2017 Outdoor Track & Field

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 marathon 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 time on Dec. 4, 2016 with a time of 1 hour, 31 minutes and 31 seconds (43rd-best time in the NAIA in half-marathon). Both Cruse and Curnow posted national qualifying times on March 18 for DSU. Curnow recorded a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes and 33.14 seconds (27th-best time in the NAIA in half- marathon), while Cruse registered a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes and 36.44 seconds (30th-best time in the NAIA in half- marathon) for Dakota State. The NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships will be held in Gulf Shores, Ala. on May 25 through May 27. The full marathon is scheduled for May 27 at 6 a.m. Tyler Lems also qualified for the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in the discus throw. He is currently 12th in the NAIA with the distance of 155 feet, 3 inches. A Look Ahead Dakota State (S.D.) returns back to Iowa for the second straight week as they head to Orange City, Iowa on April 12-13. The Trojans compete in the Red Raider Invitational, hosted by Northwestern (Iowa). The outdoor track & field meet is held at DeValois Stadium on the campus of Northwestern College.

2017 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Qualifiers Name ...... Event ...... Meet/Time-Mark/Date Tyler Lems ...... Discus Throw ...... Mustang Open/155 feet, 3 inches/March 31 Braden Curnow ...... Marathon ...... Midland (Neb.) Half-Marathon/1:12:33.14/March 18 Maxwell Cruse ...... Marathon ...... Midland (Neb.) Half-Marathon/1:12.36.44/March 18 Karen Mayfield ...... Marathon ...... Fremont Half-Marathon/1:31:31/Dec. 4 DAKOTA STATE OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD/2 Anthony Drealan Head Coach Third Season Dakota State University

Anthony Drealan is entering his fourth year as Dakota State University head cross country coach and his third year as DSU's head track and field coach.

In 2014, Drealan guided his men’s cross country squad to their first-ever North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) conference team champions. The Trojan men’s cross country team was the first sport at Dakota State University to win a North Star Athletic Association conference team title.

In the past five years, Drealan’s distance runners enjoyed terrific success at the national level. Under Drealan’s guidance, Andy Coy was a national champion at the 2012 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 1000-meter run. Coy also set a South Dakota Collegiate record with that two minutes and 24.94 seconds 1000-meter clocking. Coy capped off his track campaign with a fourth-palce finish in the 1500-meters at the 2012 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, running a 3:47.66 DSU record time. Drealan also helped Matthew Fideler become a national runner-up at the 2012 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the mile run with a DSU record time of 4:06.64.

Coy came back in 2013 to finish as runner-up in the 1000-meter run at the 2013 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Drealan’s 4 x 800-meter women’s relay team had great success as well, qualifying for the 2013 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships, and breaking the indoor and outdoor 4 x 800-meters school records. Nic Penning capped his career by becoming the national runner-up in the marathon in a DSU school record time of 2 hours, 27 minutes and 30.90 seconds at the 2013 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. In 2014, Drealan coached another NAIA All-American runner Michael Hoffman to a seventh-place finish in the men’s marathon at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National meet.

Drealan guided Mark Moeller to an NAIA All-American after finishing fifth at the 2015 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Moeller was fifth in the men's 800-meter run after a thrilling semifinals race that had to be decided by .004 seconds for the final spot in the finals race.

In 2016, Seth Boomsma earned a pair of NAIA All-American honor in both NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. Drealan also guided Karen Mayfield to a third-place finish in the women's marathon at the outdoor track national meet, earning NAIA All-American honor.

In all, Drealan’s athletes have earned one individual national championship, three individual national runner-ups, nine NAIA All-American honors, 12 North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference performers, 10 NSAA Indoor Track & Field All-Conference athletes and have broken 11 DSU school records.

Drealan is originally from Fulda, Minn. and graduated in May 2011 from Dakota State University with a degree in Business Education. While at Dakota State, Drealan competed for the Trojan cross country and track teams. Drealan holds numerous school records, including the indoor and outdoor Dis- tance Medley Relay (DMR), as well as the outdoor 5000-meters record. Drealan was a two-time NAIA All-American, once as a part of a national runner -up DMR squad at the 2010 NAIA National Indoor Track & Field Championships, and also at the 2009 NAIA National Cross Country Champion- ships. Drealan also helped DSU win its first-ever Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC) championship in cross country during the fall of 2009.

Drealan received his master’s degree in Health and Human Performance through Adams State University in June 2013. He resides in Madison, S.D. with his wife Samantha Drealan (Warnke).

Alex Glover Cody Foreman Alex Horstman Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Student Manager DAKOTA STATE OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD/3 ROSTERS Men Name Year Hometown/Previous School Micahel Carson JR Dakota City, Neb./South Sioux City High School Maxwell Cruse FR New Glarus, Wis./New Glarus High School Braden Curnow FR Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing High School Alex Derr FR Sioux Falls, S.D./Sioux Falls Washington High School Cameron Harming FR Elkton, S.D./Elkton-Lake Benton High School Taylor Hauge SR Volga, S.D./Sioux Valley High School Caleb Hemphill SR Burlington, Iowa/Mediapolis High School Corey Hermann SO Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies High School Kennan Kelly FR Rapid City, S.D./Douglas High School Jonathan Lein FR Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea High School Tyler Lems SO Canton, S.D./Canton High School Bailey Ludens FR Chancellor, S.D./Lennox High School Phyzon Milton* FR Lower Brule, S.D./Lyman High School Mark Moeller SR Rosholt, S.D./Rosholt High School Austin Opdahl JR Madison, S.D./University of South Dakota Mitchell Peters* FR Lennox, S.D./Lennox High School Austin Row FR Baltic, S.D./Baltic High School Women Name Year Hometown/Previous School Breanna Adsit JR Gillette, Wyo./Campbell County High School Grace Crook* FR Gettysburg, S.D./Charis Christian Academy Mercedes Jochims FR Charter Oak, Iowa/Iowa Lakes Community College Tyra Laws JR Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada/St. Ignatius High School Kelsey Lee SO Faulkton, S.D./Faulkton High School Kylie Martin SR Dakota Dunes, S.D./Dakota Valley High School Karen Mayfield SR Watertown, S.D./Mount Marty (S.D.) College Jobi McCreary FR Webster, S.D./Webster High School BreeAna Olson SR Nunda, S.D./Rutland High School Raven Patton FR Mission, S.D./Todd County High School Ashley Robinson* FR Huron, S.D./Wolsey-Wessington High School Megan Schrempp FR Gettysburg, S.D./Potter County High School Victoria Sopko SR Forest City, Iowa/Forest City High School Jamie Tebben FR Redfield, S.D./Redfield High School Madison Whitcomb* FR Litchfield, Minn./Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City High School Latavia Williams* FR Huron, S.D./Wolsey-Wessington High School *Redshirt DAKOTA STATE OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD/4