Forty-nine athletic records broken in 2017-18 school year
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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:

Shamar Jackson. File photo | The Volante

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

Sarah Schank. Photo courtesy of Aaron Packard

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. File photo | The Volante

Lara Boman – hammer throw (194-feet-10-inches)