SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota, South Dakota and South Dakota State student-athletes claim this week’s TicketSmarter Summit League Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week accolades, league officials released Tuesday. South Dakota State’s Jared Wipf and South Dakota’s Eerik Haamer took home the men’s track and field honors while USD’s Sara Reifenrath and North Dakota’s Elise Ulseth secured the awards on the women’s side.
 
Wipf collected the 60-meter dash title at the Adidas Classic, defeating athletes from Nebraska, Texas State and Wichita State. He claimed the title in a career-best time of 6.80 seconds which ranks third in SDSU school history.
 
Haamer captured the men’s pole vault title at the Adidas Classic over the weekend clearing a season-best 17-11 (5.46m). His winning, league-leading mark is good for eighth in the NCAA this season.
 
Reifenrath captured the 200 meters at the Adidas Classic in a league-leading time of 23.77 seconds, just four-hundredths off her personal best and school-record time. She also anchored the 4x400-meter relay team that took the event in a time of 3:49.95.
 
Ulseth broke the North Dakota school record in the pentathlon at the UND Open becoming the first Fighting Hawk in school history to eclipse 4,000 points in the event. She finished with 4,029 points, breaking the record by a total of 398 points. Her winning point total ranks 16^th in the NCAA this season.
 
En route to her victory, Ulseth put together the No. 2 time in program history in the 60-meter hurdles in the opening event of the pentathlon with a time of 8.64. In the high jump, her mark of 5-8 (1.73m) was good for a personal best and tied for third-best in school history.


 
Jared Wipf, South Dakota State
Fr | Sprints | Tea, S.D.

• Collected his first career athlete of the week honor
• Won the 60-meter dash in a career-best time of 6.80 seconds
• His winning time ranks third all-time at SDSU

Also nominated: Luke Labatte, North Dakota; Jacob Rodin, North Dakota State; Merga Gemeda, South Dakota
 
Eerik Haamer, South Dakota
So | Pole Vault | Tartu, Estonia

• Notched his first career indoor athlete of the week accolade
• Won the pole vault with a league-leading mark of 17-11 (5.46m)
• Ranks eighth in the NCAA in the pole vault

Also nominated: Garrett Shumski, North Dakota; Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
 
Sara Reifenrath, South Dakota
So | Sprints | Hartington, Neb.

• Earned her fourth career indoor athlete of the week award
• Won the 200 meters and ran anchor on the winning 4x400-meter relay team
• Ranks 41^st in the NCAA with her winning 200-meter time

Also nominated: Cailee Peterson, SDSU; Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota; Nell Graham, North Dakota State
 
Elise Ulseth, North Dakota
Sr | Multis | Kristiansund, Norway

• Earned the first indoor athlete of the week honor of her career
• Broke the UND school record in the pentathlon with a total of 4,029 points
• Clocked the second-best time in program history in the 60-meter hurdles (8.64)
• Notched a personal-best mark of 5-8 (1.73m) to tie for third-best jump in UND history
• Ranks 16^th in the NCAA in the pentathlon this season

Also nominated: Alissa Melvin, North Dakota State; Marleen Mulla, 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
 
February 1
MT: Jared Wipf, South Dakota State
MF: Eerik Haamer, South Dakota
WT: Sara Reifenrath, South Dakota
WF: Elise Ulseth, North Dakota