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(STATS) -- Though South Dakota State has been busy racking up individual records, the Jackrabbits are keeping their focus on an important team goal heading into the final weeks of the regular season.No. 11 South Dakota State hopes to take another step toward making history Saturday when it hosts rival South Dakota in the South Dakota Showdown Series. The Jackrabbits (6-3, 5-1) enter the weekend tied with No. 4 North Dakota State atop the Missouri Valley Football Conference as they chase the first conference title in school history.We still have our goals in front of us and our goal this week is to be 1-0 and not to think about what that accomplishes down the road, SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier said. We need to be ready for the rivalry game. We need a great crowd to help us out.The Jackrabbits rebounded from their first league defeat -- 38-21 at Illinois State -- last weekend when they pulled away with a big second half for a 49-24 home win over Missouri State. Taryn Christion completed 22 of 37 passes for 324 yards and ran for 25 yards on nine carries to set the schools single-season record with 3,163 yards of total offense.Taryn is having a great year, Stiegelmeier said. Our offense is having a great year. Hes got some good fat guys in front of him and really good receivers. The fact that hes setting records and looking at more records is a credit to himself but also everybody doing their job.Tight end Dallas Goedert, one of those offensive stars, had seven catches for 113 yards and a touchdown against the Bears. Jake Wieneke set the MVFC career mark for receiving yards with 3,899 after adding six receptions for 114. Goedert and Wieneke each crossed the 1,000-yard mark on the season, becoming the first Jackrabbit tandem to accomplish that feat in the same year.SDSU, which leads the conference in total offense with 471.9 yards per game, seems likely to continue putting up big numbers against a South Dakota defense that allows a league-high 463.6 per contest.After a promising 3-1 start in conference play, the Coyotes (4-5, 3-3) have dropped their last two games by a combined eight points. South Dakotas rally from a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit fell short in Saturdays 35-28 loss at Southern Illinois.We have to avoid putting ourselves into positions where were down early in games because against the quality of teams that we play in this league, its hard to battle back, South Dakota coach Bob Nielson said. Obviously, for us, we have to get back on the winning track.Quarterback Chris Streveler, a junior transfer from Minnesota, has been a bright spot. He completed 22 of 38 passes for 219 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions and also ran for 113 yards and a score against the Salukis. This, after throwing for 378 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for 102 yards and a score in a 35-34 home loss to Western Illinois on Oct. 29.Hes certainly come along here in the last few weeks, Nielson said. I think hes had a better understanding of the offense and understands the expectations that we have of him and has become a much more consistent player.This will be the 109th meeting, and the Jackrabbits hold a slim 51-50-7 series advantage after winning the past seven matchups. Wieneke finished with six receptions for 180 yards and Kyle Paris ran for two late touchdowns last November when SDSU rallied for 20 fourth-quarter points on the way to a 30-23 victory at South Dakota.Our guys certainly understand who were playing and the importance of the game, not just for them as a football team, but also how much more interest there is around the state, Nielson said. (The Jackrabbits are) a very good football team. Theyve got big playmakers on offense at every position. Theyre a team that were going to have to execute at a very high level against.---AROUND THE LEAGUE=North Dakota State (8-1, 5-1), which is seeking at least a share of its sixth consecutive MVFC title, will try to keep pace with the Jackrabbits on Saturday when it hosts Indiana State (4-6, 2-5).No. 17 Youngstown State (6-3, 4-2) hopes to stay in the mix as it takes on visiting Southern Illinois (3-6, 1-5) this weekend, while No. 19 Western Illinois (6-3, 3-3) hosts Northern Iowa (4-5, 3-3). 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It was the 32-year-old Cheruiyots first Olympic gold after a silver and a bronze at the London Games and that silver behind in the 10,000 in Rio.Fellow Kenyan Hellen Obiri also beat world champion Ayana to take the silver in a personal record 14:29.77.Ayana, who broke the world record in winning the 10,000 on the opening day of track and field at the Rio de Janeiro Games, finished third in 14:33.59. All three medalists crossed inside the former Olympic record of 14:40.79 set by Romanias Gabriela Szabo at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.Not surprisingly, the five top finishers were all from Kenya or Ethiopia.The 24-year-old Ayana, who was completely dominant in the 10,000, was expected to challenge Ethiopian compatriot Tirunesh Dibabas world record of 14:11.15 in the 5,000 final. Halfway throough the race she had taken control after an early break by Japans Miyuki Uehara and opened a big gap on the chasing pack.ddddddddddddBut, on a warm night in Rio, she suddenly tired and Cheruiyot breezed past, sinking Ayanas bid for a 5,000-10,000 double at her first Olympics.Nikki Hamblin, the runner whose act of sportsmanship alongside American Abbey DAgostino in the 5,000 meters heats warmed hearts at the Olympics, finished last in the final in 16:14.24 -- still a personal best for the New Zealand athlete.I went out there and I tried to compete, I tried as hard as I could, Hamblin said. I hung on for a while and then the move came and I didnt have the legs.DAgostino didnt run in the final because of a knee injury.The two were involved in one of the feel-good moments of the games when they collided in their heat and both tumbled. DAgostino first helped Hamblin to her feet and encouraged her to finish the race. The American then realized she had sustained a bad knee injury. Hamblin returned the favor by helping her, and DAgostino finished the race while grimacing in pain with torn knee ligaments.Both runners were given a place in Fridays final because of the collision. ' ' '