St. Cloud State Track & Field Opens 2023-24 Indoor Season with Six Top-Five Individual Finishes

Saturday, December 9

Duluth, Minn.

11:30 A.M. CT (Field) | Noon CT (Track)

St. Cloud State

CSS Opener

St. Cloud State Track & Field Opens 2023-24 Indoor Season with Six Top-Five Individual Finishes

12/9/2023 8:16:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Results

11 athletes make Huskies Track & Field debut in Duluth

DULUTH, Minn. – St. Cloud State Track & Field began its 2023-24 indoor season at St. Scholastica and the CSS Opener on Saturday at the Burns Wellness Commons in Duluth, Minn.

11 athletes made their Huskies Track & Field debut. Those athletes included freshmen: Paige Beason (Ankeny, Iowa), Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.), Alicia Jennissen (Sauk Centre, Minn.), Tegan Michalak (Arcadia, Wis.), Mady Muehr (Greendale, Wis.), Savannah Reinke (Carrollton, Mo.), Myesha Thompson (Mount Horeb, Wis.) and Trinity Wallendal (Fon du Lac, Wis.) and transfers: sophomore Hannah Little (Grimes, Iowa), senior Elena Martinez-Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain) and senior Viola Okey-Ezealah (Lagos, Nigeria).

Senior sprinter Katie Lavato (Buffalo, Minn.) advanced to the 60-meter dash finals and ran a person record time of 7.81 to place third. Lavato also placed third in the 200-meter dash, running a time of 26.81. Junior middle distance runner Makaylin Christenson (Prarie Farm, Wis.) placed third in the 400-meter dash running 1:03.16. Fifth-year distance runner Mariana Guerra-Reese (White Bear Lake, Minn.) was second in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:38.84. Junior hurdler Shelby Romig (Ankeny, Iowa) was fifth both the 60-meter hurdle prelims and final. Freshman Myesha Thompson (Mount Horeb, Wis.) was fourth in the long jump, jumping 5.15m (16-10.75) in her Huskies debut.

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The Huskies are idle until the St. Thomas Invitational on January 12 at the Anderson Fieldhouse in St. Paul, Minn.

St. Cloud State at the College of St. Scholastica (CSS) Opener
Dec. 9, 2023 | Burns Wellness Commons | Duluth, Minn.

60 meters (prelims)
3. Katie Lavato – 7.93Q
11. Viola Okey-Ezealah – 8.28

60 meters (finals)
3. Katie Lavato – 7.81 PR

200 meters
3. Katie Lavato – 26.81
13. Myesha Thompson – 28.57
14. Ava Wilmanns – 28.57 PR
16. Shelby Romig – 28.90
17. Elena Martinez-Rodriguez – 29.93
18. Trinity Wallendal – 30.01

400 meters
3. Makaylin Christenson – 1:03.16
10. Mady Muehr – 1:17.36

600 meters
2. Mariana Guerra-Reese – 1:38.84

Mile
7. Paige Beason – 5:43.34
8. Alena Donahue – 5:44.11
9. Greta Freed – 5:46.56
15. Tegan Michalak – 6:11.35

3,000 meters
7. Erica Conrad – 11:53.39

60 hurdles (prelims)
5. Shelby Romig – 9.57q
10. Trinity Wallendal – 10.59

60 hurdles (finals)
5. Shelby Romig – 9.76

4x400 relay
4. Makaylin Christenson / Viola Okey-Ezealah / Hannah Little / Mariana Guerra-Reese – 4:23.23

Long jump
4. Myesha Thompson – 5.15m (16-10.75)
7. Elena Martinez-Rodriguez – 5.02m (16-5.75)
9. Ava Wilmanns – 4.89m (16-0.5) PR

Shot put
9. Alicia Jennissen – 10.30m (33-9.5)
16. Savannah Reinke – 8.55m (28-0.75)

Weight throw
16. Savannah Reinke – 9.35m (30-8.25)
17. Alicia Jennissen – 8.69m (28-6.25)

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