TULSA, Okla. — North Dakota State made it interesting until the very end, but South Dakota claimed the Summit League Outdoor Championships title Saturday, snapping the Bison's string of 13 consecutive outdoor team championships.
South Dakota scored 243 points and the Bison placed second at 225. South Dakota State finished a distant third with 136 points.
NDSU's Kelby Anderson was named the championships' Track MVP by scoring 26 points in the running events. Amanda Anderson totaled 22 points in the throws, tying for the most points by any athlete in the field events.
The Bison women captured two individual event titles Saturday. Amanda Anderson won the shot put with a season-best throw of 51-feet, 11.75 inches. Jodi Lipp defended her Summit League triple jump crown, winning with a lifetime-best 41-feet, 10.50 inches.
Lipp led a barrage of team points for the Bison women in the triple jump, as NDSU finished 1-3-4-5.
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The Bison were Summit League runners-up in the 4x400m relay with Angel Pratt, Grace Brenner, Nell Graham and Claire Howell in 3-minutes, 46.16 seconds.
Kelby Anderson finished second in both the 1,500 and 5,000.
Graham took second in the 400 final, running 54.91.
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