Track and Field
Coaches encourage healthy body image in sports
When it comes to body image, USD athletic coaches focus on strengths and skills. Instead of focusing on what the “ideal body” looks like in each sport, coaches explained what the ideal strengths are for student-athletes. This is the third part of the three-part series on body image; previous stories covered body image in women and men. […]
Hobbies outside of sports important to student-athletes
While the strength and agility of student-athletes are regularly seen by fans during games and competitions, their other skills are often not as well known. The Volante talked with three student-athletes to learn more about their hobbies behind the scenes. Sculpting Makenzie Burmeister, a junior midfielder on the soccer team, spends most of her free time sculpting. […]
Player of the Pack: Jacob Barents
Jacob Barents is a senior majoring in kinesiology and sport science. Karina Dufoe: How does being powerful in the weight room translate into being able to throw further in the ring? JB: It really helps having good weight room numbers if I’m able to translate it into my events. Creating functional strength is one of […]
Grove and Nilsen reflect on London competitions
The USD track and field team sent two student-athletes to the track and field world championships in August. Coyote pole vaulters Emily Grove and Chris Nilsen competed in London at the 2017 IAAF World Championships for Team USA. Derek Miles, Olympic bronze medalist and USD associate director of track and field/jumps, said he knew the […]
Student-athletes make strides toward career choices
Summer jobs, internships and research opportunities are all part of the college experience for many USD students. Two student-athletes spent the last two summers combing their passions and academics, working to prepare themselves for future job opportunities. In addition to training and preparing for their seasons, first-year graduate student Lara Boman and junior Lauren Mattison conducted […]
Confiding in a coach: USD swimmer feels supported after coming out as gay
After seeing the promise of a safe environment in a “You Can Play” video created by the athletic department in 2014, sophomore Bryce Fehringer was drawn to USD. Fehringer wrote a blog post on OutSports over the summer about when he came out as gay to his swim coach Jason Mahowald. Since then, he’s received positive […]
Legacy of retired track and field coach ‘will live on’
A constant in USD track and field for the past 33 years announced his departure from the program over the summer. Dave Gottsleben, who coached both men’s cross country and track and field, announced his retirement in July. Senior sprinter Joe Reagan said he was shocked when he heard the news. “Obviously I wish he was […]
Track and field team excels at Sioux City Relays and USD Twilight
The USD track and field team found themselves at the top of the scoreboards in the Sioux City Relays Saturday and the USD Twilight Monday. At the Sioux City Relays, the wins were plentiful for the Coyotes. Seniors Emily Grove and Danielle Waldner led the way to 20 victories for the team by breaking school […]
USD track and field coach presented Olympic bronze medal
Derek Miles, a USD alumnus and current track and field coach, received a bronze medal Monday for his pole vaulting performance during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Miles placed fourth in the event nine years ago, but after the International Olympic Committee stripped a handful of athletes of their medals for banned substances found during retests […]
Photo gallery: Coyotes sweep dual meet
Both the USD men’s and women’s track and field teams swept South Dakota State at the dual meet in at the Lillibridge Track Complex Saturday. The Coyotes took 21 total events, including 11 of 16 field events, to take the win by a score of 104-87 for women’s and 99-92 for men’s. Senior Emily Grove […]