The Mount Rushmore State

Track and field: BHSU, Dickinson State win DAC (Rapid City Journal)
Posted by TheRunning
Black Hills State University women and Dickinson State men continued their dominance, winning team titles at the Dakota Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field meet Saturday at the Young Center.

USD Track And Field Hall Of Honor To Induct Three (Yankton Press & Dakotan)
Posted by TheRunning
VERMILLION -- The University of South Dakota track and field program will honor three former athletes on Saturday, January 26 during the Alumni-Graphic Edge Invitational at the DakotaDome.

Stevens sprinter Bedard inks with University of Sioux Falls (Rapid City Journal)
Posted by TheRunning
University of Sioux Falls track coach Gene Brooks has announced that Becca Bedard of Rapid City will sprint for the Cougar track and field program next year.

Track & field: BH assistant named head coach at Dakota St. (Rapid City Journal)
Posted by TheRunning
Trent Mack, a former track and field All-American and assistant coach at Black Hills State, is the new women’s track and field and cross country coach at Dakota State.

National cross country championships coming to Sioux Falls (The Argus Leader)
Posted by TheRunning
Nike - the powerhouse shoe and sports apparel company - on Monday picked Sioux Falls to host its high school Nike Team Nationals Heartland Region Cross Country Championships on Nov. 10.

Dakota State ink eight recruits for cross country, track and field (Madison Daily Leader)
Posted by TheRunning
Dakota State University's cross country and track-and-field programs have announced the signing of eight recruits from South Dakota for the 2007-08 seasons.

College Track & Field: Wolves meet goals on first day of meet (Aberdeen American News)
Posted by TheRunning
The first day of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference indoor track and field meet boiled down to two areas for Northern State athletes on Friday.

College Track & Field: Van Veen wins 5,000-meter race at Nebraska meet (Aberdeen American News)
Posted by TheRunning
Northern State athletes improved on a national qualifying mark and set two school records during competition at the Nebraska Wesleyan Open indoor track and field meet, which concluded late Friday night.

College Track & Field: Wolves give parents cheer filled afternoon (Aberdeen American News)
Posted by TheRunning
Parents of Northern State's track and field athletes had a lot to cheer about on Saturday at Wachs Arena.

College Track & Field: 3 Wolves are first in meet (Aberdeen American News)
Posted by TheRunning
Northern State's men's and women's track teams participated in the Graphic Edge Alumni Invitational at the DakotaDome on Saturday.

College track & field: Eight double at BH meet (Rapid City Journal)
Posted by TheRunning
SPEARFISH - Eight competitors won two events, including six Chadron State thinclads, during the Black Hills State Fall Classic indoor track and field meet on Friday.

College Track & Field: Northern athletes open indoor season in USD meet (Aberdeen American News)
Posted by TheRunning
A small group of Northern State track and field athletes participated in the University of South Dakota Preseason Open on Thursday.

Success not about style for runner
Posted by LG
Tyler Wetering is easy to pick out in the lead pack of runners. He's the one who looks like he has worked way too hard to stay up front.

Wife provides inspiration to keep athlete from running on empty
Posted by LG
The Northern State student's 17-hour days include: Running cross country and track and field for the Wolves. Being a father to three children and husband to wife Kelly. Working 20 to 30 hours a week at Casey's General Store in Aberdeen.

Jimmies edge past Wolves in indoor track and field dual
Posted by LG
The Jamestown College track and field teams have had a knack for edging Northern State in their indoor duals the past few years.

BHSU cross country team hoping for another successful NAIA meet
Posted by LG
At any national event, coaches always have a canned speech ready about how it's not enough to get there - they want to compete as well. They have to say it.

Mt. Rushmore Marathon: Eischen aces 'monumental' test
Posted by LG
Jim Eischen of Sioux Falls legged past Streff on the gradual, yet arduous incline of the Mickelson Trail en route to a winning time of 3:09.22 on an undulating 26.2-mile course in the heart of the Black Hills.

Zeller races to Olympic start line
Posted by LG
The Pierre educator has been training nonstop in his bid to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The first opportunity to qualify for the U.S. team trials in three years is Sunday at the Twin Cities Marathon.

B-H Cross Country Runners Compete
Posted by LG
Phil Muth placed second and Ashley Kirkegaard was eighth to lead the Britton-Hecla cross country runners at the Groton Invitational on Monday.

Stout joins USD women¹s track and field program
Posted by LG
Natalie Stout, who led Crofton (NE) High School to its second straight state Class C track title this past spring (2005), has signed a national letter of intent to enroll at The University of South Dakota in the fall of 2005 and participate in track and field for the Coyotes. She is the 16th high school track and field/cross country standout this spring/summer to join the Coyote women¹s program.