St. Cloud State Track & Field Produces 10 Personal Bests at Minnesota State Open

Monday, April 13

Mark Schuck Outdoor Track and Field Complex • Mankato, Minn.

10 a.m.

St. Cloud State

Minnesota State Open

Jenna Marxhausen @ Maverick Open #2 5-4-24

Photo by: Jacob Sanders

St. Cloud State Track & Field Produces 10 Personal Bests at Minnesota State Open

4/13/2026 7:37:00 PM | Women's Track & Field

Huskies win 4x400 relay, record 14 top-10 finishes

MANKATO, Minn. – St. Cloud State Track & Field posted 10 personal bests, one season best, one event win and 14 top 10 finishes at the Minnesota State Open, hosted by Minnesota State at the Mark Schuck Outdoor Track and Field Complex in Mankato on Monday. No team scores were kept at the meet.

The quartet of junior sprinter Jenna Marxhausen (Two Harbors, Minn.), freshman sprinter Efe Ottah (Wednesbury, England), freshman mid-distance runner Jillian Kneisler (Muskego, Wis.) and sophomore distance runner Abbygail Nunez (South St. Paul, Minn.) won the 4x400 relay in 3:59.98, which is the first time SCSU has run a sub four-minute 4x4 since the 2024 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Outdoor Championships which were held on the same track.

Additionally, Marxhausen ran a new personal best in the prelims of the 100 meters (12.70) and finished first in her heat to qualify for the finals in which she ran another personal best (12.68), Ottah ran a new personal best in the 100 meters (12.48), Kneisler recorded a career best in the 400 hurdles (1:08.13) and Nunez raced to a new personal record in the 800 (2:20.54).

Other personal bests on the track were set by sophomore sprinter Emma Hoppman (Red Wing, Minn.) in both the flat 400 meters, where she broke 60 for the first time (59.73) and in the 400 hurdles where she broke 70 for the first time (1:09.9) and sophomore sprinter/jumper Zaria Stapleton (Nassau Bahamas) who ran 12.53 in the 100.

In the field, junior thrower Savannah Reinke (Malta Bend, Mo.) recorded a new personal best in the hammer throw (42.89m/140-8), freshman sprinter/jumper Aliyah Horton (St. Paul, Minn.) posted a new outdoor career best in the long jump (4.99m/16-4.5) and sophomore thrower Kim Feller (East Helena, Mont.) posted a season best mark in the javelin throw (30.95m/101-6).

St. Cloud State at the Minnesota State Open (hosted by Minnesota State)
Monday, April 13, 2026 | Mark Schuck Outdoor Track and Field Complex | Mankato, Minn.

100 meters (prelims)
9. Efe Ottah - 12.48 PR
11. Zaria Stapleton - 12.53 PR
16. Jenna Marxhausen - 12.70Q PR
17. Myesha Thompson - 12.77
24. Zoe Klocksien - 13.03
26. Aliyah Horton - 13.12

100 meters (finals)
8. Jenna Marxhausen - 12.68 PR

400 meters
8. Emma Hoppman - 59.73 PR

800 meters
2. Abbygail Nunez - 2:20.54 PR

1,500 meters
9. Jocie Wheeler - 5:27.50
10. Campbell Slattery - 5:35.97

400 hurdles
10. Jillian Kneisler - 1:08.13 PR
11. Emma Hoppman - 1:09.9 PR

4x400 relay
1. Jenna Marxhausen/Efe Ottah/Jillian Kneisler/Abbygail Nunez - 3:59.98 (fastest since 2024 NSIC outdoor championships)

High jump
t7. Kinsey Mohwinkle - 1.53m/5-0.25
t14. Zoe Klocksien - 1.43m/4-8.25

Long jump
14. Myesha Thompson - 5.24m/17-2.25
17. Zaria Stapleton - 5.07m/16-7.75
20. Aliyah Horton - 4.99m/16-4.5 ODPR

Discus throw
2. Mackenzie McMahon - 37.57m/123-3

Hammer throw
6. Kim Feller - 45.68m/149-10
8. Savannah Reinke - 42.89m/140-8 PR

Javelin throw
4. Kim Feller - 30.95m/101-6 SB
6. Ava Wilmanns - 27.78m/91-1

Team Scores:
No team scores

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

UP NEXT
The Huskies will compete at the CSB Invitational at Clemens Stadium in Collegeville on Thursday. SCSU will celebrate its seniors prior to the meet. Links to coverage options will be available on the SCSU Track & Field schedule page and the meet day central.

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