The collegiate track and field season has wound down at all levels of competition, with the exception of the NCAA Division I championship, which wraps up June 11-13 in Eugene, Ore. Bella Jacobsen, a Menomonie High School graduate who competes for the University of Wisconsin, will compete at the NCAA West First Round at the University of Texas, Thursday, May 29, in the 10,000-meter.

Ryan Dingwall, a freshman at UW-River Falls, got his first taste of collegiate competition this year, competing in 10 meets for the Falcons. Dingwall threw the shot put and the weight throw during the indoor season and the shot put and the hammer throw during the outdoor season. Dingwall set career-bests in the weight throw (43-feet, 2.25-inches) at the Warren Bowlus Open at UW-Stout, Jan. 31, the shot put (42-3.25) at the UW-River Falls Winter Classic, Feb. 8 where he placed third, and in his final meet of the season at the Janis Rider/Doug Bolstorff Invitational at Macalester College April 26, hit a personal-best in the hammer throw (130-3).

Gaby Skorczewski, a sophomore at Lawrence University in Appleton, continued to tally points for the Vikings at the Midwest Conference meets. As we reported after the indoor season, Skorczewski went to the podium three times for the indoor championship and did the same thing for the outdoor iteration. Skorczewski finished fourth in the 400-meter finals, coming on the heels of a personal best in the preliminary round with a time of 59.76 seconds. Skorczewski was seventh in the 400-hurdles and was a member of the fifth-place 4×400-meter relay team. The Vikings competed at the Wisconsin Private College Championship, April 6, and Skorczewski podiumed in the 400m (5th), 4×100-relay (6th) and 4×400-relay (7th). Skorczewski set season outdoor best times in the 200m (27.70), the 400m (59.76) and 400-hurdles (1:10.07).

Josh Boyette, a sophomore at UW-Stout, just missed the podium in the decathlon at the WIAC Outdoor Championship, placing ninth in the grueling two-day event. Boyette took a big jump over his previous best decathlon score, tallying nearly 200 more points, finishing with 5921 points. At the 2024 WIAC Outdoor Championship, Boyette placed 15th. Throughout the season, Boyette set personal-best marks in six of the 10 decathlon events – the 1500-meter run, the discus, the 110-high hurdles, the 400-meter run, the shot put and the 100-meter dash.

Alexis Anderson, a junior at UW-Stout, competed in the pole vault at five meets this season, marking a season-high of 8-feet, 11.50-inches at the UW-Stout Quad, Feb. 14.

Madeline Palmer, a junior at Winona State University, scored for the Warriors at the NSIC Outdoor Championship May 8 at UM-Duluth with an eighth place finish in the 10,000-meter with a time of 38:23.58. Palmer competed in six meets this year for the Warriors, two indoor and four outdoor meets. The 10K was Palmer’s primary event in 2025, competing in the event at three outdoor meets. Palmer produced a season-best time of 37:39.20 at the Phil Esten Challenge at UW-La Crosse, April 17. Palmer also competed in the 5000-meter outdoor and the mile and the 3000-meter indoor.

Madison Lehman, a freshman at UW-Eau Claire, competed at the WIAC Outdoor Championship, setting a personal best time of 12-minutes, 20.78-seconds in the 3000-meter run, placing 21st. Lehman set personal bests throughout her first season as a Blugold in both the indoor and outdoor seasons. At the Uncaged Eagle Invitational at UW-La Crosse, May 9, Lehman clocked an outdoor best in the 1500-meter run (5:08.06). Indoors, Lehman set markers at the UW-La Crosse Caged Eagles Invitational Feb. 21 in the mile (5:31.64) and at UW-Stout’s Warren Bowlus Open Jan. 31 in the 3000m (11:26.13).

Brooklyn Hoff, a freshman at UW-Stevens Point, led the Pointers on the cross country team in the fall and continued her success during the indoor and outdoor track and field season. Hoff placed 16th in the 5000m at the WIAC Outdoor Championship and was 19th at the WIAC Indoor Championship in the 3000m, where she set a personal-best time (10:44.84) in the event. Hoff set personal-bests in the 5000m (18:30.72) at the UW-Platteville Invitational April 11, in the 1500m (5:13.16) at the Rex Foster Twilight at UW-Whitewater April 4, and in the indoor mile (5:37.28) at the Midwest ELITE Invitational Feb. 15 at UW-Whitewater.

Bella Jacobsen, a sophomore at Wisconsin, ran unattached during the indoor season, but returned to varsity competition during the outdoor season. Jacobsen scored for the Badgers at the Big 10 Outdoor Championship held in Eugene, Ore., May 16, placing eighth in the 10,000m (33:34.26). Jacobsen set a personal-best with a fifth place finish in the 5000m (16:12.42) at the Badger Challenge., May 2. In her first outdoor meet of the season at the Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa Pacific, Calif, April 16, Jacobsen set a career-best in the 5K (16:13.47), a mark she would break less than a month later. Jacobsen ran unattached at the Alex Wilson (Indoor) Invitational at Notre Dame, placing third behind a pair of Notre Dame runners in a time of 9:31.90.