SIOUX FALLS, S.D. –South Dakota State’s Cody Larson and North Dakota’s Jadyn Keeler picked up the season’s sixth Kwik Star Summit League Cross Country Peak Performer of the Week honors, league officials announced Tuesday. Both runners had the fastest times amongst Summit League athletes in their respective races and earned a spot in the Summit League record book.
Larson placed 8th in the men’s 8K race with a time of 23:17.9 at the Pre-Nationals meet hosted by Missouri. Larson’s time was the third fastest 8k race in league history. His finish helped the Jakrabbits take 17th place in a field that included 32 teams.
The Jackrabbits defeated multiple Power 4 programs such as Tennessee, Florida State, Illinois, Kansas State, Nebraska, and Iowa.
Keeler placed third at the Arturo Barrios Invitational with a personal record 6K time of 19:08.2. She is the first female athlete to clock a sub-20 minute time in Summit League history. The Barrie, Ontario native smashed the previous conference record of 20:06.8 set by Erin Teschuk at the Stanford invitational in 2015.
Keeler’s finish marked her second-best individual performance at a Power 4 meet and now ranks as the second-best finish in UND program history, trailing only her victory earlier this season at the Roy Griak Invitational.
The UND graduate also helped lead the North Dakota women’s team to a strong seventh-place finish, ahead of Power 4 programs including Oklahoma, Ohio State, Texas Tech, Houston, Baylor, and TCU.
Cody Larson, South Dakota State
Sr. | Warner, S.D.
- Collected his third cross country weekly honor of the season
- Placed 8th at the Pre-National meet 8K race with a time of 23:17.9
- Guided the Jackrabbits to a seventeenth-place finish
Also nominated: Dalton Heller (Kansas City), Matej Hrebacka (North Dakota), Jacob Knodle (North Dakota State), Abraham Chelangam (Oral Roberts), Isaac Ochoa (South Dakota), Max Westerlund (St. Thomas)
Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota
Gr | Barrie, Ontario, Canada
- Earned her fourth cross country weekly accolade of the season
- Took 3rd overall at the Arturo Barrios Invitational with a 6K time of 19:08.2
- Led the Fighting Hawks to a seventh-place finish
Also nominated: Mariah Belmont (Kansas City),Reagan Baesler (North Dakota State), Meredith Richter (Omaha), Madeline Cabana (Oral Roberts), Geneva Timmerman (South Dakota), Meghan Ford (South Dakota State), Lindsay Berg (St. Thomas)
2025 Cross Country Peak Performers of the Week
Sept. 2
M: Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts
W: Ossly Murambidzi, Oral Roberts
Sept. 9
M: Cody Larson, South Dakota State
W: Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota
Sept. 23
M: Cody Larson, South Dakota State
W: Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota
Sept. 30
M: Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts
W: Mariah Belmont, Kansas City
Oct. 7
M: Abraham Chelangam, Oral Roberts
W: Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota
Oct. 21
M: Cody Larson, South Dakota State
W: Jadyn Keeler, North Dakota
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