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BROOKINGS, SD: August 28: South Dakota State University Media Day on August 28, 2024 in Brookings, SD. (Photo by Dave Eggen/Inertia)

Blake Koenen

Hometown:
St. Paul, Minn.
Class:
Freshman

CAREER RESULTS:
(Indoor PBs)
60m - 7.04
200m - 22.18
400m - 52.04

(Outdoor PBs)
100m - 10.60
200m - 21.57

2024-25
OUTDOOR: Competed in six meets... Opened the season with personal records in the 100m at 10.60 to finish eighth, and the 200m with a time of 21.57 to place sixth at the South Dakota Challenge (4/12)... Assisted the sprint medley relay team to a sixth-place finish with a combined time of 3:25.56 at the Drake Relays (4/23)... Finished runner-up in the 200m with a time of 21.74 at the USD Twilight (5/9)... Assisted the 4x100m team to a top-five finish with a time of 40.73 at the Summit League Outdoor Championships (5/15).
INDOOR: Competed in six meets... Opened his collegiate career with a personal record in the 60m at 7.04 to finish fourth at the SDSU Holiday Open (12/6)... Claimed bronze in the 60m with a time of 7.08 at the Mount Marty Last Chance meet (2/7)... Rounded out the season with a third-place finish in the 200m with a time of 22.18 at the SDSU Last Chance Meet (2/21).

BEFORE SDSU: Elected Rookie of the Year and All-Conference Honorable Mention, received varsity letter (2021)... State appearances in the 4x100m, 4x200m, and 4x400m (2021)... Competed in 4x100m and 4x200m, received All-State and medaled in 4x200m (2022)... Elected Sprinter of the Year, varsity letter, All-Conference in 4x200 and 200m (2022)... Sprinter of the Year, MVP, Varsity Letter, All-Conference in 100m, 200m (runner-up), 4x200m (Hamline Elite Meet Champion); Section Champion in 100m, 200m, and 4x200m; All-State and medaled in 100m, 200m (broke Eagan's school record),4x200m-won (2023)... Sprinter of the Year (three consecutive years), MVP, captain, varsity letter, All-Conference in 200m, 4x100m, section champ in 4x100m and 4x200m, All-State in 4x100m, and 200m (2024).... Son of Andrea and Jeremy Koenen.