Foresters open season with strong early marks at Hillsdale and SVSU 

Hillsdale, Mich. & University Center, Mich. – The Huntington University women's indoor track & field team opened the 2025–26 campaign with a busy opening week, sending multi-event athletes to the Hillsdale College Multi before a large sprint and quarter-mile group competed at the SVSU Holiday Open. The Foresters turned in several encouraging early-season performances across both meets, highlighted by strong showings from seniors Trysta Hilton and Laura Valiente-Marin, junior Addyson Dowler, and a deep freshman class making their collegiate debuts. 

THE ESSENTIALS 
Meets: Hillsdale College Multi; SVSU Holiday Open 
Hosts: Hillsdale College; Saginaw Valley State University 
Locations: Hillsdale, Mich.; University Center, Mich. 
Dates: December 3–4 & December 5–6, 2025 

TOP PERFORMERS 
Hillsdale College Multi (Pentathlon) 

Senior Trysta Hilton opened her year with a sharp 9.47 in the 60m hurdles, while sophomore Anna Jeannin highlighted the week with a third-place finish in the high jump (1.58m) and a complete five-event pentathlon performance. 

SVSU Holiday Open 
Junior Addyson Dowler clocked a personal-best 7.95 in the 60m. 
The Foresters shined in the 400m, placing four runners inside the top 12, led by Hilton (5th – 1:00.80) and freshmen Saniya Brinkley, Laura Valiente-Marin, and Anna Sullivan. 

FULL RESULTS 

HILLSDALE COLLEGE MULTI – Pentathlon 

60m Hurdles 

• Trysta Hilton – 9.47 

• Anna Jeannin – 9.71 

High Jump 

• Anna Jeannin – 1.58m 

• Trysta Hilton – 1.52m 

Long Jump 

• Trysta Hilton – 4.87m 

• Anna Jeannin – 4.74m 

Shot Put 

• Anna Jeannin – 9.46m 

• Trysta Hilton – 7.60m 

800m 

• Anna Jeannin – 3:01.10 

• Trysta Hilton – DNF 

SVSU HOLIDAY OPEN 

60m Dash – Prelims 

• Addyson Dowler – 7.95 (PR) 

60m Hurdles – Prelims 

• Avery Mariol – 10.07 

200m 

• Addyson Dowler – 26.13 

400m 

• Trysta Hilton – 1:00.80 (5th) 

• Saniya Brinkley – 1:01.28 (7th) 

• Laura Valiente-Marin – 1:02.01 (10th) 

• Anna Sullivan – 1:02.55 (12th) 

LOOKING FORWARD 

The Foresters return to action next week at the Indiana Tech Invite in Fort Wayne on Thursday, December 11, marking their final competition before Christmas break. 

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 181 NAIA All-America honors and 631 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. Huntington has a top quartile ranking in the 2026 U.S. News Best Regional Universities Midwest Rankings.