Menomonie Collegians

MENOMONIE – With January in the rearview mirror, the collegiate indoor track and field season is in full stride, and Menomonie natives Alexis Anderson, Brooklyn Hoff, Gaby Skorczewski, Madison Lehman and Bella Jacobsen are making early-season noise on collegiate tracks across the region.

Alexis Anderson, a senior at UW-Stout, has been a steady presence in the pole vault for the Blue Devils throughout her collegiate career. As a sophomore in 2024, Anderson recorded a career-best indoor clearance of 3.11 meters and added outdoor appearances with a season best of 2.75 meters. During her junior indoor season in 2025, she competed in three meets with a top mark of 2.73 meters. A 2022 graduate of Menomonie High School, Anderson entered Stout as the MHS school record holder in the pole vault and qualified for the state meet as a junior. The Blue Devils will be at the Gopher Classic at the University of Minnesota, Saturday, Feb. 7.

Brooklyn Hoff, a sophomore at UW-Stevens Point, has made steady progress as a distance runner, contributing across indoor and outdoor seasons. During the 2025 outdoor campaign, she recorded personal bests in both the 1,500 meters (5:13.16) and 5,000 meters (18:30.72), highlighted by a 16th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the WIAC Outdoor Championships. Indoors, Hoff set career bests in the mile (5:37.28) and 3,000 meters (10:44.84), adding a seventh-place finish at the Big Dawg Invitational. Before college, Hoff was a standout at Menomonie High School, earning eight varsity letters and multiple all-conference honors. She was a district runner of the year in cross country and became the first girl at her school to qualify for the state meet in all four years of high school.

Hoff opened her 2026 indoor season by setting a collegiate-best in the mile, clocking a time of 5:24.57 Jan. 24 at the WIAC Triangular at UW-Stevens Point. The Pointers were at the UW-Whitewater Invitational, Jan. 31, where she set a collegiate-best time in the 3000-meter run (10:36.63) finishing fifth. The Pointers return to action Saturday, Feb. 7 when they host the Big Dawg Invititational.

In her junior season at Lawrence University in Appleton, Gaby Skorczewski’s track and field career  has been defined by steady progression and a breakout 2025 sophomore season that featured multiple career-best performances. During the 2025 outdoor campaign, she emerged as a key contributor in the sprints and hurdles, winning the 400-meter hurdles at the Fox River Showdown with a personal-best time of 1:10.07 and adding a first-place finish as part of the 4×400 relay. At the Midwest Conference Outdoor Championships, Skorczewski recorded career bests in both the open 400 meters (59.76) and the 400-meter hurdles (1:11.43), while contributing to a fifth-place relay finish. Indoors, she consistently scored in the 400 meters and relays at the conference championships. In addition to track, she also competed in cross country for the Vikings during the 2024 season.

Skorczewski competed at the UW-Oshkosh Meet, Jan. 17, where her 4×400-relay team placed fourth and at the Ripon College Red Hawk Opener, Jan. 23, where she finished sixth in the 400-meter (1:03.01). The Vikings return to action Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Spartan Shootout in Dubuque, Iowa.

Madison Lehman, a sophomore at UW-Eau Claire, has competed across a range of middle- and long-distance events during her track and field career, including the mile, 1,500 meters, 3,000 meters, steeplechase and 5,000 meters. Her top performances include a fourth-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Dick & Mary Johnson Invite and a season-best 1,500-meter time of 5:08.06 at the Uncaged Eagle Open.

Lehman has competed twice this season in the mile, running a 5:47.06 in the Blugolds’ home opener against UW-River Falls, Jan. 17, then shaving five seconds off the next week when she finished in a time of 5:42.89 at the WIAC Triangular at UW-Stevens Point. The Blugolds will be at the Mark Guthrie Invitational at UW-La Crosse, Saturday, Feb. 7.

Bella Jacobsen, a red-shirt junior, has built a steady, accomplished distance résumé across cross country, indoor track and outdoor track during her career at the University of Wisconsin. A consistent contributor for the Badgers, Jacobsen earned a berth to the 2025 NCAA West First Round, highlighting a season that featured major breakthroughs on the track. She placed eighth in the 10,000 meters at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a personal-best time of 33:34.26, earning a podium finish, and added a fifth-place showing and personal best in the 5,000 meters (16:12.42) at the Badger Challenge.

Jacobsen has shown versatility and durability across distances, with career bests that include a 9:46.78 in the outdoor 3,000 meters, a 4:59.34 mile indoors and a 16:44.3 5K in cross country. She has twice earned All-Region honors in cross country, including a 17th-place finish at the 2024 NCAA Great Lakes Regional, and competed at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in both 2023 and 2024.

Before Wisconsin, she was a standout high school runner, earning conference, sectional and state honors in both cross country and track, including a state runner-up finish in the 3,200 meters. Jacobsen also captured conference titles in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and earned multiple all-state and all-conference honors.

Jacobsen opened her 2026 Badger campaign with a pair of first place finishes at the Indiana University Invitational, Jan. 16-17, winning the 3000-meter (9:33.33), a race she has not competed in since the 2024 season, and as a member of the distance medley relay team. Jacobsen competed in the 3000-meter at the Penn Elite in Philadelphia, Penn., in a time of 9:30.43. The Badgers will host the Badger Windy City Invitational, Feb. 6-7, in Chicago, Ill.