Lutmer Signs with South Dakota State

Lutmer Signs with South Dakota State

Monday morning, Jared Lutmer, a senior at Pierre high school would sign his National Letter of Intent to run Cross Country at South Dakota State next year.

The AA state champion is joining an already solid program and does so after a winning a state championship this past season. Lutmer would have the fastest time of the year coming into the state championship and then ran an even faster time to win the AA state title at 15:15. He is just one of two runners to win a state championship individually at Pierre. Jim Keyes, the head coach of the Governors says Lutmer is very coachable…

Lutmer says one of the big reasons he decided to go to SDSU is the success the program has been having…

Lutmer plans to study human biology at SDSU and the coach he refers to. Rod DeHaven, former Olympian athlete and one of the greatest runners in South Dakota Sate history. Lutmer says it’s special to have him as a coach…

Even a month after winning the state championship, Lutmer is still humble about winning the AA title…

Lutmer’s sister, Jessica, is currently running at SDSU after starting her career at the University of Sioux Falls.