BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) released the 2025 preseason outdoor track and field athletes to watch and coaches' poll with
Kylie Anderson and
Hanna Reichenberger being selected as athlete to watch in distance events and athlete to watch in jumps for Winona State University.
Head coach,
Mason Rebarchek's remarks going into the 2025 outdoor season, "This group is young, excited and works hard. We have great leadership with our older group, along with lots of talent. Outdoor season, of course, brings events that are not contested indoors where we have talent and athletes that are anxious to see what they can do this spring!".
Kylie Anderson, a junior from Waukesha, Wis., helped lead the way in distance events during the 2024-25 indoor season for the Warriors. Anderson placed in the top three in the 3000 meter race, one mile race, and 5000 meter race in all the meets she competed in. Head coach
Mason Rebarchek stated, "Kylie is coming off the best indoor season of her career! With a 3rd place finish at the Indoor NSIC Championships in the 3000m and moving up to 3rd all-time at WSU in the 3000m and 2nd all-time in the 5000m Kylie is in a great place to start the outdoor season".
Hanna Reichenberger, a senior from Combined Locks, Wis., competed in the triple jump and the 60 meter hurdles and placed in the top three in all of the regular season meets she competed in as well as placing fourth in the NSIC Indoor Track & Field Championships and placing 16th at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Head coach, Rebarchek said, "After breaking both the Triple Jump and 60m Hurdles school records for WSU this winter, Hanna is fit and ready to have a great outdoor season".
Anderson and Reichenberger along with the rest of the Winona State University track and field team will start their 2025 outdoor season at the Ashton May Invite hosted by UW-La Crosse on Saturday, April 5 starting at 12 p.m. The 2025 NSIC Outdoor Championships will be May 8 through May 10 hosted by the University of Minnesota Duluth.