Minnesota State claims top spot in NSIC 
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches' Poll

BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Minnesota State University, Mankato was picked to win the NSIC in the preseason women's outdoor track & field coaches' poll. The Mavericks received 13 first place votes and tallied 195 points, ranking them ahead of Augustana University (183) and the University of Mary  (171), which each received a first place vote.  Winona State was picked fourth with 151 points while Northern State rounded out the top five as the Wolves garnered 141 points.  

UMary's Ida Narbuvoll was picked as the preseason track athlete of the year while teammate  D’Andra Morris was named the preseason field athlete of the year. 

The 2021 NSIC outdoor track & field season gets underway in the end of March with the regular season culminating on Thursday-Saturday, May 13-15 at the NSIC Championships held at Malosky Stadium in Duluth, Minnesota, hosted by the University of Minnesota Duluth. 

• 2019 NSIC Women’s Outdoor champion in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter run and placed 16th and 10th at the 2019 NCAA championships, respectively
• 6-time Northern Sun Champion and 10x All-NSIC performer (combined cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field)
• 8x All-American (includes four 2nd team All-American citations) and 14x NCAA qualifier
• 2019-20 NSIC and Central Region Athlete of the Year in cross country and indoor track
• In her last collegiate competition, Narbuvoll won the mile, 3000 and 5000 at the 2020 NSIC indoor championships and was the meet’s high scorer

• Three-time All-American who was the national runner-up in the triple jump at the 2021 NCAA women’s indoor championships
• Qualified for five straight NCAA national championships, including the last two outdoor NCAA meets (2018, 2019)
• NSIC outdoor high jump champion and triple jump runner-up in 2019 and 2018 triple jump champion
• 2020 NSIC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and 2020 and 2021 NSIC indoor field high point performer
• 7x NSIC champion (two outdoors, five indoors)

NSIC TEAM PREVIEWS & ATHLETES TO WATCH

AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY

The Viking women’s team is coming off a strong indoor season where multiple student-athletes competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships. At the conference meet, the women finished second, scoring 115 points and finished 12th at the national meet making the highest finish in program history.
The last time the Vikings competed outdoors Augustana placed second in the conference, scoring 117 points.

PJ English (MD/Distance,  So., Elko Minn. / Lakeville South HS) - Augustana University

• Placed seventh in the 1,500m at the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships running 4:43.92
• Won two events at the NSIC Championships on Feb. 27 winning the 1,000m in 2:54.46 and the mile in a school-record time of 4:51.19
• Ran the 1,200m leg of the DMR that placed fourth at the NCAA Indoor Championships running a time of 11:35.55
• Placed fifth in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships running 4:57.00

Mearah Miedema (HJ, Sr., Sioux Falls,  S.D. /  Washington HS) - Augustana University

• Placed fourth in the high jump at the NSIC Outdoor Championships in 2019 with a jump of 5’4.25
• Placed fourth in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a jump of 5-7.75
• Jumped a personal best 5-9.25 at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invite on Jan. 23 to auto qualify for the national meet

BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY

The Bemidji State women’s track & field team returns to action outdoors after being picked to finish seventh in the 2021 NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll, its highest selection since at least the 2011 outdoor season. The Beavers most recently took a seventh-place finish during the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships, behind one all-conference performer. Head Coach Kevin Kean, in his sixth season with the program, had three student-athletes rank among the top 30 in the nation in their respective events. Leading the way from the 2019 season is Bemidji State’s Field Athlete to Watch, junior thrower Zoe Christensen. Christensen took fourth in the shot put and fifth in the hammer throw at the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships, setting personal records in both events at the meet. She is coming off a fourth-place finish in the shot put at the 2020-21 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships. BSU’s Track Athlete to Watch, junior mid-distance runner Maryse Mbenoun, is making her first appearance with the Beavers outdoors after earning a conference title in the 600m run indoors. Mbenoun holds a personal record of 2:24.41 in the 800m run and is also a heptathlon athlete.

Maryse Mbenoun  (800m, 400M, Jr., Le Mans, France / Cloud County CC) - Bemidji State University

• Holds personal records of 2:24.41 in the 800m run and 4,062 in the heptathlon
• NJCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championship participant in 2019
• Placed third in the heptathlon during the 2019 NJCAA Region VI Outdoor Championships
• Won the 2021 NSIC Indoor Championship title in the 600m run

Zoe Christensen (Throws, So., Glencoe, Minn. / Glencoe-Silver Lake HS) - Bemidji State University

• Finished fourth in the shot put during the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
• Finished fifth in the hammer throw during the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Track.& Field Championships
• Holds the third-best hammer throw mark and the sixth-best shot put distance in BSU outdoor history
• Placed fourth in the shot put during the 2021 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Championships

CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, ST. PAUL

The Concordia-St. Paul women’s track and field team enters the outdoor season fresh off a successful indoor campaign that saw them finish eighth at the NSIC Championships with a total of 26 points. The track athlete to watch for CSP this season will be Toni Canfall. The senior is coming off an indoor season in which she was the conference champion in the 60m and was fourth in the NSIC in the 200m. The senior was also named First Team All-American in both the 60m and the 200m. Hannah Gustafson will be the field athlete to watch for the Bears this year. When Gustafson last competed in the 2020 indoor season, she was named an All-American in the weight throw. In the 2019 outdoor season, she finished eighth in the shot put with a mark of 13.70m.  The team got their season rolling at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on March 19 and 20, where Gustafson added another school record to her resume with a toss of 50.12m in the hammer throw.

Toni Canfall (Sprints, Jr., St. Petersburg, Fla. / Boca Ciega HS) - Concordia University, St. Paul

• Broke the school record in the 100m with a time of 11.84 in 2019
• Broke the school record in the outdoor 200m with a time of 24.52 in 2018
• Earned All-NSIC honors in the 100m in both 2018 and 2019
• Named First Team All-American in both the 60m and 200m in the 2021 indoor season

Hannah Gustafson (Throws, Sr., West St. Paul, Minn. / South St. Paul HS) - Concordia University, St. Paul

• Finished sixth in the shot put at the 2018 NSIC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 13.41m
• Finished eighth in the shot put at the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 13.70m
• Owns the school record for the indoor weight throw and the outdoor hammer throw and shot put
• Named an All-American in the indoor weight throw in 2020

UNIVERSITY OF MARY

Headlined by All-Americans Ida Narbuvoll and D’Andra Morris, the two-time defending Northern Sun women’s outdoor track & field team champion University of Mary features some of the top student-athletes in the country. Narbuvoll, a 6-time All-American distance runner for the Marauders and 8-time All-American overall, won the 5000 and 10000 at the 2019 NSIC outdoor championships. Her distance domination continued as she won the 2019 NSIC cross country title and the mile, 3K and 5K at the 2020 NSIC indoor championships. Overall she is a 10-time all-NSIC performer and a 14-time NCAA qualifier.  Morris is a three-time All-American who just placed second at the 2021 NCAA championships in the triple jump. The senior from Kingston, Jamaica, won the NSIC outdoor triple jump championship as a freshman I 2018 before winning the outdoor high jump title in 2019 while placing second in the triple jump. Morris is a 7-time NSIC champion and has qualified for five straight NCAA championships, including two outdoors. 

The Marauders also return two other 2019 outdoor champions and one from 2018. Four-time All-American Taylor Hestekin won the 1500 meter run as a freshman and is fresh off racing at the NCAA indoor championships. Cali Modglin is the reigning long jump champion. Two-time All-American and 12-time All-NSIC runner Bree Erickson won the NSIC 1500 outdoor championship in 2018. 

Other new faces looking to impact the Marauders this season include jumper/sprinter Lexus Lovan and sprinter Chris-Ann Thomas, both of whom qualified for the 2020 NCAA indoor championships, and Taryn Ceglowski, an All-NSIC transfer from Sioux Falls. 

UMary also features indoor All-Americans Elizabeth Acheson (middle distance) and Tereza Bolibruch (hurdles) and all-NSIC performers Starlynn Costa, Ava Grimm, Kayla Ogle, Courtney Dembrowski, Lacey Feist, and Arianna Passeri. 

The Marauders outdoor season begins Sunday, March 28, at the Black Hills State Spring Opener.

Ida  Narbuvoll (Distance, Sr., Narbuvoll, Norway / Roros Videregaende skole) - University of Mary

• 2019 NSIC Women’s Outdoor champion in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter run and placed 16th and 10th at the 2019 NCAA championships, respectively
• 6-time Northern Sun Champion and 10x All-NSIC performer (combined cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field)
• 8x All-American (includes four 2nd team All-American citations) and 14x NCAA qualifier
• 2019-20 NSIC and Central Region Athlete of the Year in cross country and indoor track
• In her last collegiate competition, Narbuvoll won the mile, 3000 and 5000 at the 2020 NSIC indoor championships and was the meet’s high scorer

D’Andra Morris (Jumps, Sr., Kingston, Jamaica / Camperdown HS) - University of Mary

• Three-time All-American who was the national runner-up in the triple jump at the 2021 NCAA women’s indoor championships
• Qualified for five straight NCAA national championships, including the last two outdoor NCAA meets (2018, 2019)
• NSIC outdoor high jump champion and triple jump runner-up in 2019 and 2018 triple jump champion
• 2020 NSIC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and 2020 and 2021 NSIC indoor field high point performer
• 7x NSIC champion (two outdoors, five indoors)

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH

The UMD women’s track and field team enters the 2021 outdoor season looking to improve upon its fifth-place finish at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Outdoor Track and Field Championships now nearly two years ago. The two athletes to watch for the Bulldogs this outdoor season are Junior Haleigh Reindl and Senior Lindsay Maruska. Reindl is highlighted as the UMD athlete to watch for running events and deservedly so, Reindl is the defending champion of the Outdoor 800-meter run in the NSIC after she placed first in the event at the 2019 Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Reindl set her personal best in the 800-meter run at the Triton Invitational in 2019 posting a time of 2:10.19. She is coming off of a second-place finish in the 800-meter run at the 2021 NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships which in turn qualified her for the NCAA II Indoor Track and Field Championships where she finished sixth earning her second consecutive All-American citation. Lindsay Maruska is the Bulldog athlete to watch in field events this season, more specifically the Triple Jump. Maruska placed sixth at the 2021 Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 11.69 meters or 38 feet and four and one-quarter inches. Maruska posted a personal best 11.73 meters or 38 feet six inches at the 2019 Indoor 

Haleigh Reindl (800/Mile/4x400, So., Waterford, Wis. / Waterford HS) - University of Minnesota Duluth

• 2019 800 M Outdoor NSIC Champion 
• Ran Personal best 2:10.19 in 800 M Outdoor @ Triton Invitational 
• 2nd Place 800 M finisher in 2021 NSIC Indoor Championships 
• 6th Place finish in 800 M at  2021 NCAA II Indoor Track and Field Championships 

Lindsay Maruska (Jumps, Sr., Big Lake, Minn. / Big Lake HS - University of Minnesota Duluth

• Career-best 11.73M in the triple jump at 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships, sixth-place finish
• Placed sixth in 2021 NSIC Indoors with an 11.69M mark
• Two Time NSIC scorer and NCAA provisional qualifier

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO

Coming off an indoor track and field season which saw the Mavericks finish second in the nation as a team in the NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field National Championships and reclaim the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships, Minnesota State will look to earn the NSIC Outdoor title for the first time since the 2016 season. With a group of student athletes that includes 11 individual All-Americans from 16 events during the indoor season, the Mavericks will look to build off the success of the indoor season. Denisha Cartwright, an All-American in four events, and Katie Taylor, a national champion in the weight throw and All-American in the shot put highlight the Minnesota State women’s track and field program as the track and field athletes to watch in the spring.

Denisha Cartwright (Sprints/Hurdles, So., Nassau Bahamas / Central State Univ.) - Minnesota State University, Mankato

• In first season with the Mavericks earned NSIC Championships in the 60m hurdles and 200m dash while finishing second in the 60m dash
• Finished as a first team All-American in four total events during the 2021 indoor season with a national runner up finish in the 60m hurdles and top eight spots in the 60m dash, 200m dash and a third place finish as a member of the 4x400m relay team
• Named NSIC Newcomer of the Year during the indoor season after leading individuals in scoring in the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships

Katie Taylor (Throws, So., Hayward, Wis. / Hayward HS) - Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Earned All-American honors in the shot put as a freshman in the 2017 outdoor track & field season
• Earned the national championship in the weight throw during the 2021 indoor season as well as All-American honors in the shot put
• Has been named NSIC Field Athlete of the week a total of six times in her Maverick career

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD

Senior Rachel Schumacher leads the MSUM women into the outdoor season. She was All-NSIC indoors in the high jump in February. Including her time at Minnesota State Schumacher has four All-NSIC high jump honors in her career. Freshman Robynn Curry is coming off of a strong indoor season in the sprints with four wins. Junior Anna St. Catherine has earned two All-NSIC honors in her career in the pole vault. 

Robynn  Curry (Sprints,  Fr., Nassau, Bahamas / Kingway Academy) - Minnesota State University Moorhead

• Had four wins during indoor season
• Placed seventh in 400 at NSIC Indoor
• Also part of 4x400 relay that finished sixth

Rachel Schumacher (High Jump, Sr., Bismarck, N.D. / Bismarck HS) - Minnesota State University Moorhead

• Career best of 5-7.5 in high jump
• All-NSIC Indoors in high jump this past February after placing second
• Now has four All-NSIC high jump honors in career
• National qualifier in the high jump

MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY

The Beavers are looking to build on a solid indoor season after capping the campaign with an impressive performance at the NSIC Championships. Minot State finished with the highest team point total in five years and earned five All-Conference honors while breaking two all-time records.  Four Beavers on the women's side earned All-NSIC Honors in the distance medley relay team of Abby McGee, Ashley Miller, Whitney Hanson, and Linda Perez finished second at the NSIC Championships with a time of 12:12.87. 

Abby McGee (Mile, Sr., Butte, Mont. / Butte Central Catholic) - Minot State University

• Was a member of the women’s DMR team that finished 2nd at the NSIC Indoor Championships with a time of 12:12.87
• The DMR time marked the fastest time in program history
• Earned All-NSIC Honors with the 2nd-place finish in the DMR
• Placed 12th in the 1000 with a time of 3:08.5

Breanna Johns-Oster (Shot Put / Weight Throw, R-Fr., Great Falls, Mont. / Charles M. Russell HS) - Minot State University

• A rising member of the Beavers throws squad 
• Finished 15th in the shot put at her first ever NSIC Indoor Championships with a toss of 12.90m
• Placed 13th in the Weight Throw at the NSIC Indoor Championships with a toss of 16.22m

NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY

The Northern State women placed sixth from the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships and recently took fifth at the 2021 NSIC Indoor Championships. The Wolves tallied five all-conference performances and one NSIC Champion from the 2021 indoor championships. Jordyn Huneke won the pole vault for NSU, leading a talented vaulting squad. Shanice Burrell and Tava Berg were picked as the team’s athletes to watch for the outdoor season. Both are coming off strong indoor seasons, as Burrell earned all-conference accolades in the 60m hurdles and Berg was crowned an NCAA All-American in the high jump. The Wolves women return 23 student-athletes from the 2019-20 roster and welcome ten incoming freshman and transfers.

Shanice Burrell (60m Hurdles, Sr., Buff Bay, Jamaica  / Buff Bay HS) - Northern State University

• Two-time NSIC All-Conference performer (60m hurdles)
• Holds outdoor personal bests of 12.35 in the 100m and 14.08 in the 100m hurdles
• 2019 fourth place finisher in the 100m hurdles at the NSIC Championships

Tava  Berg (High Jump, Jr.,  Watertown, S.D. / Watertown HS) - Northern State University

• 2021 Indoor All-American in the high jump (5th)
• 2021 Indoor All-Region performer in the high jump
• 2019 fifth place finisher in the high jump at the NSIC Championships

UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS

The USF Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Team, which opens the season on March 26-27 at Wayne State, will be led by All-Americans in NSIC Athletes to Watch KaNya Henderson and thrower Emma Hertz as well as Jaimie McNamee along with talented sprint and distance performers. In the last outdoor championship USF was eighth in the team standings in 2019. Henderson, a two-time Academic All-NSIC performer from Utica, Miss., was an indoor All-American in 2020. USF will have a talented throws squad led by the return of Hertz of Sioux Falls, S.D., who earned her third and fourth All-American honor at the 2021 NCAA DII Indoor Championships. Kayla Anderson (6th, all-time at USF in discus & 6th all-time in hammer throw) and indoor All-American Jaimie McNamee, (ranks 1st all-time at USF in the hammer throw at 177’10 in 2019 and 2nd in discus of 150’3.5 in 2019), who was second in 2019 in hammer throw (2nd place, DII Prov mark), and fourth in the discus (45.59m, DI Prov.) at the NSIC Outdoor Meet. Also back is DII javelin qualifier Miranda Phipps (school record holder in javelin at 152’7, 2019), who was second in the javelin (40.67M) at the NSIC Outdoor Meet in 2019. The Cougars will also look for a strong season from senior multi-event standout Emily Olson (2nd all-time, heptathlon, 4,596 points, 2019), as well as jumps specialists Natalie Meyers and Cassidy Noeldner; sprinters Henderson, Mercy Oyadare, Zoe Cigard, Emma Kenkel and Jailiah Brice-Moore and distance standouts Annika Aho, Grace Beck, Cassidy O’Meara, Karlee Simmons, Lauren Wells (steeplechase), Khot Juac, among others.   

KaNya Henderson (Sprints, Jr., Utica, Miss. / Clinton Christian Academy) - University of Sioux Falls

• Ranks 4th all-time in 12.24 in 100-meters and 8th-alltime at 25.55 in 200 meters outdoors all-time at USF
• Won four individual titles and placed second six times in the 60-meters or 200 meters and nine third-place results in sprints or relay for 16 top-3 finishes overall
• Named USTFCCA All-American in 60-meters indoor in 2020
• Owns indoor school records in 60-meters at 7.55 and 200-meters of 25.55 in 2020
• Member of 6th place 400-meter relay at NSIC Outdoor Championships in 2019 & placed in 60-meter dash indoors at NSIC League Championships

Emma Hertz (Throws, Jr., Sioux Falls, S.D. / O’Gorman HS) -  University of Sioux Falls

• Four-time NCAA DII All-American who prepped at Sioux Falls O'Gorman
• Broke school records in both the shot put (52-2) and the weight throw indoors and earned two first-team All-American honors at the NCAA DII Indoor Championships in 2021
• Won 14 shot put titles and two weight throw titles indoors
• Overall, indoors and outdoors, she has 47 top-eight finishes in the throws with 19 total titles and 29 placements of either first or second
• Ranks 1st in discus (169’2.25, 2019), first in shot put (51’05, 2019), and 3rd in hammer throw (162’3.25) outdoors in USF school history
• Competed at the 2019 NCAA DII Outdoor meet in discus and shot and ranked as high as ninth in DII with her throw of 16902 on May 1, 2019

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

The Southwest Minnesota State women’s indoor track & field team, under the direction of second-year head coach Kirk Nauman, enters the 2021 outdoor season with a strong mix of veteran leadership and a strong core of underclassmen and newcomers ready to push the Mustangs higher up the final standings at the NSIC Championship. 

Senior All-American Rebecca Manteuffel is the team’s top returner after earning 2021 NCAA Indoor All-American honors. Manteuffel was a 2019 NCAA Outdoor national qualifier in the discus and shot put, earning All-American honors in discus. She won the 2019 NSIC championship in the discus and was second in the shot put. 

Junior mid-distance transfer Caitlyn Regan finished ninth in the 800m at the 2021 NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships. 

Redshirt freshman Isatu Shirek will compete in her first outdoor season after two solid indoor seasons. She placed seventh in the 60m hurdles this winter at the NSIC Championships and was 12th in 2020.  

Caitlyn Regan (Mid-Distance, Jr., Wondonga, Victoria; Australia / Wondonga Senior Secondary College) - Southwest Minnesota State University

• Finished ninth in the 800 meters at the 2021 NSIC Indoor Championships
• Competed in the mile, 200 and 800 meters during the 2021 indoor season
• Transfer from North Iowa Area Community College
• Member of the SMSU cross country team

Rebecca Manteuffel (Throws, Sr., Cologne, Minn. / Mayer Lutheran) - Southwest Minnesota State University

• 2021 NCAA Indoor All-American in the weight throw
• 2019 NCAA Outdoor All-American in the discus
• 2019 NSIC Outdoor Champion in the discus 
• 2019 All-NSIC Outdoor in the shot put

ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY

Following a 2020 season wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Cloud State Women’s Track & Field eagerly awaits the 2021 Outdoor season. SCSU placed seventh at the 2021 NSIC Indoor Championships held in Mankato on Saturday. Seniors Emelia Burris and Faith Lubner each earned All-NSIC honors by finishing second in the Long Jump and Pentathlon respectively. The Huskies scored 27 team points to finish in the top half of the conference. At the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships, St. Cloud State earned a ninth-place finish as a team with 40 points thanks to multiple top-8 performances from the team's student-athletes. Burris finished third in the long jump, took eighth in the 100 before recording another eighth-place finish in the 200. Lubner joined Burris as a 2019 All-NSIC honoree with a third-place Heptathlon performance.

Emelia Burris (60m, 200m, Long Jump) Sr., Fenton, Ill. / Wood Dale HS) - St. Cloud State University

• 2021 NCAA Indoor All-American in the Long Jump
• Placed sixth in the Long Jump at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships, the highest placing by a Huskies athlete at the NCAA Championships in the past decade
• Recorded a career-best Long Jump mark of 5.86 meters at the Fred Baker Triangular this past indoor season
• Finished fifth in the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships in the 100 Meter with a 11.91 second mark
• 2021 All-Region and All-NSIC in Long Jump after a second-place finish in the NSIC Championships

Faith Lubner (Pentathlon, Long Jump, 60m Hurdles, Sr., Reedsville, Wis. / Reedsville HS) - St. Cloud State University

• 2021 All-NSIC in the Pentathlon after finishing second in the Pentathlon at the NSIC Indoor Championships by scoring 3427 points
• Finished first in the Pentathlon Long Jump and finished second in the Pentathlon High Jump at the Championships
• Scored a career-best 3471 points in the Pentathlon at the 2021 Ted Nelson Multis
• Placed third in the Heptathlon at the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships

UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY

The Peacock women’s outdoor track and field team is anxious to get back on the track and continue improving upon their indoor season. The Peacocks are coming off a 15th-place finish at the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships behind six points from Cassiddy Wilson. Wilson earned All-NSIC honors in the 600 meters thanks to a third-place finish. Upper Iowa heads back to the track this spring with experienced leaders including Wilson, fellow NSIC Athlete to Watch Brittiney Harris, Madison Brownrigg, Serianna Dehmlow, Ashley Donovan, Ellie Loesch, Jade Martin, Jenna Ross, Sidney Schnor and Christonna Shafranski. The Peacocks also got contributions from Kysta Ramirez, Zakaria Fuller, Jadyn Schultz, Kiana Maghanoy and Jocelyn Grecco during the indoor season in January and February. The team will open the spring season at Loras College on Mar. 31 when they compete in the Mid-Week Invite at the Rock Bowl in Dubuque, Iowa.

Cassiddy Wilson (Mid-Distance/Sprints/Hurdles, Sr., Delhi, Iowa / Maquoketa Valley HS) - Upper Iowa University

• Placed third at the 600-meter race at the 2021 NSIC Championships and fifth in the same race at the 2020 NSIC Championships and fourth in 2019
• Set the UIU record for the 600-meter at 1:36.08 during the prelim heat at the NSIC Championships in 2020
• Placed eighth as a member of the 4x400-meter race at the 2019 Championships

Brittiney Harris (Jumps/Mulits, Jr., Fort Madison, Iowa / Fort Madison HS) - Upper Iowa University

• This past indoor season, set high marks of 4.23 meters in the long jump at Dubuque and 1.42 meters in the high jump at Cornell
• Played volleyball at Kirkwood Community College for two years
• At Fort Madison Senior High School, earned 12 letters after four years of varsity action in track, volleyball and basketball

WAYNE STATE COLLEGE

Marlon Brink, in his 21st year as head coach, looks for a much improved team finish for the Wildcats this season after placing 14th in the 2019 NSIC Outdoor Championships.  Field events and throws will be a strength again this season for Wayne State, led by junior Mckenzie Scheil who earned NCAA All-American honors in 2019 as a redshirt freshman placing seventh in the hammer throw.  Senior thrower Kenzie Sullivan was an All-NSIC finisher in the discus in 2019 placing third to go with a seventh place medal in the shot put two years ago.  Junior Jadin Wagner and redshirt sophomore Nicole Heeren add depth to the Wildcat throws area.  The top returning track athlete for the Wildcats is junior Jordyn Pester, who took fourth in the 400-meter dash as a freshman two seasons ago.  Freshman Megan Hansen in the hurdles is coming off a strong indoor season while the Wildcats have two solid high jumpers in senior Hanna Lazure and junior Alison Dykman.  Top returning distance runners include seniors Kim Johnson and Brianna Crouch.  Wayne State is scheduled to open the 2021 outdoor season on Friday and Saturday March 26th and 27th hosting the Wayne State Classic.  

Jordyn Pester (Sprints, Jr., Charter Oak, Iowa / MVAOCOU HS ) - Wayne State College

• Placed fourth in 400-meter dash as a freshman in 2019 (56.27)
• Runs leg on Wildcat 4 x 400 relay team
• Had two first place finishes in 400 meter dash as freshman

McKenzie Scheil (Throws, Jr., Fairmont, Neb. / Fillmore Central HS) - Wayne State College

• All American in hammer throw in 2019 (7th place)
• Had strong indoor season, All-American 2nd place finish in weight throw
• Back-to-back NSIC indoor champion in weight throw

WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY

The Winona State University women’s track and field team heads into the 2021 outdoor season with high expectations coming off a strong indoor season showing and with a roster featuring depth and balance. 

Winona State and head coach Mason Rebarchek, a two-time NSIC Track and Field Coach of the Year, will host to events in Winona at Paul Giel Field; the Battle for the Paddle on Friday, April 9 and the River City Rumble on Saturday, April 24. In addition, the Warriors will compete in regular meets at NSIC rival Minnesota State - Mankato on Saturday, April 3, Saturday, May 1 and Friday, May 7.  They will also travel to Vermilion, South Dakota on Saturday, April 20 for the USD Twilight meet. 

Coach Rebarchek pointed to strength and depth in the distance and middle-distance events, including Kaylee Beyer who was 8th in the 800m at NSIC Indoor and Lindsay Cunningham, also 8th in the Mile at NSIC Indoor. 

Additionally, several student-athletes had stellar indoor sprint seasons including Michaela Pryor a All-Conference & All-American in the 200m this indoor season & 5th in 60m at NSIC Indoor, as well as Brooklyn Schyvinck, a Conference Champion and All-American in the 400m & 4x400 this indoor season and member of the 4x400 Conference Champion. 

In the field events, the Warriors will be led by jump standouts Madison Rizner, who placed 4th in the Triple Jump and was 5th in the High Jump at NSIC Indoor, and Ashlie Lockington who was 7th in the Triple Jump at NSIC Indoor. 

Brooklyn Schyvinck (Sprints, So., Reedsburg, Wis. / Reedsburg HS) - Winona State University

• Member of 4x400m relay team that placed ninth at NCAA Championships
• Member of record-breaking 4x400m team 
• Placed seventh at NSIC Outdoor Championships in the 400m in 2019 
• 2019 Outdoor Second Team All-American (4x400)

Madison Rizner (Jumps, So., Richland Center, Wis. / Richland Center HS) -  Winona State University

• Finished 4th in the Triple Jump at NSIC Indoor
• Season-best triple jump of 11.49m in 2019 outdoor season
• Season-best high jump of 1.60m to place 10th at the 2019 NSIC Outdoor  Championships