SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Record-breaking performances at South Dakota State’s Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational earned North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota State student-athletes this week’s TicketSmarter Summit League Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors, league officials announced Tuesday. North Dakota State’s Jacob Rodin and South Dakota State’s Trent Francom claimed the men’s track and field awards while South Dakota’s Erin Kinney and NDSU’s Amy (Herrington) Phillips took home the honors for the women.
 
Rodin’s record-breaking performance headlined the Bison’s efforts at South Dakota State’s Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational over the weekend. He set a new NDSU all-time best of 1:49.00 in the 800 meters, winning the meet and ranking 11^th in the nation this season. The previous indoor school record of 1:49.90 was set back in 2011.
 
Francom won the pole vault at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational with a league-leading mark of 17-10.5 (5.45m). His winning height placed him tied for eighth in the NCAA this season.
 
Kinney swept the 60 meters and the 200 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational. She clocked a record time of 7.53 seconds to win the 60 meters, improving her personal best in the event by four hundredths of a second. The previous indoor school record of 7.54 was set in 2018.
 
Her winning 200-meter time of 24.67 was also a personal best and ranks eighth in USD program history.
 
Phillips was the top collegiate finisher in the weight throw at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational. She launched a season-best mark of 68-8 (20.93m) which ranks 19^th in the NCAA for the weight throw this season. Phillips currently leads the league by four feet.
 
Jacob Rodin, North Dakota State
Jr | Sprints | Coon Rapids, Minn.

• Collected his third career athlete of the week honor and first this season
• Broke the school record in the 800-meter with a winning time of 1:49.00
• Winning time ranks 11^th in the nation this season

Also nominated: Aden Baughman, Oral Roberts; Ben Olson, South Dakota State; Brithton Senior, South Dakota
 
Trent Francom, South Dakota State
Sr | Pole Vault | Huron, S.D.

• Notched his first career indoor athlete of the week accolade
• Won the pole vault with a league-leading height of 17-10.5 (5.45m)
• Ranks eighth in the NCAA in the pole vault

Also nominated: Kemuel Sloan, Oral Roberts; Kristoffer Thomsen, North Dakota State
 


Erin Kinney, South Dakota
Fr | Sprints | Harrisburg, S.D.

• Earned her first career indoor athlete of the week award
• Swept both the 60 meters and the 200 meters
• Broke the USD record in the 60 meters after clocking a winning time of 7.53

Also nominated: Gabrielle Gibson, Oral Roberts; Aleece Durbin, North Dakota; Cailee Peterson, South Dakota State; Nell Graham, North Dakota State
 
Amy (Herrington) Phillips, North Dakota State
Sr | Throws | Henley-on-Thames, England

• Earned the first indoor athlete of the week honor of her career
• Top collegiate finisher in the weight throw with a season-best mark of 68-8 (20.93m)
• Ranks 19^th in the NCAA in the weight throw this season

Also nominated: Shalom Olotu, Oral Roberts, Elise Ulseth, North Dakota; Danii Anglin, South Dakota
 
2021-22 Indoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
December 7
MT: Reid Perzinski, South Dakota State
MF: Kristoffer Thomsen, North Dakota State
WT: Sara Reifenrath, South Dakota
WF: Marleen Mülla, South Dakota
 
January 11
MF: Parker Feuerborn, St. Thomas
WF: Caroline Anderson, St. Thomas
 
January 18
MT: Brithton Senior, South Dakota
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Indea Cartwright, Oral Roberts
WF: Marleen Mülla, South Dakota
 
January 25
MT: Jacob Rodin, North Dakota State
MF: Trent Francom, South Dakota State
WT: Erin Kinney, South Dakota
WF: Amy (Herrington) Phillips, North Dakota State