SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Personal bests and nationally-ranked performances over the weekend earned North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota State student-athletes TicketSmarter Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week accolades, league officials announced Tuesday. South Dakota State’s Riley Bauer and North Dakota State’s Trevor Otterdahl took the honors on the men’s side while USD’s Jacy Pulse and NDSU’s Amy Phillips earned the awards on the women’s.
 
Bauer was the top collegiate finisher at the Emporia State Relays in the 800-meter event. He finished third overall after he clocked a personal-best time of 1:49.92 which ranks third on SDSU’s all-time list. Bauer’s personal-best time ranks him 10^th in the nation in the 800m.
 
Otterdahl’s outdoor season-opening performance at the Raleigh Relays was among the nation’s best over the weekend. He threw an outdoor personal-best of 62-06.75 (19.07m) to win the shot put and extended his previous outdoor best by more than two feet. His winning mark moved him up to No. 6 on the NDSU all-time list and ninth in the nation.
In the hammer throw, he posted the second-best hammer throw mark of his career, 211-4 (64.42m) to finish third in the event. Otterdahl’s throw ranks 27^th nationally for the hammer throw so far this season.

Pulse opened the outdoor season clocking the sixth-fastest time in school history in the 400m hurdles at the Bobcat invitational. She finished in a personal-best time of 1:01.86 to finish 10^th in the field.

Pulse ran the second leg of the winning 4x100m relay team that clocked a school-record time of 45.85 to take the event title. The winning time bested a four-year-old school record previously set at 45.87. She was also the third leg of the 4x400m relay team that placed 10^th in 3:41.16, the second-best time in USD history.
 
Phillips opened the outdoor season with the best hammer throw outing of her career. She took the event at the Raleigh Relays after a personal-best toss of 225-5 (68.72m). Phillips’ launch ranks her second all-time at NDSU in the event and among the top three in the NCAA this season. Her winning mark ranks 22^nd in the world this year and seventh among British women all-time.


 
Riley Bauer, South Dakota State
So | Middle Distance | Bancroft, Iowa

• Collected his first career athlete of the week honor
• Clocked a personal-best time of 1:49.92 in the 800m finishing as the top collegiate athlete
• Moved to No. 10 in the nation in the event

Also nominated: Aden Baughman, Oral Roberts; Luke Labatte, North Dakota; Lucas Hofer, Western Illinois; Merga Gemeda, South Dakota
 
Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
Sr | Throws | Rosemount, Minn.

• Notched his first career outdoor athlete of the week accolade
• Threw a personal-best of 62-06.75 (19.07m) in the shot put to win the event
• Launched the second-best hammer throw of his career, 211-4 (64.42m) to finish third
• Ranks No. 9 nationally in the shot put and 27^th in the hammer throw

Also nominated: Josh Donahoe, South Dakota State; Abraham Sargent, Oral Roberts; Marshall Faurot, South Dakota
 
Jacy Pulse, South Dakota
Fr | Hurdles | Salem, S.D.

• Earned her first career outdoor athlete of the week award
• Notched the sixth-fastest time in school history in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.86
• Was a member of the winning 4x100m relay team that clocked a school-record time of 45.87

Also nominated: Jessica Christoffer, South Dakota State; Gabrielle Gibson, Oral Roberts; Paulina Wuestefeld, Western Illinois
 
Amy Phillips, North Dakota State
Sr | Throws | Henley-on-Thames, England

• Earned the first outdoor athlete of the week honor of her career
• Won the hammer throw with a personal-best toss of 225-5 (68.72m)
• Now ranks third in the NCAA, 22^nd in the world and seventh among British women all-time

Also nominated: Shalom Olotu, Oral Roberts; Elise Ulseth, North Dakota; Morgan Reed, Western Illinois; Marleen Mulla, South Dakota
 
2022 Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
March 22
MT: Gary Afram, St. Thomas
MF: Parker Feuerborn, St. Thomas
WT: Molly Reighard, St. Thomas
WF: Elise Ulseth, North Dakota
 
March 29
MT: Riley Bauer, South Dakota State
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Jacy Pulse, South Dakota
WF: Amy Phillips, North Dakota State