Nunez, Schneider and Woelfel Win Events as St. Cloud State Track & Field Closes 2025 at The Opener in Duluth

Saturday, December 13

Burns Wellness Commons • Duluth, Minn.

11:30 a.m. (Field) | 1:40 p.m. (Track)

St. Cloud State

The Opener

Abbygail Nunez Battle for the Paddle 12-7-24

Photo by: Nathaly Delgado

Nunez, Schneider and Woelfel Win Events as St. Cloud State Track & Field Closes 2025 at The Opener in Duluth

12/13/2025 10:36:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Huskies set 16 new personal bests, four seasons best in final meet of first semester

DULUTH, Minn. – St. Cloud State Track & Field closed out 2025 at The Opener, hosted by St. Scholastica at the Burns Wellness Commons in Duluth on Saturday. The Huskies recorded three event wins, 16 new personal bests and four season's best marks in their final meet of the first semester.

Sophomore Lauren Woelfel (Becker, Minn.) won the pole vault after clearing 3.60m/11-9.75, which was new personal best height by 0.09m, freshman Brianna Schneider won the shot put after recording a huge personal best of 12.18m/39-11.50 and sophomore distance runner Abbygail Nunez (South St. Paul, Minn.) won the 800 meters (2:32.88). Nunez also ran a new personal best in the mile (5:33.08) to finish second.

The Huskies advanced four athletes to the 60 meters final – junior jumper/sprinter Myesha Thompson (Mount Horeb, Wis.), sophomore jumper/sprinter Zaria Stapleton (Nassau, Bahamas), graduate jumper Elena Martinez-Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain) and freshman Efe Ottah – while three recorded new personal bests – Thompson (7.91), freshman Aliyah Horton (8.47) and senior sprinter/jumper Ava Wilmanns (Cedarburg, Wis.) (8.57). In the finals, Thompson finished third, Stapleton tied her personal best from last week (8.00) to finish fifth and Martinez-Rodriguez tied her season best from the prelims (8.14) to finish sixth.

Thompson also finished second in the long jump, Stapleton was fourth after leaping a career best 5.16m/16-11.25, Horton was seventh after jumping a career best 4.93m/16-2.25 and Wilmanns jumped a season's best 4.84m/15-10.50.

Martinez-Rodriguez tied her high jump personal best that she set last weekend (1.55m/5-1) to finish second. Horton (28.93) and junior hurdler/pole vaulter/jumper Olivia Witt (Delano, Minn.) (31.24) each set personal bests in the 200 meters. Witt also set a personal best in the 60 hurdles, after running 10.82. Freshman Addison Lauwagie cleared a personal best height in the pole fault (3.20m/10-6) to finish second.

Sophomore thrower Kim Feller (East Helena, Mont.) recorded a new personal best in the weight throw (14.15m/46-5.25). In the mile, freshman distance runner Jocie Wheeler (Annandale, Minn.) set a new personal best (5:53.85) and sophomore distance runner MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) set a new season best time (6:03.10).

The quartet of junior sprinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.), Ottah, freshman Abby Kennedy and Lauwagie set a new season best time in the 4x400 relay (4:14.14).

St. Cloud State at The Opener (St. Scholastica)
Dec. 13, 2025 | Burns Wellness Commons | Duluth, Minn.

60 meters (prelims)
3. Myesha Thompson - 7.91Q PR
5. Zaria Stapleton - 8.08q
7. Elena Martinez-Rodriguez - 8.14q
8. Efe Ottah - 8.20q
13. Abby Kennedy - 8.32
18. Aliyah Horton - 8.47 = PR
19. Ava Wilmanns - 8.57 PR

60 meters (final)
3. Myesha Thompson - 7.94
5. Zaria Stapleton - 8.00 = PR
6. Elena Martinez-Rodriguez - 8.14 = SB
8. Efe Ottah - 8.31

200 meters
14. Aliyah Horton - 28.93 PR
17. Olivia Witt - 31.24 PR

400 meters
3. Jenna Marxhausen - 1:03.48
5. Abby Kennedy - 1:04.33

800 meters
1. Abbygail Nunez - 2:32.88
3. Jocie Wheeler - 2:47.32

Mile
2. Abbygail Nunez - 5:33.08 PR
10. Jocie Wheeler - 5:53.85 PR
13. MerriAnna Johnson - 6:03.10 SB

60 hurdles (prelims)
6. Olivia Witt - 10.82 PR

4x400 relay
3. Jenna Marxhausen/Efe Ottah/Abby Kennedy/Addison Lauwagie - 4:14.14 SB

High jump
2. Elena Martinez-Rodriguez - 1.55m/5-1 = PR

Pole vault
1. Lauren Woelfel - 3.60m/11-9.75 PR
2. Addison Lauwagie - 3.20m/10-6 PR
6. Olivia Witt - 2.45m/8-0.50

Long jump
2. Myesha Thompson - 5.40m/17-8.75
4. Zaria Stapleton - 5.16m/16-11.25 PR
7. Aliyah Horton - 4.93m/16-2.25 PR
8. Ava Wilmanns - 4.84m/15-10.5 SB

Shot put
1. Brianna Schneider - 12.18m/39-11.50 PR
11. Mackenzie McMahon - 10.47m/34-4.25
19. Shanya Collier-Phillips - 8.57m/28-1.50

Weight throw
8. Kim Feller - 14.15m/46-5.25 PR
11. Shanya Collier-Phillips - 13.14m/43-1.50
13. Mackenzie McMahon - 12.97m/42-6.75
17. Brianna Schneider - 11.84m/38-10.25

Team Scores:
No team scores

Results (Hero's Timing)
Results (PDF)

UP NEXT
The Huskies are done competing until 2026. SCSU will begin the second semester with the Tommie Indoor Invitational on Friday, Jan. 16 hosted by St. Thomas at the Anderson Athletic and Recreation Complex (AARC) in St. Paul. Field events are scheduled to start at 1 p.m. with field events to follow at 4 p.m. Links to coverage options will be available on the SCSU Track & Field schedule page and the meet day central.

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