SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota State and South Dakota were honored as this week’s Summit League TicketSmarter Indoor Track and Field Peak Performers of the Week, League officials released Tuesday. The two schools had student-athletes achieve a handful of season-best marks to start the new year. NDSU’s Jacob Rodin and teammate Kaden Pastian earned the weekly honor for the men while USD’s Erin Kinney and the Bison’s Grace Emineth tabbed the accolades on the women’s side.
 
At the Bison Team Cup, Rodin broke his own school record and facility record in the 600-meter to take the event title. He won the race in a time of 1:17.88, improving his previous NDSU all-time best of 1:18.03, as well as his facility record of 1:18.18 from last season. Rodin’s winning time ranks 12^th in the NCAA this season for the 600m. Rodin also ran a leg in the Bison’s 4x400m relay team that took first in a time of 3:20.63.
 
Pastian registered personal-best marks in both the weight throw and the shot put at the Bison Team Cup. He was the top collegiate finisher in the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 64-11.50 (19.80m). The launch now ranks him ninth in NDSU history and 37^th in the NCAA this season. In the shot put he threw a career-best toss of 56-09.25 (17.30m) good for sixth place.
 
Kinney won her only two events at the South Dakota Kickoff. She advanced to the finals of the 60m after breaking her own DakotaDome record with a prelim time of 7.40. Kinney went on to win the event in a time of 7.43, also under her previous facility record of 7.47 set last season. She capped off the meet by claiming the 200m in a time of 24.41, just one-tenth off her indoor personal best.
 
Emineth excelled at the Bison Team Cup notching two event titles one in the long jump and one in the triple jump. Her indoor personal-best winning long jump mark of 20-00.25 (6.10m) ranks her third all-time at NDSU and 16^th in the NCAA so far this season. In the triple jump, she won the event with a mark of 38-9 (11.81m).
  
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MEN’S TRACK PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Jacob Rodin, North Dakota State
Sr | Mid-Distance | Kenmare, N.D.

• Collected his fifth career weekly award and first this season
• Broke his own school and facility record in the 600m
• His winning time of 1:17.88 ranks 12^th in the NCAA this season for the event

Also nominated: Dylan Kautz (South Dakota), Logan Lommel (Western Illinois), Timon Kemboi (Oral Roberts), Cameron Heppner (St. Thomas), Pierre Lear (South Dakota State)
 
MEN’S FIELD PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Kaden Pastian, North Dakota State
R-Fr | Throws | Hillsboro, N.D.

• Earned his second career weekly award and second this season
• Was the top collegiate finisher in the weight throw with a mark of 64-11.50 (19.80m)
• Now ranks ninth in NDSU history and 37^th in the NCAA
• Registered a personal-best mark of 56-09.25 (17.30m) in the shot put

Also nominated: Jayden Green (South Dakota), Arnie Grundert (Western Illinois), Nahshon Houston (Kansas City)
 
WOMEN’S TRACK PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Erin Kinney, South Dakota
So | Sprints | Sioux Falls, S.D.

• Collected her second career weekly honor
• Won two event titles and bested her own facility record in the 60m
• Clocked a 7.40 in the prelims of the 60m and a 7.43 in the finals, both under her previous facility record of 7.47
• Won the 200m in 24.41, one-tenth off her indoor personal best

Also nominated: Ally Ryan (Kansas City), Deborah Mazzei (Oral Roberts), Sydney Arndt (North Dakota State)
 
WOMEN’S FIELD PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Grace Emineth, North Dakota State
So | Jumps/Sprints | Fargo, N.D.
 

• Collected her first career weekly honor
• Took home the triple jump title with a mark of 38-9 (11.81m)
• Ranks 16^th nationally and third all-time at NDSU in the long jump after setting a new indoor personal best of 20-00.25 (6.10m) to win the event

 
Also nominated: Lydia Knapp (South Dakota), Aliyah Adams (Western Illinois)
 
2022-23 Indoor Track & Field Peak Performers of the Week
December 6
MT: Pierre Lear, South Dakota State
MF: Kaden Pastian, North Dakota State
WT: Kendra Kelley, North Dakota State
WF: Danii Anglin, South Dakota
 
December 13
MT: Pierre Lear, South Dakota State
MF: Benjamin Owere, Kansas City
WT: Ally Ryan, Kansas City
WF: Nakeita Kessling, Western Illinois
 
January 17
MT: Jacob Rodin, North Dakota State
MF: Kaden Pastian, North Dakota State
WT: Erin Kinney, South Dakota
WF: Grace Emineth, North Dakota State