EMPORIA, Kan. – The Pittsburg State Gorillas won their second consecutive conference title at the 2025 MIAA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championship with a record-breaking 271.5 team points. The Association awarded 63 All-MIAA finishes with five student-athletes earning All-MIAA honors in three separate events.
All 11 MIAA women’s track and field programs were in Emporia this weekend for the 2025 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted at the Hornets’ Francis G. Welch Stadium.
Pitt State totaled 271.5 points in the three-day event, crushing the previous MIAA record of 225 set by Emporia State in 1999. The championship is Pitt State’s eighth MIAA outdoor title in the last ten seasons. The Gorillas have now won an MIAA-leading 15 outdoor championships.
Washburn was the outdoor championship’s runner-up for the second straight season. The Ichabods totaled 117 team points, followed by Northwest Missouri with 108 points in third place. Missouri Southern finished fourth with 91.5 points and Central Missouri placed fifth with 66 points.
Click here to view the final team and event results from the 2025 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Only one MIAA women’s record was broken at the 2025 championship. Pittsburg State’s Kate Strader broke a 39-year-old league record in the 1500 meters. Strader won the event in 4:22.42, breaking the previous record of 4:30.23 set by Kaura Burne of Southeast Missouri State University in 1986.
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Paige Mullen was the women’s championship’s high points scorer, accounting for 28 of the Gorillas’ record-breaking team total. The sophomore from Overland Park, Kan. won the women’s 5000 meters and 10000 meters and was the runner-up of the 1500 meters.
Sixty-three All-MIAA honors were awarded at the 2025 women's outdoor championship with 16 student-athletes earning more than one All-MIAA recognition. There were five athletes who earned All-MIAA honors in three separate events — Pittsburg State's Diandrenique Gaines, Jamiya Morgan, Paige Mullen and Blakelee Winn, and Northwest Missouri's Chloe Saenz.
To receive All-MIAA recognition, competitors had to place in the event’s top three. A complete list of the 63 All-MIAA outdoor women's track and field honors from all 21 women's events is listed below.
The 2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships are May 22-24 in Pueblo, Colo., hosted by Colorado State University-Pueblo.
2025 WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
ALL-MIAA HONORS
100 METER DASH
1ST Diandrenique Gaines (11.42) – Pittsburg State
2ND Ta’Mijha Nichols (11.78) – Washburn
3RD Jamiya Morgan (11.82) – Pittsburg State
200 METER DASH
1ST Diandrenique Gaines (23.12) – Pittsburg State
2ND Jamiya Morgan (23.51) – Pittsburg State
3RD Brooklynn Holtman (24.00) – Central Missouri
400 METER DASH
1ST Tiffany Hughey (52.47) – Northwest Missouri
2ND Chloe Saenz (53.76) – Northwest Missouri
3RD Melanie Roland (54.02) – Northwest Missouri
800 METER RUN
1ST Kate Strader (2:08.44) – Pittsburg State
2ND Jadyn Barnes (2:08.58) – Northwest Missouri
3RD Claire Bruening (2:08.88) – Pittsburg State
1500 MILE RUN
1ST Kate Strader (4:22.43) – Pittsburg State
2ND Paige Mullen (4:25.24) – Pittsburg State
3RD Claire Bruening (4:25.66) – Pittsburg State
3,000 METER STEEPLECHASE
1ST Eve Weber (10:37.80) – Washburn
2ND Brynn Hirschfeld (10:45.31) – Nebraska Kearney
3RD Marissa Dick (10:45.43) – Pittsburg State
5,000 METER RUN
1ST Paige Mullen (16:56.44) – Pittsburg State
2ND Emily Diercks (17:05.07) – Fort Hays State
3RD Hannah Gibson (17:09.79) – Pittsburg State
10,000 METER RUN
1ST Paige Mullen (34:27.54) – Pittsburg State
NEW MIAA RECORD
2ND Hannah Gibson (35:08.90) – Pittsburg State
3RD Lorna Rae Pierce (35:43.37) – Pittsburg State
100 METER HURDLES
1ST Kayvon Nubine (13.72) – Pittsburg State
2ND Blakelee Winn (13.96) – Pittsburg State
3RD Ashyiria Savage (14.01) – Missouri Southern
400 METER HURDLES
1ST Abigail Reid (59.95) – Emporia State
2ND Reba Mader (1:00.48) – Fort Hays State
3RD Jaedy Commins (1:00.66) – Northwest Missouri
4X100 METER RELAY
1ST Pittsburg State – 44.68 –
Kayvon Nubine, Diandrenique Gaines, Jamiya Morgan, Blakelee Winn
2ND Washburn – 44.87 –
Ta’Mijha Nichols, Alyssa Hutcherson, Maya Pattison, McKenzie Hayes
3RD Northwest Missouri – 45.30 –
Chloe Saenz, Jaurdin Mallory, Kyah Luhrig, Campbell Barta
4X400 METER RELAY
1ST Northwest Missouri – 3:40.20 –
Chloe Saenz, Jaedy Commins, Jadyn Barnes, Tiffany Hughey
2ND Washburn – 3:43.48 –
Kaylee James, Isabella Kupka, Naiuri Krein, Kereser Augustin
3RD Central Missouri – 3:43.57 –
Kylee, Terry, Emily Meeks, Brooklynn Holtman, Anayla Waters
HIGH JUMP
1ST Rachel Wilson (1.85m) – Pittsburg State
2ND Haleigh Hadley (1.75m) – Pittsburg State
3RD Tasia Sadler (1.70m) – Nebraska Kearney
POLE VAULT
1ST Annabeth Baalmann (4.28m) – Fort Hays State
2ND Isabelle Peters (4.18m) – Pittsburg State
2ND Isabel Demarco de Quadros (4.18m) – Washburn
LONG JUMP
1ST Blakelee Winn (6.28m) – Pittsburg State
2ND Makayla Watson (6.02m) – Pittsburg State
3RD Makayla Pavelka (5.91m) – Pittsburg State
TRIPLE JUMP
1ST Therea Osei (11.87m) – Washburn
2ND Kinley Smith (11.78m) – Pittsburg State
3RD Makayla Pavelka (11.78m) – Pittsburg State
SHOT PUT
1ST Dailynn VanDeren (15.69m) – Missouri Southern
2ND Briar Gillum (15.21m) – Missouri Southern
3RD Madison Mears (15.02m) – Central Missouri
DISCUS THROW
1ST Madison Smith (47.56m) – Nebraska Kearney
2ND IlariaVilla (46.13m) – Washburn
3RD Emma Slade (45.58m) – Fort Hays State
HAMMER THROW
1ST Lily Novacek (64.54m) – Nebraska Kearney
2ND Rachael Molloy (59.37m) – Central Missouri
3RD Kirsten Womack (57.78m) – Missouri Southern
JAVELIN THROW
1ST Addison Throckmorton (52.04m) – Central Missouri
2ND Keilee Johnson (49.29m) – Missouri Southern
3RD Luisarys Toledo (49.06m) – Northwest Missouri
HEPTATHLON
1ST Naiuri Krein (5252) – Washburn
2ND Payton Phillips (4869) – Pittsburg State
3RD Maggie Kauk (4745) – Missouri Southern