December 3, 2025

MADISON, S.D. – The Dakota State University indoor track & field teams make their 2025-26 season debut Friday afternoon as they head to Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex in Brookings, S.D.  The Trojans compete in the NCAA Division I South Dakota State Holiday Open, with the first event starting at 2:30 p.m.

Season Overview & Meets

• The Trojans officially open their indoor season Friday at the South Dakota State Holiday Open in Brookings.
• Their first month wraps up with the Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) Snow Tiger Invitational on Dec. 13 in Mitchell, closing their 2025 calendar year in track & field.
• Dakota State will be sending five long distance runners to the NAIA Marathon Classic at BMW Dallas Marathon on Dec. 14.
• After the break, DSU resumes competition in January with back-to-back meets: the Mount Marty Opener (Jan. 10), followed by the Mount Marty Invitational & Multi-Events (Jan. 16–17) in Yankton.
• Late January includes a meet at Brookings again — the SDSU Thursday Night Special (Jan. 29) — before heading out to the Concordia (Neb.) Track & Field Classic (Jan. 30–31).
• February brings a stretch of pivotal competitions: the Dakota Wesleyan Alumni Meet (Feb. 7), the big-name Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (also Feb. 7), then final regular-season meets: the South Dakota State Indoor Classic (Feb. 13–14) and Last Chance meet at Mount Marty (also Feb. 13).
• The season's crescendo: DSU will host the Frontier Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Feb. 21–22 at Brookings.
• For top performers, there's the postseason goal: the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships March 5–7 in Gainesville, Fla.
• This year marks the first season under new head coach Alex Glover, assisted by a full staff including Taylor Hauge, Shandon Reitzell, D'Artist Williams, Treshawn Roberts, and grad assistants Zachary Haugen and Caleb Sayler.

2024-25 DSU Indoor Track & Field Season in Review

• Dakota State competed in the final North Star Athletic Association indoor track & field conference meet.The Trojan men made history as the first four-peat indoor track & field conference champion in program history (previous record was three straight conference champions in the former South Dakota-Iowa Conference in 1996, 1997, and 1998).
• Dakota State finished 15^th overall as a team in last year's NAIA indoor track & field national meet with 15 points, highlighted by a pair of All-American honors by Chantz Minear in the heptathlon and the 60-meter hurdles.
• The Trojan men's 4 x 800-meter relay of Evan Armstrong, Curtis Johnson, Franklin Johns, and Nolan Slominski earned the NAIA All-American status after pacing sixth in the national finals in 7 minutes, 45.21 seconds.It was the second straight year that DSU captured the 4 x 800-meter relay honors.
• Tysen Grinde (heptathlon), Slominski (800-meter run), Lukus Mentele (shot put), and James McClain (shot put) also competed at the national meet.Grinde was just one place shy of producing NAIA All-America honor after placing ninth in the heptathlon.Slominski advanced to the national finals in the 800-meters, placing ninth in the finals.
• DSU women finished second in the final NSAA conference indoor track & field meet with a new team conference meet record of 185 points.It was the second straight year and third time in the last four conference meets that the Trojans finished second.
• The Trojan women's 4 x 800-meter relay team of Presli White, Lindsey Roth, Anna Schneider, and Kierra Miller competed in lats year's NAIA National Championship with a new school record time of 9 minutes, 33.48 seconds.
• Kiana Mounga also competed in the weight throw, while RayLee Wallis ran in the 400-meter dash semifinals at the national indoor track & field meet for the Trojans last year.

2025-26 Dakota State University Trojan Indoor Track & Field Top Returning Marks
 

Women's	Events	Men's
Amelie Steins - 8.05 seconds	60-meter dash	Lukas Bennett - 6.88 seconds
Molli Thornton - 25.98 seconds	200-meter dash	Lukas Bennett - 22.05 seconds
N/A	300-meter dash	N/A
RayLee Wallis - 58.49 seconds	400-meter dash	Braden Peterson - 49.28 seconds
Anna Schneider - 1:37.77	600-meter run	Nolan Slominski - 1:19.80
Anna Schneider - 2:21.57	800-meter run	Nolan Slominski - 1:52,25
Lindsey Roth - 3:06.66	1000-meter run	Evan Armstrong - 2:34,32
Kierra Miller - 5:24.07	1-mile run	Evan Armstrong - 4:21.32
Brooke Beaucaire - 10:46.23	3000-meter run	Lane Henrichs – 8:59.50
Brooke Beaucaire - 18:55.64	5000-meter run	Lane Henrichs – 15:44.37
Amelie Steins - 9.15 seconds	60-meter hurdles	Aaron Van Hemert - 8.66 seconds
Amelie Steins, RayLee Wallis, Anna Schneider, Lindsey Roth - 4:00.79	4 x 400-meter relay	N/A
Anna Schneider, Presli White, Kierra Miller, Lindsey Roth - 9:33.48	4 x 800-meter relay	N/A
Kierra Miller, RayLee Wallis, Anna Schneider, Lindsey Roth - 12:54.10	Distance Medley Relay	N/A
Amelie Steins - 1.56 meters	High Jump	Tysen Grinde - 2.04 meters
N/A	Pole Vault	Tysen Grinde - 3.80 meters
Amelie Steins - 5.36 meters	Long Jump	Tysen Grinde - 6.36 meters
Ella Carstensen - 10.63 meters	Triple Jump	Tysen Grinde - 12.30 meters
Oliviyah Thornton - 13.18 meters	Shot Put	Lukus Mentele - 15.97 meters
Kiana Mounga - 16.66 meters	Weight Throw	Kacey Cauley - 16.45 meters
Amelie Steins - 3,164 points	Pentathlon/Heptathlon	Tysen Grinde - 4,910 points