BEMIDJI, Minn. – Bemidji State University Cross Country, Track and Field Head Coach Mike Lynch has announced the Beavers' 2025-26 freshman class of ten student-athletes. 

"The 2025-26 freshman class is a talented group," said Head Coach Mike Lynch. "With the 2025 class and the returners we have coming back, next season should be a blast!"
 
Throws
Kate Martin
Farmington, Minn. – Farmington High School
Kate Martin joins the Beavers from Farmington, Minn. Martin has competed in girls shot put and discus at Farmington High School, marking bests of 38' 2.75" in indoor shot put, 36' 4" in outdoor, and 98' 11" in discus. She consistently landed in the top five for shotput during her senior outdoor season. Martin finished eighth in shot at the MSHSL Section 1AAA Championships this past May with a throw of 35' 10", just six inches short of her outdoor best. 
 
Josie Rystedt
Minot, N.D. – Minot North High School
Josie Rystedt, from Minot, N.D., enters Bemidji State after a full season of competition this past spring, competing in shot put and discus at 11 meets, including the NDHSAA Class A & B State meet at the end of May where she took 24^th in both events. Rystedt marked her personal best in shot put during the 2023 outdoor season at 36' 2" with her indoor best at 33' 9". On the discus side, she grabbed a throw of 111' 6" in 2024, followed closely by her season best of 111' 4" this past season. 
 
Pole Vault
Kathryn Freymiller
Cottage Grove, Minn. – East Ridge High School
Kathryn Freymiller joins the Beavers after competing in the pole vault for East Ridge High School. During the 2024 and 2025 outdoor seasons, Freymiller set and tied her personal best vault at 9' 6". She finished her senior season in eighth place at the MSHSL Section 3AAA Championships with a vault of 9'. 
 
Cross Country/Distance
Jada Goeson
New York Mills, Minn. – New York Mills High School
Jada Goeson comes to Bemidji State as a distance runner to join the Cross Country and Track and Field teams. In cross country meets, Goeson has a personal best of 20:15.9 in the 5k. On the track, she has competed in the 1.6K, one mile, 3.2K, 4x400 relay and 4x800 relay. Goeson has marked bests of 5:14.60 in the 1,600-meter, 5:31.05 in the mile and 13:09.97 in the 3,200-meter. She finished second in the 1.6K and sixth in the 800 at the 2025 MSHSL Section 6A Championships this spring, then went on to take eighth at the state meet in the 1.6k.
 
Jazzlyn Hanenberger
Rochester, Minn. – Rochester Century High School
A native of Rochester, Minn. Jazzlyn Hanenberger joins the Beavers as a distance runner, finishing her high school outdoor career third in section 1AAA for the 3.2K and eighth in the 1.6K. Hanenberger has also been a member of Century High School's 4x800 relay teams. Her personal bests sit at 18:58.3 in the cross country 5K, 5:28.00 in the 1.6k and 11:48.45 in the 3.2k. In the girls 4x800 relay, her team best sits at 10:30.59, set during the outdoor season in 2024.
 
Makayla Waldron 
Virginia, Minn. – Rock Ridge High School
Makayla Waldron joins BSU from Rock Ridge High School. She set her personal best in the cross-country 5,000-meters last season with a time of 21:45.3, finishing that race in 12^th. Waldron was an active member of the Rock Ridge HS relay teams, competing in the 4x200, 4x400 and 4x800 relays, with the 800 finding three first-place and three third-place finishes throughout the 2025 indoor and outdoor seasons. She set her personal best in the 800 and 1,600 this past season with times of 2:33.83 and 5:46.45, respectively. 
 
Naila Mikhaeil
Staples, Minn. – Staples-Motley High School 
Naila Mikhaeil enters her freshman season at BSU running both cross country and track. Last season, Mikhaeil set her personal best time in the cross-country 5k with a time of 20:28.2. On the track, she competed in the 800, 1.6k and 4x400 relay this past season. Mikhaeil holds personal best times of 2:40.94 in the 800, 5:56.65 in the 1,600 and 12:50.70 in the 3,200. Her 4x400 relay team finished ninth in subsections this past May while she finished fifth in the 1,600. Mikhaeil set her 1,600-meter best during the MSHSL Section 6A Championships, taking 11^th.  
 
Multis
Allison Lavine
Multis/Discus
Shevlin, Minn. – Clearbrook-Gonvick High School
One of two multis student-athletes joining the Beavers this season, Allison Lavine comes from just up the road from Bemidji in Shevlin, Minn. A member of the Clearbrook-Gonvick Bears, Lavine found her place as a multis and distance competitor. This past outdoor season, Lavine excelled in field events, taking first place in the MSHSL State Championships for discus with a personal best of 146' 3". Throughout the season, she totaled 16 first place, six second place and two third-place finishes, with just two long jump attempts not cracking the top three. Indoors, Lavine added four more first-place finishes through shot put, long jump and high jump. 
 
Avah Waldal
Multis/Jumps
Thief River Falls, Minn. – Lincoln High School
Hailing from Thief River Falls, Minn., Avah Waldal has found her place as a relay team member and jumper throughout her high school career. Her relay experience includes five first-place finishes in the 4x200 relay, a first-place finish in the sprint medley 800 and a first-place finish in the 4x100 relay. Waldal consistently jumped into the top five for both long and triple jump during her junior year at Lincoln High School. 
 
Sprints/Hurdles
Amelia Congrove
Papillion, Neb. – Papillion La Vista South High School
The lone Nebraskan on the Beavers' roster, Amelia Congrove will join the team as a sprinter and hurdler. This past season, Congrove found personal bests in the 200 (27.89), 400 (1:02.04) and 300m hurdles (45.40). She finished fifth in the Nebraska Class A State Championships in the 300m hurdles with her PR time. Throughout the past season, Congrove has grabbed six first-place finishes, four coming from the 300-meter distance. 
 
The Beaver Cross Country schedule kicks off on Sep. 5 when the Beavers head to Sioux Falls, S.D. for the Augie Twilight, hosted by Augustana University at the Yankton Trail Park. The indoor track and field schedule will be released closer to the start of the indoor season. 
 
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).