KENOSHA, Wis. --  The Parkside women's track and field team returned to action for the first time in 2025 competing at the Firebird First Invitational hosted at Carthage College.
 
Nailah Taylor recorded an NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark in the high jump with a personal best mark of 1.68m. Brooke Mader broke the school record in the weight throw, becoming the first Ranger woman to reach 15 meters with a throw in the event. Parkside won the event, scoring 133.5 points as a team.
 
Below are the athletes from Parkside who finished in the top ten:
 
- 55 Meters Finals
  - 4th: Mayda Conrad – 7.40
  - 7th: Rachel Blaskowski – 7.54
  - 8th: Shukeira Cooper – 7.63 - Ran a personal best in the preliminaries.
 
- 200 Meters
  - 1st: Mayda Conrad – 26.94
 
- 800 Meters
  - 1st: Jasmine Sieben – 2:28.14 - Personal best
  - 2nd: Savanah Wittig – 2:39.28 - Personal best
  - 3rd: Jacy Boberg – 2:46.95 - Personal best
 
- Mile
  - 1st: Josie Kooima – 5:36.59 - Personal best
  - 4th: Mattea Wuest – 5:47.17 - Personal best
  - 5th: Abby Robson – 5:48.23 - Personal best
 
- 55 Hurdles Finals
  - 3rd: Miranda Winkler – 8.99
 
- 4x400 Relay
  - 1st: Parkside Team (Sieben, Fredrick, Cooper, Kooima) – 4:22.82
 
- High Jump
  - 1st: Nailah Taylor – 1.68m / 5'6" - Personal best - NCAA Division II Provo
  - 3rd: Mckenna Armstrong – 1.53m / 5'0.25"
 
- Pole Vault
  - 3rd: Kalista Butkiewicz – 3.20m / 10'6"
 
- Long Jump
  - 2nd: Essence Burrows – 5.45m / 17'10.75"- Personal best
  - 6th: Shukeira Cooper – 5.16m / 16'11.25"- Personal best
  - 9th: Lainey Fredrick — 4.96m / 16'3.25" - Personal Best
 
- Triple Jump
  - 2nd: Essence Burrows – 11.55m 37'10.75"- Personal best
  - 3rd: Mckenna Armstrong – 10.88m / 35'8.5"
 
- Shot Put
  - 6th: Brooke Mader – 11.21m / 36'9.5"
 
- Weight Throw
  - 5th: Brooke Mader – 15.00m / 49'2.5" - Personal best - School record
  - 6th: Hannah Vlies – 14.78m / 48'6" - Personal best

The Rangers will return to action on January 25^th at the Tierney Classic hosted by the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Links to coverage will be made available at ParksideRangers.com/coverage.