St. Cloud State Track & Field Sets Nine Personal Bests at Gary Wilson Invitational

Wednesday, April 23

University of Minnesota Track & Field Stadium • Minneapolis

12:30 p.m. (Field) | 2:15 p.m. (Track)

St. Cloud State

Gary Wilson Invitational

Jenna Marxhausen @ CSB Invitational 4-17-25

Photo by: Nathaly Delgado

St. Cloud State Track & Field Sets Nine Personal Bests at Gary Wilson Invitational

4/23/2025 9:36:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Wayzata Results

Huskies record eight top-10 finishes

MINNEAPOLIS – St. Cloud State Track & Field recorded eight top-10 finishes, nine personal bests and one season best at the Gary Wilson Invitational at the University of Minnesota Track & Field Stadium in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Sophomore sprinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.) ran new personal best times in the 100 meters and 400 meters, running 12.96 and 1:00.75 respectively. Freshman jumper/sprinter Kinsey Mohwinkle (Aplington, Iowa) also recorded two new personal bests. She ran 16.37 in the 100 hurdles and 1:11.65 in the 400 hurdles, improving her fastest time on the team in the latter.

Senior jumper/middle distance runner Makaylin Christenson (Prairie Farm, Wis.) posted the highest individual field finish, taking fourth in the javelin throw after a career best throw of 36.72m/120-5. Fifth year sprinter Katie Lavato (Buffalo, Minn.) recorded the highest individual track finish, placing fifth in the 100 meters after running 12.12.

In the 100 meters, freshman sprinter Jayla Patterson (Romeoville, Ill.) tied her personal best after running 13.06 for the second consecutive meet and senior Shelby Romig (Ankeny, Iowa) ran a season best time for the second straight meet (13.99). In the 200, freshman sprinter/jumper Zaria Stapleton (Nassau, Bahamas) clocked a new personal best time of 26.88.

Freshman distance runner MerriAnna Johnson (Osecola, Wis.) ran a new personal best time in the 1,500 meters (5:15.35) and senior Viola Okey-Ezealah (Port Harcourt, Nigeria) ran a new personal best time in the 400 hurdles (1:13.48) for the second consecutive meet.

The quartet of Lavato, Marxhausen, freshman sprinter Emma Hoppman (Red Wing, Minn.) and Okey-Ezealah finished second in the 4x400 relay after running 4:10.77.

St. Cloud State at the Gary Wilson Invitational
April 23, 2025 | University of Minnesota Track & Field Stadium| Minneapolis

100 meters
5. Katie Lavato - 12.12
28. Jenna Marxhausen - 12.96 PR
32. Jayla Patterson - 13.06 =PR
43. Shelby Romig - 13.99 SB
44. Ava Wilmanns - 14.02

200 meters
33. Zaria Stapleton - 26.88 PR
34. Myesha Thompson - 26.89
40. Jayla Patterson - 27.21
46. Emma Hoppman - 27.57

400 meters
14. Jenna Marxhausen - 1:00.75 PR

800 meters
27. Abbygail Nunez - 2:28.67
31. Hannah Little - 2:34.31

1,500 meters
33. MerriAnna Johnson - 5:15.35 PR

5,000 meters
13. Alena Donahue - 19:10.65

100 hurdles
24. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 16.37 PR
25. Makaylin Christenson - 16.42

400 hurdles
13. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 1:11.65 PR
14. Viola Okey-Ezealah - 1:12.06 PR

4x400 relay
2. Katie Lavato/Jenna Marxhausen/Emma Hoppman/Viola Okey-Ezealah - 4:10.77

High jump
6. Makaylin Christenson - 1.61m/5-3.25

Pole vault
14. Lauren Woelfel - 3.31m/10-10.25

Long jump
8. Myesha Thompson - 5.31m/17-5.25
19. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 4.83m/15-10.25

Shot put
8. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 12.33m/40-5.5
14. Mackenzie McMahon - 11.40m/37-5

Javelin throw
4. Makaylin Christenson - 36.72m/120-5 PR
7. Savannah Reinke - 34.31m/112-6
8. Kim Feller - 33.05m/108-5

Team Scores:
No team scores

Results (Wayzata Results)

UP NEXT
The Huskies will wrap up their week in St. Paul at Macalester for the Rider/Bolstorff Invitational on Saturday, April 26. Links to coverage options will be available on the SCSU Track & Field schedule page.

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