Chadron State College Athletics

A multi-talented person, Caryn excelled in both track and field and music while attending Chadron State.
She was a two-time state meet low hurdle champion while attending Chadron High School and developed into a terrific all-around track athlete for the Eagles, earning All-American honors seven times.
Her first All-American laurels were at the NAIA National Indoor Meet in 1992, when she was fifth in the 60-yard hurdles in 8.44 seconds and fifth in the long jump at 17-11¾.
In addition, she was the runner-up in the NAIA District 11 heptathlon as a freshman in 1990 and won it as both a sophomore and a junior. She placed seventh in the heptathlon at the NAIA National Meet as a sophomore with 4,490 points and was third as a junior with 4,967 points.
Prior to her senior year in 1993, the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, which the Eagles had recently joined, switched to NCAA Division II. That year, she won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.34 seconds and the high jump at 5-4 at the RMAC Indoor Meet and the 100-meter hurdles in 14.71 seconds and the long jump at 18-7 ½ at the outdoor meet.
Also in ’93, she also was fourth in the long jump at 18-9 ¼ and fifth in the high jump at 5-5 at the NCAA DII National Indoor Meet. But her greatest achievement came at the National Outdoor Meet that spring when she tied for second in the heptathlon by scoring 5,151 points. Her national marks that season: 100 hurdles—14.76, high jump—5-6 ½, shot put—35-5, 200—25.51, long jump—18-5, javelin—95-9, 800—2:22.42.
When Caryn graduated, she owned the CSC school records in five indoor and four outdoor events. She still has eight of the nine records.
In addition to her track and field accomplishments, Caryn was the piano accompaniest for the CSC concert choir several years, often sang the National Anthem at CSC athletic events and was the college’s homecoming queen in 1991.
After graduating, she taught at the Antelope School in Dawes County two years. She then moved to Hemingford, where she taught music three years, sixth grade two years and was the elementary principal four years.  She is now in her fourth year as the elementary principal at North Bend. She earned her master’s degree from CSC in 2001 and is scheduled to earn a doctorate from the University of Nebraska in December.
She is married to Todd Ziettlow, a native of Ekalaka, Mont., who was a football and track and field athlete at CSC and teaches math at North Bend.