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2021 Men's Track and Field Roster

Richard Svaleson

Jakob Hanna

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Indoor Senior
  • Outdoor Jr.
  • Hometown Brandon, S.D.
  • High School Brandon Valley HS

Biography

Hanna's Performance History & Personal Bests

2020-21 SEASON

 
Cross Country: Placed 8th at the Summit League Championships in March, which were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic … All-Summit League second team … Ran 25:37.1 for the 8k at the conference meet.
Indoor: Placed 2nd in the 3000m, 3rd in the mile, and 7th in the 5000m at the Summit League Championships, clocking personal-best times in all three events … Ranked 4th all-time at NDSU in the indoor 3000m after running 8:18.42 at the conference meet … Personal-best 4:09.72 in the mile at the conference meet … 14:48.08 in the 5000m.
Outdoor (Junior): Personal-best 1500m time of 3:56.40 at Wichita State on Mar. 27 … Ran on the Bison distance medley relay that took first at the Tennessee Relays.

2019-20 SEASON
 
Cross Country (Sophomore): Ran in two meets for the Bison … Placed 27th at the Summit League Championships in Fargo on Nov. 2 … No. 7 finisher for NDSU at the conference meet … Season-best 8k of 26:26.5.
Indoor (Junior): Season-best mile time of 4:19.25 at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic on Feb. 1 … Personal-best 3000m time of 8:38.30 at the SDSU Indoor Classic on Feb. 15 … Won the mile at the UND Tune-Up on Feb. 22 in 4:19.94.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19 SEASON
 
Cross Country (Freshman): Ran in five meets for the Bison, finishing in NDSU’s top six on four different occasions … Finished 28th at the Summit League Championships … Season-best 8k time of 26:12.7 at the UND Ron Pynn Classic on Oct. 13, finishing 16th overall … Took 10th place at the Bison Open on Aug. 31.
Indoor (Sophomore): Season-best mile time of 4:19.06 and season-best 800m time of 1:58.63 at the UND Indoor Tune-Up on Feb. 16.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Only competed in one outdoor meet, running 2:00.18 in the 800m and 4:05.87 in the 1500m at the Mike Fanelli Track Classic on Mar. 29-30.

2017-18 SEASON
 
Cross Country (Redshirt): Competed unattached in four meets as a redshirt … Season-best 8k time of 26:25.6 at the UND Ron Pynn Classic on Oct. 14.
Indoor (Freshman): Ran the leadoff 1200m leg on the Bison distance medley relay that won the Summit League title … Also placed 9th in the mile at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Season-best mile time of 4:20.60 at the Jack Johnson Classic on Jan. 27 … Also posted times of 1:57.39 in the 800m and 2:32.14 in the 1000m during the season.
Outdoor (Freshman): Recorded a season-best 1500m time of 4:00.89 at the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic in the season opener … Season-best 800m time of 1:57.07 at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays.

High School: South Dakota AA state champion in the 800m as a senior in 2017, as well as taking state runner-up honors in the 1600m and 3200m … Placed in the top four at the state meet in three events as a junior, taking second in the 3200m and fourth in the 1600m and 800m … Clocked high school personal-best times of 1:56 in the 800m, 4:18 in the 1600m and 9:30 in the 3200m … Claimed ESD Conference titles in all three events … Member of Brandon Valley relay teams that won a state title in the 1600m medley and finished second in the 4x800m ... 13-time conference champion ... Academic All-State honoree.

Personal: Son of Dan and Beth Hanna ... Has one sister, Abbi ... Mom, Beth, swam at the University of South Dakota ... Majoring in physical and health education.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2019Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2020Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2021Senior

    Mid-Distance