Black Hills State track and field had a hot weekend at the Stinger Open in the Donald E. Young Center this past Saturday as ten athletes held first-place finishes, including eight personal best marks crushed and another broken BHSU school record.
 
"What a performance this week by these Yellow Jackets," said head coach Austin Billings. "This weekend was a testament to all the hard work this group has put in all indoor season. The pieces are starting to come together, and we are seeing personal bests come in bulk. I am extremely proud of our athletes and very excited to see them go show off at the conference meet this [upcoming] weekend."
 
Mason Sartain, who competed in the men's 200m dash this weekend, clocked an indoor personal best run at 22.39, landing him in first place and the new BHSU school record.
 
MEN'S
Sprints/Hurdles
Sartain also landed first in the men's 60m dash with a personal best time of 7.02 while co-runner Nicholas Hale ran a 7.29 for third. In the 200m dash, Hale landed with his teammate in the top five with a 24.05 dash time while Frank Becker sprinted into eighth with a 24.40.
 
Trinity Brady led the way for BHSU in the men's 400m dash with a first-place finish, clocking 51.50. Becker also ran in the 400m and timed a 53.08 400m dash to land in fourth.
 
Distance
Three Yellow Jackets landed in the top five during the men's 800m run this weekend: Braden Anderson (1:59.03), Mason Swingholm (2:01.36), and Landon Nicholson (2:02.31) finished second, third, and fifth, respectively.
 
At the men's one-mile run, Keith Osowski (4:20.19), Tim Brown (4:25.24), and Hayden Grosz (4:27.26) all finished in the top three for BHSU while Lincoln Fleishman landed a personal best time in the men's 3K with a personal best 9:11.05 run.
 
Jumps/Vaults
Mario Guerrero led the way for BHSU in the long jump, completing a personal best leap of 6.45m to land in third. Reece Ullery also landed in the top five with a top-five finish of 6.18m. Both men were also in the triple jump and took up the top two spots in that event, with Guerrero jumping 13.63 meters while Ullery landed a 12.95m triple jump.
 
In the men's pole vault, Ryan Foy recorded a season-best vault of 4.33m that landed him in the top-five at the Stinger Open.
 
Throws
Matthew LoFaso was the lone Yellow Jacket in the men's shot put, launching a 12.38m throw that put him into tenth place.
 
WOMEN
Sprints/Hurdles
Breanne Fuller once again held two first-place finishes last weekend in the women's 60m dash and 200m dash: she clocked 7.75 in the 60m while landing a provisional qualifying mark in the 200m with her 24.74 finish, which also made for a new personal best dash. Also landing in the top five of the 200m was Sophie Curtis, who clocked a fifth-place, 27.85 dash time.
 
In the women's 400m dash, Mikayla Tracy recorded a season-high, 59.32 while Kendall Tietjen landed in third with her 1:02.87 run. Meanwhile, at the 60m hurdles, Sophie Curtis led the team with first place, timing a hurdle time of 9.55. Kendall Tietjen also ran for BHSU in the event and placed third after clocking out with a 10.29 performance.
 
Distance
Brennan Jillian was the lone BHSU representative in the women's 800m run, landing a top finish after clocking the 800m in 2:27.77. In the women's 5K run, Katie Turpin completed the race in second with an 18:56.55 time.
 
Jumps/Vaults
At the women's pole vault, Erin Weibel tied for second with a 3.10m vault. The freshman also recorded a 10.12m triple jump that was good for a top-three placement and a new indoor personal best.
 
Throws
Makayla Friederich landed in the top three with her third place, 12.22m shot put while Hanah Sullivan threw an 11.95m shot put to land in fifth. Sullivan also threw in the women's weight throw and led BHSU's ladies with a fourth place, 15.54m weight throw that crushed her previous personal best by over a meter.
 
Up Next
The Yellow Jackets head to the RMAC Indoor Championships on Friday, Feb. 24 in Alamosa, Colorado.