Upcoming Event: Men's Cross Country at Gans Creek Classic on September 25, 2026 at 8:45 a.m.
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Men's Cross Country
at Gans Creek Classic
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South Dakota State University Athletics
Friday, September 25
Columbia, MO
8:00 a.m.
South Dakota State University
at
Gans Creek Classic
JACKRABBITS PREPARE FOR SPLIT WEEK AT GANS CREEK CLASSIC AND AUGUSTANA INVITATIONAL
9/24/2026 1:15:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country
| PRE-NATIONALS INVITATIONAL | HOSTED BY: UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI |
| When | Friday, September 25, 2026 Women's Gold Invitational: 8:00 a.m. Men's Gold Invitational: 8:45 a.m. Women's Black Open: 9:45 a.m. Men's Black Open: 10:30 a.m. |
| Where | Columbia, Mo. | Gans Creek Cross Country Course |
| Stream | SEC Network + |
| Live Results | PTtiming.com |
| AUGUSTANA INVITATIONAL | HOSTED BY: AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY |
| When | Friday, September 25, 2026 Women's Race: 11:00 a.m. |
| Where | Sioux Falls, S.D. | Yankton Trail Park |
| Live Results | DakotaTiming.com |
| Social Media | X | Instagram |
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State will split its squad on Friday, with each team participating in the highly competitive Gans Creek Classic and some of the women's team racing at the Augustana Invitational in Sioux Falls.
HEAD COACH ROD DEHAVEN
"The Gans Creek Invitational presents a tremendous opportunity for our teams to test ourselves against some of top teams in the country. It will also serve as the first significant test of the year with most of the lineups toeing the line on Friday".
GANS CREEK CLASSIC
Friday marks the eighth-annual Gans Creek Classic, hosted at the Gans Creek Cross Country Course, the site of last year's NCAA Championship along with the 2026 SEC Cross Country Championship. This is the second consecutive season that the Jacks have competed in Columbia. The course also hosted pre-nationals last October, where 13 Jackrabbit women and eight men took part.
AUGUSTANA INVITATIONAL
For the second time this season, the South Dakota State women will compete at Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls. The Jacks finished in second place at the Augustana Twilight on September 4.
LAST TIME OUT
The Jackrabbit men's team participated in the St. Olaf Invitational last Saturday, winning the event while having four athletes place inside the top six of the field. Owen Stuwe had the best time of all attached runners, clocking in at 25:33.9 in the 8k race. The men have won each meet they've competed in this season.
The South Dakota State women will compete for the first time in three weeks, when they opened the season with a second-place finish at the Augustana Twilight. Faith Wiese paced the Jacks, finishing in third overall with a time of 17.21.1 in a 5k meet.
ATHLETES TO WATCH
Eli Hall and Brandon Kampsen are set to make their season debuts for South Dakota State. In 2024, Hall was recognized with all-Summit League first-team honors before running just once last year. Kampsen qualified for the NCAA Midwest Regional last season, finishing inside the top 100.
Meghan Ford and Eleni Lovgren are prepared to compete for the first time this year after receiving first team all-Summit League honors last season. Ford finished as the runner-up at the 2025 Summit League Cross Country Championship, while Lovgren placed seventh along with a top 50 finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional.
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