Track & Field Recruiting

[GoYotes]

USD signed 13 track & field athletes including the #1 & #2 ranked female pole vaulters in the nation. Pretty impressive. Kind of nice to have the #1 ranked men's pole vaulter in the nation on staff.

[usdlaw]

Cool, the well gets deaper. Gotts and Lucky do EXCELLENT JOBS.

[#1CoyoteFan (Admin)]

USD got Kyle McKelvey, who has been one of the best shotputters in the state the last two years and will be again this year. I interviewed in the last two years, great kid and I thought he was bound for like Minnesota with all the gear he wore. This is a GREAT get and his disc will only improve too, and it was starting to come on last year.

Plus Eric Hill from Tea is a pretty good hurdler too, so another great get there from names I recognize.

In terms of the pole vaulters, USD was already getting some great pole vaulters. Holy Derek Miles, it's great having him as the coach. The top ranked US pole vaulter bringing in the top recruits!

Talk about a recruiting class.

[jackjd]

Coyote recruit Lucas Bernard of Watertown anchored Watertown's 4 x 400 relay to the new all-time State record of 3:19.27 at Howard Wood Relays yesterday. I heard Bernard's split was well under :49.

Bernard also exceeded the Howard Wood Relays record in the 300 Intermedeiate Hurdles in a third- place finish!

Lot's of upside potential with Bernard. He's still maturing and is a very tough competitor.

[jman1985]

It was a great weekend for USD recruits at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays

* Seth Boomsma (Tri-Valley) won the 100 dash
* Matt Lupkes (Dakota Valley) ran in the record-breaking 800 relay. He's a football recruit at USD, but I wouldn't be surprised if he eventually does track.
* Kyle McKelvey (Beresford) broke his own state record in the shot put
* Erik Hill (Tea) was 2nd in the 110 hurdles & 300 hurdles

Future is definitely bright for the Coyote men

[usdlaw]

Congrats men and women on your performances at the final GWC meet. Looking forward to what you will do against the Bison next year. So many underclassman. The men's 4 x 100 WOW!

www.usdcoyotes.com/sports/track/release.asp?release_id=6426

[usdlaw]

I probably shouldn't say this but I will. Did anyone else notice how the Argus went nuts over SDS getting 2nd in the Summit? After the first two days all there was talk about day 1 champs, day 2 champs, then the Bison decided they better show up. SD getting 2nd at conference is kind of dissappointing. THe only thing missing from the article is the reason SDS hasn't won a conference title in 25 years is because of NDSU and SD. I could go back and look but I would guess between the two schools they won 23 of them. Looking forward to the Summit even more.

[jman1985]

You raise a good point, usdlaw.....

I've talked with a handful of USD tracksters this season who consistently say that while it'll be nice to be back with SDSU in a league, they're looking more at North Dakota State. That's the barometer in the Summit League.

[usdlaw]

Emma's results. I see #6 is that girl from North Dakota that won all those Howard Wood Dakota Relays Special events. Good luck to Emma the rest of her career.

Emma finished 32nd (out of 47) in the race.

www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-outdoor-women/division-i-west-regional-results



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Preliminaries

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2 Christina Rodgers SR Arizona 2:06.17Q 3

3 Lea Wallace SR Sacramento St. 2:06.94Q 1

4 Lacey Bleazard JR BYU 2:07.26Q 6

5 Katie Palmer SR BYU 2:07.60Q 4

6 Laura Roesler FR Oregon 2:07.79Q 2
7 Brittany Ogunmokun SO Baylor 2:06.68Q 3

8 Christine Schmaltz SR North Dakota 2:07.13Q 5

9 Joy O'Hare SO Stanford 2:07.15Q 1

10 Anna Layman SR Washington St. 2:07.31Q 6

11 Natalja Piliusina FR Oklahoma State 2:07.73Q 4

12 Stephanie Brown SO Arkansas 2:07.95Q 2

13 Lauren Schaffer JR Idaho 2:06.95Q 3

14 Kelsey Brown FR Oklahoma 2:07.31Q 5

15 Bethany Praska SR Iowa 2:07.31Q 1

16 Boglarka Bozzay JR Kansas State 2:07.48Q 6

17 Justine Diaz JR UC Santa Barbara 2:07.99Q 2

18 Martine Borge SO Arkansas 2:08.85Q 4

19 Holli Hosch SR Northern Iowa 2:07.49q 1

20 Devin Bailey JR Texas Tech 2:07.64q 3

21 Caroline Jepleting JR Texas Tech 2:07.78q 5

22 Nicole Clark JR BYU 2:08.07q 3

23 Elizabeth Tremblay SO Colorado 2:08.10q 2

24 Mary Cate Quiett SR DePaul 2:08.27q 6

25 Erica Parker SR Texas A&M 2:08.58 3

26 Candace Wollert FR Wyoming 2:08.75 6

27 Cori Moore SR Portland 2:08.84 2

28 Sarah Edwards JR BYU 2:08.97 2

29 Lizzy Whitney SO Baylor 2:09.07 2

30 Megan Gingerich JR Eastern Illinois 2:09.08 1

31 Aliese Hyde FR Texas A&M 2:09.10 5

32 Emma Erickson JR South Dakota 2:09.29 3

33 Lovisa Lindh FR SMU 2:09.36 5

34 Lucy Yates JR Utah 2:09.39 4

35 Brittney Harper SO Wisconsin 2:09.97 2

36 Justine Fedronic SO Stanford 2:10.20 4

37 Sara Stoakes SO Kansas State 2:10.24 4

38 Amanda Duvendack FR Illinois 2:10.25 6

39 Blaire Dinsdale JR Nebraska 2:11.27 6

40 Kelsey Williamson SO UNLV 2:11.31 1

41 Phyllis Francis FR Oregon 2:11.57 1

42 Layne Moore JR Missouri 2:12.01 1

43 Courtney Zalud SO Washington St. 2:12.37 4

44 Samantha Murphy FR Illinois 2:12.89 4

45 Josefine Koskinen SO San Diego St. 2:13.88 3

46 Brooke Dinsdale JR Nebraska 2:14.67 6

47 Marielle Hall FR Texas 2:16.35 5

[usdlaw]

congrats and good luck to Bethany Buell

www.argusleader.com/article/20110528/SPORTS0203/110602039/USD-s-Bethany-Buell-qualifies-national-meet-pole-vault?odyssey=obinsite

[jman1985]

How about an actual story on Bethany Buell?

I thought this one was pretty good

www.yankton.net/articles/2011/05/31/sports/doc4de448233ced4634950514.txt

[#1CoyoteFan (Admin)]

Thanks jman! We know I am biased to the P&D, but the P&D has been talking about Buell for a while now, including their tweets.