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Track and Field

The following DAC institutions sponsor men's and women's Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field:

Black Hills State (BHSU)
Dakota State (DaSU)
Dickinson State (DiSU)
Jamestown College (JC)
Minot State (MiSU)
South Dakota School of Mines (SDM)
Click here for qualification standards for the NAIA Indoor & Outdoor Championships
2009 Indoor Schedule:

December 10

Winter Classic – Spearfish, SD (BHSU, SDM)

Derek Miles Open – Vermillion, SD (DaSU)

January 16-17

Holiday Inn Invitational – Lincoln, NE (BHSU)

January 17

John Dalton Invitational – Vermillion, SD (DaSU)

Bemidji Super 8 Indoor – Bemidji, MN 1:00 (JC)

January 23

Dave Little Invitational – Spearfish, SD 4:00 (BHSU, DiSU, SDM)

Bobcat Open – Bozeman, MT (MiSU)

January 24

Graphic Edge Invitational – Vermillion, SD (DaSU)

Jamestown/Northern State Dual – Aberdeen, SD 6:00 (JC)

January 30

Chadron State Twilite – Chadron, NE 4:00 (DiSU, SDM)

Cobber Multi-Events – Moorhead, MN 6:00 (JC)

January 31

Buena Vista Open – Storm Lake, IA (DaSU)

Cobber Open – Moorhead, MN 12:00 (JC, MiSU)

January 31-February 1

Kip Janvrin Multi-Event – Crete, NE (BHSU)

February 1

Northern State Multi-Events – Aberdeen, SD 5:00 (JC)

February 6

Bison Classic Open – Fargo, ND (DiSU, JC)

February 6-7

Bill Hillenbrand Invitational – Vermillion, SD (DaSU, SDM)

February 7

Chadron State Alumni Meet – Chadron, NE (BHSU)

Beaver Classic – Bemidji, MN 1:00 (MiSU)

February 13

Minot State Open – Minot, ND 3:00 (MiSU)

February 14

Northern State Open – Aberdeen, SD (BHSU)

Dordt Invitational – Sioux City, IA (DaSU)

Husky Open – St. Cloud, MN 12:30 (JC)

Wayne State Invitational – Wayne, NE (SDM)

February 20-21

DAC Championships – Spearfish, SD

Friday, February 20
10:00 AM Women's Pentathlon Men's Heptathlon
55/60 Meter Hurdles 55/60 Meter Dash
High Jump Long Jump
Shot Put Shot Put
Long Jump High Jump
800 Meters
4:000 PM Women's Pole Vault
Women's Weight Throw (Men to follow)
6:00 PM Men's Pole Vault
Women's 5000
6:30 PM Men's 5000
Saturday, February 21
8:30 AM Heptathlon 55/60 Meter Hurdles
9:15 AM Heptathlon Pole Vault
Heptathlon 1000 Meters - 30 minutes after Pole Vault
9:30 AM Long Jump (W/M)
Triple Jump (W/M) (Follows Men's Long Jump)
Shot Put (W/M)
High Jump (M/W)
11:10 AM 4x200 Relay
11:25 AM 4x800 Relay
11:55 AM 55 Meter Hurdles - Semis
12:10 PM 55 Meter Dash - Semis
12:45 PM Mile Run
1:10 PM 55 Meter Hurdles - Finals
1:20 PM 400 Meters
1:40 PM 55 Meter Dash - Finals
1:55 PM 800 Meters
2:20 PM 200 Meters
2:50 PM 4x400 Relay

* If heptathlon 1K falls within running event schedule, start times will be revised from that point.


March 5-8

NAIA National Championships – Johnson City, TN


2009 Outdoor Schedule:

March 21

Colorado Invitational – Boulder, CO (SDM)

March 28

Trojan Invitational – Madison, SD (DaSU, JC)

March 29

Bauer Invitational – Rapid City, SD (BHSU, DiSU, SDM) - Cancelled

April 3

Vance Butler Invitational – Sioux Falls, SD 10:00 (DaSU, SDM)

April 4

Tom Benich Classic – Greeley, CO (BHSU)

Vance Butler Invitational – Sioux Falls, SD (DaSU, SDM) -  Moved up to April 3

Northern State Open – Aberdeen, SD 12:00 (JC, MiSU) - Cancelled

April 5-6

St. Bens/St. Johns Multi-Events – Collegeville, MN 1:00 (JC)

April 8

Yellow Jacket Invitational – Spearfish, SD (BHSU, SDM)

April 9

Bison Open – Fargo, ND 1:00 (JC)

April 10

Marauder Invitational – Bismarck, ND 2:00 (DiSU, MiSU) - Cancelled

April 11

Northwestern Invitational - Orange City, IA (DaSU)

April 17-18

Sioux City Relays – Sioux City, IA (BHSU, DaSU, JC)

April 18

Kansas Relays – Lawrence, KS (DiSU)

Minot State Open – Minot, ND 12:00 (MiSU)

April 21

Cobber Twilight Invitational – Moorhead, MN 3:00 (JC)


April 24

Dakota State Invitational – Madison, SD - Cancelled

Sioux Falls Invitational - Sioux Falls, SD (DaSU)

April 24-25

Drake Relays – Des Moines, IA (BHSU, DaSU)

April 25

Jack Christiansen Invitational – Fort Collins, CO (BHSU, SDM)

Al Cassell Relays – Jamestown, ND 10:00 (DiSU, JC, MiSU)

April 26-27

DAC Multi-Events – Jamestown, ND

May 1-2

Howard Wood Invitational – Sioux Falls, SD (BSHU, DaSU)

May 2

Ron Masanz Invitational – Moorhead, MN 11:00 (JC, MiSU)

DAC Championships - Madison, SD

May 8

Field Events
11:00 AM Long Jump - Men
High Jump - Women
Pole Vault - Men
Shot Put - Women
Hammer Throw - Men
12:30 PM Long Jump - Women
High Jump - Men
Shot Put - Men
Hammer Throw - Women
1:00 PM Pole Vault - Women
2:00 PM Triple Jump - Men (Follows Women's Long Jump)
Discus - Women (Follows Women's Hammer Throw)
3:30 PM Triple Jump - Women (Follows Men)
Discus - Men (Follows Women)
  Javelin - Women (Men Follow)
Running Events
11:00 AM 10,000 Meters (Run as a combined event)
12:00 PM 100 Meter/110 Meter Hurdles (W/M) - Trials
12:10 PM 4x800 Relay (W/M)
12:35 PM 100 Meters (W/M) - Trials
12:55 PM 3000 Meter Steeplechase (W/M)
1:40 PM 4x100 Relay (W/M)
1:55 PM 1500 Meters (W/M)
2:15 PM 100 Meter Hurdles (W) - Finals
2:20 PM 110 Meter Hurdles (M) - Finals
2:30 PM 400 Meters (W/M)
2:45 PM 100 Meters (W/M) - Finals
3:00 PM 800 Meters (W/M)
3:25 PM 400 Meter Hurdles (W/M)
3:45 PM 200 Meters (W/M)
4:05 PM 5000 Meters (W/M)
4:45 PM 4x400 Relay

NAIA Outdoor Championships - Edwradsville, IL

May 21-23