SPEARFISH, S.D. --- The South Dakota Mines track and field teams opened their season on Friday and Saturday, going to Spearfish to compete in the Yellow Jacket Holiday Open, hosted by Black Hills State University. The teams fared well, each taking home a second place finish.
 
South Dakota Mines won 3 events (Carson Mashlan, Travis Kleinsasser, Laine Mannes), and recorded 22 top-five finishes, and 1 new school record was set by Jaycie Stubbs in the women's shot put.
 
 
The Top-5's and Winners are listed below:
 
Men:
60m Run – Eddie Johnson (7.28)
200m Run – Ethan Pitlick (4, 23.52)
200m Run – Carson Mashlan (5, 24.27)
5000m Run – Tyler Captain (1, 15:16.11)
5000m Run – Zach Hentschel (2, 16:06.90)
60m Hurdles – Taegen Wells (2, 8.71)
4 x 400 Relay – Wells, Harrington, Greisen, Winter (5, 3:36.53)
4 x 400 Relay – Pitlick, Mashlan, Barbot, Nicolaus (4, 3:36.71)
Pole Vault – Eli Barbot (3, 4.10m)
Shot Put – Henry Fritzler (3, 14.30m)
Shot Put – Erick Colman (4, 13.60m)
Weight Throw – Colman (4, 16.85m)
Weight Throw – Kaiser (5, 16.09m)
Heptathlon – Travis Kleinsasser (1, 4512 points)
Heptathlon – Aidan Thompson (2, 4,416 points)
Heptathlon – Jade Cass (5, 3674 points)
 
Women:
200m Run – Ashley Wood (4, 27.68)
60m Hurdles – Laine Mannes (1, 10.71)
4 x 400 Relay – Mathieu, Wood, May, Wilson (3, 4:35.5)
4 x 400 Relay – Mannes, Scully Robinson, Krumpus (4, 4:44.43)
Long Jump – Tierney Robinson (4, 4.45m)
Long Jump – Kathy Mathieu (5, 4.43m)
Shot Put – Jaycie Stubbs (School Record, 2, 12.86m)
Shot Put – Jenna Sayler (3, 12.34)
Shot Put – Adisyn Schenck (4, 11.86m)
Weight Throw – Jenna Sayler (3, 15.34m)
Weight Throw – Abbie Van Ruler (5, 14.34m)

The Hardrockers will now head to the Power Meet at the University of Wyoming next Friday.
 
About South Dakota Mines
The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology is a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) and NCAA Division II offering 10 men's and women's varsity intercollegiate athletic programs. The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 members, as well as four associate members, located in the states of California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Utah.