St. Cloud State Track & Field Travels to Mankato for Final Regular Season Indoor Meet

Friday, February 14

Myers Field House • Mankato, Minn.

11 a.m. (Field) | Noon (Track)

St. Cloud State

Maverick Premier #1

Alea Briggs @ Tommie Indoor Invitational 1-17-25

Photo by: Collin Boyles/St. Thomas Athletics

St. Cloud State Track & Field Travels to Mankato for Final Regular Season Indoor Meet

2/13/2025 4:48:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Live Results Meet Info/Schedule Heat Sheets

Huskies compete at Maverick Premier #1 at Minnesota State on Friday to wrap up regular season

ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Track & Field travels to Mankato on Friday for the Maverick Premier #1, hosted by Minnesota State at the Myers Field House. Field events will start at 11 a.m. with running events scheduled to begin at noon.

FOLLOW THE HUSKIES
Live results will be provided by Hero's Timing. The meet will be livestreamed for free on the NSIC Network – Track Events | Throwing Events | Pole Vault | Long & Triple Jump | High Jump

Meet Information / Schedule | Heat Sheets

TEAMS AT THE MEET
Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State San Marcos, Concordia-St. Paul, Gustavus Adolphus, Macalaster, Martin Luther, Minnesota State, Saint Mary's, Sioux Falls, St. Cloud State, UMary, UW-LaCrosse, UW-Oshkosh

HUSKIES IN THE MEET
60 meters (prelims – 12:52 p.m. | finals – 2:19 p.m.) – Katie Lavato, Zaria Stapleton, Viola Okey-Ezealah, Jayla Patterson, Trinity Wallendal, Kaylee Cooper, Olivia Witt, Jenna Marxhausen
200 meters (3:22 p.m.) – Katie Lavato, Viola Okey-Ezealah, Zaria Stapleton, Myesha Thompson, Makaylin Christenson, Jayla Patterson, Jenna Marxhausen, Kaylee Cooper, Kinsey Mohwinkle, Trinity Wallendal,
400 meters (2:30 p.m.) – Viola Okey-Ezealah, Kaylee Cooper
800 meters (3:05 p.m.) – Abbygail Nunez, Alea Briggs, MerriAnna Johnson
Mile (1:48 p.m.) – Alena Donahue, Abbygail Nunez, MerriAnna Johnson, Alea Briggs
3,000 meters (1:17 p.m.) – Alena Donahue
60 hurdles (prelims – 12:30 p.m. | finals – 2:13 p.m.) – Shelby Romig, Kinsey Mohwinkle, Myesha Thompson, Makaylin Christenson
High jump (11 a.m.) – Myesha Thompson
Long jump (12:45 p.m.) – Myesha Thompson, Kinsey Mohwinkle, Makaylin Christenson, Shelby Romig
Pole vault (1 p.m.) – Olivia Witt
Shot put (2 p.m.) – Hannah Bruskiewicz, Mackenzie McMahon
Weight throw (11 a.m.) – Alicia Jennissen, Hannah Bruskiewicz, Kim Feller, Mackenzie McMahon

PR SPOTLIGHT
Alea Briggs (800 meters) – 2:37.03 --> 2:34.64
Makaylin Christenson (60 hurdles) – 10.42 --> 10.00
Makaylin Christenson (high jump) - 1.59m/5-2.5 (tie)
Alena Donahue (mile) – 5:28.38 --> 5:25.23
Alena Donahue (3,000 meters) – 10:58.44 --> 10:51.00
Kinsey Mohwinkle (200 meters) – 19.97 --> 29.33
Kinsey Mohwinkle (high jump) – 1.50m/4-11 --> 1.52m/4-11.75
Viola Okey-Ezealah (300 meters) – 45.71 --> 44.39
Viola Okey-Ezealah (400 meters) – 1:07.36 --> 1:07.10
Jayla Patterson (200 meters) - 28.93 --> 28.23
Zaria Stapleton (200 meters) – 27.96 --> 27.89
Myesha Thompson (shot put) – 8.49m/27-10.25 --> 8.65m/28-4.5

LAST TIME OUT
St. Cloud State Track & Field competed at the Bison Open, hosted by North Dakota State at the Shelly Ellig Indoor Track & Field Facility in Fargo, North Dakota on Friday and Saturday Feb. 7-8. The Huskies posted 11 personal bests, two season bests, and seven top-10 finishes.

Sophomore sprinter Viola Okey-Ezealah (Part-Harcourt, Nigeria) ran new personal bests in the 300 meters (44.39) and 400 meters (1:07.10) She placed 10^th in the 300 meters. Senior jumper/middle distance runner Makaylin Christenson (Prarie Farm, Wis.) cut .42 seconds off her previous best 60 hurdles time and tied her personal best in the high jump (1.59m/5-2.5) for the third time this season.

Sophomore distance runner Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.) recorded a pair of new personal best times, 5:25.23 in the mile and 10:51.00 in the 3,000 meters (ninth place). They were three and seven second PR's respectively.

Sophomore sprinter/jumper Myesha Thompson (Mount Horeb, Wis.) was 10^th in the long jump after leaping 5.07m/16-7.75. She also recorded a new shot put personal best (8.65m/28-4.5). Freshman jumper/sprinter Kinsey Mohwinkle (Aplington, Iowa) collected two new personal best marks. She finished her 200-meter race in 29.33 and cleared 1.52m/4-11.75 in the high jump.

Freshman jumper/sprinter Zaria Stapleton (Nassau, Bahamas) and freshman sprinter Jayla Patterson set new personal best times in the 200 meters and sophomore sprinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.) ran a new season best time of 28.82.

Freshman distance runners Abbygail Nunez (South St. Paul, Minn.) and Alea Briggs finished ninth and 10^th respectively in the 600 meters. Briggs also ran a nearly two and a half second 800 meters personal best (2:34.64). Freshman distance runner MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) finished eighth in the 1,000 meters in her first collegiate race at that distance.

The quartet of Okey-Ezealah, Christenson, Nunez and Marxhausen combined to run a new season best 4x400 meter relay time of 4:19.33.

St. Cloud State at the Bison Open (Hosted by North Dakota State)
Feb. 7-8, 2025 | Shelly Ellig Indoor Track & Field Facility | Fargo, N.D.

60 meters (prelims)
13. Katie Lavato - 7.81
30. Zaria Stapleton - 8.26
35. Jayla Patterson - 8.41
39. Trinity Wallendal - 8.93
42. Olivia Witt - 9.59

200 meters
12. Katie Lavato - 26.00
23. Zaria Stapleton - 27.89 PR
26. Jayla Patterson - 28.23 PR
29. Jenna Marxhausen - 28.82 SB
33. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 29.33 PR
34. Trinity Wallendal - 30.33

300 meters
10. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 44.39 PR

400 meters
20. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 1:07.10 PR

600 meters
9. Abbygail Nunez - 1:46.69
10. Alea Briggs - 1:51.54

800 meters
23. Alea Briggs - 2:34.64 PR
24. MerriAnna Johnson - 2:35.54

1,000 meters
8. MerriAnna Johnson - 3:21.59

Mile
13. Alena Donahue - 5:25.23 PR
24. Abbygail Nunez - 5:41.53

3,000 meters
9. Alena Donahue - 10:51.00 PR

60 hurdles (prelims)
12. Shelby Romig - 9.80
15. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 10.01

4x400 relay
7. Viola Okey-Ezealah/Makaylin Christenson/Abbygail Nunez/Jenna Marxhausen - 4:19.33 SB
8. Katie Lavato/Myesha Thompson/Zaria Stapleton/Alea Briggs - 4:28.57

High jump
12. Makaylin Christenson - 1.52m/4-11.75
20. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 1.52m/4-11.75 PR

Long jump
10. Myesha Thompson - 5.07m/16-7.75

Shot put
25. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 10.78m/35-4.5

Weight throw
27. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 11.78m/38-7.75
31. Kim Feller - 10.83m/35-6.5

Pentathlon
15. Makaylin Christenson - 2,424
18. Myesha Thompson - 2,220

60 hurdles (pentathlon)
14. Makaylin Christenson - 10.00 PR
16. Myesha Thompson - 10.15

High jump (pentathlon)
3. Makaylin Christenson - 1.59m/5-2.5 PR
13. Myesha Thompson - 1.44m/4-8.75

Long jump (pentathlon)
11. Makaylin Christenson - 4.98m/16-4.25
13. Myesha Thompson - 4.93m/16-2.25

Shot put (pentathlon)
17. Myesha Thompson - 8.65m/28-4.5 PR
18. Makaylin Christenson - 8.53m/28-0

Team Scores:
14^th of 15 teams (4 points)

Results (Hero's Timing)
Results (TFRRS)
Results (PDF)

PRESEASON POLLING
SCSU Track & Field was picked to finish 14^th in the 2024-25 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Indoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches' Poll as announced by the league office on Dec. 5. The Huskies finished 14^th at the 2023-24 NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships.

"I am excited about this talented group of women," said head coach Gabrielle Brown, "We are returning a large portion of our roster this season with more experience."

ATHLETES TO WATCH
Fifth year sprinter Katie Lavato (Buffalo, Minn.) and sophomore sprinter/jumper Myesha Thompson (Mount Horeb, Wis) were named the preseason athletes to watch by the NSIC.

Lavato, the Huskies track athlete to watch, set new personal bests in the 60 meters (7.77) and 400 meters (1:00.85) last indoor season. She notched seven top-five finishes, four top-two finishes and one event victory in the 2023-24 indoor season. At the NSIC Indoor Championships, she ran to her personal best time the 60 meters and competed in the 400 meters and 4x400 meter relay.

"Katie has the experience and the knowledge to do what it takes to be successful in this conference," said head coach Gabrielle Brown, "Her talent and efforts are felt as she has what it takes to elevate the program. It will be exciting to see how she puts it all together this year."

Thompson, the Huskies field athlete to watch, enjoyed a strong freshman campaign in 2023-24. Her personal bests in the long jump (18-4.25 / 5.59m), high jump (4-7.75 / 1.42m) and 400 meters came in the indoor portion of last year's season. She totaled three top-five finishes during indoor, including a long jump victory at the St. Thomas Opener. Thompson was the only Husky to score a point at the NSIC Indoor Championships, after her lifetime best leap was good enough to tie for seventh place. She also ran in the 4x400 relay at the championships.

"Myesha is a young talented leader that is excited and confident about the opportunities to grow," said Brown, "As she steps into her second season it will be fun to see the incremental successes she will continue to earn."

LEADER OF THE PACK
Head coach Gabrielle Brown enters her second season as SCSU's head Track & Field/Cross Country coach in 2024-25. A three-time All-American hurdler at Hamline, Brown joined St. Cloud State after spending three seasons as an assistant coach at Macalester. She is the first Black female head coach in the history of St. Cloud State Athletics.

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