MIAC RELEASE

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Hamline University fifth year thrower Lexi Brainer (Lakeville, Minn. / Lakeville South) earned 2025-2026 MIAC Women's Track & Field Indoor All-Conference honors and All-Conference Honorable Mention honors, while first year jumper/sprinter Mabel Badejo (Minneapolis, Minn. / Irondale) and the 4x200 relay team of Alexi Schneider (Marshall, Minn. / Marshall), Jazmin Turnbaugh (Brooklyn Park, Minn. / Osseo), Claire Siems (Rochester, Minn. / Mayo), and Aliyah Robran (Greenfield, Minn / Rockford) earned All-Conference Honorable Mention honors, announced Thursday, Mar. 5. 

Brainer placed second in the weight throw with a toss of 17.37m (57-0), moving to No. 12 nationally in Division III. Her best weight throw distance this season of 17.71 meters ranks No. 8 nationally in Division III. Brainer also added a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a throw of 12.23m. Her best shot put throw of the season at 13.57 meters ranks No. 21 nationally in Division III. 

Badejo scored in the long jump with a fifth-place leap of 5.26m (17-3.25) to earn honorable-mention honors. This was her second longest jump of the season, with her best leap of the season coming in at 5.29 meters.

The 4x200 relay squad of Schneider, Turnbaugh, Siems, and Robran placed fifth to earn honorable-mention honors, with a season best time of 1:46.45.