Rapid City, S.D.--- The South Dakota School of Mines men's and women's track and field team will be competing in dual events this weekend as one group will head to St. Louis, Missouri, while the other group will compete in the Yellowjacket Spring Invitational hosted by MSU Billings in Montana.
The group traveling to St. Louis are
Taylor Bright,
Laramie Giles,
Joel Haas,
Ryan Moen,
Theron Singleton and Anders Watt --- all of whom are distance runners. They will be competing at the WashU Invite hosted by Washington University. This event will begin Friday
Whether you travel to Billings, or St. Louis here's who you should look out for this weekend. On the men's side,
- Erica Keeble picks up where she left off in the Indoor season in the Pole Vault, clearing a height of 3.75m and taking the top spot in the RMAC rankings.
- Westley Siebdrath had a great showing last weekend in the hammer throw, finishing with a distance of 51.11 to win the event at BHSU and gave him the conference second overall ranking.
- Jonathon Murray continues where he left off in the Indoor season, Murray is 3rd in the RMAC for the 400 dash with a time of 49.15.
- Andrew Ferris continues to shine in the 800 run, Ferris currently sits in third in the RMAC with a time of 1:55.31.
- The 4x100 relay team finished last weekend with a time of 50.89 for a new school record and putting them in fourth.
- The 4x100m Relay team holds the third spot in the RMAC after they finished with a time of 42.65 last weekend; the 4x400 team ranks in 3rd with a time of 3:21.20.
- Wyatt Kainz finished out last weekend with a height of 1.91 meters in the high jump, putting him in sixth place.
- Adeline Straatmeyer posted a time of 18:10.79 last weekend in the 5,000 and set a new school record and now is eight in the RMAC.
- Darren Nissen sits in ninth in the long jump with a distance of 6.54 meters.
- Aaron Campbell in the 400 hurdles is currently ranked 10th with a time of 1:01.56.
- Andrew Kramer and Austin Hammer sit seventh and eighth in RMAC standings for the Javelin. Kramer threw a distance of 44.46 meters and Hammer threw a distance of 44.45.
- Jeremy Gonzales currently sits in 18th in the RMAC standings with a time of 11.58 in the 100 dash.
- Korder Cropsey sits in 19th for the 200 dash with a time of 22.79 and 14th in the 400 dash after running a 50.34 last weekend.
- Chase Wood rounds out the Top 20 of the conference in the 1,500 run with a time of 4:04.98.
- Ryan Moen who will be in St. Louis this weekend is 17th in the RMAC for the 1,500 with a time of 15:35.14.
- Casey Skillingstad ranks in sixth for the pole vault after he cleared a height of 4.57m last weekend and won the event at BHSU.
- In the Triple Jump Carter Kasuske ranks 12th in the RMAC with a distance of 12.68 meters.
- Annalie Janus posted a time of 12.79 last weekend in the 100 dash and sits in 14th place in the conference standings.
- Erica Westerman is currently in 14th for the 800 run with a time of 2:22.96 that she notched last weekend.
- Faith Chambers finished with a time of 1:12.42 last weekend in the 400 Hurdles and is 17th in the RMAC.
- Kayla Gagen is 18th in the high jump with a height of 1.41, as well as a distance of 30.30 in the Javelin putting her in 11th as well as a heptathlon score of 3,445 putting her in seventh in the RMAC.
- Macy McClure sits in 14th for the Shot Put with a distance of 10.32m, as well as 12th in the Hammer Throw with a distance of 37.68m. Tana Dahlberg and Olivia Jurrens sit 12th and 13th for the Discus. Tana has a distance of 34.30m and Olivia has a distance of 34.02.