Wisconsin Badgers

Honors: Honorable Mention All-American in both discus and javelin... 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championship appearance... 2025 NCAA West First Round appearance... 2025 NCAA Champion in the weight throw... First Team All-American... USTFCCCA All-Academic award winner... ranks No. 2 all-time in UW Outdoor Track history in discus... ranks No. 2 all-time in UW Indoor Track history in weight throw.

2025 Outdoor Track: Earned a 22nd-place finish in the javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a heave of 155-7 (47.43m). Also finished in 20th in the discus, tallying a top toss of 170-7 (52.01m) (June 14)... Was the only athlete in the country to qualify for both the discus and the javelin, placing within the top-12 while earning personal bests in each event at the NCAA West First Round. Tallied a heave of 189-8 (57.83m) in the discus to take fifth, while placing 11th in the javelin with a toss of 171-10 (52.39m), good for No. 2 in school history (May 31)... Earned bronze in the discus at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, marking a heave of 179-8 (54.76m), a season best. Also earned a podium spot in the javelin after a sixth-place finish, tallying a mark of 163-9 (49.91m) (May 18)... Placed first in the discus with a season best toss of 178-3 (54.35m) at the Augustana Penultimate Qualifier (May 9)... Took first in the discus with a heave of 168-4 (51.30m) at the Badger Challenge (May 2)... Earned a fourth-place finish in the javelin at the Texas Invitational, tallying a mark of 150-8 (45.92m), while placing sixth in the discus with a heave of 169-8 (51.73m) (Apr. 26)... Took fifth in the javelin throw with a toss of 168-2 (51.27m), good for third all-time in UW's Outdoor Track history. Placed ninth in the discus with a mark of 174-4 (53.15m) (Apr. 12)

2025 Indoor Track: Finished in first place in the weight throw at the NCAA Championships with a heave of 77-1 3/4 (23.50m), inserting herself at No. 2 all-time in UW's Indoor Track history (March 15)... Placed 12th in the weight throw Big Ten Indoor Championships, marking a heave of 65-1 1/2 (19.85m) (March 1)... Tallied a first-place finish in the weight throw at the Redbird Tune-up, earning a mark of 70-2 1/4 (21.39m) (Feb. 24)... Earned a runner-up finish in the weight throw at the Wisconsin Windy City Invite with a heave of 71-11 (21.92m) (Feb. 14)... Finished in third place in the weight throw at the DePaul Invite with a toss of 71-11 (21.92m) (Feb. 8)... Inserted herself at No. 2 all-time in UW Indoor Track history in the weight throw, turning in a heave of 73-4 3/4 (22.37m), good for second place at the Dr. Sander Invitational (Jan. 25)... Finished as the runner-up in the weight throw to kick off her season with a toss of 71-8 ¾ at the Wisconsin Midwest Invite (Jan. 11). 

2024 Outdoor Track: competed unattached in the javelin throw winning the event with a throw of 166-0 (50.60m) and won the discus throw with a mark of 189-2 (57.67m) at the Badger Challenge (May 3)... competed in the discus throw at the Throw Town Ramona Series finishing with a personal best mark of 187-6 (57.15m) landing her third on UW's Top-10 performance list

2024 Indoor Track: competed unattached in the weight throw winning the event with a distance of 73-0 1/2 (22.26m)  at the Solomon W. Butler Classic (Feb. 16)... competed unattached in the weight throw finishing second with a distance of 73-1 ¼ at the Badgers Windy City Invitational (Feb. 9)... competed unattached and won the weight throw with a distance of  71- ½ (21.65m) at the Red Hawk Opener(Jan. 19)...  competed unattached and finished third in the weight throw with a distance of 68-11 1/4 (21.01m) at the Wisconsin Midwest Invitational (Jan. 13)

Previous School: Transfer from Illinois State… as a sophomore earned USTFCCCA All-Academic awards… USTFCCCA All-Academic award winner… finished second in the weight throw athlete indoor 2023 MVC Indoor Track & Field Championship… finished second in the javelin and fourth in the hammer at the 2023 MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship… regional qualifier in discus and javelin… freshman year finished second in the discus throw and sixth in the javelin at the MVC. 

High School: Finished third in the shot put and sixth in the discus throw at the State Championship as a senior… finished sixth at state as a junior… finished sixth in the shot put at the indoor state and was the leading point scorer on the team. 

Personal: Parents are Brady and Debbie Kesner… has one sister, Sydney… major is community environmental sociology

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