MARYVILLE, Mo. - The Winona State University women's indoor track and field team, currently ranked #18 in the country by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), heads to Northwest Missouri State University and the Bearcat Invitational to be held on Friday, Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 5.
Leading a team that has already set a seasons-worth of program all-time records and NCAA Division II provisional times, head coach
Mason Rebarchek and the Warriors will test themselves over the next two days against some of the top teams in the region.
On Friday, Feb. 4, distance events including the 1,000 meter race, the distance medley relay and the 5,000 meter race will take place at 5:45 pm, 6:10 pm and 6:45 pm. Saturday, Feb. 5 will see the majority of the track events and all field events occur at the Bearcat Invite.
The 2021-22 Winona State indoor track and field season has already had several program records fall, as
Lindsay Cunningham leads a deep WSU team well positioned to rewrite the Warrior record books in several events. The Wisconsin Dells, Wis. sophomore set the bar in the WSU 3000-meter run with a time of 9:54.61, the only sub-10 minute time in Warrior history. The 2021 NCAA Division II Cross Country All-American also set a new #1 in the 5000 -meter run (16:50.95), while cracking into the Winona State top five in the mile run at 5:01.52. Warrior distance teammates
Kaylee Beyer and
Allison Hendrickson also had WSU top-10 times in the mile and 5000 meter runs, respectively.
In the sprints,
Brooklyn Schyvinck joined the Warrior top-10 in the 60 meter dash with a time fo 7.92, good for 10th all-time, while
Xana Leum earned a sixth spot in the 60 meter hurdles at 9.09, her best time so far this year.
Shereen Vallabouy ran a 25.02 time in the 200 meter dash, the fourth-fastest Warrior time ever in that event. Vallabouy's time in the 200 meters is the third fastest mark in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) this year and her 400 meter mark of 55.48 is the leading time in the Conference and one of the fastest in the country.
The Winona State field event roster is led by
Madison Rizner who reached a 1.67 meter height in the high jump on Jan. 28. In the relay's, the Warrior foursome of Kendal Zeman,
Maddy Pietz,
Brooklyn Schyvinck and Kaylee Becker have a regional top-10 time of 3:57.22 so far this season.
In Maryville, Winona State will compete against over 45 intercollegiate programs at the Bearcat Invite. NSIC rivals Sioux Falls and Concordia St. Paul will join WSU in the Carl & Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse at Northwest Missouri State this weekend.
Live timing of the events is available
at this link. More information on the NW Missouri State facility and schedule is
available here.
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About Winona State University Athletics:
The Winona State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, as an integral part of the educational mission of the institution, is committed to offering opportunities to experience academic and athletic excellence for our student-athletes through two simple words: Graduate Champions.
Fourteen Warrior programs compete at the NCAA Division II level within the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC). Winona State University competes as an affiliate member of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) in the sport of women's gymnastics
