UMAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Postseason Awards
St. Paul, MN - The outdoor track and field season wrapped up over the weekend, and Martin Luther has won the 2023 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The Knights sat in second place after day one but stormed back in day two to claim the UMAC championship. Head coach Breanna Olson was named Coach of the Year after leading Martin Luther to their first outdoor track championship in program history.
In the other major awards, Abby Pausch of Crown College won Track Athlete of the Meet after winning both the 3000-meter steeplechase and the 1500-meter run, while also finishing eighth in the 800-meter run. Stephanie Witbrod from Bethany Lutheran was awarded Field Athlete of the Meet after being in the top two in five different events, Witbrod won the triple jump, shot put, and long jump, and finished second in the high jump and hammer throw. Brycelyn Brewster of North Central was named Rookie of the Year after winning the 800-meter dash and the 4x400-meter relay, all while finishing second in the 400-meter dash and eighth in the 200-meter dash.
The all-conference list includes individuals who placed first or second in an event and individuals of first-place relay squads.
Martin Luther won the team sportsmanship award, an accolade that is selected by the UMAC coaches and awarded to the team that best represents sportsmanship throughout the entire season. Each team also had one representative named to the individual sportsmanship award list.
Top Scoring Athlete of the Meet – Stephanie Witbrod, Bethany Lutheran
Track Athlete of the Meet Award – Abby Pausch, Crown
Field Athlete of the Meet Award – Stephanie Witbrod, Bethany Lutheran
Rookie of the Year Award – Brycelyn Brewster, North Central
Coach of the Year Award – Breanna Olson (Martin Luther)
Team Sportsmanship Award - Martin Luther
| Name |
Event(s) |
School |
| Abby Pausch |
3000-Meter Steeplechase (1st), 1500-Meter Run (1st) |
Crown |
| Maya Habben |
3000-Meter Steeplechase (2nd), 1500-Meter Run (2nd) |
Martin Luther |
| Stephanie Witbrod |
Long Jump (1st), Hammer Throw (2nd), 100-Meter Hurdles (1st), Shot Put (1st), High Jump (2nd), Triple Jump (1st) |
Bethany Lutheran |
| Alexxa DeQuevedo |
400-Meter Hurdles (1st), 100-Meter Hurdles (2nd) |
Wisconsin-Superior |
| Brycelyn Brewster |
800-Meter Run (1st), 400-Meter Dash (2nd), 4x400-Meter Relay (1st) |
North Central |
| Anna Anderson Sanchez |
800-Meter Run (2nd) |
Crown |
| Emma Nelson |
800-Meter Hurdles (1st) |
Martin Luther |
| Deanna Trucksess |
200-Meter Dash (1st), 400-Meter Dash (1st), 100-Meter Dash (2nd) |
Northwestern |
| Colleen Claude |
200-Meter Dash (2nd) |
Wisconsin-Superior |
| Abby Nelson |
4x800-Meter Relay (1st) |
Bethany Lutheran |
| Kayla Tobin |
4x800-Meter Relay (1st), 5000-Meter Run (2nd) |
Bethany Lutheran |
| Chloe Kuhlman |
4x800-Meter Relay (1st) |
Bethany Lutheran |
| Cianna Hoppe |
4x800-Meter Relay (1st) |
Bethany Lutheran |
| Kasha Hughlett |
Hammer Throw (1st) |
Wisconsin-Superior |
| Kim Peters |
Long Jump (2nd), 4x100-Meter Relay (1st), Triple Jump (2nd) |
Minnesota Morris |
| Emily Ashton |
Javelin Throw (1st) |
Northwestern |
| Erika Gosch |
Javeling Throw (2nd) |
Martin Luther |
| Ally Platzer |
Pole Vault (1st) |
Martin Luther |
| Brooke Petrich |
Pole Vault (2nd) |
Wisconsin-Superior |
| Elizabeth Frias |
4x100-Meter Relay (1st) |
Minnesota Morris |
| Paige Diekmann |
4x100-Meter Relay (1st) |
Minnesota Morris |
| Nibras Luqman |
4x100-Meter Relay (1st) |
Minnesota Morris |
| Grace Hambike |
100-Meter Dash (1st) |
Minnesota Morris |
| Halle Barker |
5000-Meter Run (1st) |
Wisconsin-Superior |
| Esther Johnson |
4x400-Meter Relay (1st) |
North Central |
| Lydia Schroeder |
4x400-Meter Relay (1st) |
North Central |
| Serena Lanes |
4x400-Meter Relay (1st) |
North Central |
| Elise Nolte |
Shot Put (2nd) |
Martin Luther |
| Ella Schlei |
High Jump (1st) |
Martin Luther |
| Madelinn Romsdahl |
Discus Throw (1st) |
Martin Luther |
| Emma Nelson |
Discus Throw (2nd) |
Martin Luther |
Individual Sportsmanship Awards
Cianna Hoppe
(Bethany Lutheran)
Anna Anderson Sanchez
(Crown)
Emma Nelson
(Martin Luther)
Kayley Hyland
(North Central)
Grace Hambike
(Minnesota Morris)
Emily Ashton
(Northwestern)
Myla Volk
(Wisconsin-Superior