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Emporia, Kan.----Wingate University junior Evie Brooks ran a personal-best time in the women's 1500 meters Saturday night, taking fourth place in the NCAA Division II outdoor national championship meet. Emporia State University hosted this year's event on the Zola Witten Track inside the Francis G. Welch Stadium.
 
Busy night concludes successful year for Brooks
 
Brooks celebrated the conclusion of a successful year with her personal-best 1500 meters time of 4:20.96. Lee (Tenn.) senior Aria Hawkins won the race with her time of 4:19.30, rallying with a lightning-fast 1:04.83 mark in the last 400 meters. Helen Braybrook (CSU-Pueblo) and Raiya Matonovich (Simon Fraser) finished second and third, respectively.
 
At indoor nationals in Virginia Beach, Brooks finished fourth in the mile run with her time of 4:46.79. She started her 2025-26 running year by leading the Bulldogs to a program-best, third-place showing in the NCAA Division II cross country national championship meet. Brooks made a big statement, running a personal-best 6K time of 20:52.7 to earn All-American honors.
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate assistant track and field coach Pol Domenech
 
"The women's team had a great championship performance, led by juniors Ally Holmberg and Evie Brooks, who were our top scorers. This meet gave many of our younger and newer athletes their first experience competing on the national stage, and we are incredibly proud of the way they stepped up and embraced the opportunity. The experience gained this weekend will be invaluable moving forward. We are excited about how this group can build on it in the years to come."
 
Wingate women's outdoor track and field NCAA quick hits
 
- Holmberg finished fifth in the long jump Thursday (6.10 meters, PR)
- Brooks and freshman Abigail Bester competed in the meet-concluding 5000 meters Saturday
- Bester finished 13th (16:42.34), while Brooks finished 21st (17:04.94)
- Bester spent the majority of her first NCAA outdoor race in seventh place
- Senior Amber Lawless concluded her WU career with an appearance in the shot put Saturday
- She was a second team All-American shot put performer at the '26 NCAA indoor meet
- Lawless graduated earlier this month with a 4.00 GPA and an elementary education major
 
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Wingate University results (all finals)
 
Women's Shot Put, 1:30 p.m. EDT
 
13th - Amber Lawless, 14.40 meters
 
Men's Triple Jump, 3:15 p.m. EDT
 
21st - Dequan Thompson, 14.41 meters
 
Women's High Jump, 4:15 p.m. EDT
 
T-15th - Assiya El Hafyan, 1.62 meters
 
Men's 1500 meters, 4:55 p.m. EDT
 
4th - Mohamed Dahmouch, 3:49.98
6th - David Holman, 3:50.06
 
Women's 1500 meters, 5:05 p.m.
 
4th - Evie Brooks, 4:20.96 (PR)
 
Men's 800 meters, 6:15 p.m. EDT
 
5th - Klaus Scholz, 1:49.27
 
Men's 5000 meters, 7:30 p.m. EDT
 
1st - Luca Poppe, 14:06.27
3rd - Lars Laros, 14:08.12  
11th - Joaquin Campos, 14:19.09
22nd - Charlie Stephenson, 14:52.09  
 
Women's 5000 meters, 7:55 p.m. EDT
 
13th - Abigail Bester, 16:42.34
21st – Evie Brooks, 17:04.94
 
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