North Dakota
Both Coyote teams claim second at Summit Track & Field meet
ST. PAUL, MN (Dakota News Now) – The top of the Summit League Track and Field Championship standings were a mirror image on both the men’s and women’s side with North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota State going first through third place in 2024.
MEN’S TEAM STANDINGS
1. NDSU (190)
2. USD (175)
3. SDSU (158)
4. St. Thomas (112)
5. UMKC (66)
6. UND (60)
7. Oral Roberts (49)
WOMEN’S TEAM STANDINGS
1. NDSU (238)
2. USD (197)
3. SDSU (131.5)
4. UND (109.5)
5. St. Thomas (71)
6. UMKC (38)
7. Omaha (23)
8. Oral Roberts (11)
Click on the video viewer for highlights from the final day of competition! Recaps from USD and SDSU courtesy their media relations departments are below.
CORRECTION-In the highlights we state that Erin Kinney won the 200 meter dash. It was in fact Sara Reifenrath who edges her 23.30 seconds to 23.78 seconds
USD RECAP
South Dakota broke three more Summit League Championship meet records Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium. Redshirt-junior Sara Reifenrath captured the women’s Track Championship MVP and fifth-year senior Meredith Clark took home the women’s Field Championship MVP from the meet.
Reifenrath, the Track Championship MVP, returns to Vermillion with four gold medals from the weekend and 25 points scored. She clocked a Summit League Championship meet record and a South Dakota program record of 52.81 seconds to take gold in the 400 meters, holding off indoor champion Nell Graham of NDSU down the home stretch. Reifenrath also took gold in the open 200 meters in 23.30 seconds, just one-tenth of a second off her own meet record from 2022. She’s captured three career titles in both the 200 meters and 400 meters. She also anchored the Coyotes’ victorious 4×100-meter and 4×400-meter relays.
Clark garnered the Field Championship MVP award for the second-straight year. She totaled 22 points with a pair of gold medals in the throwing events. After winning the shot put title yesterday, Clark returned to win the discus throw today. Her best mark of 161-2 (49.13m) came on her final throw of the competition. A Coyote has won the discus two years in a row.
In her final conference meet, senior Jacy Pulse took a victory lap in the 400-meter hurdles by breaking her own Summit meet record from yesterday’s preliminary with a clocking of 57.70 seconds. She’s won the event for three-straight years. Pulse also ran on the Coyotes’ championship 4×100-meter and 4×400-meter relays.
The women’s 4×100-meter relay of senior Erin Kinney, Pulse, junior Averi Schmeichel and Reifenrath opened up the running events Saturday by setting a new Summit League Championship meet record of 44.54 seconds. USD held the previous record of 44.99 seconds from 2022. The Coyotes have won three-straight league titles in the 4×100 relay and four overall.
Kinney successfully defended her title in the open 100 meters with a time of 11.38 seconds. She was just .04 shy of yesterday’s Summit League Championships meet record set in the preliminaries. Kinney was also runner-up to Reifenrath in the 200 meters, clocking 23.78 seconds.
The quartet of Schmeichel, Pulse, fifth-year senior Madison Jochum, and Reifenrath captured South Dakota’s fourth-straight championship title in the women’s 4×400-meter relay with a clocking of 3:40.68. The time was just off last year’s championship meet record of 3:40.25.
Sophomore Mikael Grace captured his first Summit League Championship title, taking the 110-meter hurdles in a personal record time of 13.90 seconds. His time ranks fifth in USD program history. He also finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with a clocking of 55.61 seconds.
Freshman Jaden Guthmiller, who entered the Summit meet with the 14th-best seed time in the men’s 100 meters, heads home a Summit League champion in the event. He took the tape in a personal best 10.31 seconds. The time ranks third in USD program history. Guthmiller also clocked a personal record 21.45 seconds in the 200 meters, finishing fourth in the event.
Fifth-year senior Marshall Faurot successfully defended his Summit League title in the men’s pole vault and the Coyotes swept the top-four spots. USD swept the podium in both pole vault competitions. Faurot was the lone athlete to clear 17-3 ¾ (5.28m) to win. Redshirt-junior Tre Young finished runner-up with a clearance of 17-0 (5.18m) and junior Spencer Buley rounded out the podium with a clearance at the same height. Buley’s make of 17-0 (5.18m) was a season best. Senior Eerik Haamer took fourth in the field, also clearing 17-0 (5.18m).
South Dakota finished with 13 conference champions with Clark (shot put), junior Joe Lynch (high jump) and senior Gen Hirata (pole vault) joining Saturday’s victors.
The Coyotes finished runner-up in both team races to North Dakota State. South Dakota’s men finished with 175 points to North Dakota State’s 190 points. The Coyote women finished with 197 points to the Bison’s 238 points.
Schmeichel, in addition to her gold medals in the 4×100-meter and 4×400-meter relays, made the podium in both hurdle races. She finished runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles in a personal best time of 13.30 seconds. The time is a new South Dakota program record in the event. She also placed third in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 59.10 seconds, breaking the minute barrier for the first time this weekend. Her time ranks third in USD program history.
Redshirt-sophomore Mason Sindelar had a stellar performance in the men’s 1,500-meter run, finishing runner-up in 3:45.94. The Coyotes were not seeded to score in the event with Sindelar entering the meet with the 11th-best time this spring. He finished strong down the final 200 meters with a five-second personal best. The top three athletes were all under the previous conference meet record.
On the women’s side for the 1,500 meters, fifth-year senior Ella Byers finished runner-up in a season-best time of 4:28.29. She also took seventh in the 800-meter run.
Junior Thomas Nikkel took the silver in the men’s 400 meters with a personal best time of 47.22 seconds. He also finished sixth in the 200 meters. Sophomore Mark Daley was seventh in the 200 meters and eighth in the 400 meters.
The men’s 4×100-meter relay of Guthmiller, Nikkel, fifth-year senior Ardell Inlay and Daley finished runner-up in 40.10 seconds.
Freshman Carsen Staehr added a podium finish in the men’s triple jump, taking second in 48-10 ¼ (14.89m). Junior Jayden Green was sixth and sophomore Bennett Schwenn was seventh.
Junior Anna Robinson took fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 54.73 seconds and fifth in the 200 meters in a personal best 24.26 seconds.
Fifth-year senior Madison Jochum clocked 2:11.92 to finish fourth in the women’s 800 meters.
Junior Lauren Meyer placed fifth in the women’s triple jump with a leap of 39-4 ½ (12.00m).
Junior Wyatt Pruce took sixth and sophomore Quincy Warren was seventh in the men’s discus competition. Sophomore Kinsley Ragland was seventh in the women’s discus with a personal best throw of 137-3 (41.85m).
Select Coyote athletes will advance on to the NCAA West Preliminary meet held May 22-25 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Qualifiers will be announced next week.
Summit League Championships Men’s Point Scorers
1. Mikael Grace, 110m hurdles, 13.90 seconds
1. Jaden Guthmiller, 100m, 10.31 seconds
1. Marshall Faurot, pole vault, 17-3 ¾ (5.28m)
2. Tre Young, pole vault, 17-0 (5.18m)
3. Spencer Buley, pole vault, 17-0 (5.18m)
4. Eerik Haamer, pole vault, 17-0 (5.18m)
1. Joe Lynch, high jump, 6-9 ½ (2.07m)
2. Ethan Heitman, high jump, 6-9 ½ (2.07m)
2. Mason Sindelar, 1,500m, 3:45.94
2. Thomas Nikkel, 400m, 47.22 seconds
8. Mark Daley, 400m, 49.68 seconds
2. Tristan Gray, shot put, 54-9 ¼ (16.69m)
2. Quincy Warren, hammer throw, 183-10 (56.05m)
3. Tristan Gray, hammer throw, 176-1 (53.69m)
4. Wyatt Pruce, hammer throw, 164-7 (50.18m)
2. Bennett Schwenn, long jump, 24-1 (7.34m)
3. Carsen Staehr, long jump, 23-7 ½ (7.20m)
6. Jayden Green, long jump, 23-2 ¾ (7.08m)
2. Carsen Staehr, triple jump, 48-10 ¼ (14.89m)
6. Jayden Green, triple jump, 47-8 ½ (14.54m)
7. Bennett Schwenn, triple jump, 47-7 ¾ (14.52m)
2. Jaden Guthmiller, Thomas Nikkel, Ardell Inlay, Mark Daley, 4x100m relay, 40.10 seconds
4. Jaden Guthmiller, 200m, 21.45 seconds
6. Thomas Nikkel, 200m, 21.96 seconds
7. Mark Daley, 200m, 26.49 seconds
5. Derek Eidsness, decathlon, 6,629 points
6. Townsend Barton, decathlon, 6,618 points
7. Noel Spence, decathlon, 6,441 points
6. Wyatt Pruce, discus, 157-0 (47.86m)
7. Quincy Warren, discus, 155-5 (47.39m)
7. Mikael Grace, 400 hurdles, 55.61 seconds
Summit League Championships Women’s Point Scorers
1. Sara Reifenrath, 400m, 52.81 seconds
4. Anna Robinson, 400m, 54.73 seconds
1. Jacy Pulse, 400m hurdles, 57.70 seconds
3. Averi Schmeichel, 400m hurdles, 59.10 seconds
1. Erin Kinney, 100m, 11.38 seconds
1. Sara Reifenrath, 200m, 23.30 seconds
2. Erin Kinney, 200m, 23.78 seconds
5. Anna Robinson, 200m, 24.26 seconds
1. Meredith Clark, shot put, 52-0 ½ (15.86m)
1. Meredith Clark, discus, 161-2 (49.13m)
7. Kinsley Ragland, discus, 137-3 (41.85m)
1. Gen Hirata, pole vault, 14-1 ¼ (4.30m)
2. Jaidyn Garrett, pole vault, 13-4 ½ (4.08m)
3. Eliza Aitken, pole vault, 12-10 ¾ (3.93m)
7. Kailee Swart, pole vault, 12-10 ¾ (3.93m)
1. Erin Kinney, Jacy Pulse, Averi Schmeichel, Sara Reifenrath, 4x100m relay, 44.54 seconds
1. Averi Schmeichel, Jacy Pulse, Madison Jochum, Sara Reifenrath, 4x400m relay, 3:40.68
2. Averi Schmeichel, 100m hurdles, 13.30 seconds
2. Ella Byers, 1,500m, 4:28.29
2. Kenzie Campbell, hammer throw, 185-2 (56.45m)
6. Delaney Smith, hammer throw, 176-4 (53.76m)
7. Meredith Clark, hammer throw, 175-10 (53.59m)
8. Riley Griffith, hammer throw, 165-7 (50.47m)
2. Danii Anglin, high jump, 5-7 ¾ (1.72m)
3. Maddie Olson, high jump, 5-7 ¾ (1.72m)
5. Matayah YellowMule, high jump, 5-5 ¾ (1.67m)
4. Madison Jochum, 800m, 2:11.92
7. Ella Byers, 800m, 2:17.72
4. Sammy Neil, long jump, 19-3 ¼ (5.87m)
8. Matayah YellowMule, long jump, 18-7 ¼ (5.67m)
5. Lauren Meyer, triple jump, 39-4 ½ (12.00m)
8. Abbie Schmidt, 3,000m steeplechase, 11:08.43
SDSU RECAP
South Dakota State track and field finished third in both the men’s and women’s team standings after medaling in 14 different events on Saturday at the 2024 Summit League Championships.
Three Jackrabbits won the conference titles, starting with James Pierce, who won the 400-meter dash in a personal best of 47.12, now second all-time. Thailan Hallman also took fifth in 47.65 for a new PR and the sixth-fastest time in school history.
Claire Beckman was champion of the 800-meter finals, clocking a PR of 2:10.09 (now eighth all-time), and Grace Waage took bronze in 2:11.22.
Leah Hisken defended her 5k title, winning the gold in a time of 17:25.98. Jessica Lutmer (17:43.75) came seventh and Ashlyn Hillyard (17:52.50) was eighth.
Additional Jackrabbits earning a trip to the podium include Milee Young, who was runner-up in the women’s discus at the championship meet with a throw of 153-05.00.
Brielle Dixon broke her own school record in 13.37 seconds to take third place as Savannah Risseeuw finished fifth with a PR of 13.61, now third in school history.
The women’s 4×100-meter relay team of Dixon, Risseeuw, Maggie Madsen and Jaiden Boomsma ran into second place with a time of 45.90, taking the silver medal with the fourth-fastest time in school history.
Jessica Boekelheide, Emily Rystrom, Madsen and Erika Kuntz teamed up for the bronze medal in in the 4×400-meter relay with a time of 3:44.52, now fourth on the SDSU All-Time List.
Jake Werner took home two medals on the day, as he ran a 10.46 in the 100-meter dash finals for a third place finish and a 21.25 for second place in the 200-meter dash.
Carson Noecker tallied his second silver medal of the championship meet after running a 14:15.41 in the 5k. Josh Becker (14:40.89) was fifth and Will Lohr (14:43.89) came eighth.
Tristen Hanna leaped his way onto the podium for the triple jump with a mark of 48-08.00.
Ethan Fischer was runner-up in the discus, taking silver with a mark of 172-06.00, while Caiden Fredrick was third with a 169-08.00. Ryan Hackbart (153-07.00, PR) also scored for SDSU, taking eighth place.
SDSU then clocked the sixth-fastest men’s 4×100-meter relay time (40.58) in school history enroute to a bronze medal courtesy of Evan Henderson, Werner, Carter Toews and Drew Olson.
The 4×400-meter relay team of Sam Castle, Hallman, Kudra Nzibariza and Pierce clocked the eighth-fastest time in school history (3:12.99) to take silver.
In other results, Carter Johnson finished sixth in the 110-meter hurdle finals with a new PR of 14.47, now ninth on the SDSU All-Time List, as Jeremiah Donahoe ran a 55.54 for sixth in the 400-meter hurdle finals.
Daniel Burkhalter and Brandon Kampsen finished back-to-back in the 800-meter finals, clocking a 1:55.30 for seventh and 1:56.58 for eighth place, respectively. Burkhalter also scored for the Jackrabbits in the 1500-meter run with a fourth-place finish in 3:46.89
Matt Katz and Ryan Karajanis finished back-to-back in the men’s pole vault, taking seventh (15-06.25) and eighth (15-00.25), respectively.
Boomsma ran a time of 11.93 for a fifth place finish in the 100-meter dash finals as Rich-Ann Archer took seventh in 12.08.
In the finals of the 400-meter dash, Kuntz ran a 57.05 for seventh place as Boekelheide took eighth with a PR of 57.46.
Risseeuw crossed the finish line in a time of 1:04.24 for eighth place in the 400-meter hurdle finals while Nicole Greyer clocked a 4:33.77 in the 1500-meter run for a fifth place finish.
The SDSU men finish third in the team standings with 158 points as North Dakota State took first with 190 points and South Dakota was second with 175 points.
On the women’s side, SDSU came third with 131.5 points while North Dakota State won with 238 points and South Dakota came second with 197 points.
UP NEXT: Should SDSU have any qualifiers, the NCAA West Regional Prelims will take place May 22-25 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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San Francisco voters will decide whether the city should have a public bank after city supervisors this week approved such a proposal to appear on the November ballot.
The city would be the first in the nation to have a municipal government-owned bank. Only the state of North Dakota runs a major public bank in the nation.
But the city’s proposal gives no answer as to where the estimated $325 million in start-up costs will come from as the city faces a $643 million budget deficit.
“In a moment like this, asking voters to commit San Francisco to potentially running a financial institution is asking for trust the city has not yet earned,” said Supervisor Alan Wong, one of the two votes against placing the measure on the ballot.
“Our city’s track record shows that meeting those demands is harder than it sounds, even for institutions designed with the right intentions,” he added.
Socialist Supervisor Jackie Fielder, who just returned from a months-long mental health leave, indicated that future legislation would figure out a revenue steam. Supporters of a bank wanted to get ahead of a 2028 expiration date for a state law that gives cities the power to create their own public banks.
“It feels like an incredible tool to add to the city’s tool kit,” Misha Steier, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, told the San Francisco Chronicle. The coalition was founded by Fielder.
“This is the culmination of years and years of movement effort,” Steier said.
A city bank, supporters say, would unlock financing for thousands of housing units that lack funding to address the housing crisis. It could finance climate goals or lend to small businesses in the area.
“This ensures we have an institution run by real bankers that is accountable, nevertheless, to public priorities and public policy priorities,” Fielder said.
“We can build a public bank that prioritizes reinvesting back into what we all need to sustain our local communities,” added Supervisor Chyanne Chen, who brought forth the measure. “Let us use every tool at our disposal to keep the city affordable and to drive an economic recovery that leaves no one behind.”
The bank would be run by qualified bankers appointed by an oversight committee whose members would be selected by local officials. While it does not establish a revenue stream, the ballot measure would at least enshrine the bank’s rules, structure and mission in the city’s charter — including a provision that it would never lend to fossil fuel corporations or weapons manufacturers.
How startup costs will be funded seems to be difficult to answer. Fielder in February attempted another ballot measure that would impose a higher tax on lending companies to help fund such a bank, though that effort was paused to focus on this new ballot proposal.
Any new taxes may be difficult in the current political environment; this past June, voters in the progressive city even voted down a tax hike on highly paid CEOs.
North Dakota’s bank sees deposits mostly from the state’s collections of taxes and fees and corporate accounts. A very small portion comes from residents as “it is the Bank’s policy not to compete with the private sector for retail deposits,” it said on its website.
The bank has mostly seen success and has turned a profit for many years, which can be returned to the state government’s general fund or used for economic development initiatives. A lot of the success can be traced to the the state’s fracking boom, according to research by University of Illinois Chicago professor Robert S. Chirinko.
But unlike commercial banks, deposits into the public bank are not insured by the federal government, which means North Dakota takes on all the risk. California’s law requires federal insurance, which will give the city more regulatory hurdles as no public bank has sought that approval before.
Chirinko said any success replicating North Dakota’s model will heavily depend on funding. San Francisco’s proposed focus on investing in climate-friendly technology or housing may also not pay off immediately.
“There could be a role there for government, but you have to recognize that you’re not going to get your money back,” he said.
Such banks also can face accusations of unfair political influence. In 2016, North Dakota’s bank financed local law enforcement’s militarized response to controversial protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline, sparking liberal backlash.
Already, critics in San Francisco are saying the same political favoritism could happen for how loans and other financial products would get issued.
“What do they want? An SF Public Bank staffed by cronies of absentee SF Supervisor Jackie Fielder,” claimed tech figure and Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan. “It’ll be a tremendous grift mill robbing the city blind.”
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Today in History, 1975: Earthquake rattles portions of Minnesota and the Dakotas, including Fargo-Moorhead
On this day in 1975, a moderate earthquake centered near Morris, Minnesota, shook parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota, startling residents but causing no major damage or injuries.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Earth Tremor Felt Across Wide Area Including F-M
An earth tremor at 9:56 a.m. today was widely felt in the Fargo-Moorhead area as well as other parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota, but the National Weather Service here said it had no reports of damage.
The tremor lasted from two to five seconds, Keith Blessum of the Weather Service said, and ignited telephone reports from a wide area.
The earthquake measured 5.0 on the Richter Scale. Waverly Person of the National Earthquake Information Center in Denver, Colo., said: “The earthquake was moderate and was centered in the Morris, Minn., area. It could have caused much damage in a heavily populated area.”
The quake also was felt in northwestern Iowa. Carl Stover of the Earthquake Information Center said it affected an area 300 miles long and 180 miles wide in four states. He said the exact center of the quake was 10 miles west of Morris.
Person said the earthquake that struck California’s San Fernando Valley in February 1971, killing 54 persons and causing millions of dollars in property damage, measured 6.5 on the Richter Scale.
There were no injuries reported, but authorities in several communities in Minnesota and North and South Dakota reported that residents were startled, buildings shook, dishes rattled and books fell off shelves. Some residents in Alberta, Minn., and Wheaton, Minn., also reported cracked foundations.
Among the first to report locally was Mrs. Paul Dutt, 909 27th St. N., Fargo, who told the Weather Service pictures on the walls moved and a vase moved across the top of the television set.
Marjorie Henderson, who lives on a farm between Enderlin and Lisbon, N.D., reported that the house shook and windows rattled during the tremor, while Mrs. Wesley Belter, who lives south of Casselton, N.D., said that she and four neighbors had similar experiences.
Mrs. Earl Ernst, who lives eight miles east of Wolverton, Minn., also reported that the walls of her trailer home shook and dishes rattled.
Other reports received by the Weather Service at Hector Airport here were from Hankinson and Wahpeton, N.D., and Breckenridge and Ottertail, Minn.; Milbank, S.D., White Rock Dam on the South Dakota border and Canby, Minn.
The earth tremor shook much of northeastern South Dakota and parts of southeastern North Dakota and western Minnesota but apparently caused no injuries, the Associated Press reported.
Donald Johnson, Codington (S.D.) County Civil Defense Director, said the strongest tremors were felt in the South Shore area, about 12 miles northeast of Watertown.
Johnson said a school was evacuated in South Shore, but there were no injuries or major damage reported.
A University of Minnesota professor said that part of that state has a history of minor earthquakes, with about half a dozen reported since the mid-1800s.
Residents in the Willmar, Alexandria, Morris and Long Prairie areas all felt the tremor. It hit about 9:55 a.m., and lasted five to 10 seconds.
No major damage was reported, although the tremor startled many people and shook household furnishings. Some residents in Alberta, near Morris, reported cracked foundations.
Dr. Harold Mooney, professor of geophysics at the University of Minnesota, estimated the tremor would have measured 4 or 4.5 on the Richter Scale. Mooney’s seismograph wasn’t operating when the tremor struck, and he said his was the only such measuring device in the area.
“The motion of a fault in the western part of the state sent out seismic waves at thousands of feet per second, and that’s what the people felt,” Mooney said.
“There is a history of earthquakes in that area, so this one was not without precedent.”
The most recent was near Alexandria in 1950, he said. The most severe was near Brainerd in 1917; that one broke some windows and knocked things off shelves.
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