DICKINSON, N.D. – VCSU freshman Jaiden Peraza picked up a pair of All-Conference honors on Friday to highlight the final day of the NSAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
 
Peraza placed second in the high jump and third in the long jump during the meet in Dickinson, earning All-Conference in both. Peraza cleared 1.95 meters in the high jump and set a new personal record with a jump of 6.96 meters (22 feet, 10 inches) in the long jump.
 
The Top 3 individual finishers and the top two relays earned All-Conference at the NSAA meet. The top eight finishers in each event scored team points.
 
Valley City State's women totaled 75 points at the meet, finishing in fourth place out of seven teams. The Viking men finished with 61 points and took fifth place overall.
 
Dakota State won the men's team title with 310.5 points, followed by Dickinson State, Viterbo, Waldorf, VCSU, Iowa Wesleyan and Bellevue.
 
Dickinson State captured the women's title with 300 points, followed by Viterbo, Dakota State, VCSU, Waldorf, Bellevue and Iowa Wesleyan.

COMPLETE RESULTS
 
The Vikings had several individual fourth-place finishes during Friday's events. On the men's side, Noah Rolfe (1500 meters), Dom Santiago (5000 meters) and Clay Kummer (400 hurdles) all took fourth place. For the Viking women, Mathea Jablonsky (400 hurdles) and Sadie Hansen (shot put) took fourth place as well.
 
VCSU's women had four of the top eight finishers in the shot put with Hansen taking fourth followed by Jade Azure (6^th), Emma Bastian (7^th) and Kendra Odegard (8^th). Bastian and Hansen also placed fifth and sixth in the discus.
 
Viking senior Taylor Sargent finished the meet placing in five different events as she took 3^rd in the 100 hurdles, 6^th in high jump, 7^th in both the long jump and 200 meters, and ran a leg on VCSU's fourth-place 4x100 relay team.
 
VCSU's Top 8 finishers that earned team points are listed below. The Vikings totaled five All-Conference performances and one conference title (Kendra Odegard, javelin) during the two-day meet in Dickinson. Emma Bastian and Noah Rolfe were named the NSAA Champions of Character representatives for VCSU.
 
Up next: Valley City State's Kendra Odegard (javelin), Jaiden Peraza (high jump) and Taylor Sargent (100 hurdles) will represent VCSU at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championship Meet, May 24-26 in Marion, Ind.
 
NSAA Outdoor Championships
May 11-12, Dickinson
VCSU Top 8 Finishers
VCSU Women – Day 1
10,000 Meters: 4. Jasmine Barnes, 43:22.10
100 Hurdles: 3. Taylor Sargent, 14.99; 8. Mathea Jablonsky, 17.57
4x800 Relay: 5. VCSU, 11:28.70 (Hatlewick, Haerer, Barnes, Miyashiro)
Triple Jump: 8. Morgan Haerer, 9.72 meters
Javelin: 1. Kendra Odegard, 45.37 meters; 4. Sadie Hansen, 35.53 meters
 
VCSU Women – Day 2
High Jump: 6. Taylor Sargent, 1.40 meters
Discus: 5. Emma Bastian, 36.30 meters; 6. Sadie Hansen, 36.26 meters
Long Jump: 7. Taylor Sargent, 4.84 meters
Shot Put: 4. Sadie Hansen, 12.18 meters; 6. Jade Azure, 11.63 meters; 7. Emma Bastian, 11.49 meters; 8. Kendra Odegard, 11.49 meters
4x100 Relay: 4. VCSU, 51.95 (Sargent, Baldwin, Jablonsky, Odegard)
400 Meter Hurdles; 4. Mathea Jablonsky, 1:13.64
200 Meters: 7. Taylor Sargent, 26.42
5000 Meters: 5. Jasmine Barnes, 20:06.72
4x400 Relay: 4. VCSU, 4:38.00 (Haerer, Miyashiro, Hatlewick, Jablonsky)
 
VCSU Men – Day 1
10,000 Meters: 5. Dominic Santiago, 34:36.88
4x800 Relay: 3. VCSU, 8:33.44 (Awender, Brehmer, Nelson, Femling)
Triple Jump: 7. Jalen Strickland, 12.58 meters
Javelin: 2. Garrett Ward, 47.52 meters
 
VCSU Men – Day 2
High Jump: 2. Jaiden Peraza, 1.95 meters
Long Jump: 3. Jaiden Peraza, 6.96 meters
Shot Put: 7. Colby Mendiola, 13.42 meters
1500 Meters: 4. Noah Rolfe, 4:07.96
800 Meter Run: 6. Noah Rolfe, 2:03.23
400 Meter Hurdles: 4. Clay Kummer, 55.82
5000 Meters: 4. Dom Santiago, 16:10.75
4x400 Relay: 5. VCSU, 3:40.90 (Kummer, Awender, Femling, Rolfe)
4x100 Relay: 6. VCSU, 48.68 (Strickland, Jundt, Brehmer, Femling)