For Immediate Release
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women's Track Athlete of the Week
Denisha Cartwright (Sprint, So., Nassau, Bahamas / Pennfoster HS) - Minnesota State
Makayla Jackson  (Sprints, So., Milwaukee , Wis. / Milwaukee King HS) - Minnesota State 
Rose Cramer (Sprints, So., Milwaukee, Wis. / Milwaukee King HS) - Minnesota State
Ja'Cey Simmons (Sprints, So., Milwaukee, Wis. /  Wauwatosa HS) - Minnesota State
- Took second in the 4x100 relay in 44.65 at the 62nd_Annual_Mt._SAC_Relays
- Racing mainly against DI competition, ran the fastest Division II time this season
- The time also ranks as the 10th fastest time in Division II history
- Also won the 4x100 relay at Beach Invitational in a time of 44.69. 

NSIC Women's Field Athlete of the Week
Makayla Jackson  (Sprints, So., Milwaukee , Wis. / Milwaukee King HS) - Minnesota State 
- Leaped 21-7.5 (6.59m) in the long jump at the Mt. Sac Relays to take home third place
- Also jumped 21-3.5 (6.49m) to win the Gold Section of the Beach Invitational
- Ranks first in the nation in Division II at 6.59m, the fourth farthest jump in D2 History

Other Top Track Performances
Cami Streff (AUGIE) ran 2:09.04 in the 800m at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Her time currently ranks No. 7 in the nation. Additionally, Streff returned for the 1,500m, running 4:29.79 to rank 30th in the nation. She leads the conference in the 800m while being third in the NSIC in the 1,500m.
Cece Lewis (CSP) won both the 200m and 400m at the William Penn Statesmen Invitational. She took the top spot in the 200m with a time of 26.10. She won the 400m with a time of 1:00.47 and helped the 4x400m relay team to a win at the Tomcat Twilight. 
Isabelle Brezinka (UMD), at the Jim Duncan Invitational, notched a new personal best time of 2:11.36 to earn first place in the 800 meter run. The time was also an NCAA provisional mark.
Robynn Curry (MSUM) ran a NCAA qualifying time of 55.38 in the 400m at Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday. The time is second-best in NSIC this season and is 17th fastest in D2 this season. 
Paulette Dominguez (MINOT) broke the NCAA Division II-era school record in the 5,000 meters clocking a time of 18:11.94 at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
Khot Juac (USF) set a school record in running a 17:20.86 (7th place) in the 5,000 meters at the UW-Platteville Invitational on April 15. She broke the 41-year old outdoor school record of Cindy Sostrum in 1981 when the USF Athletics Hall of Fame member had a 17:36.70.
Kaylee Beyer (WSU) set not one but two school records recently on the Warrior's trip to California to compete against some of the nation's top programs. Running in the 1,500 meters at the Bryan Clay Invite, she turned in a time of 4:26.52, earning the second-highest finish of all NCAA DII entrants. In the 800 meters, she ran a time of 2:11.84 in the Long Beach Invite to finish 14th in event, finishing with the second-best NCAA DII time in the event. Both results were new Winona State records in the events, with her 2:11.84 beating the 2017 mark of 2:12.48 set by Allison Johnson. In the 1,500, Beyers time displaced a record that had stood #1 at WSU for the past 30 years, with her 4:26.52 beating Maureen Ryan's 4:29.77 set in 1992.

Other Top Field Performances
Mearah Miedema (AUGIE) placed third in the high jump at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate hosted by Long Beach with a leap of 5-7.25.
Tia Donlan (CSP) took second in both the discus and the hammer at the William Penn Statesmen Invitational. She hit 152-4 in the discus throw, hitting an NCAA provisional qualifying mark. She put up a mark of 157-4 in the hammer throw. She ranks 17th in the nation in the discus.
Ashley Hokanson (MSUM) recorded personal-best of 12-11.75 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. The height is 15th best in nation and a NCAA qualifying mark. The vault is the best in NSIC this season by more than seven inches.
Emily Swanson (USF) in winning the heptathlon at the Red Raider Open, recorded the second-best outdoor heptathlon mark in USF school history as she totaled 4,497 points. She bettered her own mark of 4,244 from a year ago. She ranks second behind Katlyn Sawtelle, who set a school-record mark of 5,176 in 2015. In the competition, Swanson won all seven of the contested heptathlon events. She had two personal-bests in the four events contested on Wednesday, including winning the 100-meter hurdles in 14.93, a personal-best, and 851 points. In the high jump, Swanson totaled 1.58m – 5-02.5 for 712 points and she won the shot put in the multi-event competition at 10.06m-33-00.25 for 533 points. Swanson had a PR in the 200-meter dash by going 27.03 for 709 points. She bettered her previous personal best by .02. On Thursday, she scored 703 points in the 800-meters with a clocking of 2:29.16. She had a throw of 29.63 – 97-02 for 470 points in winning the javelin. And, she long jumped 4.85 meters – 15-11 for 519 points and a total of 4,497.
Kendra Paasch (WSC) placed third in the shot put and fourth in discus at the Loper Invite in Kearney, Neb. She had a personal-best mark of 45-4.25 in the shot put, and now ranks fourth in the NSIC. The mark of 143-0 in the discus now ranks 6th in NSIC.
Madison Rizner (WSU) reached new heights competing in the women's high jump at the Bryan Clay Invitational in California. Rizner hit a mark of 1.68 meters (5'6"), the second-best Winona State mark of all time in the event. Rizner finished first in the event among over 40 entrants. Rizner's mark was better than nine NCAA Division I athletes competing in the same event.
 
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
4/19/22
T: Denisha Cartwright, Makayla Jackson, Rose Cramer, Ja'Cey Simmons - Minnesota State
F: Makayla Jackson - Minnesota State 

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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