SAN ANTONIO – UTSA Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Aaron Fox announced on Thursday the addition of another talented athlete to join the Roadrunners’ women’s jump squad, with the signing of North Dakota State transfer Nyariek Kur to the 2025-26 roster.
"We’re excited to bring another growing talent into our jump squad,” Fox said. “Nyariek was a multi-event and multi-year state champion in high school, and she’s already proven herself at the collegiate level. We cannot wait to push her to her potential in meeting her goals in competition and the classroom.”
Kur just completed her freshman season at North Dakota State, where she won the 2025 Summit League Outdoor Championships in the triple jump with a measurement of 12.48m (40-11.5) – registering the 33rd-best jump in the NCAA West Region and competing in the NCAA West First Round in College Station this spring. At the Summit Championships, she also earned the bronze medal in the long jump at 5.79m (19-0), registering her top collegiate measurement during the Bison Open in April with a mark of 6.14m (20' 1.75). Kur won the triple jump at eight total meets during her rookie season, with four indoor victories and four outdoors. She finished fourth in the triple jump, eighth in the long jump and 10th in the high jump at the Summit League Indoor Championships – hitting a top high jump mark during the outdoor season at 1.73m (5-8). Already making a collegiate appearance in San Antonio, Kur was fourth in the triple jump at the 2025 UTSA Invitational at Park West.
Originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Kur came to NDSU as the South Dakota Class AA State Champion in the long jump, triple jump and 100m hurdles during her senior season at Sioux Falls’ Washington High School in 2024 – also claiming fifth in high jump at the state meet that season. Kur was named the SDHSAA Class AA State Track & Field Championships Field MVP as a junior, after winning Class AA state titles in the long jump and triple jump, while also earning state runner-up in the 100m hurdles. During her prep career, she reached 12.24m (40-2) in the triple jump, 6.04m (19-10) in the long jump, 1.70m (5-7) in high jump and running a 14.88 in the 100-meter hurdles.
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