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Track and Field

2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Molly Sheppard
Molly Sheppard
Rachel Bellwood
Leah Dusterhoft
Leah Dusterhoft
Mike Byrnes

Holly Gerberding

  • Class
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown
    Sturgis, S.D.
  • Highschool
    Brown HS
  • Major
    Medical Biology

Biography

Career Bests

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the pentathlon … tallied a score of 3,657 points for third place in the pentathlon at the Summit League Championships … also took fifth in the long jump at the Summit meet … tallied a personal best pentathlon score of 3,810 points to finish runner-up at the Nebraska Adidas Classic … that score ranks second on the Coyote Top 10 list … won the long jump at the Hawkeye Invitational in 19-0 ½ … captured the 600 meters and the long jump at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Meet … victorious in the long jump at the USD Alumni Meet …  tallied 19 top-10 finishes during the indoor slate … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the heptathlon and 400-meter hurdles … placed third in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 4,956 points at the Summit League Championships … also clocked 1:00.54 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Summit meet for third place …  also placed eighth in the long jump at the Summit Championship … moved to eighth on the Coyote Top 10 in the heptathlon with a mark of 4,956 points … finished runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles at the Pacific Coast Invitational with a time of 1:00.97 … notched 16 top-10 finishes during the spring … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the pentathlon … member of the Summit League Champion 4x400-meter relay team … also placed fifth in the long jump and seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships … tallied a season-best score of 3,744 points in the pentathlon at the league meet … notched a season-best long jump of 19-2 ½ (5.85m) in the Summit pentathlon competition for the fifth-best long jump in USD program history … the women’s 4x400-meter relay clocked 3:46.46 to take gold at the league meet … that time ranks sixth in USD program history … clocked a personal best time of 8.75 seconds in the preliminaries of the 60-meter hurdles at the league meet … moved to fourth in USD program history for the 60 hurdles … won the long jump at the Division I Challenge with a leap of 18-10 ½ (5.75m) … finished runner-up in the pentathlon at the Dakota Realty meet with a score of 3,717 points … took first in the 60-meter hurdles at the USD Invitational with a time of 9.23 seconds … captured seven event titles and tallied 18 top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the 400-meter hurdles … member of the Summit League Champion 4x400-meter relay team … earned all-Summit League honors in the long jump … clocked a personal best of 1:00.37 in the 400-meter hurdles in the Summit final for the fourth-fastest time in USD history … leaped 19-9 (6.02m) for second place in the long jump at the Summit meet … the mark ranks sixth in USD program history for the long jump … the women’s 4x400-meter relay combined for a time of 3:42.05 at the Summit meet, setting a Lillibridge Track Complex record and clocking the second-fastest time in USD program history … swept the 400-meter hurdles, the long jump, and clocked the fastest preliminary time in the 100-meter hurdles en route to being named the Sioux City Relays MVP … named Summit League Track Athlete of the Week on April 20 following the meet … captured the 400-meter hurdles at the USD Early Bird in 1:02.08 … ran on the Coyotes’ third-place shuttle hurdle relay at the Drake Relays … leaped 19-8 ¼ (6.00m) for runner-up in the long jump at the South Dakota Tune-Up … also clocked 14.36 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the South Dakota Tune-Up … captured seven event titles and notched 21 top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Champion in the pentathlon … captured her first-ever league title with a personal best pentathlon score of 3,759 points … also placed eighth in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.90 seconds and ran on the Coyotes’ fourth-place 4x400-meter relay the Summit League Championships … moved to third on the Coyote top-10 list for the pentathlon with the point total of 3,759 … clocked a personal best 8.87 seconds for the 60-meter hurdles at the Adidas Classic with a  fifth-place finish in the race … ran on the Coyotes’ winning 4x400-meter relays at the Adidas Classic and the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … finished runner-up and finished as the top collegian in the pentathlon at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a score of 3,533 points … recorded a personal best long jump of 18-3 ¼ during the alumni meet pentathlon competition … tallied 14 top-10 finishes during the season … voted to the Academic All-Summit League team … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the pentathlon at the Summit League Championships with a personal best score of 3,449 points … the score ranks seventh in South Dakota program history for the pentathlon … clocked a season-best of 9.09 seconds for the 60-meter hurdles at the Nebraska Tune-Up … placed third in the 600 meters with a season-best time of 1:37.52 at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … finished eighth in the pentathlon at the Jack Johnson Classic … tallied eight top-10 finishes indoors.

Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors as a part of the Coyotes’ 4x400-meter relay with a 3:47.80 clocking at the Summit League Championships … also placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships in 1:02.71 … the time would have been a personal best prior to the previous day’s preliminary time of 1:02.66 which serves as a personal best for the 400-meter hurdles … won the 400-meter hurdles and finished runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles at the Wildcat Classic … captured the 400-meter hurdles at the Red Raider Open in 1:05.14 … recorded a season-best heptathlon score of 4,506 points with an eighth-place finish at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational … finished runner-up in the long jump at the USD Twilight with a leap of 18-1 ½ … took second in the 400-meter hurdles at the South Dakota Challenge with a clocking of 1:03.03 … tallied 14 top-10 finishes during the outdoor season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2017-18
Indoor Track & Field
Placed 10th in the Jack Johnson Classic pentathlon with a score of 2,940 points … clocked a season best of 9.40 seconds in the 60 hurdles twice during the season, at both the Hawkeye Invitational and the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … finished 10th in the 600 meters at the Hawkeye Invitational in 1:46.57 … took ninth in the long jump at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a leap of 15-1 ½ … also placed 10th in the 60 hurdles in 9.46 seconds at the Dakota Realty meet … recorded a score of 2,763 points in the pentathlon at the SDSU Holiday Open … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Finished ninth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:05.64 at the Summit League Championships … took 10th in the heptathlon at the Summit meet … finished runner-up in the 400 hurdles at the Red Raider Open with a season-best time of 1:04.53 … placed 10th in the heptathlon at the Drake Relays with a score of 4,199 points … notched a wind-aided season best of 15.17 seconds for the 100 hurdles during the Drake Relays heptathlon … clocked a wind-legal season best of 15.47 seconds in the 100 hurdles at the ORU Invitational … placed fourth in the 400 hurdles at the South Dakota Invitational with a clocking of 1:04.86 … recorded nine top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
2017 South Dakota Class AA Track and Field runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 45.91 seconds ... as a junior, placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles and seventh in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2016 South Dakota Class AA Track and Field Championships ... a six-time state medalist at Sturgis Brown High School, where she was coached by USD alum Scott Peterson ... holds personal bests of 15.54 for the 100 hurdles and 45.91 for the 300 hurdles ... captured Black Hills Conference titles in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles and 4x200 relay as a senior ... twice named all-Black Hill Conference in volleyball ... an academic all-state honoree and National Honor Society member ... graduated at the top of her class at Sturgis Brown High School.

Personal
Medical biology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2019-20Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2020-21Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2021-22Fifth Year

    Hurdles/Multis