South Dakota Universities Scheduling Big 12 Opponents; 13 from USD and SDSU Headed to West Preliminaries
In the past week, both The University of South Dakota and South Dakota State University have added Big 12 teams to their football schedules for the coming seasons.
The University of South Dakota announced Wednesday (May 25) that the school has scheduled a game with Kansas on Sept. 7, 2013 at Lawrence, Kan. This game builds on a resume of DI schools that Coyotes have added to their upcoming schedules, including Wisconsin (Sept. 24 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisc.) and Air Force (Sept. 3 at Colorado Springs) in 2011, Northwestern in 2012 and Kansas State in 2015. Last year the Coyotes pulled off an upset of Minnesota, 41-38, at TPC Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. USD also lost a 38-7 decision to bowl participant Central Florida.
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South Dakota State University has announced that it will face Big 12 power Missouri to open a 2014 season with the Tigers at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., on August 30, 2014. SDSU has developed a schedule, past and future, that has featured Big 12 teams, including at Iowa State in 2008 (44-17 loss), at Nebraska in 2010 (17-3 loss) and Kansas to open the 2012 season. They will face Big Ten opponent Illinois on Sept. 10, 2011 at Champaign, Ill.
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South Dakota Athletes Headed to NCAA West Preliminaries
South Dakota collegiate athletes continue to impress this season and will take their abilities to a national stage. A total of nine student-athletes from South Dakota (13 overall) will compete at the NCAA West Preliminaries at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., beginning this Thursday.
The list of athletes with hometowns in South Dakota includes three from The University of South Dakota and six from South Dakota State University.
Overall, a total of 13 students athletes, including seven from USD and six from SDSU, will participate at the competition. If any of these student-athletes finish in the top 12 in their respective events, they will advance to the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 8-11.
Competition for the west preliminaries begins at noon on Thursday and will conclude on Saturday afternoon. To qualify for the NCAA West Preliminaries, the athletes had to rank in the top 48 in their respective event.
For additional information on the NCAA West Preliminaries go to http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4679&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205122659
Breakdown -- The University of South Dakota
Two USD men will compete, including Tane Owens, a senior pole vaulter from Pierre, S.D., who was notified this week that he is the seventh student-athlete from USD to qualify for the NCAA West Preliminaries. Owens won the Great West pole vault competition with a conference record of 16'08. USD sprinter Matt Kerswill of Schofield, Wisc., will compete in the 100 meters after qualifying with a 10.5 in winning the Great West Conference event.
Five Coyote women have qualified for the competition, including senior Jasmine Mosley of Bellevue, Neb., in the hammer throw and shot put. She won both events at the Great West meet. Mosley, the school's record holder in both events, has qualified with a throw of 180-5 in the hammer throw (at the Great West meet) and 49-11.75 in the shot put. Junior Emma Erickson of Gayville, S.D., will participate in the 800-meter run after recording a 2:07.75 at the Stanford Invitational in March. Erickson, USD's record holder in the 800-meters, won both the indoor and outdoor 800-meters in 2008 when the Coyotes competed in NCAA Division II. She also won the 800-meters title at the Great West meet. Junior Kenna Wolter of Santa Maria, Calif., will compete in the triple jump as a result of her qualifying jump of 40'10.25 at the Bryan Clay Invite in April. She also won a Great West Conference title in the triple jump. Bethany Buell, a sophomore from St. Louis, Mo., is ranked ninth in the field and 12th in Division I with her vault of 13'09.25 at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls, S.D., in May. Sophomore Alexa Duling of Gregory, S.D., has qualified for the preliminaries with her clocking of 1:00.15 in the 400-meter hurdles. Her clocking broke a 21-year old school record and was set at the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif., in April.
Breakdown -- South Dakota State University
SDSU has qualified four men and two women for the NCAA West preliminaries competition. Two Jackrabbit men have qualified in two events. They include senior Ben Jasinski of Rapid City, S.D., who will participate in the high jump and triple jump. He is ranked 12th in the region with his high jump of 7-1, which is a SDSU record. He is ranked 37th in the triple jump at 49-9. Junior Jared Vlastuin of Lennox, S.D., ranks 29th in the long jump at 24-5.75 and 47th in high jump at 6-10.75. Senior Sean Burns of Rapid City, S.D., ranks 44th in the hammer throw with a SDSU school record of 191-7. Junior Michael Krsnak of Rapid City, S.D., is ranked third in the 10,000 meter run at 29:10.87, which is the third best all-time 10K at SDSU.
Mary Wirth, a freshman from Sioux Falls, S.D., is ranked 22nd in the region with her high jump of 5-9.75 which she set at the Summit League Championships, held recently in Sioux Falls, S.D. The other SDSU women to qualify is Brooke Garner, a sophomore from Rapid City, S.D., who is ranked 27th in the hammer throw at 187-11 (SDSU record) and 27th in the discus at 166-2 (second all-time at SDSU).
The University of South Dakota announced Wednesday (May 25) that the school has scheduled a game with Kansas on Sept. 7, 2013 at Lawrence, Kan. This game builds on a resume of DI schools that Coyotes have added to their upcoming schedules, including Wisconsin (Sept. 24 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisc.) and Air Force (Sept. 3 at Colorado Springs) in 2011, Northwestern in 2012 and Kansas State in 2015. Last year the Coyotes pulled off an upset of Minnesota, 41-38, at TPC Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. USD also lost a 38-7 decision to bowl participant Central Florida.
http://www.usdcoyotes.com/sports/football/release.asp?release_id=6437
South Dakota State University has announced that it will face Big 12 power Missouri to open a 2014 season with the Tigers at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., on August 30, 2014. SDSU has developed a schedule, past and future, that has featured Big 12 teams, including at Iowa State in 2008 (44-17 loss), at Nebraska in 2010 (17-3 loss) and Kansas to open the 2012 season. They will face Big Ten opponent Illinois on Sept. 10, 2011 at Champaign, Ill.
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South Dakota Athletes Headed to NCAA West Preliminaries
South Dakota collegiate athletes continue to impress this season and will take their abilities to a national stage. A total of nine student-athletes from South Dakota (13 overall) will compete at the NCAA West Preliminaries at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., beginning this Thursday.
The list of athletes with hometowns in South Dakota includes three from The University of South Dakota and six from South Dakota State University.
Overall, a total of 13 students athletes, including seven from USD and six from SDSU, will participate at the competition. If any of these student-athletes finish in the top 12 in their respective events, they will advance to the NCAA Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 8-11.
Competition for the west preliminaries begins at noon on Thursday and will conclude on Saturday afternoon. To qualify for the NCAA West Preliminaries, the athletes had to rank in the top 48 in their respective event.
For additional information on the NCAA West Preliminaries go to http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4679&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=205122659
Breakdown -- The University of South Dakota
Two USD men will compete, including Tane Owens, a senior pole vaulter from Pierre, S.D., who was notified this week that he is the seventh student-athlete from USD to qualify for the NCAA West Preliminaries. Owens won the Great West pole vault competition with a conference record of 16'08. USD sprinter Matt Kerswill of Schofield, Wisc., will compete in the 100 meters after qualifying with a 10.5 in winning the Great West Conference event.
Five Coyote women have qualified for the competition, including senior Jasmine Mosley of Bellevue, Neb., in the hammer throw and shot put. She won both events at the Great West meet. Mosley, the school's record holder in both events, has qualified with a throw of 180-5 in the hammer throw (at the Great West meet) and 49-11.75 in the shot put. Junior Emma Erickson of Gayville, S.D., will participate in the 800-meter run after recording a 2:07.75 at the Stanford Invitational in March. Erickson, USD's record holder in the 800-meters, won both the indoor and outdoor 800-meters in 2008 when the Coyotes competed in NCAA Division II. She also won the 800-meters title at the Great West meet. Junior Kenna Wolter of Santa Maria, Calif., will compete in the triple jump as a result of her qualifying jump of 40'10.25 at the Bryan Clay Invite in April. She also won a Great West Conference title in the triple jump. Bethany Buell, a sophomore from St. Louis, Mo., is ranked ninth in the field and 12th in Division I with her vault of 13'09.25 at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in Sioux Falls, S.D., in May. Sophomore Alexa Duling of Gregory, S.D., has qualified for the preliminaries with her clocking of 1:00.15 in the 400-meter hurdles. Her clocking broke a 21-year old school record and was set at the Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif., in April.
Breakdown -- South Dakota State University
SDSU has qualified four men and two women for the NCAA West preliminaries competition. Two Jackrabbit men have qualified in two events. They include senior Ben Jasinski of Rapid City, S.D., who will participate in the high jump and triple jump. He is ranked 12th in the region with his high jump of 7-1, which is a SDSU record. He is ranked 37th in the triple jump at 49-9. Junior Jared Vlastuin of Lennox, S.D., ranks 29th in the long jump at 24-5.75 and 47th in high jump at 6-10.75. Senior Sean Burns of Rapid City, S.D., ranks 44th in the hammer throw with a SDSU school record of 191-7. Junior Michael Krsnak of Rapid City, S.D., is ranked third in the 10,000 meter run at 29:10.87, which is the third best all-time 10K at SDSU.
Mary Wirth, a freshman from Sioux Falls, S.D., is ranked 22nd in the region with her high jump of 5-9.75 which she set at the Summit League Championships, held recently in Sioux Falls, S.D. The other SDSU women to qualify is Brooke Garner, a sophomore from Rapid City, S.D., who is ranked 27th in the hammer throw at 187-11 (SDSU record) and 27th in the discus at 166-2 (second all-time at SDSU).
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