Completed Event: Men's Track and Field at NCAA Championships on June 11, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Men's Track and Field
(No Team Score)
at NCAA Championships
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Men's Track and Field Roster
Boekelheide, Derek
Derek Boekelheide
- Hometown:
- Northville, S.D.
- Prev School:
- Northwestern H.S.
- Indoor:
- So.
- Position:
- Middle Distance
- Outdoor:
- So.
- Major:
- Agronomy
- Class:
- Sophomore
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
2020-21:
OUTDOOR: Ran in three meets while participating in the 800 meters and 4x400 meter relay...his season best in the 800 meters came at the Blue Oval Invitational with a time of 2:06.55
INDOOR: Ran in eight events for SDSU... logged a season-best 800 at the SDSU Last Chance when he ran a 1:57.85.
2020-21:
OUTDOOR: Ran in three meets while participating in the 800 meters and 4x400 meter relay...his season best in the 800 meters came at the Blue Oval Invitational with a time of 2:06.55
INDOOR: Ran in eight events for SDSU... logged a season-best 800 at the SDSU Last Chance when he ran a 1:57.85.
2019-20:
OUTDOOR: Season canceled
INDOOR: Competed in six events, all in the 800 with the exception of one 600… finished seventh at the Summit League Championships running a 2:00.19...finished second at the Jim Emmerich Invitational with a mark of 1:55.20… picked up a 600 PR and second place finish at the SDSU DII Invitational.
2018-19:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 10 events… clocked a PR in the 800 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate with a a mark of 1:52.74 and in the 400 with a 52.22 at the Sioux City Relays… finished seventh in the 800 at the Summit League Championships with a time of 1:57.17.
INDOOR: Competed in 12 events... took bronze in the 800 at the Summit League Championships with a 1:54.65… won the 800 at the SDSU Last Chance in 1:53.09…member of winning 4x800 at the SDSU Indoor Classic with a time of 7:55.88… finished third in the 800 with a time of 1:23.20 at the North Dakota Indoor Open… won the 800 at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational with a time of 1:54.92… picked up a PR in the mile with a 4:36.58 at the UND-SDSU Dual… opened the season finishing runner-up in the 800 at the SDSU Holiday Invite and Multi with a mark of 1:54.75.
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in five events in his first outdoor season as a Jackrabbit ... notched a PR in the 800m at the NSU Twilight (4/20), finishing eighth overall (2:02.29) and the fifth Jack to cross the finish line ... won his first career event individually on the track at the Tulsa Duals (3/16-17) - winning the 1,500m with a PR (4:06.57) ... had the team’s 11th-best 800m (31st in the league) and 10th-best 1,500m (29th) on the season performance list.
INDOOR: Competed in 13 events in his first season at SDSU ... finished as the third Jackrabbit, ninth overall, in the prelims of the 800m (1:55.62) at The Summit League Championships (2/23-24) ... earned his first career all-league honors as the first leg of the runner-up distance medley team at the league championships (10:13.15) - the lone attempt on the season in the DMR for the men ... attempted the 5,000m in the league championships but did not finish ... recorded a sixth-place finish - was the sixth Jack to finish, at the SDSU Last Chance (2/16) for his best place-finish of the season in the 800m (1:59.67) ... posted his PR in the 800m at the Husker Invite (2/2-3), placing 13th overall (1:55.71) and within 1.69 seconds from the school’s 10th-best mark all-time ... notched four marks in the 4x400m relay, being the second leg in two of them and the first and last leg in the other two ... recorded his best mark in the relay as the first leg at the Jim Emmerich (1/20), placing 13th overall (3:27.64) ... won one of the 4x400m relays as the second leg at the SDSU Last Chance (3:29.65) ... added a mark in the 1,000m at the Bison Classic (1/13), finishing sixth overall (2:33.43) ... had the team’s third-best 800m mark (ninth in the league), second-best 1,000m mark, seventh-best mark in the 4x400m relay, and best mark in the DMR (second in the league, 183rd in the NCAA) on the season performance list.
BEFORE SDSU: South Dakota Class B State Champion in the 800m during the 2016 and 2017 seasons ... gold medal-winner in the state meet for the 800m during the 2017 season ... all-state in cross country for four years (2013-2016) ... Lake Region Conference Champion for four years (2013-2016) ... conference champion in the 400m, 800m, 1,600m, and 3,200m ... holds the school record in the 800m, 1,600m, and 3,200m ... his personal bests are: 400m (52.2), 800m (1:55.4), 1,600m (4:28), 3,200m (10:13) ... earned cross country all-state ... fifth place in the Business Math National FBLA in 2015 ... honor roll throughout high school.Cross Country Weekly Update (09.09.2025)
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