2024 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster
Biography
2024 (Senior
Repeated as All-American in the hammer throw ... Second Team All-American in weight throw ... 2x NCAA Qualifier (Indoor/Outdoor) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (Outdoor) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... All-MIAC (Indoor/Outdoor) ... 2024 Saints Sports Award Female Athlete of the Year and Performance of the Year Recipient ... Academic All-MIAC ... CSC Adameic District Team. Indoor: Finsihed tenth at Nationals ... New personal best in the hammer throw with a toss of 17.60m (57' 9") at MIAC Championships ... That throw broke the 2014 school record ... Became MIAC Champion in weight throw. ... four first place finishes ... Outdoor: Finished third at nationals for second consecutive year ... at NCAA's broke her school record with a new personal best throw of 60.06m (197-0 ft) ... That mark is the 10th farthest throw in-season in D3 history ... Become the school's first 3x MIAC Champion in any event ... collected five first place finishes ... and had a total of six MIAC Athlete of the Week Awards this indoor and outdoor season.
2023 (Junior)
All-American in the hammer throw ... NCAA Qualifier (Outdoor) ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... All-MIAC (Indoor/Outdoor) ... Academic All-MIAC ... Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee... 2023 Saints Sports Award Female Performance of Year Recipient. Indoor: Had a personal best throw in the weight throw 16.47m (54' 0.5") at the Lake Superior Challenge... Runner-up at the MIAC Championships ... Finished first three times ... Outdoor: Placed third at nationals ...became the second woman in the hammer throw to earn All-American ... Broke school record in hammer throw at the UWL Qualifier with a toss of 58.26m (191' 2") ... fourth best mark in the nation ... Back to back MIAC individual champion in the hammer throw 55.16m (180-11ft) ... broke a new MIAC championship record, a new all-time MIAC record, and a new facility record for the stadium ... In eight outdoor meets, Beneke finished no worse than fourth in the hammer throw ... earning four first places and two runner-ups ... Indoor/Outdoor MIAC Athlete of the Week (5/2, 12/13) ... Made the Dean's List second semester.
2022 (Sophmore)
NCAA Qualifier (Outdoor) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (Outdoor) ... Academic All-MIAC ... All-MIAC (Outdoor) ... MIAC Honorable Mention (Indoor) ... Indoor: Season-best mark of 15.86m in the weight throw at the Gene Glader Classic ... Recored two first places finishes in the weight throw ... Runner-up in the weigh throw at the Twin Ports Invite. Outdoor: Did not place at NCAA's ... Became the first woman to earn First Team All-MIAC accolades ... Program's first women's MIAC individual champion ... winning the hammer throw event (173'9" (52.95m) ... Had the 13th-best mark in NCAA Division III this season ... three first place finishes ... MIAC Athlete of the Week (5/3) ... Made the Dean's List both semesters.
2021 (Freshman)
Academic All-UMAC … Indoor: Season-best mark of 10.32m in the shot put at the UMAC Championships … Placed fourth in the weight throw with a season-best mark 12.34m at the UMAC Meet #2. Outdoor: Runner-up in the hammer throw at the Lee Krough Invite … Season-best mark of 27.40m in the discus throw at the Bulldog Invite … Made the Dean’s List in the second semester.
Sibley East
Named team’s Thrower of the Year in 2019 … Honorable mention all-conference in the shot put in 2019 … Academic All-State in track & field and basketball … Received the Excel Award.
Personal
Nursing Major … Daughter of Joann and Scott Beneke
Favorite Food: Tamales and Ice Cream
Favorite Movie: Dirty Dancing
Favorite Athlete: Janee' Kassanavoid
Career Goal: Become either an orthopedic or a labor and delivery nurse
What I Like About St. Scholastica: The small campus as well as the great nursing program
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