EUGENE, Ore.-Four Sumit League student athletes competed during the opening day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Wednesday with one earning second team All-American honors and two more earning honorable mention All-American honors.
Kansas City
Tory Lanham earned second team all-American honors after finishing 13th in the 200 meter dash at his first NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Wednesday evening. The Roo Sophomore ran a 20.52 to finish sixth in his heat.
North Dakota State
North Dakota State University thrower Sam Roller placed 24th in the javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Wednesday evening at Hayward Field, garnering honorable mention All-America status.
Roller threw 198-9 (60.58m) on his first attempt to take 24th place overall.
The Summit League champion finished his Bison career at No. 5 on the NDSU all-time list in the javelin.
Roller’s NCAA Championships appearance was the 10th for the North Dakota State men in the javelin over the past 10 seasons.
The top eight finishers in all events earn first team All-American honors, places 9 through 16 are named second team All-Americans, and all other national meet competitors receive honorable mention status.
South Dakota
Competing at his first NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Wednesday evening, Tre Young placed 18th in the men’s pole vault competition at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon to earn honorable mention all-American honors.
Young, a senior from Toledo, Ohio, cleared the opening height of 17-0 (5.18m) on his first attempt. It took three tries to clear the second height of 17-5 ¾ (5.33m) before bowing out at 17-9 ¾ (5.43m).
Young had a strong senior campaign for the Yotes, winning the Summit League crown in the pole vault with a new personal best of 18-0 ½ (5.50m). Young advanced through the NCAA West First Round by clearing 17-5 ½ (5.32m) in College Station, Texas two weeks ago.
He wraps up his time as a Coyote with four all-Summit League honors and a Summit League title in the pole vault. He also earned Summit Leauge Peak Performer honors twice in his career. He sits tied for fourth on the Coyote Outdoor Top 10 and seventh on the Coyote Indoor Top 10 in the pole vault.
South Dakota has three more Coyotes in action Thursday evening, with two pole vaulters in Anna Willis and Gen Hirata set to compete along with Sara Reifenrath on the track in the 400-meters. The pole vault is set to begin at 6:35 p.m. Central Time with the 400-meters set to run at 7:51 p.m. Central Time.
South Dakota State
Cody Larson competed in the 3000-meter steeplechase but was unable to finish the race due to injury.
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