St. Cloud State Track & Field Opens Outdoor Season with 10 Personal Bests at ESU Spring Open

Friday, March 27

Francis G. Welch Stadium • Emporia, Kan.

11 a.m. (Field) | 1 p.m. (Track)

St. Cloud State

ESU Spring Open

Jenna Marxhausen @ CSB Invitational 4-17-25

Photo by: Nathaly Delgado

St. Cloud State Track & Field Opens Outdoor Season with 10 Personal Bests at ESU Spring Open

3/27/2026 8:04:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Huskies post eight top 10 finishes in 2026 outdoor debut

EMPORIA, Kan. – St. Cloud State Track & Field opened its 2026 outdoor season with 10 personal bests at the ESU Spring Open hosted by Emporia State on Friday. The Huskies also recorded eight top 10 finishes and three season bests at Francis G. Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kansas.

Graduate jumper Elena Martinez-Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain) continued her success in the high jump, posting a new outdoor personal best in the event after clearing 1.59m/5-2.5 to finish third. Also in the field, sophomore thrower Kim Feller (East Helena, Mont.) and junior thrower Savannah Reinke (Malta Bend, Mo.) recorded personal bests in the hammer throw with marks of 48.82m/160-2 and 37.74m/123-10 respectively and sophomore thrower Mackenzie McMahon (Baraboo, Wis.) recorded a season best in the shot put (11.63m/38-2).

On the track, a trio of Huskies PR'ed in the 100 meters – junior sprinter/jumper Myesha Thompson (Mount Horeb, Wis.) who ran 12.65, sophomore sprinter/jumper Zaria Stapleton (Nassau Bahamas), who ran 12.66 and senior sprinter/jumper Ava Wilmanns (Cedarburg, Wis.) who ran 13.34. Stapleton also set a new season best in the 200 (27.05).

Freshman sprinter Efe Ottah (Wednesbury, England) ran a new personal best in the 400, becoming the first Husky to break the 60-second barrier this season, finishing the lap in 59.21. She also set a personal record in the 200 meters (25.88). Junior sprinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.) set a new outdoor personal best in the 400 (1:00.90) and a season best in the 200 (26.04). Freshman distance runner Jocie Wheeler (Annandale, Minn.) raced to a new personal record in the 800 meters, finishing the half mile in 2:41.98.

St. Cloud State at the ESU Spring Open (hosted by Emporia State)
Friday, March 27, 2026 | Francis G. Welch Stadium | Emporia, Kan.

100 meters
20. Myesha Thompson - 12.65 PR
21. Zaria Stapleton - 12.66 =PR
22. Aliyah Horton - 12.68
26. Zoe Klocksien - 12.77
41. Ava Wilmanns - 13.34 PR

200 meters
18. Efe Ottah - 25.88 PR
21. Jenna Marxhausen - 26.04 SB
35. Zaria Stapleton - 27.05 SB

400 meters
6. Efe Ottah - 59.21 PR
9. Jenna Marxhausen - 1:00.90 ODPR
16. Emma Hoppman - 1:02.48
19. Jillian Kneisler - 1:03.20

800 meters
12. Abbygail Nunez - 2:28.43
27. Jocie Wheeler - 2:41.98 PR
30. Campbell Slattery - 2:44.82

1,500 meters
12. Abbygail Nunez - 5:11.09

400 hurdles
6. Emma Hoppman - 1:12.13
7. Jillian Kneisler - 1:12.27

3,000 steeplechase
6. Jocie Wheeler - 13:25.54
7. Campbell Slattery - 13:42.59

4x100 relay
11. Zaria Stapleton/Myesha Thompson/Aliyah Horton/Zoe Klocksien - 51.16

High jump
3. Elena Martinez-Rodriguez - 1.59m/5-2.5 ODPR

Long jump
8. Myesha Thompson - 5.49m/18-0.25
33. Aliyah Horton - 3.76m/12-4

Shot put
12. Mackenzie McMahon - 11.63m/38-2 SB

Hammer throw
11 Kim Feller - 48.82m/160-2 PR
32. Savannah Reinke - 37.74m/123-10 PR

Javelin throw
32. Kim Feller - 30.04/98-6

Team Scores:
No team scores

Results (Black Squirrel Timing)

UP NEXT
The Huskies travel to Decorah, Iowa for the Luther Invitational, hosted by Luther College at Carlson Stadium on Friday, April 3. Links to coverage options will be available on the SCSU Track & Field schedule page and the meet day central.

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