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Dakota State (S.D.) Sports Information Office | DSU FH Room 8 | 1302 N. Washington Ave. | Madison, SD 57042 | FAX: 605-256-5138 Sports Information Director: Nick Huntimer ▪ [email protected] | DSU ATHLETICS MAIN OFFICE PHONE: 605-256-5229 April 5, 2017 2017 Outdoor Track & Field For Immediate Release MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD HISTORY WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD HISTORY 2016 NSAA Conference Finish ...................... 6th 2016 NSAA Conference Finish ..................................... 4th South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Champions ................................... 1996, 1997 Champions ................. 1982, 1984, 1995, 1996, 1997 NAIA All-Americans: NAIA All-Americans Seth Boomsma ............................................................ 2013, 2016 Karen Mayfield .......................................................... 2016 Michael Hoffman .................................................................. 2014 Laura Tewes .................................................... 2006, 2007 Mark Moeller ........................................................................ 2013 Desa Rae Doyle ............................................... 2000, 2001 Stacey Berg ........................................................................... 2013 Marie Parker-Sample ............................ 1996, 1997, 1998 D’Artist Williams ................................................................... 2013 Nic Penning ........................................................................... 2013 Andy Coy ..................................................................... 2010, 2012 2016 NSAA Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference Matt Fideler .......................................................................... 2010 BreeAna Olson .......................................................... 200-meter dash Tyler Van Peursem ................................................................ 2010 Karen Mayfield ........................... 5000-meter run; 10,000-meter run Cody Foreman ...................................................................... 2010 Lauren Sokolowski ................................................ 100-meter hurdles Chris Heezen ............................................................... 2007, 2008 Ashley Currey ................................................................. Discus Throw Shaun Fransen ...................................................................... 1999 Kylie Martin ....................................... Discus Throw; Hammer Throw Cory Lunn .............................................................................. 1999 Spencer Carlson ............................. 100-meter dash; 200-meter dash John Ecklein .......................................................................... 1999 Claudio Tejada ..... 5000-meter run; 1500-meter run; 4 x 800-meters Paul Saville ............................................................................ 1999 Michael Carson ....................................................... 10,000-meter run Tard Smith ........................................................ 1992, 1993, 1995 Corey Hermann ........................................................... 4 x 800-meters Darwin Robinson ........................................................ 1972, 1973 Jared Truman .............................................................. 4 x 800-meters Jared Sutton ................................................................ 4 x 800-meters 2017 DSU OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE GENERAL INFORMATION Location: ............................... Madison, S.D. Founded/Enrollment ................ 1881 (3190) Date Meet Location Affiliation ............................................. NAIA March 18 Midland (Neb.) Warrior Half-Marathon Fremont, Neb. Nickname .......................... Trojans/Lady T’s Colors ...................... Yellow and Reflex Blue March 24-25 Wildcat Classic Wayne, Neb. Conference . North Star Athletic Association March 31-April 1 Southwest Minnesota State Open Marshall, Minn. President ........... Jose-Marie Griffiths, Ph.D. Director of Athletics ................. Jeff Dittman April 8 Dordt (Iowa) Open Sioux Center, Iowa April 12-13 Red Raider Invitational Orange City, Iowa FOLLOW THE TROJANS April 21-22 Sioux City Relays Sioux City, Iowa Twitter: @GoDaSUAthletics April 26 Mount Marty (S.D.) Twilight Meet Yankton, S.D. Facebook: DSUTrojanAthletics Instagram: dsu_athletics April 26-29 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa DSU Track & Field/Cross Country April 29-30 NSAA Multi-Events Championships Jamestown, N.D. Twitter: @DSUTF May 5-6 Howard Wood Relays Sioux Falls, S.D. May 12-13 NSAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Jamestown, N.D. May 25-27 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Gulf Shores, Ala. DAKOTA STATE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD/1 TROJAN NOTES Dordt (Iowa) Invitational April 8, 2017 Dakota State (S.D.) heads to Iowa for the first time this outdoor track season as they compete in the Dordt (Iowa) Invita- tional on Saturday. The outdoor track & field meet will be held at Open Space Field in Sioux Center, Iowa on the campus Open Space Field of Dordt College. The meet kicks off at 12 p.m. Sioux Center, Iowa About Dordt (Iowa) Invitational Dakota State (S.D.) competes in the Dordt (Iowa) Invitational on Saturday in Sioux Center, Iowa. Dordt is a member of the Field Events Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC). Schools from the GPAC conference are expected to compete in the meet held 12 p.m. W & M Shot Put at Open Space Field (498 4th Ave. NE) on the campus of Dordt College. Field events kicks off at 12 noon with the shot 12 p.m. M & W Discus put and discus throw. The running events begin with the women’s and men’s 4 x 800-meter relay and concludes the day with the 4 x 400-meter relay scheduled for 5 p.m. 1 p.m. M & W High Jump 1 p.m. M & W Triple Jump (East Pit) Lems qualifies for NAIA Outdoor; earns NSAA Outdoor Men’s Field Athlete-of-the-Week Tyler Lems became the fourth Dakota State (S.D.) athlete to qualify for the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Champi- 1 p.m. W & M Long Jump (West Pit) onships after producing a national qualifying mark at the Mustang Open on March 31. He had an impressive weekend at 1 p.m. M & W Pole Vault the NCAA Division II meet hosted by Southwest Minnesota State in Marshall, Minn., which the North Star Athletic Associa- 3 p.m. M & W Javelin tion conference honored Lems as its Men’s Outdoor Track Field Athlete-of-the-Week. He posted the national qualifying mark of 47.32 meters—155 feet, 3 inches—on his very first discus throw and finished as a runner-up honor in the event. 3 p.m. W & M Hammer Throw His discus throw is tied for second-best throw in the DSU Men’s Outdoor Track & Field school record with Craig Sufficool in 1985. Lems currently holds the best discus throw in the NSAA conference. He also produced a personal-best mark in Running Events the men’s javelin throw with a measurement of 49.60 meters—162 feet, 9 inches—and finished third. Lems added a 1 p.m. W & M 4 x 800 Relay season-best shot put measurement of 13.16 meters—43 feet, 2.25 inches—to place 11th overall on April 1. 1:20 p.m. W 100-Meter Hurdles Martin breaks hammer throw school record at Mustang Open 1:35 p.m. M 110-Meter Hurdles Kylie Martin broke her own personal record and DSU outdoor record in the women’s hammer throw at the Mustang Open 1:50 p.m. W & M 100-Meter Dash on April 1. She tossed a new school record of 47.45 meters—155 feet, 8 inches—to place seventh overall in the event. She was just .55 meters short of qualifying for the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. Martin previously 2:10 p.m. W 3000-Meter Steeplechase held the school record of 155 feet, 1 inch at the North Star Athletic Association Outdoor Track & Field Conference Champi- 2:25 p.m. W & M 400-Meter Dash onships last season. She also improved her season-best mark in the women’s shot put with a measurement of 11.85 meters (38 feet, 10.5 inches), which she also placed seventh in the event. On March 31, Martin threw a season-best 2:35 p.m. M 3000-Meter Steeplechase measurement in the discus throw, recording a measurement of 34.40 meters—112 feet, 6 inches—for a 12th-place finish. 2:50 p.m. W & M 1500-Meter Run She was 11th in the javelin throw (23.95 meters—78 feet, 7 inches). 3:10 p.m. W & M 4 x 100 Relay Trojans go 1-2-3 in Men’s 10,000-Meter Run 3:25 p.m. W & M 800-Meter Run Dakota State (S.D.) placed three runners in the top three in the men’s 10,000-meter run at the Mustang Open on March 3:40 p.m. W & M 200-Meter Dash 31. Braden Curnow led the Trojans after winning the individual title with a time of 34 minutes, 22.82 seconds. Maxwell Cruse was second after running a time of 35 minutes, 32.51 seconds. Michael Carson clocked a time of 38 minutes, 6.70 4:10 p.m. W & M 400-Meter Hurdles seconds to earn a third-place finish. Both Curnow and Cruse are preparing for the upcoming NAIA Men’s Outdoor Track & 4:20 p.m. W & M 5000-Meter Run Field National Championships in the full marathon later in May. 5 p.m. W & M 4 x 400 Relay NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Performances Update Three Dakota State (S.D.) long-distance runners had already secured a spot at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. All three runners—Maxwell Cruse, Braden Curnow and Karen Mayfield—will be competing in a full mara- thon event at the national meet after producing national qualifying times in half-marathon meets held in Fremont, Neb. earlier this year. Mayfield clocked a national qualifying