
St. Cloud State Track & Field Looks Ahead to NSIC Outdoor Championships
5/7/2025 10:43:00 AM | Women's Track & Field
Huskies compete at conference meet in Duluth Thursday through Saturday
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – St. Cloud State Track & Field is set to begin its post season schedule at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Championships on Thursday. The championships, hosted by Minnesota Duluth, will take place at Malosky Field and will run through Saturday.
Thursday's action will begin at 1:30 p.m. with the heptathlon. On Friday, the heptathlon will begin at 9:30 a.m., field events will start at 12:30 p.m. and running events will begin at 12:50 p.m. The final day of competition is slated to begin at 11 a.m. with field events with running to follow at 1:05 p.m.
Meet Homepage | Meet Schedule
FOLLOW THE HUSKIES
Live results will be provided by Hero's Timing. The meet will be streamed live for free on the NSIC Network (Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3). Tickets can be purchased here.
TEAMS AT THE MEET
Augustana, Bemidji State, Concordia-St. Paul, UMary, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, MSU Moorhead, Bemidji State, Northern State, Sioux Falls, Southwest Minnesota State, St. Cloud State, Wayne State, Winona State
HUSKIES IN THE MEET
100 meters (3 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Katie Lavato
200 meters (5 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Katie Lavato
400 meters (2:30 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Jenna Marxhausen
800 meters (3:30 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Abbygail Nunez
400 hurdles (4:20 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Kinsey Mohwinkle
3,000 steeplechase (12:50 p.m. Friday) – Alena Donahue
4x100 meter relay (1:05 p.m. Saturday) – Katie Lavato/Viola Okey-Ezealah/Myesha Thompson/Zaria Stapleton
4x400 meter relay (4:25 p.m. Saturday) – Katie Lavato/Jenna Marxhausen/Emma Hoppman/Abbygail Nunez
High jump (12:30 p.m. Friday) – Kinsey Mohwinkle
Pole vault (3 p.m. Friday) – Lauren Woelfel, Olivia Witt
Long jump (3:30 p.m. Friday) – Myesha Thompson
Triple jump (11 a.m. Saturday) – Makaylin Christenson, Viola Okey-Ezealah
Shot put (12:30 p.m. Friday) – Hannah Bruskiewicz, Mackenzie McMahon
Javelin throw (2 p.m. Saturday) – Makaylin Christenson, Savannah Reinke, Kim Feller
Heptathlon – Makaylin Christenson
100 hurdles (1:30 p.m. Thursday)
High jump (~2:15 p.m. Thursday)
Shot put (~4 p.m. Thursday)
200 meters (~5:15 p.m. Thursday)
Long jump (9:30 a.m. Friday)
Javelin throw (~10:45 a.m. Friday)
800 meters (~Noon Friday)
*note – times listed are estimates/subject to change
PR SPOTLIGHT
Alea Briggs (800 meters) 2:32.15 --> 2:31.40
Alena Donahue (1,500 meters) 5:07.37 --> 5:01.58
Emma Hoppman (400 meters) 1:02.14 --> 1:01.02
MerriAnna Johnson (800 meters) 2:32.74 --> 2:29.34
Katie Lavato (400 meters) 1:00.73 --> 58.50
Hannah Little (800 meters) 2:31.98 --> 2:27.75
Kinsey Mohwinkle (400 hurdles) 1:09.40 --> 2:21.15
Abbygail Nunez (800 meters) 2:26.01 --> 2:21.15
Jayla Patterson (100 meters) 13.01 --> 12.84
LAST TIME OUT
St. Cloud State Track & Field posted 10 top 10 finishes, nine personal bests and two season bests at the Meet of the UnSaintly at Klas Field (Hamline) in St. Paul on Wednesday, April 30.
All four athletes in the 800 meters set new personal bests. Freshman distance runner Abbygail Nunez (South St. Paul, Minn.) paced the group running 2:21.15 and was followed by junior distance runner Hannah Little (Grimes, Iowa) - 2:27.75, freshmen distance runners MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) - 2:29.34 and Alea Briggs - 2:31.40.
Fifth year sprinter Katie Lavato (Buffalo, Minn.) broke the 60 second barrier in the 400 meters for the first time in her career, running 58.50. She also recorded the best individual finish for the Huskies, placing fourth in the 200 meters (25.41) and freshman thrower Kim Feller (East Helena, Mont.) posted the best field events finish for SCSU in the javelin throw, finishing sixth after a toss of 32.83m/107-8.
In the 100 meters, freshman sprinter Jayla Patterson (Romeoville, Ill.), ran to a new personal best time for the fourth consecutive week and broke 13.00 for the first time, running 12.84. Senior Shelby Romig (Ankeny, Iowa) sprinted to a new season best time of 13.92.
Freshman sprinter Emma Hoppman (Red Wing, Minn.) pr'ed in the 400 meters, 1:01.02, sophomore distance runner Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.) ran a new lifetime best in the 1,500 meters (5:01.58) and freshman jumper/sprinter Kinsey Mohwinkle (Aplington, Iowa) split a new personal best in the 400 hurdles (1:07.73).
Sophomore thrower Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) posted a new season best in the discus throw (32.87m/107-10).
The quartet of sophomore spinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.), Lavato, freshman sprinter/jumper Zaria Stapleton (Nassau, Bahamas) and Patterson finished fourth in the 4x100 relay (49.16)
St. Cloud State at the Meet of the UnSaintly (Hamline)
April 30, 2025 | Klas Stadium| St. Paul, Minn.
100 meters
12. Zaria Stapleton - 12.67
14. Jayla Patterson - 12.84 PR
31. Shelby Romig - 13.92 SB
200 meters
4. Katie Lavato - 25.41
14. Jenna Marxhausen - 26.99
15. Jayla Patterson - 27.06
30. Emma Hoppman - 27.89
400 meters
7. Katie Lavato - 58.50 PR
21. Emma Hoppman - 1:01.02 PR
28. Jenna Marxhausen - 1:02.10
800 meters
11. Abbygail Nunez - 2:21.15 PR
23. Hannah Little - 2:27.75 PR
29. MerriAnna Johnson - 2:29.34 PR
37. Alea Briggs - 2:31.40 PR
1,500 meters
25. Alena Donahue - 5:01.58 PR
400 hurdles
10. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 1:07.73 PR
4x100 meter relay
4. Jenna Marxhausen/Katie Lavato/Zaria Stapleton/Jayla Patterson - 49.16
9. Shelby Romig/Emma Hoppman/Kinsey Mohwinkle/Ava Wilmanns - 51.97
4x400 meter relay
7. Abbygail Nunez/Alea Briggs/Hannah Little/MerriAnna Johnson - 4:20.54
Pole vault
10. Lauren Woelfel - 3.32m/10-10.75
Long jump
8. Myesha Thompson - 5.21m/17-1.25
15. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 4.88m/16-0.25
21. Shelby Romig - 4.74m/15-6.75
23. Zaria Stapleton - 4.57m/15-0
Shot put
10. Mackenzie McMahon - 11.18m/36-8.25
11. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 11.16m/36-7.5
Discus throw
18. Mackenzie McMahon - 34.43m/112-11
23. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 32.87m/107-10 𝗦𝗕
27. Kim Feller - 30.81m/101-1
Hammer throw (Invitational)
13. Kim Feller - 38.95m/127-9
Javelin throw
6. Kim Feller - 32.83m/107-8
Team Scores:
No team scores
Results (Wayzata Results)
Results (TFRRS)
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.
Thursday's action will begin at 1:30 p.m. with the heptathlon. On Friday, the heptathlon will begin at 9:30 a.m., field events will start at 12:30 p.m. and running events will begin at 12:50 p.m. The final day of competition is slated to begin at 11 a.m. with field events with running to follow at 1:05 p.m.
Meet Homepage | Meet Schedule
FOLLOW THE HUSKIES
Live results will be provided by Hero's Timing. The meet will be streamed live for free on the NSIC Network (Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3). Tickets can be purchased here.
TEAMS AT THE MEET
Augustana, Bemidji State, Concordia-St. Paul, UMary, Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota State, MSU Moorhead, Bemidji State, Northern State, Sioux Falls, Southwest Minnesota State, St. Cloud State, Wayne State, Winona State
HUSKIES IN THE MEET
100 meters (3 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Katie Lavato
200 meters (5 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Katie Lavato
400 meters (2:30 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Jenna Marxhausen
800 meters (3:30 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Abbygail Nunez
400 hurdles (4:20 p.m. Friday – prelims) – Kinsey Mohwinkle
3,000 steeplechase (12:50 p.m. Friday) – Alena Donahue
4x100 meter relay (1:05 p.m. Saturday) – Katie Lavato/Viola Okey-Ezealah/Myesha Thompson/Zaria Stapleton
4x400 meter relay (4:25 p.m. Saturday) – Katie Lavato/Jenna Marxhausen/Emma Hoppman/Abbygail Nunez
High jump (12:30 p.m. Friday) – Kinsey Mohwinkle
Pole vault (3 p.m. Friday) – Lauren Woelfel, Olivia Witt
Long jump (3:30 p.m. Friday) – Myesha Thompson
Triple jump (11 a.m. Saturday) – Makaylin Christenson, Viola Okey-Ezealah
Shot put (12:30 p.m. Friday) – Hannah Bruskiewicz, Mackenzie McMahon
Javelin throw (2 p.m. Saturday) – Makaylin Christenson, Savannah Reinke, Kim Feller
Heptathlon – Makaylin Christenson
100 hurdles (1:30 p.m. Thursday)
High jump (~2:15 p.m. Thursday)
Shot put (~4 p.m. Thursday)
200 meters (~5:15 p.m. Thursday)
Long jump (9:30 a.m. Friday)
Javelin throw (~10:45 a.m. Friday)
800 meters (~Noon Friday)
*note – times listed are estimates/subject to change
PR SPOTLIGHT
Alea Briggs (800 meters) 2:32.15 --> 2:31.40
Alena Donahue (1,500 meters) 5:07.37 --> 5:01.58
Emma Hoppman (400 meters) 1:02.14 --> 1:01.02
MerriAnna Johnson (800 meters) 2:32.74 --> 2:29.34
Katie Lavato (400 meters) 1:00.73 --> 58.50
Hannah Little (800 meters) 2:31.98 --> 2:27.75
Kinsey Mohwinkle (400 hurdles) 1:09.40 --> 2:21.15
Abbygail Nunez (800 meters) 2:26.01 --> 2:21.15
Jayla Patterson (100 meters) 13.01 --> 12.84
LAST TIME OUT
St. Cloud State Track & Field posted 10 top 10 finishes, nine personal bests and two season bests at the Meet of the UnSaintly at Klas Field (Hamline) in St. Paul on Wednesday, April 30.
All four athletes in the 800 meters set new personal bests. Freshman distance runner Abbygail Nunez (South St. Paul, Minn.) paced the group running 2:21.15 and was followed by junior distance runner Hannah Little (Grimes, Iowa) - 2:27.75, freshmen distance runners MerriAnna Johnson (Osceola, Wis.) - 2:29.34 and Alea Briggs - 2:31.40.
Fifth year sprinter Katie Lavato (Buffalo, Minn.) broke the 60 second barrier in the 400 meters for the first time in her career, running 58.50. She also recorded the best individual finish for the Huskies, placing fourth in the 200 meters (25.41) and freshman thrower Kim Feller (East Helena, Mont.) posted the best field events finish for SCSU in the javelin throw, finishing sixth after a toss of 32.83m/107-8.
In the 100 meters, freshman sprinter Jayla Patterson (Romeoville, Ill.), ran to a new personal best time for the fourth consecutive week and broke 13.00 for the first time, running 12.84. Senior Shelby Romig (Ankeny, Iowa) sprinted to a new season best time of 13.92.
Freshman sprinter Emma Hoppman (Red Wing, Minn.) pr'ed in the 400 meters, 1:01.02, sophomore distance runner Alena Donahue (West Salem, Wis.) ran a new lifetime best in the 1,500 meters (5:01.58) and freshman jumper/sprinter Kinsey Mohwinkle (Aplington, Iowa) split a new personal best in the 400 hurdles (1:07.73).
Sophomore thrower Hannah Bruskiewicz (Rogers, Minn.) posted a new season best in the discus throw (32.87m/107-10).
The quartet of sophomore spinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.), Lavato, freshman sprinter/jumper Zaria Stapleton (Nassau, Bahamas) and Patterson finished fourth in the 4x100 relay (49.16)
St. Cloud State at the Meet of the UnSaintly (Hamline)
April 30, 2025 | Klas Stadium| St. Paul, Minn.
100 meters
12. Zaria Stapleton - 12.67
14. Jayla Patterson - 12.84 PR
31. Shelby Romig - 13.92 SB
200 meters
4. Katie Lavato - 25.41
14. Jenna Marxhausen - 26.99
15. Jayla Patterson - 27.06
30. Emma Hoppman - 27.89
400 meters
7. Katie Lavato - 58.50 PR
21. Emma Hoppman - 1:01.02 PR
28. Jenna Marxhausen - 1:02.10
800 meters
11. Abbygail Nunez - 2:21.15 PR
23. Hannah Little - 2:27.75 PR
29. MerriAnna Johnson - 2:29.34 PR
37. Alea Briggs - 2:31.40 PR
1,500 meters
25. Alena Donahue - 5:01.58 PR
400 hurdles
10. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 1:07.73 PR
4x100 meter relay
4. Jenna Marxhausen/Katie Lavato/Zaria Stapleton/Jayla Patterson - 49.16
9. Shelby Romig/Emma Hoppman/Kinsey Mohwinkle/Ava Wilmanns - 51.97
4x400 meter relay
7. Abbygail Nunez/Alea Briggs/Hannah Little/MerriAnna Johnson - 4:20.54
Pole vault
10. Lauren Woelfel - 3.32m/10-10.75
Long jump
8. Myesha Thompson - 5.21m/17-1.25
15. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 4.88m/16-0.25
21. Shelby Romig - 4.74m/15-6.75
23. Zaria Stapleton - 4.57m/15-0
Shot put
10. Mackenzie McMahon - 11.18m/36-8.25
11. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 11.16m/36-7.5
Discus throw
18. Mackenzie McMahon - 34.43m/112-11
23. Hannah Bruskiewicz - 32.87m/107-10 𝗦𝗕
27. Kim Feller - 30.81m/101-1
Hammer throw (Invitational)
13. Kim Feller - 38.95m/127-9
Javelin throw
6. Kim Feller - 32.83m/107-8
Team Scores:
No team scores
Results (Wayzata Results)
Results (TFRRS)
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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