SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota State were all represented in this week’s TicketSmarter Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors, league officials announced Tuesday. South Dakota State’s Reid Pierzinski and South Dakota’s Eerik Haamer claimed the honors on the men’s side while USD’s Moe Bridgen and North Dakota State’s Amanda Anderson took home the awards for the women.
 
At the John McDonnell Invitational, Pierzinski won the 400m hurdles in a time career-best time of 51.18. His winning time broke the SDSU school record in the event and moved up to the top mark in the league this season. Pierzinski’s winning time ranks 23^rd nationally in the event.
 
He also ran a leg of the 4x100m relay team that took second with a time of 41.59.
 
Haamer moved up to seventh nationally in the pole vault after winning the event at the K.T. Woodman Classic. He cleared a mark of 18-0.50 (5.50m) to take the title.
 
Bridgen finished in the top five in both her individual events and helped claim an event title in the 4x400m relay at the K.T. Woodman Classic. For the second consecutive week, Bridgen clocked a flat minute in the 400m hurdles. She won the event in a time of 1:00.97. She finished fifth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.34.
 
In the 4x400m relay, Bridgen ran the lead leg for the Coyotes en route to a winning time of 3:43.10.
 
Anderson won the discus, shot put and hammer throw at the Al Bortke Open to headline the Bison’s efforts over the weekend. She won the discus with a toss of 176-3 (53.72m), took the shot put with a mark of 47-7 (14.50m) and claimed the hammer throw with a launch of 168-4 (51.30m).


 
Reid Pierzinski, South Dakota State
So | Sprints/Hurdles | Nisswa, Minn.

• Collected his second career athlete of the week honor
• Won the 400m hurdles in a career-best time of 51.18
• Broke the SDSU school record in the event and moved up to 23^rd nationally

Also nominated: Dylan Kautz South Dakota
 
Eerik Haamer, South Dakota
So | Pole Vault | Tartu, Estonia

• Notched his second career outdoor athlete of the week accolade and fourth overall
• Won the pole vault with a height of 18-0.5 (5.50m)
• Leads the league in the event and ranks seventh in the NCAA this season

Also nominated: Kaden Pastian, North Dakota State
 
Moe Bridgen, South Dakota
Fr | Sprints | May Pen, Jamaica

• Earned her first career outdoor athlete of the week award
• Won the 400m hurdles in 1:00.97
• Led off the Coyotes’ winning 4x400m relay, which recorded a time of 3:43.10

Also nominated: Bonet Henderson, North Dakota State
 
Amanda Anderson, North Dakota State
Sr | Throws | Bethel, Minn.

• Earned the first outdoor athlete of the week honor of her career and second award overall
• Won all three events she competed in (discus, shot put and hammer)

Also nominated: Lydia Knapp, 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
 
April 5
MT: Cody Roder, North Dakota State
MF: Jessie Sullivan, South Dakota
WT: Gabrielle Gibson, Oral Roberts
WF: Marleen Mülla, South Dakota
 
April 12
MT: Reid Pierzinski, South Dakota State
MF: Eerik Haamer, South Dakota
WT: Moe Bridgen, South Dakota
WF: Amanda Anderson, North Dakota State