Friday, February 28
Myers Field House • Mankato, Minn.
Noon (Friday) | 9 a.m. CT (Saturday)
St. Cloud State
at
NSIC Indoor Championships
Photo by: Jacob Sanders
St. Cloud State Track & Field Returns to Mankato for NSIC Championships
2/27/2025 1:16:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Huskies compete Friday and Saturday at the Myers Field House in Mankato
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Track & Field returns to Mankato on Friday and Saturday for the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships, hosted by Minnesota State at the Myers Field House. On Friday, field events start at noon and running events start at 1 p.m. while on Saturday, multi-events begin at 9 a.m. with running events scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.
All-Conference performers will consist of the top three place winners in each event and the members of the top two relay teams from the Conference meet.
Championships Homepage | Meet Schedule
FOLLOW THE HUSKIES
Live results will be provided by Hero's Timing. Fans attending the championship can purchase tickets at the door the day of the event.
*For fans that cannot make it to Mankato, events will be streamed on the NSIC Network for a charge of $10 per day. Fans are encouraged to purchase access prior to the start of events as an account will need to be set up in order to access the championship. FAQ and troubleshooting information is available on the NSIC Network Help page.
TEAMS AT THE MEET
Augustana, Bemidji State, Concordia-St. Paul, Minnesota Duluth, Minnestota State, Minot State, MSU Moorhead, Northern State, Sioux Falls, Southwest Minnesota State, St. Cloud State, UMary, Wayne State, Winona State
HUSKIES IN THE MEET
60 meters (prelims – 3 p.m. Friday | finals – 3 p.m. Saturday) – Katie Lavato
200 meters (prelims – 4:30 p.m. Friday | finals – 4:20 p.m. Saturday) – Katie Lavato
1,000 meters (prelims – 4 p.m. Friday | finals – 4 p.m. Saturday) –Abbygail Nunez, MerriAnna Johnson
5,000 meters (5 p.m. Friday) – Alena Donahue
4x400 meter relay (5:30 p.m. Saturday) – Viola Okey-Ezealah/Makaylin Christenson/Katie Lavato/Myesha Thompson
Distance medley relay (1 p.m. Friday) – Abbygail Nunez/Viola Okey-Ezealah/Alea Briggs/Alena Donahue
High jump (1 p.m. Saturday) – Makaylin Christenson, Kinsey Mohwinkle
Long jump (2:30p.m. Friday) – Myesha Thompson
Shot put (3:30 p.m. Saturday) – Hannah Bruskiewicz
Pentathlon (Saturday) – Makaylin Christenson, Myesha Thompson
60 hurdles (9 a.m)
High jump (~9:45 a.m.)
Shot put (~11:15 a.m.)
Long jump (12:15 p.m.)
800 meters (~2:30)
PR SPOTLIGHT
Viola Okey-Ezealah (60 meters) 8.21 --> 8.17
Jayla Patterson (60 meters) 8.31 --> 8.30
Kaylee Cooper (60 meters) 8.81 --> 8.77
Katie Lavato (60 meters) 7.76 --> 7.74
Katie Lavato (Indoor 200 meters) 25.98 --> 25.72
Viola Okey-Ezealah (200 meters) 26.86 --> 26.82
Zaria Stapleton (200 meters) 27.89 --> 27.47
Makaylin Christenson (200 meters) 27.75 --> 27.50
Jayla Patterson (200 meters) 28.23 --> 27.72
Jenna Marxhausen (Indoor 200 meters) 28.82 --> 28.29
Kaylee Cooper (200 meters) 29.29 --> 29.10
Trinity Wallendal (200 meters) 29.86 --> 29.79
Viola Okey-Ezealah (400 meters) 1:07.10 --> 1:03.64
Alea Briggs (800 meters) 2:34.64 --> 2:32.15
MerriAnna Johnson (800 meters) 2:35.54 --> 2:32.74
Alena Donahue (3,000 meters) 10:51.00 --> 10:47.63
Myesha Thompson (60 hurdles) 9.95 --> 9.88
Makaylin Christenson (Long jump) 5.14m/16-10.5 --> 5.18m/17-0
Mackenzie McMahon (Shot put) 10.41m/34-2 --> 11.16m/36-7.5
Mackenzie McMahon (Weight throw) 11.44m/37-6.5 --> 11.74m/38-6.25
LAST TIME OUT
St. Cloud State Track & Field competed at the Maverick Premier #1, hosted by Minnesota State at the Myers Field House in Mankato on Friday, Feb. 14. The Huskies posted 20 personal bests, one season best, and four top-10 finishes.
Sophomore distance runner Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.) set a 3,000 meters personal best for the second week in a row and recorded one of the two top-five finishes for the Huskies. She ran 10:47.63, cutting nearly 3.5 seconds off her previous best to finish fourth.
All eight Huskies in the 200 meters set new indoor or overall best marks. Fifth year sprinter Katie Lavato (Buffalo, Minn.) and sophomore sprinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.) set new indoor bests, running 25.72 and 28.29 respectively. Lavato cut 0.26 seconds off her previous indoor best, set earlier this year to finish 10th. Marxhausen ran 0.53 seconds faster than last week when she set her previous indoor personal best.
Sophomore sprinter Viola Okey-Ezealah (Part-Harcourt, Nigeria), freshman jumper/sprinter Zaria Stapleton (Nassau, Bahamas), senior jumper/middle distance runner Makaylin Christenson (Prarie Farm, Wis.), freshman sprinter Jayla Patterson, freshman multi-event athlete Kaylee Cooper (Loudon, Tenn.) and sophomore sprinter/hurdler Trinity Wallendal (Fon du Lac, Wis.) all ran to new personal bests in the 200 meters. Okey-Ezealah cut nearly a full second off her previous indoor best, Stapleton knocked over 0.40 seconds off, Christenson was 0.25 faster than her previous best, Patterson was just over 0.50 faster, Cooper was just under 0.20 faster and Wallendal went under 30.00 for the first time this season and second time of her career.
Lavato was the lone Husky to record a top-three finish. She ran the fifth fastest qualifying time in the 60-meter prelims and ended up finishing third in a new personal best time of 7.74, 0.03 seconds faster than her previous best. In addition to her 200-meter personal best, Okey-Ezealah also ran to new best marks in the 60 (8.17) and the 400 (1:03.64). She took nearly 3.5 seconds of her previous best 400 time.
Patterson (8.30) and Cooper (8.77) each ran new personal bests in the 60 meters, while Wallendal (8.80) ran a new season's best. Christenson leaped to a new long jump personal record (5.18m/17-0), besting her old best mark from the season opener.
Freshman thrower Mackenzie McMahon (Baraboo, Wis.) tallied new personal bests in both the shot put (11.16m/36-7.5) and weight throw (11.74m/38-6.25). Her shot put was a new best by 0.75 meters and it was her first time over 11 meters. Her weight throw was a 0.30 meter improvement.
Freshman distance runners Alea Briggs and MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) each ran new 800-meter personal bests, cutting nearly 2.5 and 2.8 seconds off their previous best times respectively.
Sophomore sprinter/jumper Myesha Thompson (Mount Horeb, Wis.) ran a new personal best in the 60 hurdles (9.88). It was her second time this season running under 10.00.
St. Cloud State at the Maverick Premier #1 (Hosted by Minnesota State)
Feb. 14, 2025 | Myers Field House | Mankato, Minn.
60 meters (prelims)
5. Katie Lavato - 7.78q
23. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 8.17 PR
28. Jayla Patterson - 8.30 PR
30. Zaria Stapleton - 8.32
37. Jenna Marxhausen - 8.51
41. Kaylee Cooper - 8.77 PR
42. Trinity Wallendal - 8.80 SB
43. Olivia Witt - 9.49
60 meters (finals)
3. Katie Lavato - 7.74 PR
200 meters
10. Katie Lavato - 25.72 IDPR
21. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 26.82 PR
26. Zaria Stapleton - 27.47 PR
27. Makaylin Christenson - 27.50 PR
30. Jayla Patterson - 27.72 PR
32. Jenna Marxhausen - 28.29 IDPR
33. Kaylee Cooper - 29.10 PR
35. Trinity Wallendal - 29.79 PR
400 meters
17. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 1:03.64 PR
800 meters
10. Abbygail Nunez - 2:29.73
13. Alea Briggs - 2:32.15 PR
13. MerriAnna Johnson - 2:32.74 PR
Mile
13. Abbygail Nunez - 5:38.23
3,000 meters
4. Alena Donahue - 10:47.63 PR
60 hurdles (prelims)
25. Shelby Romig - 9.88
26. Myesha Thompson - 9.88 PR
29. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 10.05
30. Makaylin Christenson - 10.06
Long jump
14. Myesha Thompson - 5.22m/17-1.5
16. Makaylin Christenson - 5.18m/17-0 PR
20. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 5.06m/16-7.25
24. Shelby Romig - 4.89m/16–0.5
Shot put
17. Mackenzie McMahon - 11.16m/36-7.5 PR
18. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 11.10m/36-5
Weight throw
19. Alicia Jennissen - 13.23m/43-5
25. Mackenzie McMahon - 11.74m/38-6.25 PR
27. Kim Feller - 10.70m/35-1.25
28. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 10.40m/34-1.5
Team Scores:
6th of 10 teams (11 points)
Results (Hero's Timing)
Results (TFRRS)
Results (PDF)
PRESEASON POLLING
SCSU Track & Field was picked to finish 14th 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 14th 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.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Track & Field, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
All-Conference performers will consist of the top three place winners in each event and the members of the top two relay teams from the Conference meet.
Championships Homepage | Meet Schedule
FOLLOW THE HUSKIES
Live results will be provided by Hero's Timing. Fans attending the championship can purchase tickets at the door the day of the event.
*For fans that cannot make it to Mankato, events will be streamed on the NSIC Network for a charge of $10 per day. Fans are encouraged to purchase access prior to the start of events as an account will need to be set up in order to access the championship. FAQ and troubleshooting information is available on the NSIC Network Help page.
TEAMS AT THE MEET
Augustana, Bemidji State, Concordia-St. Paul, Minnesota Duluth, Minnestota State, Minot State, MSU Moorhead, Northern State, Sioux Falls, Southwest Minnesota State, St. Cloud State, UMary, Wayne State, Winona State
HUSKIES IN THE MEET
60 meters (prelims – 3 p.m. Friday | finals – 3 p.m. Saturday) – Katie Lavato
200 meters (prelims – 4:30 p.m. Friday | finals – 4:20 p.m. Saturday) – Katie Lavato
1,000 meters (prelims – 4 p.m. Friday | finals – 4 p.m. Saturday) –Abbygail Nunez, MerriAnna Johnson
5,000 meters (5 p.m. Friday) – Alena Donahue
4x400 meter relay (5:30 p.m. Saturday) – Viola Okey-Ezealah/Makaylin Christenson/Katie Lavato/Myesha Thompson
Distance medley relay (1 p.m. Friday) – Abbygail Nunez/Viola Okey-Ezealah/Alea Briggs/Alena Donahue
High jump (1 p.m. Saturday) – Makaylin Christenson, Kinsey Mohwinkle
Long jump (2:30p.m. Friday) – Myesha Thompson
Shot put (3:30 p.m. Saturday) – Hannah Bruskiewicz
Pentathlon (Saturday) – Makaylin Christenson, Myesha Thompson
60 hurdles (9 a.m)
High jump (~9:45 a.m.)
Shot put (~11:15 a.m.)
Long jump (12:15 p.m.)
800 meters (~2:30)
PR SPOTLIGHT
Viola Okey-Ezealah (60 meters) 8.21 --> 8.17
Jayla Patterson (60 meters) 8.31 --> 8.30
Kaylee Cooper (60 meters) 8.81 --> 8.77
Katie Lavato (60 meters) 7.76 --> 7.74
Katie Lavato (Indoor 200 meters) 25.98 --> 25.72
Viola Okey-Ezealah (200 meters) 26.86 --> 26.82
Zaria Stapleton (200 meters) 27.89 --> 27.47
Makaylin Christenson (200 meters) 27.75 --> 27.50
Jayla Patterson (200 meters) 28.23 --> 27.72
Jenna Marxhausen (Indoor 200 meters) 28.82 --> 28.29
Kaylee Cooper (200 meters) 29.29 --> 29.10
Trinity Wallendal (200 meters) 29.86 --> 29.79
Viola Okey-Ezealah (400 meters) 1:07.10 --> 1:03.64
Alea Briggs (800 meters) 2:34.64 --> 2:32.15
MerriAnna Johnson (800 meters) 2:35.54 --> 2:32.74
Alena Donahue (3,000 meters) 10:51.00 --> 10:47.63
Myesha Thompson (60 hurdles) 9.95 --> 9.88
Makaylin Christenson (Long jump) 5.14m/16-10.5 --> 5.18m/17-0
Mackenzie McMahon (Shot put) 10.41m/34-2 --> 11.16m/36-7.5
Mackenzie McMahon (Weight throw) 11.44m/37-6.5 --> 11.74m/38-6.25
LAST TIME OUT
St. Cloud State Track & Field competed at the Maverick Premier #1, hosted by Minnesota State at the Myers Field House in Mankato on Friday, Feb. 14. The Huskies posted 20 personal bests, one season best, and four top-10 finishes.
Sophomore distance runner Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.) set a 3,000 meters personal best for the second week in a row and recorded one of the two top-five finishes for the Huskies. She ran 10:47.63, cutting nearly 3.5 seconds off her previous best to finish fourth.
All eight Huskies in the 200 meters set new indoor or overall best marks. Fifth year sprinter Katie Lavato (Buffalo, Minn.) and sophomore sprinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.) set new indoor bests, running 25.72 and 28.29 respectively. Lavato cut 0.26 seconds off her previous indoor best, set earlier this year to finish 10th. Marxhausen ran 0.53 seconds faster than last week when she set her previous indoor personal best.
Sophomore sprinter Viola Okey-Ezealah (Part-Harcourt, Nigeria), freshman jumper/sprinter Zaria Stapleton (Nassau, Bahamas), senior jumper/middle distance runner Makaylin Christenson (Prarie Farm, Wis.), freshman sprinter Jayla Patterson, freshman multi-event athlete Kaylee Cooper (Loudon, Tenn.) and sophomore sprinter/hurdler Trinity Wallendal (Fon du Lac, Wis.) all ran to new personal bests in the 200 meters. Okey-Ezealah cut nearly a full second off her previous indoor best, Stapleton knocked over 0.40 seconds off, Christenson was 0.25 faster than her previous best, Patterson was just over 0.50 faster, Cooper was just under 0.20 faster and Wallendal went under 30.00 for the first time this season and second time of her career.
Lavato was the lone Husky to record a top-three finish. She ran the fifth fastest qualifying time in the 60-meter prelims and ended up finishing third in a new personal best time of 7.74, 0.03 seconds faster than her previous best. In addition to her 200-meter personal best, Okey-Ezealah also ran to new best marks in the 60 (8.17) and the 400 (1:03.64). She took nearly 3.5 seconds of her previous best 400 time.
Patterson (8.30) and Cooper (8.77) each ran new personal bests in the 60 meters, while Wallendal (8.80) ran a new season's best. Christenson leaped to a new long jump personal record (5.18m/17-0), besting her old best mark from the season opener.
Freshman thrower Mackenzie McMahon (Baraboo, Wis.) tallied new personal bests in both the shot put (11.16m/36-7.5) and weight throw (11.74m/38-6.25). Her shot put was a new best by 0.75 meters and it was her first time over 11 meters. Her weight throw was a 0.30 meter improvement.
Freshman distance runners Alea Briggs and MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) each ran new 800-meter personal bests, cutting nearly 2.5 and 2.8 seconds off their previous best times respectively.
Sophomore sprinter/jumper Myesha Thompson (Mount Horeb, Wis.) ran a new personal best in the 60 hurdles (9.88). It was her second time this season running under 10.00.
St. Cloud State at the Maverick Premier #1 (Hosted by Minnesota State)
Feb. 14, 2025 | Myers Field House | Mankato, Minn.
60 meters (prelims)
5. Katie Lavato - 7.78q
23. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 8.17 PR
28. Jayla Patterson - 8.30 PR
30. Zaria Stapleton - 8.32
37. Jenna Marxhausen - 8.51
41. Kaylee Cooper - 8.77 PR
42. Trinity Wallendal - 8.80 SB
43. Olivia Witt - 9.49
60 meters (finals)
3. Katie Lavato - 7.74 PR
200 meters
10. Katie Lavato - 25.72 IDPR
21. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 26.82 PR
26. Zaria Stapleton - 27.47 PR
27. Makaylin Christenson - 27.50 PR
30. Jayla Patterson - 27.72 PR
32. Jenna Marxhausen - 28.29 IDPR
33. Kaylee Cooper - 29.10 PR
35. Trinity Wallendal - 29.79 PR
400 meters
17. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 1:03.64 PR
800 meters
10. Abbygail Nunez - 2:29.73
13. Alea Briggs - 2:32.15 PR
13. MerriAnna Johnson - 2:32.74 PR
Mile
13. Abbygail Nunez - 5:38.23
3,000 meters
4. Alena Donahue - 10:47.63 PR
60 hurdles (prelims)
25. Shelby Romig - 9.88
26. Myesha Thompson - 9.88 PR
29. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 10.05
30. Makaylin Christenson - 10.06
Long jump
14. Myesha Thompson - 5.22m/17-1.5
16. Makaylin Christenson - 5.18m/17-0 PR
20. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 5.06m/16-7.25
24. Shelby Romig - 4.89m/16–0.5
Shot put
17. Mackenzie McMahon - 11.16m/36-7.5 PR
18. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 11.10m/36-5
Weight throw
19. Alicia Jennissen - 13.23m/43-5
25. Mackenzie McMahon - 11.74m/38-6.25 PR
27. Kim Feller - 10.70m/35-1.25
28. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 10.40m/34-1.5
Team Scores:
6th of 10 teams (11 points)
Results (Hero's Timing)
Results (TFRRS)
Results (PDF)
PRESEASON POLLING
SCSU Track & Field was picked to finish 14th 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 14th 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.
For all the latest on St. Cloud State Track & Field, stay tuned to SCSUHuskies.com and follow the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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