Jacks' TF: It All Comes Down to This Weekend

Friday, February 23

Fargo, N.D.

Fri: 9:30 a.m. | Sat: 9:30 a.m.

South Dakota State University

The Summit League Indoor Championships

2/21/2018 3:09:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Jackrabbits travel to Fargo, N.D. to compete in The Summit League Championships

MEET 9: South Dakota State (Men & Women) at The Summit League Indoor Championships

When	The Summit League Championships (Day 1) Friday, Feb. 23 Field Events: Men: 4 p.m. \| Women: 4 p.m. Track Events: Men: 3:45 p.m. \| Women: 3:30 p.m. Multi-Events: Men: 10 a.m. \| Women: 9:30 a.m.	The Summit League Championships (Day 2) Saturday, Feb. 24 Field Events: Men: Noon \| Women: 11:30 a.m. Track Events: Men: 1:20 p.m. \| Women: 1 p.m. Multi-Events: Men: 9:30 a.m. \| Women: N/A
Where	Shelly Ellig Indoor Track & Field Facility Spectator Info \| Google Maps \| Fargo N.D.	Shelly Ellig Indoor Track & Field Facility Spectator Info \| Google Maps \| Fargo N.D.
Live Stream	Watch (Free - From NDSU)
Live Results	HeroTiming.com
Teams Competing	Schools Competing (7): Fort Wayne, North Dakota State, Nebraska-Omaha, Oral Roberts, South Dakota, Western Illinois
Meet Notes	Meet Notes \| Home Meet Info Page \| Summit League Preview Schedule \| Heat Sheets Facility/Meet Records/Records: Men \| Women \| 2018 Performance List: Men \| Women
Social Media	Twitter \| Facebook \| Instagram \| #GoJacks \| #SummitITF

The South Dakota State track and field team is prepping for The Summit League Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend. The event is hosted by North Dakota State in Fargo, N.D.

Weekend Schedule
The championship will start Friday morning with the multi-events. The women will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the 60m hurdles while the men start at 10 a.m. with the 60m dash.

The women will wrap up the pentathlon on Friday, and the men will finish the last three events in the heptathlon on Saturday morning, beginning at 9:30 a.m. with the 60m hurdles.

Field events will get underway at 4 p.m. with the women's weight throw and the men's pole vault. The men's long jump and weight throw, and the women's long jump will compete later in the evening on Friday.

On Saturday, field events will start with the women's triple jump at 11:30 a.m. The first event for the men will be the high jump at noon. The rest of the field events will kickoff early Saturday afternoon.

Track events will commence in at 3:30 p.m., with the women starting the 3,000m and the men following. The last scheduled race for Friday evening is the men's distance medley, which is scheduled for 7:20 p.m.

Saturday's races will begin with the women's mile at 1 p.m. and conclude with the men's 4x400m relays set for 3:55 p.m.

To see the full schedule of events, click here.

Live Results & Stream
There will be a live stream of the championship weekend provided by NDSU. (Click here)

You can also follow the action on with the live results link here.

Spectator Information
Parking: Spectators can park in the NDSU lots R and RF for no charge on Friday after 4:30 p.m. and all-day Saturday. The Fargodome lots (north of the bubble) will also be available for spectators, but there may be a $5 fee if there is an event taking place at the Dome on that day.

Entrances: Spectators will enter the facility at the main entrance located on the east side of the building.

Ticket Prices: $8/Adult, $3/Youth (17 & under), $3/Students (with valid student ID)

Merchandise: A limited amount of championship T-shirts will be available for sale at the championship.

$15 short-sleeved shirts ($17 for XXL)
$22 lightweight hoodies

Complete information can be here.

Men's Championship Preview
The Championship roster can be found on The Summit League's championship program here or on the South Dakota State meet notes, here (page 5).

The Jacks have four student-athletes in five events with the season-best mark in the league's performance list.

Junior Kyle Burdick has the best times in the mile (4:04.89) and the 3,000m (8:07.26). His season-best marks, in both events, would be the championship records.

Burdick is set to defend his 3,000m championship title, and reset his record-time from last year (8:09.92). He will also look to take the title in the mile, after finishing second behind SDSU graduate Joel Reichow last year. He is 2.25 seconds under the mile championship recor, set by Reichow in 2017.

Junior Chase Cayo is leading The Summit League in the 5,000m (14:29.46) by 8.06 seconds and is within 5.29 seconds of breaking Reichow's 2017 championship record in the event. Cayo also ranks fifth in the 3,000m with a season-best mark of 8:24.54, which is the school's 10th-best time.

Sophomore Bryant Courter is first in the long jump (24-04.50) on the league's performance list when he won the event at the SDSU Holiday Open in December.

Also, Courter is second in the triple jump. Until last weekend, he led the league in the triple jump with the school-record mark of 50-04.50. The Rich Hill, Mo. native has won all four triple jump events he's competed in and was the only league jumper who had season-best marks over 50 feet before last weekend.

Senior Colton Bender has had The Summit League's best weight throw attempt (68-10.00) for past three weekends, improving his personal-best mark and resetting the school record three times. His throw is fourth best in the Midwest Region and 24th nationally.

Bender has won five out the six weight throw events he's competed in, and brings a four-meet winning streak to the championships.

Redshirt freshman Nick Wessels is sitting second on the league's 60m hurdles list. He has SDSU's fifth-best mark all-time and has finished in the top-three at two meets this year.

Senior Mason Leiseth reached fifth on The Summit League's shot put performance list with a personal-best mark of 56-01.25. The mark is second best in SDSU's all-time indoor list. Leiseth has won two shot put events in his first full indoor season.

Women's Championship Preview
To see the full championship roster list, see The Summit League's meet program here, or check out South Dakota State's meet notes here (Page 5).

The Jackrabbits have two student-athletes that have the league's best marks in three events.

Junior Rachel King is leading the league in the 3,000m (9:36.53) and the 5,000m (16:29.88), looking to defend both league titles from last year.

Her 3,000m time is just 2.32 seconds away from her personal-best, she set in the championships last year, which is the school record. King's season-best 5,000m time is the school record and would be the league championship record, beating her time last year in the race by 24.80 seconds.

The St. Michael, Minn. native has the league's best time in the 3,000m by 4.84 seconds, and the 5,000m by 15.41 seconds. She is also within 0.58 seconds behind the league leader in the mile (King's time: 4:48.94).

Junior Krista Steele has the league's best time in the 800m (2:10.33), improving her PR three times this season. It is second on the school's all-time list, behind teammate Oksana Covey's 2:09.31 mark.

Steele also has The Summit League's fourth-best mark in the 400m (56.73), running her only indoor 400m race last weekend. It is sixth on SDSU's all-time list.

Senior Savannah Dolezal is second on the 400m performance list (56.21), with the school's third-best indoor mark all-time. She has finished in the top three in every meet (four) she has ran the event.

The league performance list has sophomore Jaymie O'Connor ranked second in the 60m hurdles (8.67). She has finished in the top-three in five meets, winning one of them. O'Connor is 0.06 seconds away from tying her personal-best set last year in the finals of the league Championships (8.61).

Junior Abby Sudbeck has the league's third-best mark in the weight throw (62-05.00). Her personal-best mark has grown 7-04.50 feet since last year, which has helped her place in the top three at the last four meets, including two wins.

Up Next
The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships will be next on the docket for the track and field team. The indoor championships will be March 9-10, hosted by Texas A&M.

Social Media
For more information on the South Dakota State cross country and track and field teams, follow the Jackrabbits on Twitter (@GoJacksTFXC) and Instagram (@GoJacksTFXC), and like us on Facebook (/GoJacksTFXC).