South Dakota and South Dakota State track teams competed in Yankton on Saturday.

 Junior Jeff O’Connell collected wins in the men’s long jump and the men’s 200-meters while sophomore distance runners Katie Wetzstein and Amber Eichkorn both tallied a win and a second-place finish at the USD Snowbird held at Williams Field.

O’Connell set the league’s best long jump mark of the season with a winning mark of 24 feet, 0¼ inches and also led a USD 1-2 finish in the 200 with a time 21.59 seconds (wind aided). Zach Rothering finished second in that race in 22.03. O’Connell also placed second in the 100 with a time of 10.98.

Wetzstein and Eichkorn highlighted USD’s women’s performances with Wetzstein leading the duo to a 1-2 finish in the 1,500 with a winning time of 4:38.19. Wetzstein edged Eichkorn by .11 seconds (4:38.30) in that race and added a second-place finish in the 800 in 2:18.33. Eichkorn would lead USD to a 1-2 finish in the 5,000, winning in 17:49.58 with Megan Hilson finishing second in 18:14.15.

Amy Paulzine posted three top-three finishes as she and the South Dakota State women’s track and field team competed at the USD Snowbird Saturday.  En route to her finishes,  Pauzline posted two personal-best throws and won the javelin.

Paulzine won the javelin throw with her distance of 139 feet, 4 inches. Also in the javelin throw, Erin Ellinger took second (105-6) and Becca Fischer placed fifth (97-7).

Paulzine set personal-best marks today in the hammer throw and the discus. In the hammer throw, Paulzine took second with her distance of 176-10 and in the discus throw she took third with her distance 157-4.

All-time at SDSU, Paulzine ranks first in the javelin throw, fourth in the discus throw and fifth in the hammer throw.