The Black Hills State University track and Field teams had another successful weekend with most athletes competing in the Yellow Jacket Open and a handful of distance athletes competing at the SDSU Indoor Classic.
 
"We had numerous personal records set this weekend and are looking to continue that trend next weekend at home" Said Head Coach Seth Mischke.
 
Among the standout performances were Xiomara Robinson who competed at the SDSU Indoor Classic running a 4:56.50 mile and setting a new school record in the 3K run with a time of 9:53.01. Both times are national provisional times. Ruby Lindquist ran a personal best mile time of 4:59.63 closing in on a national provisional time for herself. Kyla Sawvell increased her national provisional mark in the weight throw to 18.80m (61' 8.25" ft.) For the men Matt Parker won the 5K at the SDSU Indoor Classic with a personal best time of 14:23.74. With this time Parker has earned a national provisional time and ranks 24^th in the nation currently. Keith Osowski also competed at the SDSU Indoor Classic running a 4:15.15 mile.
 
Sprints
On the track the team had success in the sprints with both the men's and women's 4x400's placing first with the men's being run by Seth Hills, Shane McGraw, Frank Becker, and Larenzo Ebell and the women's being run by Taylor Lundquist, Samantha Bates, Erica Dykstra, and Mikayla Tracy. Breanne Fuller recorded first place finishes in the 60M dash (7.94) and the 200M dash (25.82). Sophie Curtis and Mikayla Tracy each had second place finishes in the 60M dash (8.43) and 400M dash (1:00.09), respectively. While Erica Dykstra came in third in the 400M dash with a time of 1:00.99.
 
Distance
For the distance athletes who competed at home Marcos Valerio placed first in the mile while Taylor Lundquist placed first in the women's 800m run with a time of 2:22.91. Tim Brown recorded a second-place finish in the men's 800 while Angela Hovdenes placed second in the women's 3K run. Rounding out top finishers for the distance was a trio of third place finished coming from Addison Redfox, Mayson Hudyma, and Morgan Wald in the mens mile, women's 800M run, and the women's 3K, respectively.
 
Field
Hoyt Nicholas led the men in the field with two first place finishes. Nicholas threw 14.35m (47'1") in the shot put and 17.51M (57' 5.5") in the weight throw. Reece Ullery recorded a first-place jump of 13.44m (44' 1.25") in the triple jump while also placing 2^nd in the long jump with a jump of 6.33M (20' 9.25"). Nana Kwame Dwamena placed third in both the long and triple jump with jumps of 6.25M (20' 6.25") and 12.82M (42' 0.75"). Drazen Moratzka jumped 1.88M (6'2") in the high jump earned a third-place finish. For the women Samantha Bates recorded first place finished in both the long and triple jump jumping 5.19m (17' 0.5") and 10.81M (35' 5.75"), respectively. JoJo Sherman and Hannah Hendricks placed 2^nd and 3^rd in the pole vault each recording jumps of 3.57M (11' 8.5"). While Kyla Sawvell earned another first place finish in the shot put throwing 13.75M (45' 1.5"). Maddi Fidler finished 2^nd in the weight throw with a throw of 16.47M (54'0.5").
 
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets will compete at home again next weekend as they host the Stinger Open at the Donald E. Young Center Saturday February 20^th as they gear up for the RMAC Indoor National Championships.