SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Following an impressive weekend in the Lone Star State, North Dakota State, South Dakota and South Dakota State each have student-athletes represented in this week’s Summit League TicketSmarter Outdoor Track and Field Peak Performers of the Week accolades, League officials announced Tuesday. South Dakota State’s Pierre Lear and North Dakota State’s Trevor Otterdahl garnered the weekly honors on the men’s side while South Dakota duo Jacy Pulse and Danii Anglin picked up the accolades for the women.
 
At the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Lear became the first Jackrabbit in SDSU history to run the men’s 110-meter hurdles in under 14 seconds. He clocked an SDSU school record time of 13.92 to finish third overall. His time of 13.92 ranks 17^th in the West Region.
 
He then ran the same event at Texas State’s Bobcat Invitational where he took runner-up in a time of 14.01.
 
At the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Otterdahl tossed a personal-best mark of 228-9 (69.73m) in the hammer to finish seventh overall in the event. His personal-best mark moved him up to seventh nationally in the event.
 
To go along with his seventh-place finish, Otterdahl also won the shot put with a mark of 61-01.5 (18.63m).
 
At the Bobcat Invitational, he took home his second shot put title of the weekend with a mark of 59-11.25 (18.27m) while finishing runner-up in the hammer with a launch of 227-1 (69.22m).
 
In the 400m hurdles at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Pulse clocked the program’s second fastest time after crossing the line in 58.25. Her personal-best time ranks her 30^th in the nation in the event this season.
 
At the Bobcat Invitational, she clocked a personal-best time of 23.98 in the 200m to finish 16^th overall. Pulse also ran a leg of the 4x100m relay that won the meet in a time of 45.05, just a tenth of a second off the school record set last weekend.
 
Anglin took third in her section of the high jump at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays behind the 2022 NCAA Indoor silver and bronze medalist. She cleared a season-best height of 5-11.5 (1.82m) which ranks her fourth nationally in the event.
 
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MEN’S TRACK PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Pierre Lear, South Dakota State
Jr | Hurdles | Watertown, S.D.

• Collected his first career outdoor weekly award and third overall
• Earned a pair of top-three finishes
• Broke the school record in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13.92
• Ranks 17^th in the West Region in the event

Also nominated: Brett Ringer (St. Thomas), Mark Daley (South Dakota), Jacob Rodin (North Dakota State)

MEN’S FIELD PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
Sr | Throws | Rosemount, Minn.

• Earned his fifth career outdoor weekly honor and ninth overall
• Tossed a personal-best mark of 228-9 (69.73m) in the hammer to move up to No. 7 nationally
• Picked up a pair of top-two finishes (hammer and shot put) at the Bobcat Invitational

Also nominated: Nate Raddatz (St. Thomas), Marshall Faurot (South Dakota), Abraham Sargent (Oral Roberts)
 
WOMEN’S TRACK PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Jacy Pulse, South Dakota
Jr | Hurdles | Salem, S.D.

• Collected her second career outdoor weekly honor and second overall
• Clocked a personal-best time of 58.25 in the 400m hurdles, ranking second-best in USD history
• Ran a personal-best time of 23.98 in the 200m
• Ran a leg of the winning 4x100m relay team that crossed the line in 45.05

Also nominated: Cerington Jones (South Dakota State), Adrena Mazzei (Oral Roberts), Terezia Bolibruch (North Dakota State)
 
WOMEN’S FIELD PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Danii Anglin, South Dakota
So | Jumps | Spring Mount, Jamaica

• Garnered her second career outdoor accolade and third overall
• Took third in the high jump with a season-best clearance of 5-11.5 (1.82m)
• Third-place finish ranks her fourth in the NCAA in the event

Also nominated: Anna Swanson (St. Thomas), Madison Kizer (South Dakota State), Carrie Simonson (Omaha), Alex Seagris (North Dakota State)
 
2022-23 Outdoor Track & Field Peak Performers of the Week
March 21
MT: Jacob Rodin, North Dakota State
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Terezia Bolibruch, North Dakota State
WF: Grace Emineth, North Dakota State
 
March 28
MT: Merga Gemeda, South Dakota
MF: Abraham Sargent, Oral Roberts
WT: Erin Kinney, South Dakota
WF: Marleen Mülla, South Dakota
 
April 4
MT: Pierre Lear, South Dakota State
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Jacy Pulse, South Dakota
WF: Danii Anglin, South Dakota