DAC Football Player   DAC Basketball
DAC Football Player
DAC - Dakota Athletic ConferenceView DAC Sports Live
DAC Basketball
The DAC is a member of the NAIA and promotes sportsmanship and well-rounded athletic programs that contribute to the total education process of each athlete.
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
2008 Indoor Schedule:

January 12

Mankota State Open - Mankato, MN (DaSU)

January 18

Bill Hillenbrand Pentathlon - Vermillion, SD (BHSU)

Holiday Inn Open - Lincoln, NE (BHSU)

Bemidji State Multi - Bemidji, MN (MiSU)

January 19

USD/Graphic Edge Invitational - Vermillion, SD (DaSU)

Bemiji State/Super 8 Open - Bemidji, MN (JC, MiSU)

January 25

Chadron State Twilite - Chadron, NE (DiSU, SDM)

January 26

Concordia Invitational - Moorhead, MN (JC, MiSU)

January 27-28

Northern State Heptathlon - Aberdeen, SD (JC)

January 28

Jamestown/Northern State Dual - Aberdeen, SD

February 1

Dave Little Invitational - Spearfish, SD (BHSU, DiSU, SDM)

February 2

Dordt Invitational - Sioux City, IA (DaSU)

Bison Open - Fargo, ND (JC, MiSU)

Feburary 9

Chadron State Open - Chadron, NE (BHSU, SDM)

Wayne State Invitational - Wayne, NE (DaSU)

St. Cloud State Invitational - St. Cloud, MN (JC)

Beaver Classic - Bemidji, MN (MiSU)

February 16

John Dalton Open - Vermillion, SD (BHSU, SDM)

Bison Classic - Fargo, ND (DiSU, JC)

Minot State Open - Minot, ND (MiSU)

DAC Championships - Spearfish, SD

Friday, February 22 - Saturday, February 23

NAIA National Championships - Johnson City, TN

March 6-8

Click here for the schedule for the NAIA National Championships


2008 Outdoor Schedule:

March 22

Colorado Invitational - Boulder, CO (SDM)

March 29

Rob Upton Invitational - Fort Collins, CO (BHSU)

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

Trojan Invitational - Madison, SD (DaSU) - Cancelled

April 5

BHSU Frostbite Invitational - Spearfish, SD (BHSU, SDM)

Augustana/Vance Butler Memorial - Sioux Falls, SD (BHSU, DaSU)

Northern State Invitational - Aberdeen, SD (JC, MiSU)

April 11

Blue Hawk Games - Dickinson, ND (BHSU, DiSU, MiSU, SDM) - Cancelled

April 11-12

NDSU Decathlon - Fargo, ND (JC)

April 12

Northwestern Invitational - Orange City, IA (DaSU)

Bison Open - Fargo, ND (JC, MiSU)

April 13

Marauder Invitational - Bismarck, ND (DiSU, MiSU)

April 15

Cobber Twilight - Moorhead, MN (JC, MiSU)

April 17-20

Mt. Sac Relays - Walnut, CA (BHSU)

April 18-19

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

April 19

Ram Open - Fort Collins, CO (BHSU, SDM)

Kansas Relays - Lawrence, KS (DiSU)

Minot State Open - Minot, ND (DiSU, MiSU)

April 20-21

DAC Multi Events - Dickinson, ND

April 24-26

Drake Relays - Des Moines, IA (BHSU)

April 25

Dakota State Invitational - Madison, SD (DaSU) - Postponed until April 28

April 26

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

Al Cassell Relays - Jamestown, ND (DiSU, JC, MiSU)

April 28

Dakota State Invitational - Madison, SD (DaSU)

DAC Championships - Jamestown, ND

May 4

FIELD EVENTS
  11:00  Long jump – men
            High jump – women
            Pole Vault – men
            Shot Put – men
            Discus – women
  12:30  Long jump – women
             High jump – men
             Shot put – women (follows men)
             Discus – men (follows women)
  1:00    Pole Vault – women
  2:00    Triple jump – men (follows women’s long jump)
             Javelin – women (follows men’s Discus)
  3:30    Triple Jump – women (follows men)
             Javelin – men (follows women)

TRACK EVENTS
  11:00  10,000 Meter Run (held as a combined event)
  12:00  100m/110m HH (trials) – women/men
  12:10  4 x 800m Relays – women/men
  12:35  100m Dash (trials) – women/men
  12:55  3000m Steeplechase – women/men
  1:40    4 x 100m Relay – women/men
  1:55    1500m – women/men
  2:15    100m HH (final) – women
  2:20    110m HH (final) – men
  2:30    400m – women/men
  2:45    100m (final) – women/men
  3:00    800m – women/men
  3:25    400m IH – women/men
  3:45    200m – women/men
  4:05    5000m – women/men
  4:45    4 x 400m Relay – women/men

May 10

Yellow Jacket Open - Spearfish, SD (BHSU)

May 11

Dickinson State Last Chance - Dickinson, ND 1:00

NAIA Outdoor Championships - St. Louis, MO

May 22-24