ST. PAUL, MINN. – For the 14^th time since joining the League, the North Dakota State Bison walk away with both Summit League Outdoor Track and Field Championship titles Saturday inside the O’Shaughnessy Stadium. The NDSU women claimed their 15^th crown in the last 16 years while the men extended their League record by capturing their 14^th consecutive outdoor trophy.
 
Women’s Final Standings

Place	School	Score
1.	North Dakota State	238
2.	South Dakota	197
3.	South Dakota State	131.5
4.	North Dakota	109.5
5.	St. Thomas	71
6.	Kansas City	38
7.	Omaha	23
8.	Oral Roberts	11

 
Men’s Final Standings

Place	School	Score
1.	North Dakota State	190
2.	South Dakota	175
3.	South Dakota State	158
4.	St. Thomas	112
5.	Kansas City	66
6.	North Dakota	60
7.	Oral Roberts	49

Women's Individual Awards
Newcomer of the Championship: Anika Larson, North Dakota State
Field Championship MVP: Meredith Clark, South Dakota
Track Championship MVP: Sara Reifenrath, South Dakota
Scholar of the Championship presented by JLG Architects: Claire Leach, North Dakota
 
Men's Individual Awards
Newcomer of the Championship: Tory Lanham, Kansas City
Field Championship MVP: Cameron Landis, North Dakota State
Track Championship MVP: Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts
Scholar of the Championship presented by JLG Architects: Tony Weeks, St. Thomas
 
Notes on Individual Honorees
North Dakota State’s Anika Larson was named the women’s Outdoor Newcomer of the Championship after earning 10.25 points for NDSU. She advanced to the finals in each event she competed in.
 
During today’s finals, she ran a leg of the 4x100m relay that took fourth overall in a time of 46.23. She then made her way onto the podium with a third-place finish in the 100m (11.79). She closed out her championship debut in the 200m where she placed sixth with a time of 24.31.
 
South Dakota’s Meredith Clark became only the third women’s student-athlete to earn back-to-back Outdoor Field Championship MVP honors, the last being NDSU’s Katelyn Weimerskirch. Clark earned 22 points for the Coyotes.
 
She opened the championship with a seventh-place finish in the women’s hammer throw after a toss of 175-10 (53.59m).
 
During yesterday’s events, she secured the women’s shot title on her opening throw. She launched the shot put 52-00.50 (15.86m) to win the gold.
 
Today she closed out her championship with her second gold medal of the meet after capturing the women’s discus. She took the top spot on the podium with a toss of 161-02 (49.13m).
 
Coyote teammate Sara Reifenrath ran away with the women’s Outdoor Track Championship MVP individual honor with a total of 25 points and four gold medals around her neck.
 
She kicked off the track events helping the Coyote women defend their title in the 4x100m relay. The South Dakota squad crossed the finish line in a meet-record time of 44.54 to secure back-to-back gold medals.
 
Her second and third gold medals of the day came in the 400m and the 200m. She captured her third career women’s 400m title after she crossed the finish line in a meet-record time of 52.81. She also secured her third career women’s 200m crown with a time of 23.30.
 
Reifenrath’s fourth and final event title came in the 4x400m relay. The relay squad took home their fourth consecutive 4x400m relay title with a time of 3:40.68.
 
Kansas City’s Tory Lanham became the first Roos to be named the men’s Outdoor Newcomer of the Championship after he earned 17.5 points for the Roos. In his debut at the outdoor championships, he qualified for the finals in all of the events he was competing in.
 
He opened up today with a gold medal from the men’s 4x100m relay where the Roos crossed the finish line in 40.06. He then went on to take fifth in the 100m with a time of 10.50.
 
Lanham’s second gold medal of the meet came in the 200m when he crossed the finish line in a personal-best time of 21.07.
 
He closed out the day in the men’s 4x400m relay where he helped the Roos take fifth with a time of 3:22.45.
 
NDSU’s Cameron Landis is the second consecutive Bison to take home the men’s Outdoor Field Championship MVP accolade. He earned the honor after collecting 20 points for the Bison.
 
Yesterday he collected his first event crown after he won the men’s shot put with a season-best toss of 58-06.00 (17.83m). Today he secured the highest individual field honor after he took the discus crown with a personal-best launch of 173-02 (52.78m).
 
Oral Roberts’ Abraham Chelangam, the 2024 men’s Indoor Track Championship MVP, is the first Golden Eagle since D’Khari Hicks (2016) to be awarded the men’s Outdoor Track Championship MVP. In each of the three events he competed in, he crossed the finish line under the meet record time.
 
On the opening day of the championships, Chelangam crossed the finish line  of the men's 10,000m in under 30 minutes to take down a 39-year-old record. He took the event title in a new meet record time of 29:53.02.
 
Today, in the men’s 1,500m, he was one of three to cross the finish line under the meet record (3:46.86). He took bronze in the event with a personal-best time of 3:46.82.
 
Chelangam closed out his championship with a 5,000m event title. He took the gold in a meet record time of 14:12.26.
 
Other Notable Performances
South Dakota’s Marshall Faurot defended his men’s pole vault title after clearing a height of 17-03.75 (5.28m) to take the crown. Faurot led the charge for the Coyotes in the event as USD took the top four places.
 
The top three finishers in the men’s 1,500m crossed the finish line under the meet record (3:46.86). North Dakota State’s Ethan Moe took the gold medal in a new meet record time of 3:45.65. Mason Sindelar of South Dakota (3:45.94) and Chelangam (3:46.82) followed for second and third place, respectively.
 
NDSU’s Salmata Korgho took home the women’s 100m hurdles event title in a meet-record time of 13.19.
 
South Dakota’s Erin Kinney capture her second consecutive women’s 100m event title with a time of 11.38.
 
Fellow teammate Jacy Pulse claimed back-to-back women’s 400m hurdle titles. During yesterday’s prelims, she lowered her meet record from a year ago (58.46) by clocking the top time in prelims with 58.04. Today she won the gold medal and bested her record yet again clocking a blistering 57.70.
 
South Dakota State’s Leah Hisken captured her fourth straight 5,000m title. The Jackrabbit senior earned the top spot on the podium after crossing the finish line in 17:25.98.
 
Alongside Chelangam, SDSU’s Carson Noecker broke another meet record. The duo crossed the finish line of the men’s 5,000m under the meet record (14:21.01). Chelangam took the event title in a new meet record time of 14:12.26. Noecker took second with a time of 14:15.41.
 
The Coyote women’s 4x400m relay team took home their fourth consecutive relay title with a time of 3:40.68.
 
The Bison men’s 4x400m relay team closed out the championships by capturing their fourth straight event crown with a time of 3:11.68.
 
Women’s Champions Crowned
Discus: Meredith Clark, South Dakota | 161-02.00 (49.13m)
Triple jump: McKenzie Pearson, Kansas City | 40-02.25 (12.25m)
4x100m relay: South Dakota | 44.54
1,500m: Reagan Baesler, North Dakota State | 4:25.32
100m hurdles: Salmata Korgho, North Dakota State | 13.19
400m: Sara Reifenrath, South Dakota | 52.81
100m: Erin Kinney, South Dakota | 11.38
800m: Claire Beckman, South Dakota State | 2:10.09
400m hurdles: Jacy Pulse, South Dakota | 57.70
200m: Sara Reifenrath, South Dakota | 23.30
5,000m: Leah Hisken, South Dakota State | 17:25.98
4x400m relay: South Dakota | 3:40.68
 
Men’s Champions Crowned
Pole vault: Marshall Faurot, South Dakota | 17-03.75 (5.28m)
Discus: Cameron Landis, North Dakota State | 173-02 (52.78m)
Triple jump: Isaiah Hopf, St. Thomas | 49-11.00 (15.21m)
4x100m relay: Kansas City | 40.06
1,500m: Ethan Moe, North Dakota State | 3:45.65
110m hurdles: Mikael Grace, South Dakota | 13.90
400m: James Pierce, South Dakota State | 47.12
100m: Jaden Guthmiller, South Dakota | 10.31
800m: Justice Dick, North Dakota | 1:50.69
400m hurdles: Carter Elde, North Dakota State | 52.75
200m: Tory Lanham, Kansas City | 21.07
5,000m: Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts | 14:12.26
4x400m relay: North Dakota State | 3:11.68
 
Up Next
The top 48 declared student-athletes will be accepted into their respective events in the West Region.
 
For each relay event, the top 24 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition.
 
For the heptathlon and decathlon, the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted directly into the Championships. 
 
The NCAA West Preliminary Rounds will take place May 22-25 and are hosted by the University of Arkansas at the John McDonnell Field. The NCAA will officially announce qualifiers in the future.