Over the next several weeks, Webster University Athletics Department will be releasing its All-Decade Teams of the 2010s. For a full schedule of the teams set to be released, click here.
 
WEBSTER GROVES – Webster University Athletics has begun unveiling its All-Decade Teams from the 2010s as it compiles the best student-athletes across the past 10 seasons (2010-19) in each of Webster's intercollegiate athletic teams. Our 10th team to be unveiled is the 2010-19 All-Decade Women's Indoor Track and Field Team.
 
During the past decade, Webster had numerous individual standouts during the decade across the 16 indoor events and the program established itself as one of the top indoor track and field programs in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which officially added indoor track as a championship sport during the 2019-20 school year.
 
Despite not having an official SLIAC Championship in indoor track during the decade, the Gorloks still competed in an SLIAC Indoor Invitational that began in 2017 and they finished second at the SLIAC Invitational in 2017 and took home first place honors in both 2018 and 2019 and then took home the team title at the inaugural SLIAC Indoor Track Championships in 2020.
 
Along with becoming one of the top indoor track and field programs in the SLIAC, the Gorloks also made history as their first ever female track athlete – Daisha Reece – to the NCAA Division III National Championships in 2020 as she qualified in the long jump, but was unable to compete in the championships after the NCAA canceled the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
In addition to the team success in the decade, the 36 members of the All-Decade Team earned a combined 11 SLIAC Invitational championships and a combined four SLIAC Invitational runner-up finishes. Additionally, the All-Decade Team members set a combined 16 school records.
 
Listed below are the 36 members (Top two at each event and the top relay teams) of the Webster Athletics Indoor Track Team of the Decade for the 2010s. The student-athletes on the All-Decade team, who were selected by Webster head coach Nick Neihaus and assistant coach Dan Graber, are ranked in order by event.
 
60-Meter Dash
Jenny Howard (Florissant, Mo. – 2012-15)
Howard is perhaps on the top female student-athletes in school history as she was a two-sport star during her four year career as a Gorlok. Along with competing in track and field, Howard was also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball and was named to Webster's 2010s All-Decade Volleyball Team. As a track and field athlete, she currently holds the school record in the 60-meter dash of 7.96, which was set at the Fred Wilt Memorial Invitational hosted by Anderson (Ind.) University in 2014. In fact, Howard is the only Gorlok female track athlete to run under 8.0 seconds in the 60-meter dash as she accomplished that feat four times as a Gorlok. In addition to running under 8.0 seconds in the 60-meter dash four times, she also placed first in the event three times and was runner-up three times. Howard also has the fourth fastest time in school history in the 200-meter dash and was ranked in the Top 50 nationally in the 60-meter dash in 2014.
 
Daisha Reece (Norman, Okla. – 2019-present)
Since her arrival at Webster in 2019, Reece has made a name for herself in track as she became the first-ever Gorlok female track and athlete to qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships as she earned a spot in 2020 in the long jump. Along with her success in the long jump, she holds the No. 2 time in school history in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.05 set at the 2020 SLIAC Indoor Championships. In 2019, she was the champion in the 60-meter dash at the SLIAC Invitational with a time of 8.11, which at the time was the second fastest in school history.
 
200-Meter Dash
Donalda Desir (Naples, Fla. – 2015-18)
Desir lettered for four years as a Gorlok from 2015-18 as she set a then school record in the 200-meter dash at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational of 27.34 en route to taking home first place in the event. Along with holding the then school record in the 200-meter dash, she also has the No. 2 time in school history in the 400-meter dash and was a member of Webster's SLIAC Invitational champion in the 4-x-400-meter relay in 2018.
 
Jakara Brooks-Davidson (Sanford, Fla. – 2017-20)
During her four years at Webster, Davidson-Brooks was one of the team's top sprinters as she posted the fifth fastest time in the 200-meter dash at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational and closed her career setting a new school record in the 200-meter dash as she ran a school record time of 26.78 at the 2020 SLIAC Indoor Championships to finish as runner-up. She was the runner-up in the 200-meter dash at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational with a time of 27.86 and was also the runner-up at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational with her 27.59 time. Along with competing in the 200-meter dash, she also ran the 60-meter dash, the long jump and the 4-x-200 and 4-x-400-meter dashes at Webster.
 
400-Meter Dash
Meghan Illig (St. Louis, Mo. – 2015-18)
In her four years as a Gorlok, Illig was an indoor champion in two different events and holds school records in both of those events. As a Gorlok, she set the school record in 400-meter dash of 1:00.51 after placing second at the 2017 SLIAC Invitational. Along with her second place finish in the 400-meter dash in 2017, she won the event at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational with a time of 1:02.22. During her career, she placed in the Top 10 in the 400-meter dash at a total of 10 events. She is also a member of the Women's Cross Country All-Decade Team and was named a nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year in 2017-18, a CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District selection in 2017-18 and was selected as the Webster Athletics Scholar Athlete Award in 2017-18.
 
Donalda Desir (Naples, Fla. – 2015-18)
Along with being an All-Decade Team selection in the 200-meter dash, she also earns a spot on the All-Decade Team in the 400-meter dash. In the 400-meter dash, she holds the No. 2 all-time time as she ran a 1:04.88 at the 2015 Fred Wilt Invitational.
 
800-Meter Dash
Meredith Sowers (Rolla, Mo. – 2017-20)
Much like Howard at the beginning of the decade, Sowers closed out the decade as perhaps one of the top athletes in school history. In indoor track, Sowers won the SLIAC Invitational in the 800-meter dash in 2018 and placed as the runner-up in the same event at both the 2017 and 2019 SLIAC Invitational. In 2017, she ran a time of 2:31.00 to place as runner-up, while in 2019, she placed second with a time of 2:25.85. She also set a school record in the event in 2019 with a time of 2:24.13 at the Jim Green Invitational. In 2020, Sowers took home first place in the 800 meters at the inaugural SLIAC Indoor Track Championships after running a then new school record time of 2:19.22, but she bettered that time by running a 2:18.99 at the Wartburg Last Chance Qualifier in 2020. She recorded nine Top 10 career finishes in the indoor 800 meters, including finishing first two times in 2018 at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge and the Principia Invitational. Sowers, who is also a member of Webster's 2010s All-Decade Cross Country Team, was the NCAA Woman of the Year nominee this year and was also named the recipient of the 2019-20 Webster Athletics Chancellors Award.
 
Minnell Fundora (Miami, Fla. – 2018-present)
One of six current members of the Gorloks to earn a spot on the All-Decade Team, Fundora has lettered for three years as a Gorlok. In the decade, she took home first place honors in the 800-mter run at 2018 SLIAC Invitational with a then school record time of 2:23.66 and then brought home a third-place finish in the 800-meter run at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational with a time of 2:31.88. During the 2020 season, she placed second in the 800 meters at the inaugural 2020 SLIAC Indoor Championships with a personal best time of 2:22.49, which is the second fastest time in school history. She has had three other career Top 5 finishes in the 800-meter run. She was also named to Webster's 2010s All-Decade Women's Cross Country Team.  
 
Mile Run
Minnell Fundora (Miami, Fla. – 2018-present)
Along with being an All-Decade selection in the 800-meter run, Fundora also earns a spot on the All-Decade Team in the mile run. She earns her spot in the mile after setting a school record in the event of 5:21.39 at the 2020 Missouri Collegiate Challenge. In addition to running the top time in program history in the mile, she also held the old school record of 5:22.84 set in 2019 at the Jim Green Invitational. She has had four Top 10 career finishes overall in the mile run, including winning the event at the 2019 Wisconsin-Platteville Invitational.
 
Valerie Martin (St. Louis, Mo. – 2014-15, '17)
Martin competed for three years in track and field at Webster and in those three years, she recorded the second fastest time in the mile run as she recorded a time of 5:24.15 at the Anderson (Ind.) University Fred Wilt Memorial Invitational. Martin was also named to Webster's 2010s All-Decade Women's Cross Country All-Decade Team.
 
3,000-Meter Run
Valerie Martin (St. Louis, Mo. – 2014-15, '17)
Along with being an All-Decade selection in the mile run, Martin also earns a spot on the All-Decade Team in the 3,000-meter run. She earns a spot in the 3,000 meters after setting a then school record in the event in 2015 with a time of 10:51.78 at the DePauw Indoor Invitational. At the event, she finished first in the event. She is one of only two athletes in school history to run under 11 minutes in the 3,000-meter run in program history.
 
Holly Goergen (Phoenix, Ariz. – 2015-18)
Goergen was a four-year letterwinner in track with the Gorloks, she earns her spot on the All-Decade Team in the 3,000-meter run after posting the then second fastest time in school history of 11:16.33 at the DePauw Indoor Invitational in 2017. At the 2018 SLIAC Invitational, she placed in the 3,000 meters with a time of 11:26.06. In her time at Webster, she had five Top 10 finishes in the 3,000 meters.
 
5,000-Meter Run
Kalleigh Linthicum (Lake St. Louis, Mo. – 2018-present)
Over the past three years, Linthicum has become one of the top distance runners in school history as she holds the school record in the 5,000-meter run after running a time of 18:30.76 at the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic in 2020. She finished as the runner-up in the event at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational with a time of 19:49.17 and took home first place honors in the 3,000-meter run at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational with a time of 11:25.11. In addition to running the 5,000 and 3,000 meter runs, she also has run the mile during the indoor season and posting a time of 5:36.47 in 2020, which is the fourth fastest time in program history. Linthicum, who is one of six current Gorloks on the All-Decade Team, was also named to Webster's 2010s All-Decade Cross Country Team.
 
Holly Goergen (Phoenix, Ariz. – 2015-18)
Along with being named to the All-Decade Team in the 3,000-meter run, Goergan also earns a spot on the All-Decade Team in the 5,000-meter run. She earns her spot in the 5,000-meter run after placing first at the Polar Bear Final Qualifier with a time of 19:34.16. In addition to placing first in the event at the Polar Bear Final Qualifier, she also finished third in the 5,000 meters at the Fred Wilt Invitational in 2016 as she recorded a time of 19:56.03.
 
60-Meter Hurdles
Meghan Illig (St. Louis, Ill. – 2015-18)
Along with being a member of the All-Decade Team in the 400-meter dash, she also earns a spot on the All-Decade Team in the 60-meter hurdles. In the 60-meter hurdles, she was a champion in the event at the SLIAC Invitational in 2017 with a school record mark of 9.46 and placed second in the event at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational with a time of 9.70. In her career, she had eight Top 10 finishes in the 60-meter hurdles and had run under 10 seconds in the event six different times.
 
Vanessa Jones (Orlando, Fla.- 2018-present)
One of six current Gorloks that earned a spot on the All-Decade Team. She earns a spot on the All-Decade Team in the 60-meter hurdles after placing second in the event at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational. At the 2019 SLIAC Invitational, she posted a mark of 10.42. In addition to her second place in the 60-meter hurdles in 2019, she also holds the school's second best time in the event as she recorded a time of 9.86 at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge in 2019. Additionally, she was sixth in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational and bettered her own personal mark in the event at the 2020 SLIAC Championships as she recorded a time of 9.51, which is now the second all-time mark in school history. In her career, she has posted eight Top 10 finishes in the 60-meter hurdles.
 
4-x-400-Meter Relay
Meredith Sowers (Rolla, Mo. – 2017-20)
Donalda Desir (Naples, Fla. – 2015-18)
Minnell Fundora (Miami, Fla. – 2018-present)
Meghan Illig (St. Louis, Mo. – 2015-18)
That foursome earns the 4-x-400-meter relay spot on the All-Decade Team after setting a school record of 4:12.79 at the 2018 Sanford Open Indoor Meet. Along with setting a school record in the 4-x-400-meter relay, the foursome also took home first place honors at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational with a time of 4:16.72.
 
Distance Medley Relay
Taylor Dunning (Chester, Ill. – 2019-present)
Sady Bayne (Sierra Vista, Ariz. – 2019-present)
Savannah Brewer (Flagstaff, Ariz. – 2017-20)
Kalleigh Linthicum (Lake St. Louis, Mo. – 2018-present)
That foursome earns the distance medley relay spot on the All-Decade Team after setting both a school record and taking home first place honors in the event at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational. At the SLIAC Invitational, the foursome ran a time of 13:37.04 to win the event.
 
High Jump
Colleen Coday (Harrisonville, Mo. – 2016-19)
Coday lettered over the final four years of the decade for the Gorloks and that time, she became the school record holder in the high jump with a leap of 5'1" (1.55 meters) at the 2017 SLIAC Invitational. Her school record high jump mark was eclipsed in 2020 by Reece, who recorded a leap of 5'1.75" (1.57 meters) at the 2020 SLIAC Indoor Championships. In 2018, she took home first place honors in the high jump at the SLIAC Invitational as she recorded a leap of 4'11" (1.50 meters) and was second in the event at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational as she posted a mark of 4'11" (1.50 meters). During her Webster career, she posted 13 career Top 10 finishes in the high jump.
 
Kristen McDowell (Staunton, Ill. – 2012-13)
In her two seasons as a Gorlok, McDowell earns her spot on the All-Decade Team in the high jump after recording the second-best mark in the program's history with a leap of 4'9.75" (1.47 meters) in 2013 at the Alumni Classic. Was the first Gorlok women's track athlete to clear 4-foot-9 in the high jump in school history. She also had a leap of 4'9.25" (1.47 meters) at the Jim Green Invitational in 2013.
 
Pole Vault
Meredith Sowers (Rolla, Mo. – 2017-20)
Sowers earns her second spot on the All-Decade Team at pole vault after also being selected in the 800-meter run. In her time as Gorlok, Sowers holds the school record in the pole vault and also finished third in the event at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational with a then school record of 8'7.50" (2.63 meters). In addition to placing third in the pole vault at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational, she also took home the inaugural SLIAC Indoor Championship in 2020. Additionally, she set a new school mark in the event after recording a mark of 9'9" (2.97 meters) at the 2020 Rose-Hulman Invitational. In her career, she posted seven Top finishes in the pole vault.  
 
Vanessa Jones (Orlando, Fla. – 2018-present)
One of six current Gorloks that earned a spot on the All-Decade Team. She earns her second spot on the All-Decade Team as along with being selected in the pole vault, she was also tabbed in 60-meter hurdles. In the pole vault, she recorded the second best mark (7'8.50") in the event at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational. At that event, she placed third overall in the pole vault. In addition, she placed fourth in the pole vault at the inaugural SLIAC Indoor Track Championships in 2020.
 
Long Jump
Daisha Reece (Norman, Okla. – 2019-present)
Over the past two years, Reece, who was also named to the All-Decade Track Team in the 60-meter dash, has become one of the top long jumpers in school history as she holds the school record in the event as she recorded a leap of 18'3.75" (5.58 meters) en route to taking home the inaugural SLIAC Indoor title in 2020. Along with setting a school in the long jump, she also became the first Gorlok female track athlete to qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships in 2020. In her first year at Webster in 2019, she finished first in the SLIAC Invitational in the long jump with a leap of 17'7.50" (5.37 meters) and she initially set a then school record in the long jump at the Wisconsin-Platteville Invitational as she leapt 17'8.75" (5.40 meters). Over the last two years, she has had eight Top 5 finishes in the long as along with winning the title at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational and at the 2020 SLIAC Indoor Track Championships, she was also first in the event at the 2019 Jim Green Invitational with a leap of 17'6.25" (5.34 meters).
 
Jakara Brooks-Davidson (Sanford, Fla. – 2017-20)
Along with being a member of the All-Decade Team in the 200-meter dash, Brooks-Davidson earns a spot on the All-Decade Team in the long jump after recording a runner-up finish in the event as a freshman in 2017 and then tallied third place finishes in the long jump at the 2018 and 2019 SLIAC Invitational. Her leap of 17'2.25" at the Sanford Indoor Open in 2018 is the third best long jump in the program's history. During her collegiate career, she recorded 13 Top 10 finishes in the long jump and concluded her career in 2020 with a third place finish in the inaugural SLIAC Indoor Championships in 2020.
 
Triple Jump
Johnae' Hightower (Lee's Summit, Mo. – 2018-19)
In her two seasons at Webster, Hightower set the school record in the triple jump in 2018 at the Jim Green Invitational as she recorded a leap of 33'5.75" (10.20 meters). Along with holding the school record in the triple jump, she finished as the runner-up in the long jump in the SLIAC Invitational in both 2018 and 2019. She also has the second-best long jump in school history as she recorded a leap of 17'6.25" (5.34 meters) at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge in 2018. In addition, she also third in the 200 meter dash at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational with a time of 28.23.
 
Anna Grobelny (Fenton, Mo. – 2016-17, '19)
During her time at Webster, Grobelny competed in the 60-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump and recorded the No. 3 triple jump in school history after leaping 32'8.50" as the Jim Green Invitational in 2016. In addition, she was the runner-up in the triple jump at the 2017 SLIAC Invitational with a leap of 32'7.75" (9.95 meters). She also recorded the No. 5 long jump in school history (15'7.75") at the 2017 SLIAC Invitational, an event she finished third overall. In her time as a Gorlok, she recorded six Top 10 finishes in the triple jump and earned a CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America Division III Women's Track/Cross Country Team honor in 2019 and was also CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic-All-District 5 selection in 2019.
 
Shot Put
Miranda Green (Joplin, Mo. – 2017-20)
In her four years at Webster, Green set the school record in the shot put as she recorded a school record toss of 41'8.50" (12.71 meters) as a senior in 2020 en route to placing first in the event at the inaugural SLIAC Indoor Championships in 2020. In 2018, she was the runner-up in the shot put at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational with a toss of 37'5.25" (11.41 meters) and placed third in the shot put at both the 2018 and 2017 SLIAC Invitational as she had a toss of 36'1.25" (11.00 meters) and 35'7.25" (10.85 meters) respectively. She also closed out her career with the third longest toss in the weight throw in 2020.
 
Lauren McClain (Barnhart, Mo. – 2014-16)
Along with being a member of the All-Decade Team in the weight throw, McClain is also a member of the All-Decade Team in the shot put as she set a then school record in the event in 2014 as she recorded a toss of 37'11.25" (11.56 meters) in 2014 at the Anderson (Ind.) University Fred Wilt Memorial Invitational. In her career, she placed in the Top 10 in the shot put in seven events.
 
Weight Throw
Lauren McClain (Barnhart, Mo. – 2014-16)
In her three years at Webster, McClain owns the school record in the weight throw as she recorded a toss of 44'11" (13.69 meters) at the Illinois College Alumni Classic in 2015. In addition, she also had a toss of 44'0.75" (13.43 meters) in the weight throw in 2016 at the Principia Relays. Along with holding the record in the weight throw, she also has the second longest toss in the shot put in school history.
 
Bailey Badger (Richland, Mo. – 2016-19)
Badger lettered for four years at Webster and in those four years, she competed in both the shot put and the weight throw. She currently has the No. 2 weight throw in school history as she recorded a toss of 43'10.5" (13.37 meters) in 2019 at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge. In addition, she placed third in the weight throw at the 2019 SLIAC Invitational with a toss of 43'3.75" (13.25 meters), was fifth in the event at the 2018 SLIAC Invitational with a toss of 37'6" (11.43 meters) and eighth at the 2017 SLIAC Invitational in the weight throw with a toss of 35'5.25" (10.80 meters). She also ranks fifth on the school's all-time list in the shot put as she recorded a career best toss of 31'7.5" (9.64 meters) at the 2017 SLIAC Invitational at which she placed fifth overall.