BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Southwest Minnesota State University women's and men's track & field teams opened the 2024-25 indoor season on Friday and Saturday competing at the SDSU Holiday Open and Multi inside the Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.
The men's team had three records set during the two days with
Tyler Smith setting a pair of new record-setting times on Friday, while
Jack Clark produced a new school record in the heptathlon.
Clark closed the two-day meet with a total of 4,132 points to finish ninth overall. He broke the previous school record of 4,210 points set by Zak Kubitz in 2022.
Clark finished fifth in both the pole vault (3.50m) and the 60-meter hurdles (8.92), was seventh in the high jump (1.73m.) and earned two eighth-place finishes in the 60-meters (7.44) and the 1,000-meters (3:02.76). He was 11
th in the long jump at 5.64m and was 12
th in the shot put at 9.21m.
On Friday, Smith set the new mark in the 200 meters with a time of 22.08 to finish seventh overall, while also setting a school record in the 600 meters finishing third with a time of 1:21.45.
Dylan Schwarz finished fifth in the 600 meters at 1:25.01 with
Roel Palomo earning eighth place at 1:25.83.
Tyler Nebelung had a strong day in the championship flight of the weight throw with a third-place toss of 17.93m.
Peda Zeba recorded a mark of 13.46m in the triple jump to finish sixth overall.
Deekon Anvid placed fifth in the weigh throw at 15.72m.
Jacob Kunkel and
Ryan Kronbach both finished at 1.95m in the high jump to tie for sixth place.
Nadia Sanford secured a third-place mark of 15.48m in the women's weight throw, while teammate
Emily Lorentz finished sixth at 14.90m.
Sanford earned eight-place in the championship flight of the shot put at 13.28m.
Sierra Clifford ran 1:39.46 in the 600 meters to earn fourth place.
Christine Sleeter cleared 1.58m to tie for sixth in the high jump.
SMSU will take a break during the holiday season before returning to action on Jan. 25, 2025, at the Concordia College Cobber Open in Moorhead, Minn.
