Connor broke her personal-best mark in the 100m hurdles. It moves her up to second all-time on the school's top 10 list.

She beat her previous-best time, set at the 2017 outdoor league championships, by 0.06 seconds and is now 0.15 seconds from the school record.

400m Hurdles - Men
Did not compete.

400m Hurdles - Women
12. Gramer, Sandra (1:05.39)

Senior Sandra Gramer tied her season-best mark in the event. She first set the mark at the USD Invite last Wednesday.

4x100m Relay - Men
6. "A" Team (42.26)
(1. Fr. Cameron Kuil, 2. So. Landon Larson, 3. Fr. Daniel Clarke, 4. So. Sam Zenner)

4x100m Relay - Women
Did not compete.

It was the second time running together this season for the men's team. They have a season-best mark of 41.89 seconds, which is second on the school's season performance list.

High Jump - Men
12. Hejna, JJ (6-05.50)

It was senior J.J. Hejna's second outdoor high jump of the season, falling just 1.50 inches from his PR from the USD Invite.

Pole Vault - Men
--. Francom, Trent (No Height)

Pole Vault - Women
Did not compete.

Long Jump - Men
1. Courter, Bryant (24-07.25)
3. Clarke, Daniel (23-06.25)

Sophomore Bryant Courter tied his outdoor personal-best mark in the long jump. His best mark is ranked third on the school's all-time list.

His win in the event today was his second outdoor win, fifth of his career.

Freshman Daniel Clarke posted his outdoor personal-best, which cracks the school's top 10 at ninth all-time.

The top-three finish from today is his second career top-three finish in the event.

Triple Jump - Women
9. Holtz Chloe (35-09.25)

Sophomore Chloe Holtz recorded her third attempt in the triple jump during the outdoor season.

Shot Put - Men
9. Leiseth, Mason (55-01.00)
21. Huber, Noah (49-11.00)

Shot Put - Women
31. TerWee, Micayla (43-04.25)
32. Moorhouse, Madi (43-03.00)

Senior Mason Leiseth recorded a personal-best in the shot put, which is good enough to bump back into the school's all-time top 10.

He was in 10th before redshirt freshman Noah Huber bumped him with a 55-07.50 at the Sioux City Relays.

Now Leiseth is back in the top 10, sitting fourth behind Huber.

It was the first outdoor shot put mark for sophomore Micayla TerWee, second outdoor event overall (hammer throw - Wildcat Classic)

Freshman Madeline Moorhouse recorded her second attempt in the event.

Discus Throw - Men
12. Leiseth, Mason (169-05.00)
--. Huber, Noah (Foul)

Discus Throw - Women
10. Vollmer, Kasie (156-05.00)

Senior Mason Leiseth recorded his second personal-best mark on the day (first one was in the shot put).

With his mark in the discus, he moves into eighth place all-time on the school's all-time list.

He increased his PR by 2-04.00.

Junior Kasie Vollmer posted her fourth attempt in the discus throw this outdoor season.

Javelin - Men
12. Leonhard, Dakota (172-07.00)

Javelin - Women
17. Astleford, Rachel (118-07.00)

Sophomore Dakota Leonhard recorded his second-best throw of the season in his third attempt.

Junior Rachel Astleford posted her season-best throw, which increased her mark by 3-10.00 on the season. It was her second attempt, with the first coming from the USD Invite last Wednesday.

Individual Jackrabbit Results - Bryan Clay Invite (Day 1 & 2)

5,000m - Men - Sec. 5
28. Nelson, Lukas (14:53.37)
31. Peters, Gabe (14:57.36)

5,000m - Women - Sec. 1
11. King, Rachel (16:09.54)

5,000m - Women - Sec. 4
4. Donnay, Anna (17:02.22)

Freshman Gabe Peters recorded his personal-best in the 5,000m, improving in his second career attempt by 6.11 seconds.

Sophomore Lukas Nelson posted his season-best mark, beating his previous-best set in the ORU Invite by 40.87 seconds.

Junior Rachel King finished day one of competition for her with yet another school record reset for her. She beat her time she set last year in the Drake Relays by 6.94 seconds. That makes two outdoor records hers and three indoor records.

Freshman Anna Donnay posted a PR in the fourth heat of the 5,000m at Bryan Clay. It beats her previous-best mark by 25.90 seconds and almost cracks the school's top 10, missing by 1.12 seconds.

3,000m Steeplechase - Men
34. Mather, Micah (9:12.28)

Sophomore Micah Mather posted his personal-best mark in the event, beating his time set in the USD Invite last Wednesday by 8.56 seconds.

He was close to cracking the school's top 10 (9:06.00), which has not been cracked since 2011.

Heptathlon: Day 1 (Group 2) - Lane
Senior Vanessa Lane concluded day one of her first multi-event of the 2018 outdoor season at fifth (3,037) among 17 other competitors.

She led off by setting a personal-best in the 100m hurdles (14.39), beating her 2015 outdoor championship time by 0.21 seconds.

Then she recorded a season-best mark by 2.75 inches in her third attempt at the high jump (5-01.75). The height is 1.25 inches short of her outdoor and overall PR.

Lane set her second career-best outdoor mark in the shot put (41-07.00), beating her previous-best from the 2017 outdoor league championships by four inches. It's her best mark in the event during 2018 so far.

The Pequot Lake, Minn. native set a season-best time in the 200m (25.13), finishing second and just missing her outdoor and overall PR by 0.01 seconds (set 25.12 at the 2017outdoor league championships).

Day 2
Lane posted a season-best throw in the Javelin by 3-06.00 feet and recorded her first 800m of the outdoor season.

She finished in the third place in group 2 of the Bryan Clay Invite with a score of 5,029 points which is her second-highest point total in the multi.

Decathlon: Day 1 (Group 2) - Hieber
Sophomore Evan Hieber sat in eighth place (3,287) out of 14 competitors after day one of competition at Cougar Stadium.

He started off the competition with his first 100m dash of the season, second in his career. His time (11.95) was just 0.05 seconds away from personal-best mark (11.90 at the 2017 Lyle Hokanson Classic).

Later in the afternoon, Hieber recorded a second-place finish (41-01.75) in the shot put with an outdoor PR. It was his first shot put attempt this outdoor season, beating his previous-best mark by 2.25 inches.

The Sioux Falls, S.D. native also posted his first outdoor high jump (6-01.25) of the season, just two inches from his outdoor personal-best height set in the 2017 Howard Wood Relays.

Hieber wrapped up day one with his second personal-best mark out of five events. His 400m mark (52.52) placed him in eighth place and beat his previous-best by 11.33 seconds.

Day 2
Hieber finished off the decathlon by recording three personal-best marks.

He notched a PR in the discus, beating his previous by 14-07.00, in the pole vault by 2-05.50, and the 1,500m by 1:43.87.

He was three inches short of beating his season-best mark in the javelin, but still won the event out of the group.

His decathlon score was also a career-best, which goes down as the seventh-best all-time.

Individual Jackrabbit Results - Mt. SAC Relays

10,000m - Men - Invite
10. Chase Cayo (29:38.99)
13. Trevor Capra (29:39.66)

Both sophomore Chase Cayo and senior Trevor Capra recorded personal-best marks in the event.

Cayo beat his previous-best by 2.89 seconds set in California earlier this season and Capra beat his by 3.57 seconds set in 2017.

Cayo's time moves up ahead of Head Coach Rod DeHaven's 1989 mark of 29:39.61 for fourth all-time. Capra is right behind DeHaven in sixth place.

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