2016 South Dakota State Cross Country Media Guide

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts.......................................... 2 Coaching Staff..................................... 3 Jackrabbit Men..............................4-15 Men’s Preview................................................. 4 2015 Team Results......................................... 5 Seniors.........................................................6-10 Juniors...................................................... 10-11 Sophomores........................................... 11-13 Freshman................................................. 13-15 Jackrabbit Women.......................16-28 Women’s Preview........................................16 2015 Team Results.......................................17 Seniors...................................................... 18-19 Juniors...................................................... 20-21 Sophomores........................................... 22-25 Freshmen................................................. 26-28 Jackrabbit History.......................29-31 Men’s History.................................................29 Women’s History..........................................30 Jackrabbit Hall of Fame.............................31 SDSU Classic..................................................32 NCAA Midwest Regional Results...........24 The Summit League.....................34-35 Summit League Championship.............34 About SDSU..................................36-39 Administration...................................... 38-39 Media Outlets and Information....... 40 2016 SDSU Cross Country Media Guide Credits The 2016 South Dakota State cross country media guide is a copyright production of the South Dakota State University Sports Information Office, 2820 HPER Center, Brookings, S.D. 57007-1497.

The publication was written, designed and edited by sports information graduate assistant Jared Todd with assistance from assistant athletic director Jason Hove, assistant director Michele Schmidt and graduate assistant Whitney Truax.

Front and back cover by SDSU University Marketing and Communications. Photos credited to Dave Eggen, Inertia Sports; Alegra of Brookings; Emily Weber, SDSU University Marketing and Communications. © South Dakota State University, Sports Information Office,

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South Dakota State Cross Country Quick Facts SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY Location................................................................................. Brookings, S.D. Founded/Enrollment............................................................1881 (12,554) Affiliation..............................................................................NCAA Division I Nickname..................................................................................... Jackrabbits Colors.................................................................................... Yellow and Blue Conference.................................................................The Summit League President..................................................................................Barry H. Dunn Director of Athletics.....................................................................Justin Sell TEAM INFORMATION Coaching Staff: Head Coach............................................................................ Rod DeHaven Alma Mater ..........................................................South Dakota State, ‘89 Season with SDSU...................................................................................13th Graduate Assistant Coach ...................................................... Emily Paull Alma Mater............................................................................ Aurora (Ill), ‘16 Season with SDSU .....................................................................................1st Men: 2016 Summit League Preseason Poll.........................................Second 2015 Summit League Finish .........................................................Second Top Returners: Trevor Capra, Joel Reichow, Brendan Sage Women: 2016 Summit League Preseason Poll............................................... First 2015 Summit League Finish .........................................................Second Top Returners: Emily Donnay, Jenna Grossenburg, Rachel King, Halie Mechels CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY Men: All-Americans (Division I) ............................................................................. 5 Summit League Championships.................................. 2009, ‘10, ‘12, ‘13 NCAA DI Independent Regional Championships.......................... 2005 NCAA Division II Championships .......................... 1959, ‘73, ‘86, ‘89, ‘96 All-Americans (Division II) ...........................................................................78 North Central Conference Championships ...........................................29 NAIA Champions .......................................................................................1956 Women: Summit League Championships .........................................................2008 NCAA DI Independent Regional Championships ..........................2006 NCAA Division II Championships .........................................................1981 All-Americans (Division II) .......................................................................... 41 North Central Championships .................................................................... 9 AIAW National Championships ............................................................1980 SPORTS INFORMATION Director.........................................................................................Jason Hove Office.......................................................................................(605) 688-4623 Email.................................................................... jason.hove@sdstate.edu Graduate Assistant/XC SID...................................................... Jared Todd Office.......................................................................................(605) 688-4623 Cell...........................................................................................(970) 294-5898 Email..................................................................... jared.todd@sdstate.edu

2016 SCHEDULE Date Meet Fri., Sept. 2 NDSU Open Fri., Sept. 9 Oz Memorial Sat., Sept. 24 Roy Griak Invitational Sat., Oct. 1 SDSU Classic Fri., Oct. 14 Wisconsin Invite (Men) Fri., Oct. 14 Bradley Classic (Women) Sat., Oct. 22 Mt. Marty Invitational Sat., Oct. 29 Summit League Champ.

Fri., Nov. 11 NCAA Midwest Regional Fri., Nov. 18 NCAA Championships JACKRABBIT MEN Name Isaiah Barlow Kyle Burdick Trevor Capra Chase Cayo Connor Haaland Eric Janssen Ayub Kassim Chandler Klawitter Cal Lawton Micah Mather Lukas Nelson Josh Prohaska Joel Reichow Brendan Sage Alejandro Sanchez Seb Sowada

Location Time (CT) Fargo, N.D. 5 p.m.

Falcon Heights, Minn. 6:30 p.m.

Falcon Heights, Minn. 12:20 p.m.

Edgebrook GC 10:30 a.m.

Verona, Wis. 3:10 p.m.

Peoria, Ill. 3:30 p.m.

Yankton, S.D. 10 a.m.

Macomb, Ill. 11 a.m.

Iowa City, Iowa 11 a.m.

Terre Haute, Ind. 11 a.m.

Year So. So. Sr. R-Fr. R-Fr. Jr. So. R-Fr. So. Fr. R-Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr.

Hometown (Previous School) Hutchinson, Minn. (St. Cloud State) Rapid City, S.D. (Stevens H.S.) Rosemount, Minn. (Rosemount H.S.) St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville H.S.) Rapid City, S.D. (Stevens H.S.) St. Cloud, Minn. (Rocori H.S.) Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie H.S.) Hutchinson, Minn. (Hutchinson H.S.) Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie H.S.) St. Paul, Minn. (Highland Park H.S.) Sioux Falls, S.D. (Roosevelt H.S.) Grimes, Iowa (Iowa Central CC) White Bear Lake, Minn. (White Bear Lake H.S.) St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville H.S.) Plano, Texas (Southwest Minnesota State) Little Falls, Minn. (St. Cloud State)

JACKRABBIT WOMEN Name Year Emily Berzonsky So. Shelby Bickett So. Oksana Covey Fr. Emily Donnay So. Kendra Dykstra Fr. Renae Dykstra So. Rachel Eickhoff So. Anna Fasen Fr. Jenna Grossenburg Sr. Rachel King So. Shyanne Kopfman R-Fr. Halie Mechels Jr. Emma Nelson Fr. Rachel Propst So. Mackenzie Schell Jr. Jamie Schweiss Fr. Marisa Shady Sr. Krista Steele So. Lexi Weisbeck R-Fr. Savannah Woods Fr.

Hometown (Previous School) Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest H.S.) Beresford, S.D. (Beresford H.S.) Ankeny, Iowa (Des Moines Christian H.S.) Kimball, Minn. (Kimball H.S.) Rapid City, S.D. (Stevens H.S.) Rapid City, S.D. (Stevens H.S.) St. Cloud, Minn. (Cathedral H.S.) Monticello, Minn. (Monticello H.S.) Yankton, S.D. (Yankton H.S.) St. Michael, Minn. (St. Michael-Albertville H.S.) Wessington Spgs, S.D. (Wessington Spgs H.S.) Lennox, S.D. (Lennox H.S.) South Range, Wis. (Northwestern H.S.) Pierre, S.D. (T.F. Riggs H.S.) Burnsville, Minn. (Prior Lake H.S.) Rapid City, S.D. (Stevens H.S.) Esko, Minn. (Esko H.S.) Monticello, Minn. (Monticello H.S.) Aberdeen, S.D. (Central H.S.) Yankton, S.D. (Yankton H.S.)

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ROD DeHAVEN

Head Coach / 13th Season / South Dakota State (1986)

Entering his 13th season leading the cross country program, Rod DeHaven has steered the Jackrabbits towards success on the course and in the classroom.

DeHaven led the charge as the athletics program moved up from Division II to Division I. During his tenure, the men’s and women’s teams have combined to capture five league championships in cross country.

The men have claimed four league titles under DeHaven and have finished either first or second in The Summit League each year since 2012. Overall, the men’s program has won 34 league championships dating back to 1924. The women’s team won The Summit League crown in 2008, which was its 10th title in program history and first under DeHaven’s guidance.

DeHaven has coached five individual league champions, the latest being Trent Lusignan, who won The Summit League title in 2015 and was named the league’s athlete of the year. In 2015, Lusignan and Joel Reichow both earned all-American honors, becoming the first pair of teammates to do so in a single season in school history. Lusignan also ran to a 12th-place finish at the 2013 NCAA cross country championships, becoming the school’s first Division I cross country all-American since 1973.

earn that same distinction in 2009. During the past five years, every men’s and women’s cross country and track and field team have earned recognition as an All-Academic Team from the United States Track and Field Coaches Association. The women’s cross country team has routinely ranked as a top-10 team among all NCAA Division I institutions for its work academically, including a tie for fourth place in 2008.

During his four years of cross country competition, DeHaven claimed four North Central Conference individual championships and four top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division II national meet. With DeHaven leading the pack, SDSU captured four conference team championships and the 1985 NCAA Division II National Championship. The most decorated runner in SDSU history, he won a combined 19 individual North Central Conference titles in cross country and track and field and earned all-America honors 15 times in distance running.

Following his collegiate career, DeHaven continued to compete on the national and international scene. In 1994, he debuted in marathon competition, posting a time of 2:14:48 at the Twin Cities Marathon. The following year DeHaven established his personal bests at 5,000 (13:40) and 10,000-meters (28:06), finishing fourth at the U.S. Championships at 10,000-meters.

He represented the United States in the marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Illness slowed DeHaven to a 69th place finish at the Sydney Olympic Games, but he came back in 2001 to finish sixth in the Boston Marathon (2:12:41) and sixth at the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon (2:11:40).

DeHaven was inducted into the Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

DeHaven has coached 32 athletes to earn All-Summit League cross country honors 56 times since the Jackrabbits joined The Summit League in 2007.

SDSU student-athletes have also succeeded academically under DeHaven. In 2005, Brad Lowery was awarded the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for his achievements as a physics major. In 2007, Becka Mansheim was awarded a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship for her work as a nursing major. Stacy Huss became the latest Jackrabbit to

EMILY PAULL

Graduate Assistant / First Season / Aurora (Ill.) (2016)

Emily Paull joined the cross country and track and field programs as a graduate assistant coach in August of 2016.

multiple times. Overall, she graduated from Aurora University with 13 school records and 13 Northern Athletic Conference records.

Prior to accepting the graduate assistant role with SDSU, Paull competed in both cross country and track and field for the previous four years at Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois. She helped lead the team to three consecutive indoor conference championships and back-toback outdoor and cross country conference championships before graduating in May of 2016.

In her time at Aurora, Paull also excelled in the classroom. She majored in health science and minored in coaching and physiology, graduating as a five-time USTFCCCA Academic All-American and CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-American. She also took on an assistant coaching role under head coach Ryan Chapman during her final semester. She assisted in the recruiting process and coached mainly distance events.

Paull, a two-time all-American in the Steeplechase, earned conference Track Athlete of the Meet and Runner of the Year in cross country

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JACKRABBIT MEN are going to have to step up for the team to reach its goals.

“Our key again this fall will be our four and five runners. At worst, our first three guys will be rock solid, and if they are, that’s good, but cross country is definitely a sport where as much as it is individual, if you don’t have a four, if you have a horrible fifth, who cares how good your first is. So, it’s the old proverbial, you’re only as strong as your weakest link.”

SDSU has a competitive roster for the final two spots in their top five. Kyle Burdick made strides in 2015 as a redshirt freshman, and DeHaven thinks that he could play an important role in 2016.

“He was a redshirt freshman and had a really good year last year.

I think he’s someone that will obviously be in that top five as well.

So, I feel good about where he’s at.”

2016 Men’s Preview The 2015 South Dakota State men’s cross country season was both historically good, while simultaneously somewhat disappointing.

“Well, it was a good year,” 13th-year head coach Rodney DeHaven said, “You know, probably disappointing though not winning the conference meet, losing by three or four points or whatever we lost by. To finish 1-2-3 and still get beat it was tough, and to have it happen at home it was tough.”

SDSU entered The Summit League Championship feeling that they were the team to beat, especially on their home course. They had individual finishers 1-2-3, the first team to do that since 2006, but did not win the race, finishing second by four points to IUPUI. On the bright side, the Jackrabbits rebounded and had their best-ever finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional and had two Division-I all-Americans in the same season for the first time in school history.

“The guys bounced back really well at regionals. To be within 30 points of a national qualifying spot was remarkable. Literally, it comes down to 40 seconds. Eight seconds a guy over six miles is not a lot.”

Trent Lusignan and Joel Reichow then raced their way to all-American accolades at the NCAA Championships to finish the season.

SDSU was able to redshirt their entire freshman class from a season ago, something that bodes well for them in 2016 and beyond.

Chase Cayo, Lukas Nelson, and Chandler Klawitter could all help the overall strength of the team in their redshirt freshman seasons, and DeHaven thinks that incoming freshmen Micah Mather could make an impact this season.

“He was the runner-up in Minnesota in Class 2A, and largely looks like somebody that could be an all-league performer. You never know how guys are going to adapt from high school to college.

He’s going from running 5k’s in high school to the college 8k distance. If we bring him along in a smart manner he is somebody who could be very good.”

Overall, the Jackrabbits look like they are in a good spot to compete for the 2016 Summit League title and beyond.

“Obviously, the rival will be IUPUI. They return a ton of guys and are very talented and very determined and it won’t be easy,” DeHaven said, “A lot depends on really what the guys have done this summer. Certainly, we monitor them. They need to really have a good month of August here. And you know, be smart once school starts to even be within shouting distance of those schools that we need to jump over. Our region is going to be very tough. There are going to be six teams ranked in the top 30.”

The Jackrabbits look poised to have a memorable 2016 season, but it’s not going to be a walk in the park.

“To have those two guys be all-Americans, that was a tremendous accomplishment and puts us in with less than a handful of schools that were able to do that. The things that we looked at were the entire Big 10 Conference had one all-American, we had two. The entire Big 12 Conference had one all-American, we had two.”

SDSU loses Lusignan, who was the top Jackrabbit finisher in seven of eight races. The Jacks, however, have plenty of reasons for optimism entering the 2016 season. Trevor Capra, Reichow and Brendan Sage return for their senior seasons with plenty of success and experience under their belts. The three harriers scored for the Jackrabbits in each meet they competed in last season, and all were a part of the 2013 Summit League Championahip squad.

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2015 MEN’S TEAM RESULTS Sept. 4 NDSU Bison Open(6k) Rose Creek Golf Course, Fargo, N.D. Place 2 Trent Lusignan 5 Brendan Sage 11 Dylan Slaba 13 Daniel Pettit 18 Kyle Burdick 20 Cal Lawton 26 Austin Hamm 28 Eric Janssen

3 of 4, 49 pts.

Time 18:45.6 19:09.9 19:29.5 19:35.0 19:43.3 19:51.8 20:15.7 20:20.2

Sept. 11 Oz Memorial (6k) 1 of 3, 34 pts.

Les Bolstad Golf Course, Falcon Heights, Minn.

Place Time 1 Trent Lusignan 18:40.6 6 Brendan Sage 19:07.4 8 Joel Reichow 19:17.6 9 Trevor Capra 19:18.2 13 Connor Branick 19:33.3 14 Ayub Kassim 19:38.5 16 Kyle Burdick 19:41.5 19 Daniel Pettit 19:50.0 21 Cal Lawton 19:55.0 22 Dylan Slaba 20:00.8 23 Grant VanKeulen 20:02.9 26 Eric Janssen 20:14.5 28 Austin Hamm 20:38.4 Sept. 26 Roy Griak Invite (8k) 8 of 23, 257 pts.

Les Bolstad Golf Course, Falcon Heights, Minn.

Place Time 4 Trent Lusignan 25:03.7 39 Joel Reichow 25:50.3 43 Trevor Capra 25:54.5 123 Cal Lawton 27:04.7 130 Kyle Burdick 27:12.4 154 Austin Hamm 27:38.3 163 Daniel Pettit 27:45.1 182 Eric Janssen 28:29.7 193 Kipp Kinsley 28:52.3 Oct. 3 SDSU Classic (8k) Edgebrook Golf Course, Brookings, S.D. Place 1 Joel Reichow 4 Trent Lusignan 6 Trevor Capra 7 Ayub Kassim 8 Brendan Sage 13 Kyle Burdick 14 Connor Branick 17 Andrew Thies 18 Dylan Slaba 21 Eric Janssen 24 Daniel Pettit 27 Grant VanKeulen 28 Cal Lawton 33 Kipp Kinsley 34 Austin Hamm

1of 4, 26 pts.

Oct. 16 Wisconsin Adidas 26 of 36, 572 pts.

Invitational (8k) Thomas Zimmer XC Course, Verona, Wisc.

Place Time 20 Trent Lusignan 23:52.7 30 Joel Reichow 24:01.8 147 Dylan Slaba 24:43.8 161 Trevor Capra 24:48.9 214 Kyle Burdick 25:27.7 233 Ayub Kassim 25:54.9 239 Daniel Pettit 26:17.7 Oct. 31 Summit League

Championship (8k) Edgebrook Golf Course, Brookings, S.D. Place 1 Trent Lusignan 2 Joel Reichow 3 Trevor Capra 16 Brendan Sage 19 Connor Branick 22 Andrew Thies 23 Ayub Kassim 25 Kyle Burdick 26 Dylan Slaba

2 of 7, 39 pts.

Time 24:29.70 24:34.40 24:49.57 25:41.57 25:49.50 26:09.34 26:21.34 26:37.30 26:39.41

Nov. 14 NCAA Midwest 6 of 26, 163 pts.

Regional (10k) Rim Rock Farm, Lawrence, Kan. Place Time 5 Trent Lusignan 29:54.1 6 Joel Reichow 29:56.5 26 Trevor Capra 30:48.0 63 Ayub Kassim 31:34.2 65 Brendan Sage 31:36.4 108 Connor Branick 32:16.4 112 Kyle Burdick 32:24.8 Nov. 21 NCAA Championships E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park, Louisville, Ky. Place 24 Trent Lusignan 36 Joel Reichow

NA Time 30:15.6 30:22.8

Time 25:26.40 25:40.71 25:42.15 25:50.42 25:51.23 26:10.55 26:20.05 26:29.63 26:34.47 26:44.69 26:50.97 26:58.24 27:00.88 27:14.02 27:14.03

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TREVOR CAPRA

SENIOR / ROSEMOUNT, MINN. (ROSEMOUNT) 2015 Finished third in 24:49.57 at The Summit League Championship to earn firstteam all-league honors … placed 26th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10k personal-best 30:48.0 … top-three finisher for Jackrabbits in five of the six meets for the second consecutive season … finished in the top 10 overall in three of six races … season-best 8k time of 24:48.9 at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.

2014 Clocked 25:59.5 at The Summit League Championship to garner second-team all-league recognition … top-three finisher for Jackrabbits in five of the six meets he competed in … placed 66th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10k time of 31:10.7 … started the year with a sixth-place finish at the Bison Open … ran a season-best 8k time of 25:26.6 at the Bradley Pink Classic.

Major: Physical Education/Teacher Education Awards - First Team All-Summit League (2015) - Second Team All-Summit League (2014) - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2014-15) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2015)

2013 Scored in four events as a true freshman, including a 127th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional … second Jackrabbit finisher at the Bradley Classic, clocking a season-best 8k time of 25:48.0 … began the season with a ninth place finish at the Bison XC Duals.

Before SDSU A member of the Nike Cross Country All-Region team … all-state in cross country senior season ... two-time all-conference in cross country ... conference champion in the 1,600-meter run and the 32,00-meter run ... 2011 track state true team champions ... high school track team finished in the top five in state three times.

2015 (Junior) Meet ............................................... Finish/SDSU....... Time at Oz Memorial (6k)............................................ 9/3.............. 19:18.2 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)..........................43/3............. 25:54.5 SDSU Classic (8k)................................................. 5/3............25:42.15 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (8k).........161/4............ 24:48.9 Summit League Championships (8k)........... 3/3............24:49.57 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)..................26/3............. 30:48.0 2014 (Sophomore) at Bison Open (6k)............................................... 6/2............19:26.78 at Oz Memorial (6k)...........................................12/3............. 19:35.8 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k).........................134/3............ 26:52.9 SDSU Classic (8k)................................................12/3...........26:07.93 at Bradley Pink Classic(8k)...............................34/3............. 25:26.6 at Summit League Championships (8k).....14/4............. 25:59.5 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)..................66/2............. 31:10.7 2013 (Freshman) at Bison XC Duals (5k)........................................ 9/4............16:09.32 at Oz Memorial (6k)...........................................18/5............. 20:10.1 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k).........................200/9............ 26:51.7 SDSU Classic (8k)................................................35/8............. 26:53.8 at Bradley Classic (8k)........................................83/2............. 25:48.0 at Summit League Championships (8k).....29/8............. 26:32.4 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k).................127/5............ 32:46.1

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JOSH PROHASKA

SENIOR / GRIMES, IOWA (IOWA CENTRAL CC) 2015 Did not compete in cross country.

Before SDSU 2014 (Iowa Central Community College) Competed at Iowa Central Community College ... ran a personal-best 8K at the 17th annual Dan Huston Invitational, finishing in 27:50.7.

2013 (Iowa Central Community College) Competed at Iowa Central Community College ... ran a season-best 8K at the Chile Pepper Festival, finishing in 28:31.5 ... ran a time of 28:50.0 at the Jim Drews/Tori Newbauer Invitational.

High School Finished fifth (1:57.37) in the 800-meter at the 2013 3A state meet and eighth (1:59.42) at the 2012 3A state meet ... holds cross country school record in the 5K (16:07).

Major: Ecology and Environmental Science

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JOEL REICHOW

SENIOR / WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINN. (WHITE BEAR LAKE) 2015 Earned all-America honors with a 36th-place finish at the NCAA Championships … ran a season-best 10k time of 29:56.5 at the NCAA Midwest Regional to place sixth and clinch first-team all-region accolades … earned all-league status with second-place finish at The Summit League Championships in 24:34.40 … won the SDSU Classic, leading the team to the title and and garnering The Summit League Athlete of the Week (10/6) … top-eight overall finisher in four of seven races … ran a personal-best 8k time of 24:01.8 at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.

2014 Redshirted ... ran unattached at the SDSU Classic, placing fourth in 25:31.01.

Major: Biology

Awards - Summit League Watch List (Cross Country 2016) - First Team All-American (2015) - First Team All-Region (2015) - First Team All-Summit League (2013, 2015) - Second Team All-Summit League (2012) - Summit League Athlete of the Month (9/2013) - Three-time Summit League Athlete of the Week (9/3/13, 9/10/13, 10/6/15) - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2013, 2014, 2015) - Summit League All-Academic Team (2015) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2014, 2015) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2013) 2015 (Junior) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Oz Memorial (6k)............................................8/3............... 19:17.6 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)......................... 39/2.............. 25:50.3 SDSU Classic (8k).................................................1/1.............25:26.40 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (8k)......... 30/2.............. 24:01.8 Summit League Championships (8k)...........2/2.............24:34.40 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)...................6/2............... 29:56.5 at NCAA Championships (10k)..................... 36/2.............. 30:22.8

2013 Placed fifth overall at The Summit League Championships, en route to first-team All-Summit League honors and a second-consecutive team conference title … named The Summit League Athlete of the Month for August/September … first place at Bison XC Duals (5k) in 15:46.38 and second place at Oz Memorial (6k) in 19:19.5, and garnered Summit League Athlete of the Week for his efforts (9/3, 9/10) … top-three Jackrabbit finisher in each race, and top-five overall in four of seven races … finished 58th overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional, in 31:35.6.

2012 Finished 10th overall at the Summit League Championships to earn second-team All-Summit League honors and help the team to a conference title … posted season-best 8k time at The Summit League Championships, finishing in 25:59.7 … ran season-best 10k at the NCAA Midwest Regional in at 32:10.65, placing 71st.

Before SDSU Cross country all-state performer in 2010 and 2011 … four-time cross country all-conference honoree ... finished fifth in the state in 2008, after leading the cross country team to conference and section championships ... team finished runner-up in both 2009 and 2011 in the conference and section ... finished ninth individually at the 2010 state cross country meet after posting a personal-best 16:00.1 … 2012 track and field section champion in the 1,600-meter run (4:16) ... placed ninth in the 1,600 meters at the 2012 state track and field meet to earn all-state honors.

2014 (Redshirt) SDSU Classic (8k).............................................. 4/una..........25:31.01 2013 (Sophomore) at Bison XC Duals (5k)........................................1/1.............15:46.38 at Oz Memorial (6k)............................................2/1............... 19:19.5 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)......................... 70/3.............. 25:29.7 SDSU Classic (8k).................................................5/3............... 25:23.7 at NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational (8k)... 170/3............ 25:02.3 at Summit League Championships (8k)......5/2............... 25:06.2 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)................. 58/3.............. 31:35.6 2012 (Freshman) at Oz Memorial (6k)............................................8/3.............19:25.55 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)......................... 78/5.............. 26:31.2 at Chile Pepper Festival (10k)....................... 118/8............ 33:11.1 at Summit League Championships (8k).... 10/4.............. 25:59.7 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)................. 71/3............32:10.65 8

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BRENDAN SAGE

SENIOR / ST. MICHAEL, MINN. (ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE) 2015 Top-five finisher for the Jackrabbits in five races … began season with a fifth overall finish at the Bison Open, finishing the 6k race in 19:09.9 …16th place at The Summit League Championships in 25:41.57 … scored for the Jackrabbits in their school-best sixth-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing in 31:36.4 to place 65th overall.

2014 Top Jackrabbit finisher in all seven meets and top four overall finisher in five of seven races … finished second overall at The Summit League Championships earning first team All-Summit League honors … set 10k personal-best at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 34th overall in 30:49.9 … won the SDSU Classic with an 8k time of 25:23.95, becoming the fourth Jackrabbit in five years to win the SDSU Classic individual title … finished the Bradley Pink Classic in 24:50.9 setting an 8k personal-best time and placing fourth overall … named Summit League Athlete of the Week twice during the season (9/9, 10/7).

Major: Math Education

Awards - First Team All- Summit League (2014) - Second Team All- Summit League (2013) - Two-time Summit League Athlete of the Week (9/9/14, 10/7/14) - Summit League Newcomer of the Championship (2013) - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2014, 2015) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2013, 2014) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2015)

2013 Finished 10th overall at The Summit League Championships, earning Summit League Newcomer of the Championship honors and second-team all-Summit League for the team championship … competed in the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing in at 32:17.3 to place 90th … finished the Oz Memorial 6k in 19:49.7, placing 12th overall.

Before SDSU Named academic all-state, in addition to finishing eighth at the Class AA Cross Country state meet ... two-time Class AA all-state performer ... 2013 Mississippi 8 All-Conference Academic Team … three-time team captain and four-time team MVP ... five-time Section 5AA Champion and four-time Mississippi 8 Conference Champion … earned the honor of team hardest worker five times … five-time Class AA state participant … 2010 team rookie of the year ... seven-time Mississippi 8 All-Conference ... seven-time varsity letterwinner ... school record holder in both the indoor 3,200-meter run (10:02) and the 5,000-meter run (15:36.50) ... member of the National Honor Society.

2015 (Junior) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU...... Time at Bison Open (6k)...............................................5/1.............. 19:09.9 at Oz Memorial (6k)............................................6/2.............. 19:07.4 SDSU Classic (8k).................................................8/5............25:51.23 Summit League Championships (8k)......... 16/4...........25:41.57 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)................. 65/4............. 31:36.4 2014 (Sophomore) at Bison Open (6k)...............................................2/1............19:08.79 at Oz Memorial (6k)............................................3/1.............. 19:06.5 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)........................ 100/1........... 26:29.0 SDSU Classic (8k).................................................1/1............25:23.95 at Bradley Pink Classic(8k)................................ 4/1.............. 24:50.9 at Summit League Championships (8k)......2/1.............. 25:26.7 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)................. 34/1............. 30:49.9 2013 (Freshman) at Bison XC Duals (5k)........................................6/2............16:02.57 at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 12/3............. 19:49.7 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)........................ 118/5........... 25:24.2 SDSU Classic (8k)............................................... 11/5............. 25:54.1 at NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational (8k)... 203/4........... 25:12.4 at Summit League Championships (8k).... 10/3............. 25:23.2 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)................. 90/4............. 32:17.3

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ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ

SENIOR / PLANO, TEXAS (SW MINNESOTA STATE) 2015 Did not compete in cross country.

Before SDSU 2014 (Southwest Minnesota State) Placed 21st at the NSIC Championships (8k, 26:24) ... finished 64th at the NCAA Regional (10k, 33:43) … placed second (8k, 27:04) at the Border Battle Invite ... finished 23rd (8k, 26:48) at the SDSU Classic ... finished eighth at the Briar Cliff Invite (8k, 25:54) ... fouth (8k, 26:30) at the St. Cloud State Invite.

2013 (Southwest Minnesota State) Competed in all six races for the Mustangs ... season best 26:07 8k at the Briar Cliff Invite, placing 13th ... placed 31st at the NSIC Championships (8k), finishing in 26:44 ... finished 128th (10k, 35:14) at the NCAA Regional meet.

Major: Exercise Science

2012 (Waldorf College) Spent the season at Waldorf College ... named MCAC Freshman of the Year and all-conference in 2012 ... finished third at the MCAC championships with a time of 27:15 ... recorded a time of 28:23 at NAIA nationals.

High School 2012 graduate of Plano East High School ... district champion in the 800-meters (1:55.17) during senior season ... finished 10th at the 2011 district cross country championships with a personal best 5k of 16:12.0 … set personal best of 1:54.03 in the 800-meters at the Jesuit-Sheaner Relays … other personal-best times include of 4:20.1 in the mile and an 8k time of 27:12.0.

ERIC JANSSEN

JUNIOR / ST. CLOUD, MINN. (ROCORI) Awards - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2014, 2015) - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2015-16) 2015 Posted a personal best at the SDSU Classic (8k), placing 21st in 26:44.69 … recorded 6k personal-best time of 20:14.5 at the Oz Memorial … posted a 20:20.2 to finish in 28th place finish at the Bison Open.

2014 Finished in 31st place at the Oz Memorial after running a season-best 6k time of (20:48.1) ... posted a season-best 8k (27:00.4) at the Bradley Pink Classic to finish 161st … placed 41st at the SDSU Classic in 27:32.43.

Major: Math Education 2015 (Sophomore) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (6k)............................................. 28/8.............. 20:20.2 at Oz Memorial (6k)......................................... 26/12............ 20:14.5 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)........................ 182/8............ 28:29.7 SDSU Classic (8k).............................................. 21/10..........26:44.69 2014 (Freshman) at Bison Open (6k).............................................37/10..........21:06.69 at Oz Memorial (6k)..........................................31/10............ 20:48.1 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k).........................260/7............ 29:09.8 SDSU Classic (8k)...............................................41/11..........27:32.43 at Bradley Pink Classic(8k)............................ 161/11........... 27:00.4 10

Before SDSU Lettered all four years in cross country and served as captain as a junior and senior … Central Lakes All-Conference in 2012 and honorable mention in 2011 … twice honored as team’s most-valuable and most dedicated … lettered two years in track and was tabbed as team captain as a senior … earned all-conference honors as a member of the 4x800-meter relay team and all-conference honorable mention in the 3,200-meters ... earned most-improved and team leadership awards ... all-conference Scholar/Athlete Honor Roll and all-state academic team ... received President’s Award for Educational Excellence.

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SEB SOWADA

JUNIOR / LITTLE FALLS, MINN. (ST. CLOUD STATE) Before SDSU 2015 (St. Cloud State) Finished 56th at the NSIC Championships after recording a 28:17.5 … posted a personal-best 8k time at the Bob Waxlax Invitational, finishing in 26:28.2 to claim 15th place … competed at the NCAA Central Regional (10k), finishing in 113th place (33:30.38).

2014 ( St. Cloud State) Competed in four meets … finished 11th at the Bob Waxlax Invitational (8k), with a season-best time of 27:05.0 … recorded a 27:22.99 at the NSIC Championship meet to place 58th.

Major: Mathematics/Statistics

ISAIAH BARLOW

High School Earned three letters in cross country, two letters in track and field and three letters in basketball ... helped lead cross country team to a conference title and earned all-conference honors during senior season ... two-time all-area selection in cross country, and once in track ... all-conference track and field performer in the 1,600-meters, 800-meters and 4x400-meter relay ... qualified for the MSHSL state meet in the 4x800 relay ... helped set school record in the 4x800 relay ... also earned all-conference honors in basketball, and was named the team’s offensive MVP ... played in conference basketball all-star game ... helped team win conference title in basketball ... made the honor roll all four years, and was a member of the national honor society for two years.

SOPHOMORE / HUTCHINSON, MINN. (ST. CLOUD STATE) Before SDSU 2015 (St. Cloud State University) Attended school at St. Cloud State University ... did not compete.

2014 (University of Minnesota) Redshirted … opened the year competing unattached at the Oz Memorial (6k) finishing 38th in 21:18.6 … ran unattached in the Griak Invitational, finishing 231st in 28:11.5 … ran unattached at the 2014 Fall Finale, finishing in 26:51.0 for eighth place.

Major: Sports Management / Sociology

High School Totaled six Wright County Conference titles as a prep between cross country and track … a two-time Wright County Conference cross country champion, winning in 2012 and 2013 … won the conference crown in the 1,600 meters in 2013 and 2014 and picked up conference titles in the 800 meters in 2013 and the 3,200 meters in 2014 … recorded four top-10 finishes in state competitions, highlighted by a third-place finish at the MSHSL Class AA cross country meet in 2013 as a senior … a three-time all-state selection and an eight-time all-conference pick … holds Hutchinson High School records for the indoor 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters and outdoor 5,000 meters and 3,200 meters … earned a total of nine athletic letters as a prep (four in cross country, five in track).

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KYLE BURDICK

SOPHOMORE / RAPID CITY, S.D. (STEVENS) Awards - Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2015) - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2015-16) 2015 Competed in seven races as a redshirt freshman, scoring in three … finished 18th at the Bison Open (6k) … clocked season-best 6k time of 19:41.5 at the Oz Memorial to place 16th overall … recorded a season-best 8k time at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, finishing in 25:27.7 for 214th place … finished in 32:24.8 at the NCAA Midwest Regional (10k) to place 112th.

2014 Redshirted ... did not compete.

Before SDSU Placed at state meet 10 times ... served as team captain as a junior and track and field captain as a senior.

Major: Natural Resources Law Enforcement

AYUB KASSIM

2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (6k)............................................. 18/5.............. 19:43.3 at Oz Memorial (6k)...........................................16/7............. 19:41.5 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k).........................130/5............ 27:12.4 SDSU Classic (8k)................................................13/6...........26:10.55 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (8k).........214/5............ 25:27.7 Summit League Championships (8k)..........25/8...........26:37.30 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k).................112/7............ 32:24.8

SOPHOMORE / EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. (EDEN PRAIRIE) 2015 Ran a 10k personal-best 31:34.2 at the NCAA Regional, finishing fourth in the race for the Jackrabbits and 63rd overall … placed seventh overall at the SDSU Classic, with a season best 25:50.42 in the 8k … finished 14th overall at the OZ Memorial in 19:38.5.

2014 Redshirted ... ran unattached at the SDSU Classic, placing 40th (27:32.29).

Before SDSU Member of championship 4x800-meter relay and set a school record (7:47.61) …

2013 all-conference honoree … placed third at the 2013section in the 800-meters and third with the 4x800 relay team in 2012.

Major: Electronics Engineering Technology

2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 14/6.............. 19:38.5 SDSU Classic (8k).................................................7/4.............25:50.42 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (8k).........233/6............ 25:54.9 Summit League Championships (8k)..........23/7...........26:21.34 at NCAA Midwest Regional (10k)..................63/4............. 31:34.2 2014 (Redshirt) SDSU Classic (8k)............................................. 40/una........27:32.29

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CAL LAWTON

SOPHOMORE / EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. (EDEN PRAIRIE) 2015 Competed in four races as a redshirt freshman … ran a season-best 8k at the SDSU Classic, finishing in 28th (27:00.88) … ran a 19:51.8 and finished 20th overall at the Bison Open (6k) … finished 123rd (27:04.7) and was the fourth jackrabbit finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational (8k).

2014 Redshirted ... ran unattached at the Roy Griak Invite, placing 60th with a time in 27:39.8 ... ran unattached at the SDSU Classic, running a 26:56.96 to place 27th.

Major: Biology

Before SDSU Lettered four times each in cross country and track ... served as captain of the cross country and track teams senior year ... holds school records in the 800-meter run (1:52.5) and as a member of the 4x800 relay (7:47.61) ... went to state championships three times in both cross country and track ... won the 4x800 relay as a senior, and came in second in the open 800-meters and 4x400 relay ... won the 4x800 relay and finished in seventh in the 800-meters as a junior ... placed third in the 4x800 relay and fifth in the 4x400 as a sophomore at the 2012 state championships ... captured the Rotary Club Golden Eagle award senior year and the Excel Award junior year ... sister, Laura Lawton, competed for the Jackrabbits cross country and track & field teams from 2011-15.

2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (6k)............................................. 20/6.............. 19:51.8 at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 21/9.............. 19:55.0 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)........................ 123/4............ 27:04.7 SDSU Classic (8k).............................................. 28/13..........27:00.88 2014 (Redshirt) SDSU Classic (8k)............................................. 27/una........26:56.96 at Roy Griak Invitational (8k)....................... 60/una.......... 27:39.8

CHASE CAYO

FRESHMAN / ST. MICHAEL, MINN. (ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE) 2015 Redshirted ... did not compete.

Before SDSU Two-time all-state and top-10 finisher in the Minnesota Class AA State cross country meet … four-time all-conference in the Mississippi 8 Conference … twotime conference champion in the Mississippi 8 Conference … member of the 2013 and 2014 conference champion St. Michael-Albertville teams … two-time section 5AA champion, and a member of 2014 Section Champion St. Michael-Albertville team … three-time Minnesota state participant … member of the 2014 St. Michael-Albertville team placing fourth at Class AA State meet… named third team All-Midwest Region at the 2014 Footlocker Midwest Regional championship meet … two-time captain for St. Michael-Albertville … freshman year voted rookie of the year… sophomore year voted most improved… junior and senior year voted hardest worker and team MVP… school record holder in the 5K… A and B Honor Roll honors at St. Michael-Albertville … Social Studies Department Award recipient senior year.

Major: History

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CONNOR HAALAND

FRESHMAN / RAPID CITY, S.D. (STEVENS) 2015 Redshirted ... did not compete.

Before SDSU All-state in track and field in 2013 and 2014, and all-state in cross country in 2014 … member of the state-champion 4x800-meter relay team in 2014 … voted teams “Top Cross Country Newcomer” in 2012 … voted Most Dedicated track and field athlete in 2014 and 2015 … cross country team captain in 2013, and track and field team captain in 2015.

Major: Pre-Pharmacy

CHANDLER KLAWITTER

FRESHMAN / HUTCHINSON, MINN. (HUTCHINSON)

2015 Redshirted ... did not compete.

Before SDSU Three-time all-conference perfromer in cross country … qualified for the 2014 state championship, finishing fifth ... three-time Hamline Elite meet participant … earned all-conference honors in track in 2013 and 2014 … qualified for the state championships as a member of 4x800-meter relay team in 2013 and 2014.

Major: Geography

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MICAH MATHER

FRESHMAN / ST. PAUL, MINN. (HIGHLAND PARK) Before SDSU Runner-up finishes at both the Minnesota Class AA state cross country meet and the Nike Heartland Regional Championships in 2015 … finished 24th at the 2015 Nike Cross Country Nationals … recorded a top 5k time of 15:03.0 ... personal-best times of 4:24 in the 1,600-meters … personal-best time of 9:30 in the 3,200-meters.

Major: Physics

LUKAS NELSON

FRESHMAN / SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (ROOSEVELT) 2015 Redshirted ... did not compete.

Before SDSU All-State in cross country and track … fourth in 3,200-meter run and first in the 4x800 relay … cross country team runner-up … state champions in track …

Roosevelt High School Most Improved in track … 2015 Roosevelt Rider Award in cross country … member of the National Honor Society … academic all-state in cross country.

Major: Biology

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JACKRABBIT WOMEN

2016 Women’s Preview In 2015, the South Dakota State women’s cross country team seemingly improved each week. They fell just short of a Summit League title, finishing second to South Dakota. Five women earned all-league honors, including three returners for the 2016 season.

“Well, for the women, it wasn’t an easy season, but in the same sense it was a season with nice progression and I think we had a decent chance to challenge USD for the conference meet,” 13thyear head coach Rodney DeHaven said, “We had some young people step up and those young people will be the foundation of our team this fall.”

The women followed up their second-place finish at The Summit League Championships finishing 17th at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

The Jacks will have a young core for the 2016 season, the preseason roster features two seniors, two juniors, eight sophomores and nine freshmen. Junior Halie Mechels, and sophomores Rachel King and Emily Donnay will look to build on breakout seasons, after all three earned all-league honors in 2015. Jenna Grossenburg will provide senior leadership to the team after redshirting in 2015.

“We’ll get Jenna back, who was an all-league performer [in 2013]. It has been a while, but when she’s on, she can be very good.”

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The return of Grossenburg, mixed with the emergence of some underclassmen will be the key to success in 2016 for the Jackrabbits.

“A couple of other sophomores that I think made some progressions through the year are Emily Berzonsky and Rachel Propst, who could definitely make a difference for us as well,” DeHaven said.

As for freshman making an impact on the 2016 season, DeHaven feels that it is well within the realm of possibilities.

“We think there are three pretty decent incoming freshmen. The adaptation isn’t as much for the women because it’s just a kilometer more [than what they ran in high school], so Jamie Schweiss, Kendra Dykstra and Savannah Woods, who was the South Dakota state cross country champion [could have an impact].”

The Summit League figures to be a deep league in 2016, but the Jackrabbits like their foundation.

“The good thing is that we will pretty much have everyone back on the women’s side for the next several years, but they’ve got to get better and obviously the league is very good. No one is going to stand pat, and IUPUI’s women will probably be in the mix to win this year, as well as USD, NDSU. It will be a very, very tight team race.”

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2015 WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS Sept. 4 NDSU Bison Open(4k) Rose Creek Golf Course, Fargo, N.D. Place 4 Emily Donnay 5 Rachel King 12 Halie Mechels 16 Emily Berzonsky 21 Mackenzie Schell 25 Rachel Propst 27 Marisa Shady 39 Rachel Eickhoff

3 of 4, 56 pts.

Time 14:15.5 14:19.4 15:07.2 15:19.1 15:30.9 15:40.7 15:42.6 16:30.1

Sept. 11 Oz Memorial (6k) 3 of 4, 72 pts.

Les Bolstad Golf Course, Falcon Heights, Minn.

9 Rachel King 22:44.3 11 Kirsten Anderson 22:47.7 13 Emily Donnay 22:54.4 19 Samantha Anderson 23:04.2 26 Halie Mechels 23:23.7 30 Laura Lawton 23:41.3 34 Emily Berzonsky 23:56.9 36 Cheyanne Bowers 24:06.0 42 Marisa Shady 24:35.6 46 Karley Konkol 24:42.6 50 Mackenzie Schell 25:10.7 51 Rachel Propst 25:25.2 57 Rachel Eickhoff 25:50.7 Sept. 26 Roy Griak Invite (6k) 17 of 26, Les Bolstad Golf Course, Falcon Heights, Minn.

Place 77 Kirsten Anderson 79 Samantha Anderson 98 Emily Donnay 119 Halie Mechels 158 Emily Berzonsky 212 Marisa Shady 234 Krista Steele 236 Rachel Eickhoff Oct. 3 SDSU Classic (5k) Edgebrook Golf Course, Brookings, S.D. Place 6 Samantha Anderson 7 Rachel King 8 Kirsten Anderson 9 Emily Donnay 10 Jessica Eibs 11 Halie Mechels 12 Laura Lawton 15 Emily Berzonsky 17 Marisa Shady 31 Karley Konkol 37 Mackenzie Schell 38 Krista Steele 40 Rachel Propst 45 Rachel Eickhoff una Megan West una Renae Dykstra una Lexi Wiesbeck una Shyanne Kopfmann una Shelby Bickett una Sally Peterson

470 pts.

Time 23:05.7 23:05.9 23:21.9 23:42.3 24:14.0 25:32.9 26:47.8 27:19.3

2 of 5, 40 pts.

Time 18:02.81 18:10.31 18:13.20 18:16.48 18:20.18 18:25.13 18:29.63 18:57.40 18:58.90 19:35.48 19:56.53 20:10.02 20:11.06 20:19.60 18:14.58 20:26.49 21:06.73 21:19.27 23:39.27 23:50.46

Oct. 16 Wisconsin Adidas 7 of 8, 132 pts.

Invitational (6k) Thomas Zimmer XC Course, Verona, Wisc.

Place Time 28 Kirsten Anderson 21:38.1 32 Samantha Anderson 21:44.9 43 Halie Mechels 22:04.1 46 Laura Lawton 22:07.3 61 Rachel King 22:38.5 62 Marisa Shady 22:38.8 66 Emily Donnay 22:51.3 70 Emily Berzonsky 23:05.0 72 Karley Konkol 23:31.0 73 Mackenzie Schell 24:00.5 75 Rachel Propst 24:08.4 77 Rachel Eickhoff 24:51.1 Oct. 24 Mt. Marty Invite (5k) Mt. Marty XC Course, Yankton, S.D. Place una Mackenzie Schell una Rachel Propst una Renae Dykstra una Rachel Eickhoff una Shyanne Kopfman una Lexi Weisbeck

NA Time 18:53.5 19:15.3 20:02.8 20:15.4 21:12.7 21:16.0

Oct. 31 Summit League 2 of 8, 46pts.

Championship (6k) Edgebrook Golf Course, Brookings, S.D. Place Time 5 Samantha Anderson 21:56.19 6 Rachel King 21:56.24 9 Emily Donnay 22:16.17 12 Kirsten Anderson 22:44.93 14 Halie Mechels 22:49.08 20 Emily Berzonsky 23:02.39 21 Laura Lawton 23:04.97 31 Marisa Shady 23:45.61 Nov. 14 NCAA Midwest 17 of 32, 441 pts.

Regional (6k) Rim Rock Farm, Lawrence, Kan. Place Time 81 Samantha Anderson 21:56.0 83 Rachel King 21:57.6 85 Emily Donnay 21:58.8 93 Halie Mechels 22:03.1 104 Kirsten Anderson 22:11.6 127 Emily Berzonsky 22:27.6 189 Rachel Propst 23:33.8

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JENNA GROSSENBURG

SENIOR / YANKTON, S.D. (YANKTON) 2015 Redshirted ... did not compete.

2014 Finished 32nd in 24:16.5 at the Oz Memorial ... placed 28th at the SDSU Classic with a time of 19:11.48 ... ran a 22:50.2 at the Bradley Pink Classic to claim 93rd ... finished 24th at the Summit League Cross Country Championships in 23:25.6 ... ran a 22:17.3 at the NCAA Midwest Regional to place 146th.

2013 Finished 12th at the Bison Open in15:28.26 ... placed 36th with a 24:34.9 at the Oz Memorial ... posted a 23:51.00 at the Griak Invite (6k) ... clocked a 19:08.8 to place 32nd at the SDSU Classic ... ran a season-best 6k time of 22:21.00 at the Bradley Classic, placing 66th ... placed 14th at The Summit League Championships (22:30.9) ... recorded a 22:34.5 at the NCAA Midwest Regional.

Major: Early Childhood Education Awards - Second Team All-Summit League (2013) - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2013, 2014) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2012, 2013, 2014)

2015 (Redshirt) Did not compete.

2012 Placed 53rd at the OZ Memorial in 24:45.71 ... finished 155th at the Griak Invite in 24:47.0 ... placed 149th at Chile Pepper Invite in 23:49.0 ... finished 37th at The Summit League Championships in 23:52.5 ... placed 148th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in 23:40.90.

Before SDSU Athlete of the Year in track and cross country ... led team to a state cross country championship as a senior, finishing fourth overall ... finished 11th individually as a sophomore and eighth overall as a junior at the cross country state meet ... track team won state championship during sophomore and senior seasons in Eastern South Dakota track ... as a sophomore, finished fifth in the 3,200-meter run and eighth in 1,600-meter run at the state meet ... finished third in the 3200-meter run and eighth in the 1,600-meter run at the state meet in 2011 ... individual ESD champion as a junior.

2014 (Junior) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 32/7.............. 24:16.5 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 234/5............ 24:30.1 SDSU Classic (5k)............................................... 28/5............19:11.48 at Bradley Pink Classic (6k)............................. 93/6.............. 22:50.2 at Summit League Championships (6k).... 24/7.............. 23:25.6 at NCAA Midwest Regional (6k).................. 146/6............ 22:17.3 2013 (Sophomore) at Bison XC Duals (4k)...................................... 12/4............15:28.26 at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 36/5.............. 24:34.9 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 223/8...........23:5100 SDSU Classic (5k)............................................... 32/5.............. 19:08.8 at Bradley Classic (6k)....................................... 66/6.............. 22:21.0 at Summit League Championships (6k).... 14/5.............. 22:30.9 at NCAA Midwest Regional (6k).................. 133/5............ 22:34.5 2012 (Freshman) at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 53/5............24:45.71 SDSU Classic (5k)............................................... 31/9............19:20.94 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 155/7............ 24:47.0 at Chile Pepper Festival (6k)......................... 149/7............ 23:49.0 at Summit League Championships (6k).... 37/7.............. 23:52.5 at NCAA Midwest Regional (6k).................. 148/7..........23:40.90

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MARISA SHADY

SENIOR / ESKO, MINN. (ESKO) 2015 Finished 27th at the Bison Open … ran season-best 6k (22:38.8) at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, placing 62nd … placed 17th overall at the SDSU Classic, in 18:58.90 on the 5k course … competed at The Summit League Championships, finishing in 23:45.61 and eighth amongst Jackrabbit competitors.

2014 Placed 32nd at the Bison Open in 20:33.11... clocked a 25:23.2 at the Oz Memorial to place 51st ... ran a 25:25.6 at the Roy Griak Invite ... placed 37th at the SDSU Classic in19:23.27 ... ran a 23:14.7 at the Bradley Pink Classic to finish 146th.

2013 Ran a 24:07.65 at the Griak Invite ... finished 52nd at the SDSU Classic in 19:38.2 ... ran fastest 6k time (22:24.0) of the season at the Bradley Classic, finishing 74th overall ... ended the season with a 29th-place finish at The Summit League Championships in 23:01.7.

Major: Nursing

Awards - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2015) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2013, 2014) - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2013, 2014, 2015)

Before SDSU State cross country champion ... cross country team state champion ... 14-time state medalist (cross country/track) ... team state track champions 2011-13 ... cross country team section champions 2007-12 ... track team section champions 2007-12 ... 18 varsity letters ... all-conference (cross country, basketball, track) ... four-time all-state honoree in cross country and track ... six-year state participant in cross country and track ... Duluth News Tribune Runner of the Year (2010, 2011, 2012) ... Esko High School’s Outstanding Female Athlete Award as a senior ... holds five school records; one in cross country (5k) and four in track (4x800-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay, triple jump) ... voted team captain (cross country, track, basketball) ... academic all-conference (cross country, basketball, track) ... four-sport varsity athlete (cross country, soccer, basketball, track) ... academic all-state (cross country, basketball, track) ...... member of National Honor Society.

2015 (Junior) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (4k)............................................. 27/7.............. 15:42.6 at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 42/9.............. 24:35.6 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 212/6............ 25:32.9 SDSU Classic (5k)............................................... 17/8............18:58.90 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k)......... 62/6.............. 22:38.8 Summit League Championships (6k)......... 31/8............23:45.61 2014 (Sophomore) at Bison Open (5k)............................................. 32/7............20:33.11 at Oz Memorial (6k)......................................... 51/12............ 25:23.2 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 308/8............ 25:25.6 SDSU Classic (5k)............................................... 37/7............19:23.27 at Bradley Pink Classic (6k)............................ 146/9............ 23:14.7 2013 (Freshman) at Roy Griak Invitational (6k).......................242/12.........24:07.65 SDSU Classic (5k).............................................. 52/12............ 19:38.2 at Bradley Classic (6k)....................................... 74/8.............. 22:24.0 at Summit League Championships (6k).... 29/8.............. 23:01.7

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HALIE MECHELS

JUNIOR / LENNOX, S.D. (LENNOX) 2015 Finished 14th overall at The Summit League Championships to earn second-team All-Summit League honors … top-five Jackrabbit finisher in six of seven meets … ran a 6k personal-best at the NCAA Midwest Regional, in 22:03.1 and finishing 93rd overall … finished 43rd overall (22:04.1) at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k) … placed 12th overall at the NDSU Classic (4k), finishing in 15:07.2.

2014 Placed 46th at the Bison Open (21:46.54) ... ran a time of 25:44.5 to finish 56th at the Oz Memorial ... ran a 26:06.5 at the Roy Griak Invite (6k) ... finished 62nd at the SDSU Classic in 20:20.92 ... placed fifth in the open division at the Bradley Pink Classic with a time of 23:35.6.

Major: Biochemistry

Awards - Second Team All-Summit League (2015) - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2015) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2014, 2015)

Before SDSU Served as co-captain of cross country and track and field teams as a senior ... four-time recipient of Hurdler of the Year Award ... qualified for state cross country meet in 2013 ... runner-up in the 2014 region meet in the 800 meter ... competed at 2011 state meet in the high jump, placing fourth ... ran the 100-meter hurdles at 2012 state meet ... competed in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and the high jump at 2013 state meet ... placed fourth in the high jump, fifth in the 800-meters and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles at 2014 state meet ... also competed in the 300-meter hurdles at 2014 state meet.

2015 (Sophomore) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (4k)............................................. 12/3.............. 15:07.2 at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 26/5.............. 23:23.7 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 119/4............ 23:42.3 SDSU Classic (5k)............................................... 11/6............18:25.13 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k)......... 43/3.............. 22:04.1 Summit League Championships (6k)......... 14/5............22:49.08 at NCAA Midwest Regional (6k)................... 93/4.............. 22:03.1 2014 (Freshman) at Bison Open (5k)............................................ 46/11..........21:46.54 at Oz Memorial (6k)......................................... 56/13............ 25:44.5 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k).......................329/11........... 26:06.5 SDSU Classic (5k).............................................. 62/13..........20:20.92 at Bradley Pink Classic (6k).............................. una.............. 23:35.6

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MACKENZIE SCHELL

JUNIOR / BURNSVILLE, MINN. (PRIOR LAKE) 2015 Posted a season-best 6k finish at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, finishing in 24:00.5 … finished 37th at the SDSU Classic (5k) in 19:56.53 … ran a 15:30.9 at the Bison Open (4k), placing 21st.

2014 Placed 21st at the Bison Open in 20:18.54 ... finished 59th at the Oz Memorial in 25:57.2 ... ran a 20:26.64 to place 65th at the SDSU Classic ... finished third in the open division at the Bradley Pink Classic in 23:29.0 ... placed 27th at The Summit League Cross Country Championships with a time of 23:34.1.

Major: Advertising

Before SDSU Ran at state cross country meet four times and helped team to a second-place finish in 2009 ... three-time all-conference honoree and six-time letterwinner in cross country ... voted a team captain as a senior ... earned all-state and all-academic honors six times ... was a five-year letterwinner in track … ran at state track and field meet twice, placing fifth in the 4x800 relay in 2011 and second in 2012 ... earned all-state in track twice and all-conference three times ... owns third-best times in school history for 3,200-meters and 1,600-meters.

Awards - Summit League Commissioners List of Academic Excellence (2015) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2015) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2014)

2015 (Sophomore) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (4k)............................................. 21/5.............. 15:30.9 at Oz Memorial (6k)......................................... 50/11............ 25:10.7 SDSU Classic (5k).............................................. 37/11..........19:56.53 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k)........ 73/10............ 24:00.5 at Mount Marty Invitational (5k)................... una.............. 18:53.5 2014 (Freshman) at Bison Open (5k)............................................. 21/5............20:18.54 at Oz Memorial (6k)......................................... 59/14............ 25:57.2 SDSU Classic (5k).............................................. 65/14..........20:26.64 at Bradley Pink Classic (6k).............................. una.............. 23:29.0 at Summit League Championships (6k).... 27/9.............. 23:34.1

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EMILY BERZONSKY

SOPHOMORE / LINCOLN, NEB. (SOUTHWEST) 2015 Ran a personal-best 6k in 22:27.6 during the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 127th … 15th overall at the SDSU Classic (5k) in18:57.40 … placed 16th at the Bison Open, finishing the 4k in 15:19.1.

Before SDSU Three-time all-state in cross country (2010-12) … team captain in 2011 and 2012 and was voted team MVP 2010-12 … finished 32nd in 2009, 15th in 2010, 11th in 2011, eighth in 2012 at the state cross country meet … Southwest high school cross country team captain in 2014 … 2014 Class A District A-4 champion … 2013 and 2014 Class A super state … 2013 Class A Team state champion member … 2013 and 2014 NCAA Class A State top-10 cross country finishes … holds school and conference record in the 4K … holds 5K record for NCAA State Cross Country Championship … graduated in top 10 percent of class and earned Scholar Athlete award from 2009-15 … National Honor Society member and an AP Scholar … academic all-state in journalism … Honor Roll student each semester.

Major: Exercise Science 2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (4k)............................................. 16/4.............. 15:19.1 at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 34/7.............. 23:56.9 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 158/5............ 24:14.0 SDSU Classic (5k)............................................... 15/8............18:57.40 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k)......... 70/8.............. 23:05.0 Summit League Championships (6k)......... 20/6............23:02.39 at NCAA Midwest Regional (6k).................. 127/6............ 22:27.6

SHELBY BICKETT

SOPHOMORE / BERESFORD, S.D. (BERESFORD) 2015 Ran unattached in the SDSU Classic, finishing in 23:39.27.

Before SDSU Qualified for the state cross country meet in 2011 and 2015 … member of state-qualifying 4x800-meter relay team in 2010, 2011 and 2012 ... lettered six times in track, five times in cross country and four times in basketball.

Major: Public Health 2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time SDSU Classic (5k)................................................ una............23:39.27 2014 (Redshirt) Did not compete.

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EMILY DONNAY

SOPHOMORE / KIMBALL, MINN. (KIMBALL) Awards - Second Team All-Summit League (2015) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2015) 2015 Scored in six of seven meets … placed ninth overall at The Summit League Championships earning second-team all-Summit League honors … finished the season with a personal-best 6k of 21:58.8 at the NCAA Regionals, finishing 85th overall … Fourth overall at the Bison Open (4k), finishing in 14:15.5 … finished in 18:16.48 at the SDSU Classic (5k) to place ninth.

Major: Athletic Training

Before SDSU Two-time all-state performer in cross country ... won every race senior season ... won cross country Class A state individual title in 2014 with a personal-best time of 14:27.5 ... two-time Central Minnesota Conference meet individual champion (2013 and 2014) ... won the 1,600-meter run at the 2014 Class 4A state championships ... named the St. Cloud Times all-area Runner of the Year in 2014 ... St. Cloud times all-area selection in 2013 ... named Metro Sports Commision All Star Trophy athlete of the week once in 2014.

2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (4k)...............................................4/1............... 14:15.5 at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 13/3.............. 22:54.4 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)......................... 98/3.............. 23:21.9 SDSU Classic (5k).................................................9/4.............18:16.48 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k)......... 66/7.............. 22:51.3 Summit League Championships (6k)...........9/3............... 22:16.7 at NCAA Midwest Regional (6k)................... 85/3.............. 21:58.8

RENAE DYKSTRA

SOPHOMORE / RAPID CITY, S.D. (STEVENS) 2015 Redshirted ... competed in two races, the SDSU Classic and the Mount Marty Invitational ... ran a season-best 5k 20:02.8 at the Mount Marty Invitational.

2014 Placed 16th at the Bison Open in 20:02.94 ... finished 39th at the Oz Memorial in 24:39.7 ... ran a 26:04.5 at the Roy Griak Invite (6k) ... placed sixth in the open division at the Bradley Pink Classic, in 23:38.6.

Major: Consumer Affairs 2015 (Redshirt) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time SDSU Classic (5k)................................................ una............20:26.49 at Mount Marty Invitational (5k)................... una.............. 20:02.8

Before SDSU Lettered three years in cross country and four years in track ... captained track team senior year ... 2014 state champion in the 4x800 relay and 2013 state champion in the medley relay ... appears on school’s top 10 lists in sprint medley (1), 4x800 relay (2), 800-meter run (4) and 1,600-meter run (9) ... named 2014 all-state ... 2014 all-state academic team ... team’s 2013 Most Improved ... team’s 2013 Sledgehammer award winner ... three-time Iron Raider ... named to the 2013 all-state academic team ... 2012 all-state team .... named 2013 Outstanding Female Athlete at school ... Team’s 2012 Most Valuable Runner ... team’s 2011 Most Improved Runner ... graduated magna cum laude and was on the National Honor Society Honor Roll.

2014 (Freshman) at Bison Open (5k)............................................. 16/2............20:02.94 at Oz Memorial (6k).......................................... 39/8.............. 24:39.7 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k).......................325/10........... 26:04.5 at Bradley Pink Classic (6k).............................. una.............. 23:38.6

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RACHEL EICKHOFF

SOPHOMORE / ST. CLOUD, MINN. (CATHEDRAL) Awards - Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2015) 2015 Competed in six races … ran a personal-best 6k at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, in 24:51.1 … competed unattached at the Mount Marty Invitational (5k), finishing with a season-best 20:15.4 … placed 39th (16:30.1) at the Bison Open (4k).

Before SDSU Cross country team captain in 2014-15 season… nordic skiing captain from 2013-15… earned eight all-state honors and16 varsity letters … participated in 11 state events … ran for the 2012 cross country state champion team … was the Executive Student Senate secretary … was a student ambassador and a member of the Optimist Club … Executive National Honors Society secretary.

Major: Consumer Affairs 2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (4k)............................................. 39/8.............. 16:30.1 at Oz Memorial (6k)......................................... 57/13............ 25:50.7 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 236/8............ 27:19.3 SDSU Classic (5k).............................................. 45/14............ 20:19.6 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k)........ 77/12............ 24:51.1 at Mount Marty Invitational (5k)................... una.............. 20:15.4

RACHEL KING SOPHOMORE / ST. MICHAEL, MINN. (ST. MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE) Awards - Summit League Newcomer of the Championship (2015) - First Team All-Summit League (2015) - Summit League Watch List (Cross Country 2016) - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2015) 2015 Competed in six meets, and was a top-two Jackrabbit finisher five times … ran a season-best 6k at The Summit League Championships, finishing sixth overall to earn Newcomer of the Championship … competed at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing second for the Jackrabbits (83rd overall) in 21:57.6 … placed seventh overall and finished in 18:10.31 at the SDSU Classic … fifth place finish at the Bison Open (4k, 14:19.4).

Major: Health Education 2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (4k)...............................................5/2............... 14:19.4 at Oz Memorial (6k)............................................9/1............... 22:44.3 SDSU Classic (5k).................................................7/2.............18:10.31 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k)......... 61/5.............. 22:38.5 Summit League Championships (6k)...........6/2.............21:56.24 at NCAA Midwest Regional (6k)................... 83/2.............. 21:57.6 24

Before SDSU Earned 11 varsity letters (cross country, hockey, and track)… claimed 13 All-Conference titles … earned 10 Section champion titles… made 12 state meet/tournament appearances … nine all-state titles and captain in cross country, track, and hockey for five seasons … two-time Minneapolis Star Tribune Athlete of the Week … voted St. Michael-Albertville’s first Student-Athlete of the Year … holds six school records in indoor and outdoor track and cross country … holds conference record for 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter run … holds section record for 1,600-meter run … part of five team conference championships and three team section championships … two-time track true team section champions … two track true team state places … four-time academic letterwinner … Student of the Trimester … member of the National Honor Society … graduated with honors

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RACHEL PROPST

SOPHOMORE / PIERRE, S.D. (T.F. RIGGS) Awards - Summit League Academic Honor Roll Distinguished Scholar (2015) 2015 Competed in six races … ran a season-best 6k at The Summit League Championships, finishing in 23:33.8 … finished 25th overall at the Bison Open, finishing the 4k in 15:40.7 … ran a 24:08.4 at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (75th).

Before SDSU All-state in cross country from 2011-2014… Eastern South Dakota cross country all-conference from 2010-14 … cross country team captain sophomore and junior years … track individual state champion in 1,600-meters and 3,200-meter run freshman year … school record holder in the 1,600-meter run and 3,200-meter ryn … top 10 in the 800-meters sophomore year… member of the National Honor Society … Student Senate… Future Business Leaders of America state officer … received National Merit Letter of Commendation … member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Major: Pre-Pharmacy 2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Bison Open (4k)............................................. 25/6.............. 15:40.7 at Oz Memorial (6k)......................................... 51/12............ 25:25.2 SDSU Classic (5k).............................................. 40/13..........20:11.06 at Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (6k)........ 75/11............ 24:08.4 at Mount Marty Invitational (5k)................... una.............. 19:15.3 Summit League Championships (6k)........ 189/7............ 23:33.8

KRISTA STEELE

SOPHOMORE / MONTICELLO, MINN. (MONTICELLO) Awards - Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2015) 2015 Competed in two races as a freshman … finished the SDSU Classic (5k) in 20:10.0 to place 38th.

Before SDSU Three-year member of the cross country team from … state team runner-up in 2010 … state team champions in 2011 … 2011 Heartland Nike Regional Team champions, Nike Nationals Team champions … Athlete of the Week in 2009 and 2014 … honorable mention 2010-13 … all-conference 2009-13… conference team champions in 2014 … track and field captain junior and senior years … state 4x800-meter relay participant as a junior … finished fifth at the state meet in the 4x800 relay as a senior … 2010-15 all-conference in either 4x800-meter relay, 800-meter run and/or 4x400-meter relay … received the Female Athlete of the Year award as a senior … member of the National Honor Society.

Major: Pre-Nursing

2015 (Freshman) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time at Roy Griak Invitational (6k)........................ 234/7............ 26:47.8 SDSU Classic (5k).............................................. 38/12..........20:10.02

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OKSANA COVEY

FRESHMAN / AKENY, IOWA (DES MOINES CHRISTIAN) Before SDSU Earned all-conference and all-district in track four years … 15-time state qualifier and four-time state champion … first team all-state track and field in 2013 and 2016, and second-team all-state honors for cross country in 2016 … three-time all-conference and all-district in cross country … ran a personal-best 5k (19:47.3) at the 2015 state cross country meet to finish 12th … owns school records in the 400-meter run (57.09), 800-meters (2:12.62), 4x400-meter relay (4:01.44), sprint medley relay (1:52.49), and distance medley relay (4:10.43) … finished first in the 400-meters (57.16), 800-meters (2:12.62), and ran the final leg (800 meters) for the first-place distance medley relay team (4:10.43) at the 2016 state track and field meet … member of the first palce 4x400-meter relay team at the 2014 state track and field meet ... named to the Des Moines Register All-Iowa track and field team in the middle distance … academic all-conference 2013-16 in track and field, and 2014-16 in cross country … made high honor roll 2013-16 … National Honor Society 2014-16.

Major: Exercise Science

KENDRA DYKSTRA

FRESHMAN / RAPID CITY, S.D. (STEVENS) Before SDSU Earned all-state honors three times in cross country and twice in track ... lettered five times in cross country and four times in track … ran to first-place finishes in both the medley relay and 4x800-meter relay at the 2014 state track meet … won back-to-back state championships in the 4x800-meter relay in 2014 and 2015 … ran the eighth fastest mile time in South Dakota history (4:58.27), finishing second in the mile at the 2016 state meet … owns the school record in the 1,600m (4:58.27) … team captain for both cross country and track in 2016 … voted Most Valuable teammate and team MVP in track for 2016 … earned cross country all-academic honors in 2016 … named to the honor roll from 2012-16 and was a member of National Honor Society from 2014-16.

Major: Exercise Science/Pre-Physical Therapy

ANNA FASEN

FRESHMAN / MONTICELLO, MINN. (MONTICELLO) Before SDSU Three-time all-conference in cross country and two-time all-conference in track and field … lettered four times in cross country, three times in track and field, and two times in weightlifting … ran a personal-best 5k at the 2015 state sections, finishing in 19:24.0 … ran the second leg for the relay team that broke a long-standing school record in the 4x800-meter relay at the 2014 state track meet … set a 4x800 meter school record in 2015 at the state meet, finishing in 9:20.82 for fourth place … set 800-meter personal-best (2:24.71) at the 2016 sections … team captain in cross country and track and field during senior year … earned academic all-state track and field in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and cross country in 2015 … named academic all-conference all four years in cross and track and field.

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Major: Mechanical Engineering / Biomedical Engineering

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SHYANNE KOPFMAN

FRESHMAN / WESSINGTON SPGS, S.D. (WESSINGTON SPGS) 2015 Redshirted ... ran in two races unnattached ... finished with a season-best 5k time of 21:12.7 at the Mount Marty Invitational.

Before SDSU Placed second at the 2014 state track meet in the 800-meters, finishing with a personal-best time of 2:22.18 … ran the final leg (800-meters) for the 1,600-meter SMR team, finishing fourth place at the 2012 state track and field meet, and sixth at the 2013 state track and field meet … named track and field MVP for 2014 season … earned first-team all-conference honors in volleyball in 2013, and was a second-team all-conference selection in 2012 … earned second team all-conference honors in basketball in 2014 and 2015, and was an honorable mention in 2013 … National Honor Society … South Dakota State Academic Excellence Award recipient … received the American Legion School Award … class of 2015 valedictorian.

Major: Architecture

EMMA NELSON

2015 (Redshirt) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time SDSU Classic (5k)................................................ una............21:19.27 at Mount Marty Invitational (5k)................... una.............. 21:12.7

FRESHMAN / SOUTH RANGE, WIS. (NORTHWESTERN) Before SDSU Posted a personal best 5k time of 20:03 enroute to all-state honors as a senior … won the 2015 conference cross country meet and runner-up in 2013 and 2014 … qualified for the Wisconsin Class D2 state cross country meet four times and the team won the conference championship all four years … named cross country team most valuable runner from 2013-15 … took second at the 2016 sectional track and field meet in the 1,600-meter run, finishing with a personal-best time of 5:17.71 … member of the 4x800-meter relay team that set a school record 9:51.26 at the 2013 state track and field meet … honored with the outstanding senior athlete award from Northwestern High School … earned cross country academic all-state 2012-15 … lettered in cross country four times and track and field three times … National Honor Society from 2014-16 … made high honor roll all four years, and graduated in the top 10 percent of the class.

Major: Animal Science/Pre-Vet

JAMIE SCHWEISS

FRESHMAN / RAPID CITY, S.D. (STEVENS) Before SDSU Earned all-state honors four times each in cross country and track … all-state honoree in track in the 800-meters, 1,600-meters and 3,200-meter run … runner-up at the 2014 Class AA state cross country meet … ran a personal-best 5k in 18:39.58 at the 2015 Nike Heartland Preview to finish in fourth … personal best times in 800-meters (2:15.75), 1,600-meters (5:08.89) and 3,200-meters (11:26.52).

Major: Exercise Science/Pre-Physical Therapy

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LEXI WEISBECK

FRESHMAN / ABERDEEN, S.D. (CENTRAL) 2015 Redshirted ... competed in two races unattached ... recorded a personal best 5k time at the SDSU Classic, finishing in 21:06.73.

Before SDSU Member of the 4x800-meter relay team that won the 2012 and 2013 state track and field meets … team captured the state title at the 2013 state track and field meet … named the 2015 team MVP … school-record holder in medley relay (4:13.75) and ESD holder in 4x800-meter relay (9:21.61)… three-year tutor award.

2015 (Redshirt) Meet ...............................................Finish/SDSU....... Time SDSU Classic (5k)................................................ una............21:06.73 at Mount Marty Invitational (5k)................... una.............. 21:16.0

Major: Construction Management

SAVANNAH WOODS

FRESHMAN / YANKTON, S.D. (YANKTON) Before SDSU Two-time cross country all-American (2012, 2015) … all-conference all four years in cross country, and a three-time all-state selection … won the individual title at the state cross country meet in 2012, and finished runner-up in 2015 … won back-to-back track state titles in the 3,200-meter run (2015, 2016) … finished sixth in the 1,600-meter run at the state track meet in 2015 … named the 2016 Argus Leader Female Cross Country Athlete of the Year … honored with the Yankton Press and Dakotan Female Athlete of the Year award … earned six varsity letters in cross country and five in track and field.

Major: Ag Business

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MEN’S HISTORY Division II National Titles 1956, 1959, 1973, 1985, 1989, 1996

Summit League Titles 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013

NCAA Division I All-Americans Jack Pearson 1952 (14th) Garry Bentley 1973 (8th) Trent Lusignan 2013 (12th), 2015 (24th) Joel Reichow 2015 (36th)

Summit League Coach of the Year Rod DeHaven 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013

NCAA Division I Top 10 Team Finishes 7th (1953), 9th (1954) Top SDSU Finishes at the NCAA Championship 1. Garry Bentley 8th (1973) 2. Trent Lusignan 12th (2013) 3. Jack Pearson 14th (1952) 4. Russell Nash 16th (1952) 5. Jack Pearson 19th (1954) 6. Arlin Patrick 20th (1953) 7. Trent Lusignan 24th (2015) 8. Arlin Patrick 25th (1954) 9. Jack Pearson 28th (1953) 10. Garry Bentley 32nd (1974) NCAA Division I Top 50 Finishes Russell Nash 16th (1952), 35th (1953) Jack Pearson 14th (1952), 28th (1953), 19th (1954) Arlin Patrick 20th (1953), 25th (1954) Garry Bentley 34th (1972), 8th (1973), 32nd (1974) Trent Lusignan 12th (2013), 24th (2015) Joel Reichow 36th (2015) National Individual Champions Don Broksieck 1959 Garry Bentley 1973, 1974

Summit League All-Conference Marshall Kambestad 2007 (1st) Andrew Van Nurden 2007 (1st) Michael Krsnak 2008 (2nd), 2009 (1st), 2010 (1st), 2012 (1st) Greg Beesley 2009 (2nd) Anthony Bongard 2009 (2nd), 2010 (1st), 2013 (2nd) Greg Vollmer 2009 (2nd), 2010 (2nd), 2011 (1st) Jared Ailts 2010 (2nd), 2011 (2nd), 2012 (1st) Trent Lusignan 2011 (2nd), 2012 (1st), 2013 (1st), 2015 (1st) Joel Reichow 2012 (2nd), 2013 (1st), 2015 (1st) Drew Kraft 2013 (2nd), 2014 (2nd) Brendan Sage 2013 (2nd), 2014 (1st) Connor Branick 2014 (2nd) Trevor Capra 2014 (2nd), 2015 (1st) Summit League Athlete of the Month Michael Krsnak October 2012 Joel Reichow September 2013 Trent Lusignan November 2013 Summit League Athlete of the Week Greg Vollmer (9/27/09) Anthony Bongard (9/28/10, 10/5/10) Michael Krsnak (9/4/12, 10/2/12) Trent Lusignan (9/11/12, 10/1/13, 10/8/13, 10/22/13, 9/15/2015, 10/20/2015) Joel Reichow (9/3/13, 9/10/13, 10/6/2015) Brendan Sage (9/9/2014, 10/7/2014)

NCC Individual Champions Loren Chase 1924 Ruben Sorbel 1925, 1926, 1927 Boyd Bankert 1928 Gary Pierson 1958 NCAA Division I Independent Regional Title Lindy Cosgrove 1966 2005 Garry Bentley 1972, 1973, 1974 Doug Austen 1979 Summit League Cross Country Joel Brandt 1980 Athlete of the Year Rod DeHaven 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 Michael Krsnak 2012 Craig Cassen 1989 Trent Lusignan 2013, 2015 Mark McKeown 1996 Brad Lowery 2003 Summit League Individual Champions Michael Krsnak 2012 NCC Titles Trent Lusignan 2013, 2015 1924, 1926, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1970 1972, 1974, 1975, Summit League Championship MVP 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, Michael Krsnak 2012 1987 1989, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, Trent Lusignan 2013, 2015 2003 NCAA Division I Independent Regional Champions Brad Lowery 2005

Summit League Newcomer of the Championship Trent Lusignan 2011 Brendan Sage 2013

4. Michael Krsnak 16th (2010) 5. Brendan Sage 34th (2014) 6.. Michael Krsnak 46th (2008) 7. Michael Krsnak 47th (2012) 8. Anthony Bongard 48th (2010) 9. Trent Lusignan 50th (2012) 10. Anthony Bongard 57th (2013) NCAA Division II All-Americans Jack Pearson 1952 Kenton Bishop 1956, 1957 Jim Schlender 1956 Don Broksieck 1956, 1957 Gary Pierson 1957, 1958 Dewey Pistulka 1957, 1958, 1959 Patrick Murphy 1959 James Stoddard 1960 Dwight Struckman 1960 1961 Richard Rust 1961, 1962 Albert Morton 1964 Robert Busby 1970 Gregory Halling 1970 Garry Bentley 1972, 1973, 1974 Don Solsvig 1972 Scott Underwood 1972 Cyle Wood 1973, 1974 Jeff Hermann 1974 Mike Bills 1976, 1977, 1978 Mark Bills 1976, 1978 Joel Brandt 1980 Dan Carlson 1982, 1983 Joe Chamberlain 1982 Rod DeHaven 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 Todd Stevens 1984, 1985, 1986 Bob Wilson 1985 Rob Beyer 1985 Randy Reichel 1986, 1988 Paul Morgan 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Jeff Massmann 1985,1986 Nate Trebilcock 1988, 1989 Craig Cassen 1988, 1989, 1990 Derrick Powers 1990 Harley Hanson 1991 Travis Wettlaufer 1992, 1993 Paul Danger 1994 Jason Massmann 1994, 1995, 1996 Mark McKeown 1996, 1998 Alan Gross 1996 James DeMarco 1996 Kevin Doe 1999, 2002 Greg Darbyshire 2001, 2002, 2003 Andy Blau 2001 Brad Lowery 2002, 2003 Trent Lusignan 2013, 2015 Joel Reichow 2015

Top SDSU Finishers at the NCAA Midwest Regional 1. Trent Lusignan 2nd (2013) 2. Trent Lusignan 5th (2015) 3. Joel Reichow 6th (2015)

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WOMEN’S HISTORY Division II National Titles 1980, 1981 NCAA Division I Independent Regional Championships 2006 NCAA Division I Top 50 Finishes Vicki Coyle 44th (1981) Top SDSU Finishers at the NCAA Midwest Regional 1. Ashley Storm 40th (2009) Cheyanne Bowers 40th (2013) 3. Danielle Burke 45th (2011) 4. Erin Hargens 55th (2010) 5. Caitlin Berry 59th (2008) 6. Erin Hargens 60th (2012) 7. Kelsey Aune 67th (2009) 8. Tera Potts 67th (2012) 9. Erin Hargens 69th (2011) 10. Courtney Neubert 74th (2013) Summit League Titles 2008 Summit League Coach of the Year Rod DeHaven 2008 Summit League Newcomer of the Championship Rachel King 2015 Summit League All-Conference Caitlin Berry 2007 (1st), 2008 (2nd) Emily Smith 2007 (2nd) Claire Steinke 2007 (2nd), 2008 (2nd) Nicole Davis 2008 (2nd) Ashley Storm 2008 (1st), 2009 (1st) Erin Hargens 2010 (1st), 2012 (1st) Danielle Burke 2011 (2nd) Tera Potts 2012 (2nd) Laura Wolles 2012 (2nd) Cheyanne Bowers 2013 (1st), 2014 (2nd) Jessica Eibs 2013 (1st), 2014 (1st) Jenna Grossenburg 2013 (2nd) Laura Lawton 2013 (2nd), 2014 (2nd) Courtney Neubert 2013 (2nd) Samantha Anderson 2015 (1st) Rachel King 2015 (1st) Emily Donnay 2015 (2nd) Kirsten Anderson 2015 (2nd) Halie Mechels 2015 (2nd)

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NCC Titles 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996 NCC Runner-Up Finishes 1985, 1987, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2003 NCC Individual Champions Nancy Gieske 1980 Kristin Asp 1981, 1982, 1983 Charlene Hubbard 1986 Christy Young 1989 Kiri Johnson 1990, 1991, 1992 Sheena Dauer 2001, 2002, 2003 NCAA Division I Independent Regional Champions Becka Manshiem 2005, 2006 All-Americans Lori Bocklund 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 Nancy Gieske 1980, 1981, 1982 Vicki Coyle 1981 Kristin Asp 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 Audrey Stavrum 1981, 1982, 1983 Cindy Sargent 1981, 1982 Laura Geason 1981 Jackie Hubbard 1985 Charlene Hubbard 1986 Michelle Gerlach 1988 Angela Aukes 1989 Christy Young 1989, 1990 Susie Oster 1989 Kiri Johnson 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Pam Hanson 1990, 1993 Nicole Scherr 1990 Ann Westby 1991, 1992, 1993 Mary Magnell 1993 Shawna DeSmet 1996 Heather Giesen 1996 Allison Lind 2000 Jessie Kindschi 2000 Sheena Dauer 2002

Becka Manshiem (above) won two NCAA Division I Independent individual championships during her time as a Jackrabbit. SDSU captured four consecutive North Central Conference Cross Country titles from 1988 to 1991 (below).

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HALL OF FAME Rube Sorbel (1981) • • • •

Joel Brandt (2012) 17th member of the Jackrabbit Sports Hall of Fame Lettered four times in track and two times in basketball Two-time North Central Conference cross country individual champion Two-time NCC champion in the mile and half mile (1926-27)

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Three-time All-American (197274) 1974 NCAA Division I All-American Two-time national individual champion (1973-74) Three-time NCC individual champion (1972-74) Member of the 1973 national-title winning team Inducted into the Hall of Fame as part of the Festival of Champions ceremony

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Four-time All-American (197982) Member of the 1980 squad that captured SDSU’s last AIAW national championship before joining the NCAA Member of the 1981 team that claimed the inaugural NCAA Division II title with a 26-point score, a record that stands today

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Four-time cross country All-American (1981-84) Six-time track and field All-American Earned All-American honors in the 5,000-meters outdoors in 1982 (third), 1983 (fourth) and 1984 (second) Won the 3,000-meters at the NCAA DII outdoor championships

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1980 cross country All-American 1980 NCC Cross Country individual champion Captured 1981 NCC 5,000-meter individual championship Member of cross country team that won four-straight NCC titles from 1977 to1980

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Three-time All-American (198183) Became the first Jackrabbit female student-athlete to capture an individual national title, winning the 10,000-meter run at the 1982 DII outdoor championships Runner-up at the 1985 DII indoor championships in the 1,500 meters Won three NCC individual titles in the 10K (1982, 1983, 1985)

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Three-time cross country All-American (1988-90) Four-time track and field All-American Captured national title in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in 1989 and 1991 1989 NCC cross country individual champion Placed third at the 1989 NCAA DII cross country meet to lead Jackrabbits to the team title

Rod DeHaven (2014) • • • •

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SDSU CLASSIC South Dakota State University cross country has hosted a meet each year since 2005. The meet takes place at Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings, S.D., where the 2015 Summit League Cross Country Championships were hosted.

In the 2016 season, the SDSU Classic is October 1. The men’s course is eight kilometers, and the women’s course is five kilometers.

Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Team Champion South Dakota State MSU-Mankato MSU-Mankato Nebraska South Dakota State South Dakota State Nebraska South Dakota State South Dakota State North Dakota State South Dakota State

Men’s Results

Runner Up Minn. St.-Mankato Nebraska South Dakota State MSU-Mankato/NDSU Nebraska-Kearney Nebraska-Kearney South Dakota State MSU-Mankato Northern Iowa South Dakota State North Dakota State

Individual Champion Brad Lowery (SDSU, 24:51.4) Greg Liebel (NDSU, 24:31.9) James Krajsa (MSU-M 25:05.0) Brad Lowery (SDSU Alumni, 24:47.0) James Krajsa (MSU-M, 25:32.3) Anthony Bongard (SDSU, 24:46.1) Trevor Vidlak (Nebraska, 24:46.7) Trent Lusignan (SDSU, 24:59.13) Trent Lusignan (SDSU, 24:54.20) Brendan Sage (SDSU, 25:23.95) Joel Reichow (SDSU, 26:25.40)

Top-10 Men’s Times

Name 1 Greg Liebel 2 Anthony Bongard 3 Trevor Vidlak 4 Brad Lowery 5 Michael Krsnak 6 Trent Lusignan 7 Kevin Born 8 Tanner Fruit 9 James Krajsa 10 Tony Turgen

Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Team Champion Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota South Dakota

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Year Time 2006 24:31.9 2010 24:46.1 2011 24:46.7 2008 24:47.0 2011 24:48.5 2013 24:54.2 2006 24:56.2 2010 24:56.4 2007 25:05.0 2005 25:07.4

Women’s Results

Runner Up Nebraska Nebraska SDSU Alumni Nebraska Kansas State Minnesota Duluth Nebraska South Dakota State South Dakota State South Dakota South Dakota State

Individual Champion Annie Shadle (Reebok, 17:12.1) Emily Brown (Minnesota, 17:08.7) Jamie Cheever (Minnesota, 17:20.0) Lara Crofford (Nebraska, 17:31.0) Beverly Ramos (Kansas St., 17:11.5) Morgan Place (Minn. Duluth, 17:08.5) Stephanie Price (Minnesota, 17:19.1) Molly Kayfes (Minnesota, 17:15.82) Molly Kayfes (Minnesota, 17:29.01) Becca Dyson (Minnesota, 17:32.90) Amber Eickhorn (USD, 17:24.72)

Top-10 Women’s Times

Name Affiliation Morgan Place Minnesota Duluth Emily Brown Minnesota Beverly Ramos Kansas State Annie Shadle Reebok Molly Kayfes Minnesota Nikki Swenson Minnesota Ladia Albertson-Junkas Minnesota Stephanie Price Minnesota Jamie Cheever Minnesota Missa Varpness Minnesota

Year Time 2010 17:06.5 2006 17:08.7 2010 17:11.5 2005 17:12.1 2012 17:15.8 2010 17:16.5 2006 17:18.5 2011 17:19.1 2007 17:20.0 2010 17:20.4

South Dakota State Best: Becka Mansheim, 2006 (17:29.80)

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Affiliation North Dakota State South Dakota State Nebraska SDSU Alumni Unattached South Dakota State Iowa State Nebraska-Kearney MSU-Mankato South Dakota

Joel Reichow was the 2015 Men’s SDSU Classic Individual champion, finishing in 26:25.40

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NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL 2015 Host School (Location)......................................................................Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.) Men’s Team Place............................................................................................6th of 26 (163 pts) Top Finisher........................................................................ *Trent Lusignan (Sr.) 5th (29:54.1) .................................................................................................... *Joel Reichow (Jr.) 6th (29.56.5) Women’s Team Place.................................................................................. 17th of 32 (441 pts) Top Finisher........................................................... Samantha Anderson (So.) 40th (21:56.2) 2014 Host School (Location)............................................................................... Bradley (Peoria, Ill.) Men’s Team Place:........................................................................................ 14th of 29 (387 pts) Top Finisher..........................................................................Brendan Sage (Jr.) 34th (30:49.9) Women’s Team Place.................................................................................. 17th of 32 (433 pts) Top Finisher................................................................ Cheyanne Bowers (So.) 65th (21:27.4) 2013 Host School (Location)......................................................................Iowa State (Ames, Iowa) Men’s Team Place:........................................................................................ 10th of 29 (328 pts) Top Finisher....................................................................... *Trent Lusignan (Jr.) 2nd (30:30.3) Women’s Team Place.................................................................................. 15th of 30 (433 pts) Top Finisher..............................................................Cheyanne Bowers (So.) 40th (21:27.43) 2012 Host School (Location)......................................................Missouri State (Springfield, Mo.) Men’s Team Place:........................................................................................ 11th of 29 (340 pts) Top Finisher.....................................................................Michael Krsnak (Sr.) 47th (31:29.04) Women’s Team Place.................................................................................. 15th of 31 (385 pts) Top Finisher......................................................................... Erin Hargens (Sr.) 59th (22:05.82) 2011 Host School (Location)............................................................Northern Illinois (DeKalb, Ill.) Men’s Team Place......................................................................................... 17th of 25 (440 pts) Top Finisher............................................................................Greg Vollmer (Sr.) 61st (32:53.3) Women’s Team Place.................................................................................. 16th of 28 (475 pts) Top Finisher........................................................................ Danielle Burke (Sr.) 45th (22:19.7) 2010 Host School (Location)............................................................................... Bradley (Peoria, Ill.) Men’s Team Place............................................................................................8th of 24 (256 pts) Top Finisher................................................................... *Michael Krsnak (Jr.) 16th (30:22.70) Women’s Team Place.................................................................................. 23rd of 27 (647 pts) Top Finisher....................................................................... Erin Hargens (So.) 55th (21:29.65) 2009 Host School (Location)......................................................Missouri State (Springfield, Mo.) Men's Team Place......................................................................................... 13th of 25 (375pts) Top Finisher.......................................................................... Greg Beesley (So.) 67th (33:05.1) Women's Team Place................................................................................... 18th of 22 (439pts) Top Finisher...........................................................................Ashley Storm (Sr.) 40th (21:55.1)

In 2013, Trent Lusignan became the first Jackrabbit to qualify for the NCAA cross country championships in the Division I era. He went on to capture second-team all-American honors with a 12th-place finish, running a 30:18.8.

2008 Host School (Location)...................................................Oklahoma State (Stillwater, Okla).

Men’s Team Place.......................................................................................... 18th of 23 (510pts) Top Finisher...................................................................... Michael Krsnak (Fr.) 46th (32:36.0) Women’s Team Place................................................................................... 16th of 27 (427pts) Top Finisher.............................................................................Caitlin Berry (Sr.) 59th (22:29.1) *Named to All-Midwest Region Team

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SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2015 Host School (Location)...................................................................................................................................................................................................................South Dakota State (Brookings, S.D.) Men’s Finish......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2nd, 39 pts (1st IUPUI, 35 pts) All-League Performers................................................................................................................................................#Trent Lusignan (Sr.) 1st, Joel Reichow (Jr.) 2nd, Trevor Capra (Jr.) 3rd Women’s Finish.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................2nd, 46 pts (1st South Dakota, 38 pts) All-League Performers..................Samantha Anderson (Sr.) 5th, *Rachel King (Fr.) 6th, Emily Donnay (Fr.) 9th, Kirsten Anderson (Sr.) 12th, Halie Mechels (So.) 14th 2014 Host School (Location)............................................................................................................................................................................................................................North Dakota State (Fargo, N.D.) Men’s Finish......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2nd, 56 pts (1st IUPUI, 38 pts) All-League Performers...................................................................................... Brendan Sage (So.) 2nd, Drew Kraft (Sr.) 10th, Connor Branick (So.) 11th, Trevor Capra (So.) 14th Women’s Finish..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3rd, 63 pts (1st South Dakota, 29 pts) All-League Performers......................................................................................................................................... Jessica Eibs (Jr.) 7th, Cheyanne Bowers (Jr.) 9th, Laura Lawton (So.) 14th 2013 Host School (Location)..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Men’s Finish...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1st, 41 pts All-League Performers..............................#Trent Lusignan (Jr.) 1st, Joel Reichow (So.) 5th, *Brendan Sage (Fr.) 10th, Anthony Bongard (Sr.) 11th, Drew Kraft (Jr.) 14th Women’s Finish.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................2nd, 47 pts (1st North Dakota State, 25 pts) All-League Performers....Cheyanne Bowers (So.) 2nd, Jessica Eibs (So.) 6th, Courtney Neubert (Jr.) 12th, Laura Lawton (So.) 13th, Jenna Grossenburg (So.) 14th 2012 Host School (Location)....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Oakland (Rochester, Mich.)

Men’s Finish...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1st, 35 pts All-League Performers.......................................................................................................................................#Michael Krsnak (Sr.) 1st, Trent Lusignan (So.) 3rd, Joel Reichow (Fr.) 10th Women’s Finish......................................................................................................................................................................................................................3rd, 63 pts (1st North Dakota State, 36 pts) All-League Performers........................................................................................................................................................Erin Hargens (Sr.) 5th, Tera Potts (Sr.) 13th, Laura Wolles (Sr.) 10th 2011 Host School (Location)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Oral Roberts (Tulsa, Okla.)

Men’s Finish....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3rd, 100 pts (1st Southern Utah, 48 pts) All-League Performers..................................................................................................................................................Greg Vollmer (Sr.) 6th, *Trent Lusignan (Fr.) 9th, Jared Ailts (Jr.) 12th Women’s Finish...................................................................................................................................................................................................................4th, 116 pts (1st North Dakota State, 64 pts) All-League Performers...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Danielle Burke (Sr.) 14th 2010 Host School (Location)........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................IUPUI (Carmel, Ind.) Men’s Finish...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1st, 43 pts All-League Performers.......................................................................................Michael Krsnak (Jr.) 3rd, Anthony Bongard (Jr.) 4th, Jared Ailts (So.) 9th, Greg Vollmer (So.) 12th Women’s Finish............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6th, 159 pts (1st Oakland, 45pts) All-League Performers....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Erin Hargens (So.) 3rd 2009 Host School (Location)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................Southern Utah (Cedar City, Utah) Men's Finish...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1st, 59 pts All-League Performers.......................................................................Michael Krsnak (So.) 6th, Greg Vollmer (So.) 10th, Anthony Bongard (So.) 11th, Greg Beesley (So.) 12th Women's Finish............................................................................................................................................................................................................................5th, 124 pts (1st, Southern Utah 32 pts) All-League Performers....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Ashley Storm (Sr.) 4th 2008 Host School (Location).................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Centenary College (Shreveport, La.) Men’s Finish....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5th, 125 pts (1st Southern Utah, 50 pts) All-League Performers..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Michael Krsnak (Fr.) 10th Women’s Finish............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1st, 60 pts All-League Performers...................................................................................................Ashley Storm (Jr.) 7th, Nicole Davis (Jr.) 9th, Claire Steinke (Sr.) 10th, Caitlin Berry (Sr.) 11th 2007 Host School (Location)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Western Illinois (Macomb, Ill.) Men’s Finish....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4th, 100 pts (1st Southern Utah, 40 pts) All-League Performers.....................................................................................................................................................................Marshall Kambestad (Fr.) 5th, Andrew Van Nurden (Sr.) 6th Women’s Finish:..................................................................................................................................................................................................................3rd, 68 pts (1st Southern Utah/IPFW, 67 pts) All-League Performers.......................................................................................................................................................Caitlin Berry (Jr.) 5th, Claire Steinke (Jr.) 9th, Emily Smith (Fr.) 14th #Championship MVP 34

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888THESUMMITLEAGUE Celebrating its 35th season of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities.

Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue UniversityIndianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions, and over 80 Academic All-Americans, 75 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level.

DID YOU KNOW... > South Dakota became the first Summit League team to win a national postseason tournament by capturing the WNIT Championship while South Dakota State was just one point away from making the league’s first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. > Omaha’s Cole Gruber was named the Capital One Academic All-America of the Year for baseball, marking the second consecutive season that a Summit League student-athlete received a top sport honor. > North Dakota State’s Erin Teschuk competed in the Rio Summer Olympics after capturing the Canadian National Championship in the 3,000 Steeplechase. > The Summit League hosted the 2016 NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional in Sioux Falls, S.D. > Ten new attendance records, including new standards for both the men’s and

Each year, approximately 3,000 student- women’s tournaments and the overall combined total, were set at the 2016 athletes continue to raise the bar and help The Summit League Basketball Championships, one year after posting 11 men’s and Summit League reach exceptional success women’s tournament marks. and development. Within the past five years alone, The Summit League produced a national > Summit League women’s basketball led all Division I leagues in the NCAA’s postseason team tournament championship and six NCAA Champions, accounting for Graduation Success Rate measure for the second straight year and 14 teams more than half of its all-time total. That level across nine sports attained perfect Academic Progress Rate scores. of success also carries into the classroom. In 2015-16, The Summit League ranked first for > A total of 10 All-Americans and seven Academic All-Americans hailed from The NCAA Graduation Success Rate in women’s Summit League last season. basketball for the second consecutive season and 14 teams across nine sports recorded perfect NCAA Academic Progress Rate scores. Those achievements came on the heels of recent prestigious individual academic honors such as the Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship, Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association Scholar-Athlete of the Years and Capital One Academic All-America of the Year awarded to Summit League studentathletes.

The Summit League also produces the highest quality in competition as evidenced by 2016 representation in the Rio Summer Olympics, National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and Professional Golf Association (PGA).

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www.thesummitleague.org

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Commissioner ..........................................................................Tom Douple Senior Associate Commissioner....................................Myndee Kay Larsen Assistant Commissioner/Communications............................... David Brauer Assistant Commissioner/Compliance and Governance .................. Eryn Cook Assistant Commissioner/Sports and Championships ............ Ricky Babcock Director of Communications ..................................................... Greg Mette Director of Championships ....................................... Stephanie Sabaduquia Assistant Director of Communications .......................... Christopher Brown Office Manager ....................................................................... Colleen Rott

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WELCOME TO SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY South Dakota State University (SDSU) is the state’s largest, most comprehensive university. As South Dakota's 1862 Morrill Act landgrant university, SDSU had a fall 2014 enrollment of 12,557 students from all 50 states and 79 countries. Approximately 67 percent of SDSU students are residents of South Dakota, 29 percent are from other states and 4 percent from other countries.

The university provides a rich academic experience in an environment of inclusion and access through inspired, student-centered education, creative activities and research, innovation and engagement.

SDSU comprises Colleges of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Education and Human Sciences, University College, Nursing, Pharmacy, the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, the Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College and the Graduate School.

The American Association of University Professors categorizes SDSU as a Category 1 or doctoral-level institution.

The university has been designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and its Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity is a major resource for the economic development needs of the state.

Over the last five years, university research has yielded 195 invention disclosures, 79 patents filed, 9 patents issued and 47 license agreements executed through the Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization, resulting in more than $12 million in license revenue.

SDSU Extension, with eight Regional Extension Centers across the state, is South Dakota’s source for objective, vetted and relevant new knowledge generated through research. Extension’s online learning portal, iGrow.org, served nearly 600,000 users with more than 925,000 page views last year.

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WELCOME TO SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

STATE UNIVERSITY Legend of the Jackrabbit

There are two theories as to how and why the Jackrabbit nickname evolved. The most common belief is that the name “Jackrabbits” came from a story and cartoon sketch that appeared in a Minneapolis newspaper following a 1905 football game between the University of Minnesota and South Dakota State College, as the university was then known. A reporter for the newspaper, knowing of the preponderance of jackrabbits in the Brookings area, was believed to have written that the SDSC team was as quick as jackrabbits. Many people believe that the school adopted the Jackrabbits as its official nickname from that beginning.

The other theory about the origin of the nickname is given in The Jackrabbit, SDSU’s yearbook. There is a poem in the 1907 yearbook that puts forth the idea that the yearbook is called The Jackrabbit because a group of juniors wished to immortalize themselves by changing the name of the yearbook. Athletic teams followed suit, adopting the nickname.

Prior to the adoption of the Jackrabbit nickname, school athletic teams were known as the Barn Yard Cadets as SDSU was known as South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in 1907.

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SDSU PRESIDENT BARRY H. DUNN

President / First Year / South Dakota State (1975)

Barry H. Dunn was named the 20th president of South Dakota State University in April 2016, the fourth alumnus chosen to lead the institution.

He took office in May 2016.

Dunn received a bachelor’s degree in biology at SDSU in 1975 and subsequently completed two graduate degrees in animal science—a master’s in 1977 and a Ph.D. in in 2000—at the Brookings campus. He became the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council endowed dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences in 2010. He also served as director of SDSU Extension and as a professor of animal science.

As dean, Dunn led a college with some 550 faculty and staff, 2,800 graduate and undergraduate students, and a $78 million annual budget, including more than $20 million in grant and contract awards, fundraising and development.

He shaped the academic and strategic direction of eight departments, spanning 18 degree programs, one regional research and outreach center, six research field stations and 14,500 acres of Agricultural Experiment Station research land.

As Extension director, Dunn administered and set the vision for five program areas across two colleges and nine departments, as well as eight regional extension centers with a $12 million annual budget. He led a team of some 150 faculty and staff members and 3,500 adult volunteers.

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Prior to that, Dunn spent six years at Texas A&M UniversityKingsville from 2004 to 2010, as executive director of the King Ranch Institute for Range Management.

He first worked in Brookings as an Extension livestock specialist and as an assistant professor in SDSU’s Department of Animal and Range Science from 1997 to 2004.

From 1979 to 1996, Dunn was a successful rancher, managing his family’s cattle ranch in Mission. In 2015, he was appointed to the South Dakota Habitat Conservation Fund

by Gov. Dennis Daugaard, and to the Governor’s Pheasant Work Group in 2014. He served as an ex officio member of the ag advisory board for the First Dakota National Bank, Yankton from 2011 to 2016, and was a member of the board of directors for Padlock Ranch, Dayton, Wyoming, from 2009 to 2016.

Dunn has a rich academic background, was a successful rancher and farm operator and is a published author and researcher. He is a nationally recognized expert in beef production and ranching systems, and is a member of several professional organizations, including the Society for Range Management, the American Society of Animal Science, and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. He has a deep historical and cultural knowledge of South Dakota and South Dakota State University, and strong, statewide relationships with industry influencers and stakeholders, including government officials, business leaders, university administration, faculty and staff.

He lives with his wife, Jane Dunn, on her family’s original homestead north of Brookings, where they raised their two sons, Thomas and Michael.

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ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JUSTIN SELL

Director of Athletics / Eighth Year / Bowling Green (1991)

Justin Sell, who was honored as a recipient of the 2014-15 Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year Award, has moved Jackrabbit athletics forward in a number of areas of its Division I pursuits since being introduced as the 12th director of athletics at South Dakota State University May 7, 2009.

At South Dakota State, Sell oversees the Jackrabbits’ 21-sport Division I varsity athletics program.

Under his leadership, Jackrabbit athletics has continually made strides in athletic competition, in the classroom, in fundraising and in reconnecting with alumni.

Athletically, the Jackrabbits have claimed 22 regular and postseason league championships in six different sports since 2009-10. That broadbased success has led SDSU to claimThe Summit League Commissioner’s Cup all-sports trophy four times (2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15), along with winning both the Summit League’s Dr. William Steinbrecher Men’s All-Sports Award and Dr. Helen Smiley Women’s All-Sports Award during both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. SDSU also claimed the Steinbrecher award during the 2012-13 season and was the recipient of the league’s Sportsmanship Award, an award voted upon by its peers, during the 2010-11 campaign.

In the classroom, Jackrabbit student-athletes continually post a GPA of 3.2 or higher in more than 70 different majors, which led SDSU to winning The Summit League’s Institutional Academic Achievement Award for the 2009-10 and 2012-13 academic years, and the Missouri Valley Football Conference Academic Award in all seven years in the league (2008-14).

In January 2011, Sell announced a partnership with Learfield Sports, signing a 10-year deal worth $13 million for SDSU Athletics. Learfield Sports directs all aspects of the partnership, including managing and selling multimedia and sponsorship rights.

Additionally, Sell directed the implementation of the Letterwinners Club, which provides opportunities for Jackrabbit Athletics to reconnect and stay connected with former student-athletes, while supporting current student-athletes.

Sell also has implemented other aggressive marketing and fundraising initiatives which have resulted in record average attendance for football during the 2009 season, as well as the highest number of donors and dollars donated to the Jackrabbit Club. Ticket sales totaled more than $1 million for the first time during the 2011-12 academic year, and was surpassed again during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 seasons.

In addition, the Jackrabbit Athletic Scholarship Auction raised a record $603,000 in April 2016.

On the facilities front, Sell has overseen dramatic upgrades and expansion of competition and practice venues through development and implementation of the 2025 SDSU Athletic Facilities Master Plan.

The Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center was completed in 2010, and Sell spearheaded efforts to add permanent seating and a press box at Erv Huether Field, as well as other recent improvements to the home of Jackrabbit baseball.

More recently, construction of the $32 million Sanford-Jackrabbit

Athletic Complex was completed in fall 2014. The facility, which serves as a competition venue for indoor track and field and as a practice facility for football and a number of other outdoor sports, contains one of only a handful of 300-meter indoor tracks in the country, as well as expanded facilities for sports medicine and strength and conditioning.

In addition, work on the $65 million, 19,000-seat Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, which serves as the new home of Jackrabbit football, was completed in fall 2016.

Born in Salem, Ore., and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Sell came to South Dakota State from the University of Northern Iowa, where he worked in various roles, both at the university and in the community for 10 years. He also worked at Villanova University, Syracuse University, Ohio State University and Bowling Green State University. Sell gained further experience working in the private sector for various sports teams and events.

Sell earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from Bowling Green State University (Ohio) in 1991 and completed a master’s degree in physical education/sport administration at The Ohio State University in 1992.

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MEDIA INFORMATION Statistics: The South Dakota State sports information office will keep official statistics and will distribute final statistics to teams and members of the media within 15 minutes after the conclusion of a meet.

On the Web: The latest Jackrabbit news and updates can be viewed at GoJacks. com, the official site of South Dakota State University athletics. Statistics and a meet recap will be posted within an hour following the conclusion of a contest.

Television KDLT-TV — NBC Contact........................................Mark Ovenden - Sports Director.....................................................................................

Contact........................................... Zach Borg - Weekend Sports.........................................................................................

E-mail....................................................... sports@kdlt.com E-mail......................................................z_borg@kdlt.com Phone/Fax..................................................(605) 361-1357 Web...............................................................www.kdlt.com

KSFY-TV — ABC Contact...................Erik Thorstenson - Sports Director E-mail......................................... ethorstenson@ksfy.com Phone...........................................................(605) 373-7376 Phone...........................................................(605) 373-7369 Fax.................................................................(605) 336-7936 Web...............................................................www.ksfy.com

Contact Information: Media inquiries for Jackrabbit cross country should be directed to Jared Todd.

Office......................................(605) 688-4822 Cell............................................(970)294-5898 Fax...........................................(605) 688-5999 E-mail..................jared.todd@sdstate.edu

KELO-TV — CBS Contact.........................Travis Fossing - Sports Director E-mail.......................................... tfossing@keloland.com Phone...........................................................(605) 357-5675 Contact................................Cat Clark - Weekend Sports E-mail...............................................cclark@keloland.com Phone...........................................................(605) 357-5692 Office Phone/Fax.............. (605) 336-1300 / 336-7936 Web..................................................... www.keloland.com Newspaper Brookings Register Contact.............................Troy Maroney - Sports Editor Contact..................................Sean Welsh - Sports Writer E-mail............................sports@brookingsregister.com Phone/Fax........................... (605) 692-6271 / 692-2979 Web................................... www.brookingsregister.com Sioux Falls Argus Leader Contact.................................. Matt Zimmer - Beat Writer E-mail.................................mzimmer@argusleader.com Phone/Fax........................... (605) 977-3923 / 977-3933 Web............................................... www.argusleader.com Aberdeen American News Contact.........................John Papendick - Sports Editor E-mail....................... jpapendick@aberdeennews.com Phone/Fax........................... (605) 622-2323 / 225-0421 Web.........................................www.aberdeennews.com Yankton Press & Dakotan Contact....................... James Cimburek - Sports Editor E-mail..............................james.cimburek@yankton.net Phone/Fax........................... (605) 665-7811 / 665-1721 Web........................................................ www.yankton.net

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Interview Policy: Outside of meets, interviews with South Dakota State University student-athletes must be arranged 24 hours in advance Monday through Thursday by contacting the SDSU sports information office. Please do not contact the student-athlete directly without prior approval. Phone numbers of SDSU student-athletes will not be released. Media members should understand that all return calls will be made collect or via a toll-free number, unless the student-athlete does the interview from the sports information office. Student-athletes will not be available for interviews prior to a contest the day of a meet, but will be available for post-meet interviews 10 minutes after the conclusion of contests by contacting a member of the sports information staff or coaching staff.

Rapid City Journal Contact........................................................... Padraic Duffy E-mail................. padraic.duffy@rapidcityjournal.com Phone/Fax................ (605) 394-8428 / (605) 342-4610 Web.......................................www.rapidcityjournal.com Watertown Public Opinion Contact.......................... Roger Merriam - Sports Editor E-mail....................................rogerm@thepublicopinion Phone/Fax........................... (605) 886-6901 / 886-4280 Web....................................www.thepublicopinion.com SDSU Collegian Contact........................................................Andrew Holtan E-mail.................................collegian.sports@gmail.com Phone...........................................................(605) 688-6164 Web........................................... www.sdsucollegian.com News Organizations Dakota News Network, Fargo, N.D. Contact........................... Steve Carlson - Staff Reporter E-mail...............................dakotanews@questoffice.net Phone/Fax........................... (701) 237-5000 / 280-0861 Web.............................. www.americanagnetwork.com

Radio Brookings Radio Contact..............................Dellas Cole - Sports Director E-mail........................dellas.cole@alphamediausa.com Phone/Fax........................... (605) 692-1430 / 692-4441 Web........................................www.brookingsradio.com WNAX - 570 AM Contact........................ Steve Imming - Sports Director E-mail................................................. imming@wnax.com Phone/Fax........................... (605) 668-1179 / 665-8788 Toll Free..................................................... 1-800-843-0089 Web............................................................www.wnax.com KWSN - 1230 AM Contact...........................Craig Mattick and Chris Tubbs E-mail............................. Craig.Mattick@mwcradio.com E-mail................................ Chris.Tubbs@mwcradio.com Phone/Fax........................... (605) 271-5873 / 336-0415 Web............................................................ www.kwsn.com KSOO - 99.1 FM Contact............................................................Jeff Harkness E-mail.................................................JeffT@espn991.com Phone/Fax..................................................(605) 362-3776

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2016 S C H E D U L E Sept. 2

NDSU Open

Sept. 9

OZ Memorial

Falcon Heights, Minn.

Sept. 24

Roy Griak Invitational

Falcon Heights, Minn.

Oct. 1

SDSU CLASSIC

Oct. 14

Wisconsin Invitational (M) Bradley Classic (W)

Oct. 22

Mount Marty Invitational

Oct. 29

Summit League Championships

Nov. 11

NCAA Midwest Regional

Nov. 18

NCAA Championships

Home meet in CAPS

All times Central Dates and times subject to change

Fargo, N.D.

Brookings, S.D. Verona, Wis. Peoria, Ill. Yankton, S.D. Macomb, Ill. Iowa City, Iowa Terre Haute, Ind.