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Sept. 20, 2016

For Immediate Release

2016 SCHEDULE

Date Meet Location Time/Results

Sept. 3 Augustana (S.D.) Twilight Yankton Trials/Sioux Falls, S.D.No Team Score/18th (M)

Sept. 10 Herb Blakely Invitational Madison Country Club/Madison, S.D.No Team Score/5th (M)

Sept. 24 Roy Griak Invitational (Minnesota) Les Bolstad Golf Course/Falcon Heights, Minn. 10 a.m.

Oct. 8 Briar Cliff (Iowa) Invitational Adams Preserve/McCook Lake, S.D. 10 a.m.

Oct. 22 Mount Marty (S.D.) Invitational Human Services/Yankton, S.D. 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 5 NSAA Cross Country Conference Meet Dickinson, N.D. 11 a.m. (MT)

Nov. 19 NAIA Cross Country National Meet Charlotte, N.C. TBA

2016 Trojan Cross Country GENERAL INFORMATION Location: ........................................ Madison, S.D. Founded/Enrollment ......................... 1881 (3145) Affiliation ...................................................... NAIA

Nickname ................................... Trojans/Lady T’s

Colors .............................. Yellow and Reflex Blue Conference ......... North Star Athletic Association President .................... Jose-Marie Griffiths, Ph.D. Director of Athletics .......................... Jeff Dittman

TEAM INFORMATION Men: 2016 NSAA Conference Preseason Poll .......... 4th 2015 NSAA Conference Finish......................... 6th Women: 2016 NSAA Conference Preseason Poll .......... 5th 2015 NSAA Conference Finish......................... 5th

CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY

Men: South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Champions ..................................................... 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996 Dakota Athletic Conference Champions ................... 2009 North Star Athletic Association Champions .............. 2014 NAIA National Meet Place Finisher: 1996 ........................................................ 17th Place 2009 ........................................................ 16th Place Women: South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Champions ........................................................................ 1986, 1997 NAIA National Meet Place Finisher: 1997 ........................................................ 23rd Place FOLLOW THE TROJANS Twitter: @GoDaSUAthletics Facebook: DSUTrojanAthletics Instagram: dsu_athletics

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TROJAN NOTES After taking a week off after the 14th Annual Herb Blakely Invitational on Sept. 10, the Dakota State

(S.D.) University cross country teams return back to action Saturday morning. The Trojans compete in

one of the premier cross country meets in the Midwest Region, the 31st Annual Roy Griak Invitational.

The race will be held on the University of Minnesota Les Bolstad Golf Course in St. Paul, Minn. (2275 W.

Larpenteur Ave.)

About Roy Griak Invitational Dakota State (S.D.) women’s and men’s runners will be running in the Maroon II division, including

schools from the NAIA and NCAA Division II. Dickinson State (N.D.), Valley City State (N.D.) and Wal-

dorf (Iowa) will also compete in the 31st year running of the Roy Griak Invitational, hosted by NCAA Divi-

sion I Minnesota. Over 45 teams are listed in the Maroon II Division as of Tuesday. The cross country

meet will kick off with the national anthem at 8:55 a.m. The women’s Maroon II competition, which run-

ners will be running a 6K course, is slated to start at 9:50 a.m. The awards ceremony for the women’s

Maroon is scheduled for 10:45 a.m. The men’s Maroon II 8K race begins at 11:30 a.m. with the awards

ceremony to follow at 12:25 p.m. There will be awards for the top 7 of winning team in each division, top

3 teams in each division (must be collegiate), top 20 individuals and a special trophy for top individual in

each division. For more information about the Roy Griak Invitational, go to http://www.gophersports.com/

sports/m-xc/spec-rel/roy-griak-invitational.html.

DSU Women’s Cross Country runs in 14th Annual Herb Blakely Invitational The Dakota State (S.D.) University women’s cross country team ran in the 14th annual Herb Blakely

Invitational on Sept. 10 at the Madison Country Club. DSU had four runners in the 5K race and did not

field a team for the team score, which was won by NCAA Division II Northern State (S.D.) with 28 points.

Karen Mayfield was the top Trojan runner with a 24th-place finish with a time of 21 minutes, 13 seconds.

Ashley Robinson placed 47th in 22 minutes, 36 seconds. Victoria Sopko clocked a time of 23 minutes for

56th-place finish. Tyra Laws was 60th in 23 minutes, 32 seconds.

Trojan men’s cross country team places fifth in home meet Dakota State (S.D.) men’s cross country team had three runners placed in the ‘Top 30’, including a run-

ner that placed in the ‘Top 10’, at the 14th Annual Herb Blakely Invitational at the Madison Country Club

on Sept. 10. The Trojans finished fifth overall with 113 points with a total of 79 runners completed the

men’s 8K race. Morningside (Iowa) won the team title with 28 points. Braden Curnow was the top fresh-

man runner in the race for DSU, clocking a time of 27 minutes, 38 seconds for a ninth-place finish. Alex

Derr added a 27th-place finish with a time of 29 minutes, while his teammate Claudio Tejada finished

30th in 29:06. Michael Carson recorded a time of 29 minutes, 31 seconds for a 39th-place finish, fol-

lowed by Cameron Harming with a 41st-place in 29 minutes, 42 seconds. Maxwell Cruse was 42nd in

29:45 for the Trojans. Jonathan Lein added a 52nd-place finish in 30 minutes, 47 seconds. Caleb

Hemphill was 55th in 31 minutes, 23 seconds while Corey Hermann was 58th in 31:27.

Curnow honored by the North Star Athletic Association The North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) has selected Braden Curnow of Dakota State (S.D.) as its

Men’s Cross Country Runner-of-the-Week on Sept. 13. He was the top freshman runner in the 14th

Annual Herb Blakely Invitational for the Trojans, placing ninth overall with a time of 27 minutes, 38 sec-

onds. The field consisted of 79 runners from a pair of NCAA Division II schools and a ‘Top 25’ ranked

team from the NAIA before entering the race. This was the first NSAA Conference Runner-of-the-Week

for DSU’s Curnow.

Regionally Speaking... Dakota State (S.D.) men’s cross country team ranks third in the North Star Athletic Association confer-

ence rankings as of Sept. 12. Waldorf (Iowa) holds the top spot in the men’s division, followed by Dickin-

son State (N.D.) second. Jamestown (N.D.) was placed fourth in the poll, while Viterbo (Wis.) was fifth

and Valley City State (N.D.) sixth. On the women’s side, the Trojans are ranked fourth in the conference

rankings. Dickinson State is the top-ranked team in the conference, followed by Jamestown second and

Viterbo third. Valley City State and Waldorf were both tied for fifth in the conference ranking poll. The

next conference rankings will come out on Sept. 26.

A Look Ahead Dakota State (S.D.) takes a week off before resuming back to action on Oct. 8 as they run in the Briar

Cliff (Iowa) Invitational. The race will take place at Adams Homestead and Nature Preserve in McCook

Lake, S.D.

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2016 NAIA Women’s Cross Country Coaches’

Top 25 Poll No. 1—Sept. 14, 2016 Rank LW^ Institution (First-Place Votes) Total Points 1 1 Northwest Christian (Ore.) (20) 591 2 2 Biola (Calif.) (1) 570 3 3 Aquinas (Mich.) 543 4 5 The Master’s (Calif.) 510 5 7 Dordt (Iowa) 478 6 12 Oregon Tech 468 7 8 Taylor (Ind.) 467 8 4 Oklahoma City 435 9 9 Carroll (Mont.) 431 10 10 Milligan (Tenn.) 410 11 11 Westmont (Calif.) 406 12 6 College of Idaho 389 13 NR British Columbia 382 14 13 Shawnee State (Ohio) 340 15 15 Southern Oregon 321 16 21 Saint Xavier (Ill.) 310 17 16 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 295 18 14 Indiana Wesleyan 281 19 18 Saint Francis (Ill.) 251 20 19 SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 234 21 23 Morningside (Iowa) 220 22 17 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 212 23 22 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 151 24 20 Hastings (Neb.) 150 25 24 Benedictine (Kan.) 90 Dropped from the Top 25: No. 25 Dalton State (Ga.) Other receiving votes: Tennessee Wesleyan 89; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 89; Madonna (Mich.) 78; Dalton State (Ga.) 54; Indiana Tech 42; St. Ambrose (Iowa) 40; Marian (Ind.) 29; Doane (Neb.) 23; Southeastern (Fla.) 13; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 11; Siena Heights (Mich.) 9; Corban (Ore.) 4; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 3. ^Based off 2016 Preseason Coaches Poll (Aug. 26, 2016) Next Poll: Sept. 26, 2016

2016 NAIA Men’s Cross Country Coaches’

Top 25 Poll No. 1—Sept. 14, 2016 Rank LW^ Institution (First-Place Votes) Total Points 1 1 St. Francis (Ill.) (16) 527 2 2 Oklahoma City 502 3 4 Southern Oregon (3) 496 4 3 British Columbia (1) 489 5 6 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 450 6 7 The Master’s (Calif.) 446 7 8 Marian (Ind.) 425 8 9 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 403 9 5 Saint Mary (Kan.) 388 T10 11 College of Idaho 366 T10 10 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 366 12 13 Aquinas (Mich.) 322 13 14 Taylor (Ind.) 318 14 12 Bacone (Okla.) 317 15 22 Biola (Calif.) 261 16 18 Northwestern (Iowa) 259 17 19 Indiana Tech 255 18 15 Dalton State (Ga.) 235 19 20 Shawnee State (Ohio) 214 T20 RV Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 204 T20 RV Bethel (Ind.) 177 22 24 Morningside (Iowa) 157 23 RV Westmont (Calif.) 155 24 NR Corban (Ore.) 145 25 16 Carroll (Mont.) 120 Dropped from the Top 25: No. 21 Northwest Christian (Ore.); No. 23 Columbia (Mo.); No. 25 Wayland Baptist (Texas) Other receiving votes: Columbia (Mo.) 115; Indiana Wesleyan 79; Northwest Christian (Ore.) 77; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 52; Milligan (Tenn.) 47; Cornerstone (Mich.) 31; Oregon Tech 22; Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 18; Cumberlands (Ky.) 12; Dordt (Iowa) 9; Rio Grande (Ohio) 7; Mount Mercy (Iowa) 3. ^Based off 2016 Preseason Coaches Poll (Aug. 26, 2016) Next Poll: Sept. 26, 2016

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Anthony Drealan

Head Coach

Fourth Season

Dakota State University

Anthony Drealan is entering his fourth year as Dakota State University head cross country coach and his third year as

DSU's head track and field coach.

In 2014, Drealan guided his men’s cross country squad to their first-ever North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) conference team champions. The Trojan men’s cross country team was the first sport at Dakota State University to win a North Star Athletic Association conference team title.

In the past four years, Drealan’s distance runners enjoyed terrific success at the national level. Under Drealan’s guidance, Andy Coy was a national champion at the 2012 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 1000-meter run. Coy also set a South Dakota Collegiate record with that two minutes and 24.94 seconds 1000-meter clocking. Coy capped off his track campaign with a fourth-palce finish in the 1500-meters at the 2012 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, running a 3:47.66 DSU record time. Drealan also helped Matthew Fideler become a national runner-up at the 2012 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the mile run with a DSU record time of 4:06.64.

Coy came back in 2013 to finish as runner-up in the 1000-meter run at the 2013 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Drealan’s 4 x 800-meter women’s relay team had great success as well, qualifying for the 2013 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships, and breaking the indoor and outdoor 4 x 800-meters school rec-ords. Nic Penning capped his career by becoming the national runner-up in the marathon in a DSU school record time of 2 hours, 27 minutes and 30.90 seconds at the 2013 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. In 2014, Drealan coached another NAIA All-American runner Michael Hoffman to a seventh-place finish in the men’s marathon at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National meet.

Drealan guided Mark Moeller to an NAIA All-American after finishing fifth at the 2015 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Moeller was fifth in the men's 800-meter run after a thrilling semifinals race that had to be decided by .004 seconds for the final spot in the finals race. In 2016, Seth Boomsma earned a pair of NAIA All-American honors (indoor 60-meters and outdoor 100-meters). Karen Mayfield claimed a third-place finish in the women’s marathon at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Nationals last spring, earning NAIA All-American honor.

In all, Drealan’s athletes have earned one individual national championship, three individual national runner-ups, eight NAIA All-American honors and have broken 11 DSU school records.

Drealan is originally from Fulda, Minn. and graduated in May 2011 from Dakota State University with a degree in Business Education. While at Dakota State, Drealan competed for the Trojan cross country and track teams. Drealan holds numerous school records, including the indoor and outdoor Distance Medley Relay (DMR), as well as the outdoor 5000-meters record. Drealan was a two-time NAIA All-American, once as a part of a national runner-up DMR squad at the 2010 NAIA National In-door Track & Field Championships, and also at the 2009 NAIA National Cross Country Championships. Drealan also helped DSU win its first-ever Dakota Athletic Con-ference (DAC) championship in cross country during the fall of 2009.

Drealan received his master’s degree in Health and Human Performance through Adams State University in June 2013. He resides in Madison, S.D. with his wife Sa-mantha Drealan (Warnke).

Cody Foreman Assistant Coach

Alex Horstman Student Manager

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ROSTERS

Men

Name Year 2016 8K Best (Meet) Hometown/Previous School Michael Carson Senior 29:31 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Dakota City, Neb./South Sioux City HS Maxwell Cruse Freshman 29:45 (Herb Blakely Invitational) New Glarus, Wis./New Glarus HS Braden Curnow Freshman 27:38 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Hibbing, Minn./Hibbing HS Alex Derr Freshman 29:00 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Sioux Falls, S.D./SF Washington HS Cameron Harming Freshman 29:42 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Elkton, S.D./Elkton-Lake Benton HS Taylor Hauge Senior ————— Volga, S.D./Sioux Valley HS Caleb Hemphill Senior 31:23 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Burlington, Iowa/Mediapolis HS Corey Hermann Sophomore 31:27 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Fargo, N.D./Fargo Davies HS Jonathan Lein Freshman 30:47 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Albert Lea, Minn./Albert Lea HS Mark Moeller Junior ————— Hankinson, N.D./Rosholt HS Mitchell Peters Freshman ————— Lennox, S.D./Lennox HS Claudio Tejada Junior 29:06 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Hankinson, N.D./Rosholt HS

Women

Name Year 2016 5K Best (Meet) Hometown/Previous School Lindsey Bohl Sophomore ————— Garretson, S.D./Southwest Minnesota St. Mercedes Jochims Junior ————— Charter Oak, Iowa/Iowa Lakes CC Tyra Laws Junior 23:32 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada/ St. Ignatius HS Karen Mayfield Senior 21:13 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Watertown, S.D./Mount Marty (S.D.) Ashley Robinson Freshman 22:36 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Huron, S.D./Wolsey-Wessington HS

Victoria Sopko Senior 23:00 (Herb Blakely Invitational) Forest City, Iowa/Forest City HS