SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota and South Dakota put up personal best performances to garner the latest Summit League TicketSmarter Outdoor Track and Field Peak Performer of the Week honors, League officials announced Tuesday.
 
North Dakota’s Luke Labatte and South Dakota’s Jack Durst earned the honors on the men’s side while the Coyote duo of Jacy Pulse and Lydia Knapp secured the awards for the women.
 
At the Drake Relays, Labatte shaved time off his 3,000-meter steeplechase school record to finish fourth. He clocked a personal-best time of 8:41.75 which moved him to No. 20 in the nation in the event.
 
Durst cleared a season-best height of 6-11.5 (2.12m) in the high jump to win the event at The Monday Meet. The height ranks 44^th nationally and 25^th in the NCAA West Region.
 
Pulse finished the week with a handful of top-three finishes. Highlighting her week was a Drake Relays title in the 400m hurdles with a school record time of 56.79. Her time ranks her 13^th in the NCAA this spring.
 
She also ran on the Coyotes’ school record 4x100m (44.63) and 4x200m (1:35.92) relays at the Drake Relays. The 4x200m relay team came in second and the 4x100m relay in third.
 
Earlier in the week she clocked a personal-best time of 11.66 in the 100m to finish second at The Monday Meet.
 
Fellow Coyotes Knapp was the top collegian at The Monday Meet with a personal-best hammer toss of 206-4 (62.90). The mark moved her up to 31^st nationally and leads the League in the event by 17 feet. She was also the top collegian in the discus with a mark of 156-0 (47.55m).
 
Later in the week, she added a pair of top-10 finishes in both the discus and the hammer at the Drake Relays. She finished fifth in the discus (163-11; 49.97m) and ninth in the hammer (190-6; 58.07m).

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MEN’S TRACK PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Luke Labatte, North Dakota
Jr | Distance | Inver Grove Heights, Minn.

• Collected his second career outdoor weekly award and second overall
• Bested his school record in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 8:41.75
• Finished fourth in the Drake Relays and ranks No. 20 in the NCAA in the event

Also nominated: Richard Brown (Western Illinois), Hugo Morvan (South Dakota), Eric Douville (St. Thomas), Jacob Knodle (North Dakota State)

MEN’S FIELD PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Jack Durst, South Dakota
Sr | Jumps | Shawnee, Kan.

• Earned his first career weekly honor
• Cleared a season-best 6-11.5 (2.12m) to win the high jump
• Ranks 44^th nationally and 25^th in the NCAA West Region

Also nominated: Austin Wolf (North Dakota), Nate Raddatz (St. Thomas), Jarod White (North Dakota State), Alessandro Belluz (Western Illinois)
 
WOMEN’S TRACK PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Jacy Pulse, South Dakota
Jr | Hurdles | Salem, S.D.

• Collected her fourth career outdoor weekly honor and fourth overall
• Won the 400m hurdles at the Drake Relays with a school record time of 56.79
• Ran a personal-best time of 11.66 in the 100m
• Leads the League in the 400m hurdles and ranks 13^th nationally in the event

Also nominated: Jerzie Finstad (North Dakota), Carrie Simonson (Omaha), Paulina Wuestefeld (Western Illinois), Taynian Walgrave (St. Thomas), Terezia Bolibruch (North Dakota State)
 
WOMEN’S FIELD PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Lydia, Knapp, South Dakota
Jr | Throws | Linden, Iowa

• Garnered her first career outdoor accolade and second overall
• Top collegian finisher in both the hammer and the discus at The Monday Meet
• Moved up to 31^st nationally in the hammer with a personal-best toss of 206-4 (62.90m)

Also nominated: Elise Ulseth (North Dakota), Carrie Simonson (Omaha), Aliyah Adams (Western Illinois), Anna Swanson (St. Thomas), Grace Emineth (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
 
April 11
MT: Pierre Lear, South Dakota State
MF: Trevor Otterdahl, North Dakota State
WT: Erin Kinney, South Dakota
WF: Meredith Clark, South Dakota
 
April 18
MT: Jacob Rodin, North Dakota State
MF: Marshall Faurot, South Dakota
WT: Jacy Pulse, South Dakota
WF: Gen Hirata, South Dakota
 
April 25
MT: Lucas Burmeister, Western Illinois
MF: Abraham Sargent, Oral Roberts
WT: Maleigha Huston, Western Illinois
WF: Jaleesa McWashington, Kansas City
 
May 2
MT: Luke Labatte, North Dakota
MF: Jake Durst, South Dakota
WT: Jacy Pulse, South Dakota
WF: Lydia Knapp, South Dakota