SPEARFISH, S.D. – In a busy two days of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships inside the Donald E. Young Center Field House, hosted by Black Hills State, saw the Yellow Jackets bring home five All-Conference honorees.
Brett Glaser highlighted the Championships for BHSU, winning the Heptathlon.
A stellar two-day performance from the Glaser (Gr., Glasgow, Mont.) culminated in him taking the league title in the Heptathlon with 5,153 points. He set personal bests in the 60m (7.17), long jump (6.92m), and high jump (1.88m). His heptathlon score itself is also a new personal-best for the Glasgow, Montana native. Glaser was one of two competitors in the event to notch 5,000+ points. The conference title in the event also earns him First Team All-Conference honors.
"I am incredibly proud of this young man. He dominated the opportunity and rose to the occasion! Not only winning a conference title but placing himself inside the top-15 in the country," noted head track and field coach
Austin Billings. "He has worked tirelessly to perfect his events and proved that he has even more in the tank for outdoor. The sky is the limit for Brett and I can't wait to see him climb to even higher heights!"
Entering the NCAA Championships weekend, Glaser slides up to No. 15 in the Heptathlon in Division II. If he will earn a trip to Pittsburg, Kansas will be announced in the coming days.
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS
Following Glaser, another Yellow Jacket on the men's side rose to the occasion to take First Team All-Conference honors after their performances at the Indoor Championships this weekend.
Braden Anderson (So., Haxtun, Colo.) continued his strong running performance with a third-place finish in the 800m with a time of 1:54.35.
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMERS
In the field events on the men's side,
Sully Mack (Gr., Watertown, S.D.) took a fourth-place finish in the Weight Throw with a throw of 18.44 meters. The mark notches his season-best and now moves to No. 34 in all of NCAA Division II.
On the women's side, a pair of fifth-place finishes in field events landed two Yellow Jackets Second Team All-Conference honors as
Erin Weibel (So., Casper, Wyo.) took a fifth-place finish in the Pole Vault (3.38 meters) and
Hanah Sullivan (So., Sheridan, Wyo.) had a toss of 12.90 meters in the Shot Put.
On the track,
Ceegan Atkins (Fr., Hanover, Kan.) qualified for the finals of the 60-meter hurdles and took a sixth-place finish with a time of 8.99 seconds to secure Second Team All-Conference honors.
OTHER NOTABLE FINISHES
Other Yellow Jackets placed top-10 finishes at the RMAC Indoor Championships this weekend, just narrowly missing All-Conference honors. Notable performances include:
Men's DMR – 4
th-place – 10:25.14
Women's DMR – 7th-place - 12:46.29
Brekkan Lockhart – 7th-place – 3.23m (Pole Vault)
Makayla Friederich – 7
th-place – 12.78m (Shot Put)
Mason Sartain – 7
th-place – 60m (10.70)
Lane Longbrake – 7
th-place – 4.46m (Pole Vault)
Makayla Friederich – 8
th-place – 15.80 (Weight Throw)
Shane Karajanis &
Dawson Lindeen – T8th-place – 4.31m (Pole Vault)
Note: per the RMAC sports manual, All-Conference distinctions are: first, second, and third-place are considered First Team All-Conference. Fourth, fifth, and sixth-place are considered Second Team All-Conference.
Up Next: For the student-athletes who qualify, the 2024 National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division II Indoor Championships are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 8-9 in Pittsburg, Kansas. More information will be provided on BHSUAthletics.com in the future.
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