March 24, 2026

MADISON, S.D. – Amelie Steins of Dakota State (S.D.) received the inaugural Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Women's Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week, the conference office announced their first edition of the outdoor track & field weekly honors Tuesday afternoon.

Steins was part of three new Dakota State (S.D.) school records in their season opener at Central Methodist (Mo.) Opener on March 21.  She established a new school record in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.46 seconds, placing second in the event.  The previous DSU record holder was held by Fane Sauvakacolo with a time of 14.65 seconds in 2023.

Steins was also on the 4 x 400-meter relay team with Anna Schneider, Molli Thornton, and RayLee Wallis that broke a new school record with a time of 3:56.23, placing second in the race.  That same relay team members set the previous school record last season with a time of 3:57.27.

Steins also produced NAIA B' provisional qualifying mark of 5.78 meters (18 feet, 11.75 inches), which is also a new school record for Dakota State.  She broke the previous record holder by Jayna Goodroad with 5.62 meters (18 feet, 5 inches) in 2007.  Steins' long jump mark is currently third best in the NAIA.

Amelie is a junior integrated biology major at Dakota State University.

Dakota State continues their busy outdoor track & field schedule Friday and Saturday as they head to Wayne, Neb., for the two-day Wildcat Open, hosted by NCAA Division II Wayne State (Neb.).