Women's Outdoor Track and Field

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Awards Announced

MADISON, Wis.--The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) has announced its award winners for the 2025 women’s outdoor track & field season based on voting by the conference coaches.
 
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Lauren Jarrett was selected the Kwik Trip Track Performer of the Meet from the WIAC Championship (presented by Culver’s), while UW-Oshkosh’s Brenna Masloroff received Kwik Trip Field Performer of the Meet recognition and UW-Whitewater’s Dakota Mitchell collected Kwik Trip Newcomer of the Year distinction. UW-La Crosse obtained Kwik Trip Coaching Staff of the Year accolades.
 
Jarrett secured the award for the second straight season after winning the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash with times of 11.49 seconds and 23.85 seconds, respectively. Her time in the 200-meter dash set a conference championship record and facility mark. Jarrett’s performance in the 100-meter dash was a facility record. She also was a member of the first-place 4x100-meter relay that established a championship, facility and season-best mark of 45.72 seconds.
 
Masloroff was victorious in the hammer throw with a championship record and season-best fling of 194-8 (59.34m). She finished second in the shot put with a heave of 45-0 1/4 (13.72m) and seventh in the discus with a fling of 132-3 (40.32m).
 
Mitchell was third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.90 seconds and fourth in the 200-meter dash in 24.55 seconds. She was a member of the second-place 4x100-meter relay. A newcomer is defined as a student-athlete who used her first season of participation in women’s outdoor track & field this season. Transfers are not eligible unless they didn’t participate in women’s outdoor track & field at their previous institution.

UW-La Crosse’s coaching staff led the team to its 13th straight conference title. It was the 39th first-place finish in program history. The staff includes: head coach Nickolas Davis; assistant coaches Izzy Carroll (throws), Meg Cook (sprints), Doug Geiwitz (pole vault), Elizabeth May (sprints), Julianne Merkes (throws), Jim Nelson (throws), Nathan Petesch (distance), Sierra Rabe (distance), Derek Stanley (distance), Jenna Starck (high jump), Jakob Tordsen (multis/pole vault) and Katie Wagner (sprints/hurdles/relays); strength & conditioning coordinator/mental skills trainer Phil Whitesitt; head athletic trainer McKenzi Schornack; and staff athletic trainers Ryley Freiberg and Kelsey Galles.
 
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