RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Black Hills State University men's and women's track & field teams traveled down I-90 to South Dakota Mines' O'Harra Stadium to compete in the Grubby's Easter Classic this past Saturday. The Yellow Jacket women's squad earned the team win with 164 total points, highlighted by a school record performance by Evie Boyd in the 5,000m run and an NCAA Provisional mark in the pole vault by Gretchen Adamski. On the men's side, the Green & Gold finished second as a team with 179 total points and were highlighted by Ryan Baker notching the seventh-best hammer throw mark in program history. BHSU tallied 11 event victories and 17 career-best marks and times during the meet.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – MEN'S TRACK & FIELD

• The lone Yellow Jacket to run in the 100m dash was Jude Guevara, who clocked a season-best and winning time of 11.33.
• Flynn Johnston notched a second place finish in the 400m dash, running to a career-best time of 49.75, while Logan Boyd earned a top-10 finish by running a 54.19 for sixth place.
• In the 800m run, Caden Strasser notched a top-5 finish, clocking a 1:57.94 for third place, while Levi Smith added a seventh place finish and time of 2:06.16.
• With nine Yellow Jackets running in the 1,500m run, the trio of Landrum Wiley, Jaxon Straus, and Gavin Kuhlenbeck swept the top-3 places with times of 4:01.00, 4:02.03, and 4:02.71 respectively. The Green & Gold then secured an additional five top-10 finishes, with Thomas Oylear notching a fifth place finish and time of 4:05.55, Anthony Ackerman running to a sixth place time of 4:08.86, Alberto Spotted running to a seventh place time of 4:09.82, Conor Phipps running to an eighth place time of 4:13.31, and Emmett Swartzentruber running to a ninth place time of 4:14.66. Rounding out the group was Levi Smith who posted a time of 4:17.27 for 12^th place. For Wiley, Kuhlenbeck, Oylear, Spotted, Phipps, and Swartzentruber, it was their first time competing in the event collegiately. For Ackerman his time marked a new career-best.
• Another large group of Yellow Jackets took the track in the 5,000m run, with a total of ten competing in the event. The Green & Gold saw the first eight runners cross the finish line before an opposing athlete, as Wiley led the way with a winning time of 14:59.21, Kuhlenbeck finished second with a time of 15:02.98, Turner Christians finished third with a career-best time of 15:11.70, Dominic Eberle finished fourth with a time of 15:15.86, Straus finished fifth with a time of 15:17.97, Oylear finished sixth with a career-best time of 15:19.13, Swartzentruber finished seventh with a career-best time of 15:23.74, and Ackerman finished eighth with a time of 15:25.43. Rounding out the top-10 was Sean Shipp with a time of 15:46.96 for tenth place and Spotted was 16^th with a time of 16:00.95. For Eberle and Ackerman it was their collegiate debut in the 5,000m run.
• In the pole vault, Jeremy Harms captured a third place finish by clearing 4.15m (13' 7.25").
• Notching a win in the long jump was Javin Walker, who recorded a mark of 6.51m (21' 4.25"). Adding top-5 finishes were Seth Wilson and Guevara, who posted marks of 6.15m (20' 2.25") for third and 5.98m (19' 7.5") for fourth place respectively. Guevara's mark of 5.98m set a new career-best in the event.
• Casen Willson secured a second place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 13.02m (42' 8.75"), while Walker and Guevara added top-5 finishes with jumps of 12.43m (40' 9.5") for fourth and 11.86m (38' 11") for fifth place.
• The lone thrower in the shot put, Matthew LoFaso posted a top-10 finish with a mark of 13.02m (42' 8.75") for sixth place.
• Ryan Baker earned the win in the discus, recording a mark of 44.89m (147' 3") for first place.
• Baker notched a third place finish in the hammer throw with a career-best mark of 53.78m (176' 5") to move into seventh all-time in program history in the event. Also, in the event LoFaso and Barren Yellow Bird added top-10 finishes with throws of 41.31m (135' 6") for sixth place and 40.11m (131' 7") for seventh place respectively. LoFaso's throw of 41.31m marked a new career-best in the event.
• Casen Willson notched a fourth place finish in the javelin throw, recording a mark of 43.83m (143' 9"), while Yellow Bird and Seth Wilson added top-10 marks of 37.22m (122' 1") and 34.80m (114' 2") for sixth and eighth place respectively.

MEN'S TEAM RESULTS

Team	Total Points
1. South Dakota Mines	246
2. Black Hills State	179
3. Chadron State	62
4. Dakota State	8

 
HOW IT HAPPENED – WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD

• Abigail Hardersen notched a victory in the 800m run, clocking a time of 2:28.01, while Payton Sheehan posted a career-best time of 2:37.64 for a fourth place finish.
• The Yellow Jackets swept the top-3 places in the 1,500m run, with Emma Hofmeister crossing the finish line in a winning time of 4:49.48, Hardersen recorded a career-best time of 4:59.39 for second place, and Alyssa Brandt notched a time of 5:05.99 for third place in her season debut. The freshman duo of Nicole Clark and Ava Allen collected top-10 finishes with times of 5:08.66 and 5:09.87 for sixth and seventh place respectively. For Clark it was a new career-best and for Allen it was her collegiate debut in the event. Sheehan rounded out the group with an 11^th place finish with a time of 5:26.15.
• Black Hills State also swept the top-4 placings in the 5,000m run, highlighted by a school record performance by Evie Boyd, crossing the finish line in a career-best and winning time of 17:14.89. In second place Abigail Robberson added a career-best time of 18:02.70, while Mason Berg ran a third place time of 18:18.66 and Sierra Hopp clocked a career-best time of 18:26.37 for fourth place.
• Madyson Wolfe secured the victory in the 100m hurdles, posting a winning time of 15.87, while Lauryn Bennett added a fourth place finish with a time of 17.34.
• In her debut in the event, Jacey Wipf clocked a time of 13:37.22 for second place.
• One of the top women's pole vault squads in the country continued their dominance with a 1-2-3 finish, highlighted by an NCAA Provisional mark by Gretchen Adamski as she cleared a height of 3.80m (12' 5.5") for the victory to move into a tie for fifth place all-time in program history in the event. Brekkan Lockhart matched a season-best mark of 3.50m (11' 5.75") for second place as she remained tenth all-time in school history. Rounding out the trio was Hope Bryant who matched a career-best mark of 3.35m (10' 11.75") for third place.
• The lone Yellow Jacket in the shot put, Hanah Sullivan recorded a mark of 12.55m (41' 2.25") for second place.
• Winning the discus with a mark of 41.58m (136' 5") was Cassidy Goddard, while Sullivan added a third place finish with a throw of 37.50m (123' 0").
• Goddard notched another event victory in the hammer throw, recording a career-best mark of 50.82m (166' 9") for first place and to move into sixth place all-time in program history. Sullivan added a third place finish with a toss of 46.65m (153' 1").
• Goddard added a fifth place finish in the javelin with a throw of 29.96m (98' 3"), while Erin Weibel added a career-best mark of 26.68m (87' 6") for ninth place.

WOMEN'S TEAM RESULTS

Team	Total Points
1. Black Hills State	164
2. South Dakota Mines	142
3. Chadron State	105
4. Dakota State	11

 
UP NEXT
Black Hills State men's and women's track & field are back in action on Wednesday, April 8, as schedule changes moved up the Mines Midweek & Multi meet at the Stermole Track & Field Complex in Golden, Colorado. Field events begin at 9:30 a.m., while multi events begin at 12:30 p.m., and at 4:20 p.m. is the start of track events.