For Immediate Release
Monday, April 11, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Shereen Vallabouy (Sprints, Sr., Ipoh, Malaysia) – Winona State
- Won the 400m dash at the Ashton May Invitational hosted by UW-La Crosse
- Ran an NCAA provisional time of 54.02, winning by nearly four seconds
- The time ranks third in NCAA Division II this season
- Helped the Warriors to a second place team finish 

NSIC Women's Field Athlete of the Week
Emma Hertz (Throws, Gr., Sioux Falls. S.D. / O'Gorman HS) – Sioux Falls
- Won two events and recorded a pair of NCAA DII provisional marks at the Minnesota State Open
- Recorded a meet record with a win in the hammer throw at 58.35m (191-05)
- Her hammer throw is ranked sixth in Division II this season
- Won the discus with a school record throw of 54.52m (178-10) 
- Discus mark ranks No. 1 in Division II this season by nearly two feet
- Had a third place throw of 13.92m (45-08.50) in the shot put
- Helped USF to a fourth place team finish

Other Top Track Performances
Rebekah Rairdon (AUGIE) won the 3,000m steeplechase in her outdoor debut at the Minnesota State Open, running 10:52.13. Her time ranks her eighth in the nation and first in the NSIC.
Mary Goodwin (BSU) set the BSU and St. John's Open meet record in the 3000m steeplechase. She won the steeplechase with a time of 11:31.69, breaking the BSU record for the second straight week. Her time ranks fifth in the NSIC this season. 
Tereza Bolibruch (UMary) posted an NCAA qualifying mark in the 100 meter hurdles racing at home in the Al Bortke Open. She placed 2nd in the finals with a time of 13.91 to rank second in the NSIC and 8th in the NCAA. She was runner up behind an NCAA D1 hurdler from NDSU by .01 seconds.
Mackenzie Hall (UMD) notched an NCAA Provisional qualifying time of 35:56.02 in the 10,000 meter run at the Minnesota State Open, which was also good enough for first place in the event.
Rose Gaye (MSU) took home the top spot in the 200m dash with a meet record time of 24.34.  This is a NCAA provisional mark that ranks 19th in the country. 
Robynn Curry (MSUM) won the 400 meters at Al Bortke Open with a time of 55.99 (.01 away from NCAA qualifying time). Her time is second best in NSIC this season. 
Ashley Miller (MINOT) ran a career-best time of 25.95 seconds in the 200 meters, finishing 6th in the event overall at the Al Bortke meet on Saturday. She also was 11th in 1:03.51 in the 400 meters, just fractions of a second off her career-best time.
KaNya Henderson (USF) set a school record in the 100 meters at the Minnesota Multi and Open in Mankato, Minnesota. Her first place finish at 11.92 broke the meet record (11.93). Henderson bettered her previous mark of 12.0. She also ran on USF's winning 4x100 meter relay squad which placed first in 48.52. Henderson helped the Cougars finish fourth in the team points with 87.5.
Isatu Shirek (SMSU) won the 100-meter hurdles with a school record time of 14.43 at the Minnesota State Open on Saturday.
Maddie Stevens (UIU) set a new school and Norse Invite record in the 400m dash with a time of 57.37 to claim first place in the event. Nailea Espinoza won the 100m dash and placed third in the 200m dash in times of 12.41 and 26.42, respectively.

Other Top Field Performances
Mearah Miedema (AUGIE) broke the meet record in the high jump at the Minnesota State Open on Saturday clearing 5-9.25. She is currently in a three-way tie for fourth in the nation with that mark along with second in the NSIC.
Emily Curtice (BSU ) recorded the NSIC's top heptathlon of the season at the St. John's Open/Heptathlon. She took second with a score of 4,051. She won the heptathlon shot put and took second in the javelin. 
Tia Donlan (CSP) took second in the discus throw and seventh in the hammer throw at the MSU Open. She cleared 151-6 in the discus to hit an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. She put up a distance of 157-8 in the hammer throw. She ranks fifth in the region in the discus and 20th in the hammer. 
D'Andra Morris (UMary) won two events at the Al Bortke Open. She captured the long jump with an NCAA qualifying mark of 5.86 meters, ranking her third in the NSIC and 13th in the country. Morris won the triple jump with a mark of 11.45 meters.
Makayla Jackson (MSU) finished first in the long jump at the Minnesota State Open & Multi with a jump of 21-5.5 (6.54m). With this NCAA provisional mark she is currently #1 in the country. She also broke the meet record and school record in the event with this performance. 
Rachel Schumacher (MSUM) won high jump at Al Bortke Open with a leap of 5-3, which is tied for fourth-best in NSIC this season. 
Kori Nagel (MINOT) hit an NCAA provisional mark and set a new NCAA Division II-era school record in the discus with a throw of 155-7, finishing third at the Al Bortke meet on Saturday. Her throw ranks her 10th in the nation currently. She also was 4th in the shot put with a throw of 42-6.75 which also is a new NCAA DII-era school record, and 4th in the hammer with a throw of 156-4.
Rachel Guthmiller (NSU) won the javelin at the Jo Meaker Classic with a national provisional mark of 43.19m. She added an 11th place finish in the discus, throwing 36.15m. She ranks in the top-20 nationally in the javelin and leads the NSIC. 
Hannah Arason (SCSU) provided the highlight of the Minnesota State Open for the Huskies, finishing first in the javelin while setting a meet and facility record with a mark of 41.93m (137-7). Arason posted her meet and facility record mark in her second throw, and won by more than six feet.  Her mark ranks 10th in the NCAA Central Region and 24th in all of NCAA D-II this season.
Brooklynn Chipps (WSC) won the hammer throw and took second in shot put at Sioux City Relays. Her winning mark in the hammer throw was 188-10.25 and second place mark in shot put was 45-1. She ranks second in NSIC and fourth in NCAA Division II in hammer throw and fourth in NSIC in shot put.
 
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week
3/28/22
T:  Kayleigh Whipps - Sioux Falls
F:  McKenzie Scheil - Wayne State
4/4/22
T:  Denisha Cartwright - Minnesota State
F: Flore Gracia - Minnesota State
4/11/22
T:  Shereen Vallabouy – Winona State
F: Emma Hertz – Sioux Falls

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 90 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
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