Forty-nine athletic records broken in 2017-18 school year
USD racked up 49 broken school records by 23 athletes in nearly half of the Division 1 sports provided by the school this academic year.
Shanice Cannigan, a senior hurdler on the track and field team, holds the school records for 60-meter hurdles (8.41 seconds) and the pentathlon (4,106 points).
Cannigan said it was an honor to break these records.
“It feels good to break a championship record,” she said. “I’ve been training hard for it.”
Cannigan said she was surprised so many student-athletes broke records this year.
“That means our program is working really well,” she said.
Hunter Padgett, a junior exercise science major on the swimming and diving team, holds three records for USD: 100-, 200- and 500-yard freestyles.
Padgett said the training helped him break these records.
“It pushed me harder than I ever have been pushed,” he said. “That’s all on the coaches: Jason (Mahowald), Steve (Mohs) and Jake (Knowles). They pushed me as hard as they could in practice.”
Padgett said USD athletics is “growing” because of the record-breaking successes.
“We might still be a smaller school, but each sport’s growing,” he said. “Everybody who broke a record deserves it.”
Below is the full list of Coyote student-athletes who have broken school records in the 2017-18 school year:
Football
Andrew Gray – the record for longest interception return (97 yards vs. Southern Illinois)
Josh Hale – single-game receiving yards by a tight end (151 yards at UNI)
Shamar Jackson – single-game receiving yards record (229 vs. Youngstown State) and single-game receptions (11 vs. Youngstown State)
Brandt Van Roekel – single-game receiving yards record (234 at Sam Houston State) and single-game receptions (11 at Sam Houston State)
Ryan Weese – Missouri Valley Football Conference record for consecutive extra points made during the season (67)
Chris Streveler – 20 school records, 5 MVFC records
Men’s swimming and diving
Hunter Padgett – 100-yard freestyle (45.12s), 200-yard freestyle (1:37.80s) and 500-yard freestyle (4:32.28)
James Ryan – 100-yard breaststroke (54.68s) and 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.52)
Mark Vanderzee – 400-individual medley (4:03.77)
Isaac Morris – 1-meter dive (317.25) and 3-meter dive (357.68)
Women’s swimming and diving
Sabrina Sabadeanu – 100-backstroke (55.01s) and 200-individual medley (2:04.42)
Sarah Schank – 1-meter dive (296.85)
Volleyball
Brittany Jessen – All-time assists record (4,826)
Men’s golf
Tommy Vining – 18-hole record (7-under par)
Men’s indoor track and field
Eldon Warner – 3,000-meter run (8:09.20)
Chris Nilsen – pole vault (19-feet-0.25-inches)
Ethan Fenchel – weight throw (66-feet-5.25-inches)
Women’s indoor track and field
Shanice Cannigan – 60-meter hurdles (8.41s) and pentathlon (4,106 points)
Lara Boman – weight throw (63-feet-7-inches)
Men’s outdoor track and field
Chris Nilsen – pole vault (19-feet-0.25-inches)
Zack Anderson – high jump (7-feet-1.75-inches)
Women’s outdoor track and field
Madeline Huglen – 3,000 steeplechase (10:35.48)
Lara Boman – hammer throw (194-feet-10-inches)
