Frontier Conference

Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week: Amelie Steins, Dakota State (S.D.) Steins, a junior from Dusseldorf, Germany, was chosen as the Track Athlete-of-the-Week. 

Steins had the most impressive performances at the 2026 Frontier Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, leading Dakota State (S.D.) to their first-ever Frontier title and their first conference team title since 1997. 

She highlighted with a new school record in the 100-meter hurdles, starting with the prelims with a time of 14.08 seconds and established another one with 13.91 seconds after winning the title.

Steins also earned runner-up in the 100-meter dash finals (11.99 seconds) and 200-meter dash (25.34 seconds).  She was fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.31 seconds.

She was named to the Frontier Conference Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Meet for scoring the most points in the running events.  She was also voted as the league’s Most Valuable Athlete.

This is Steins’ third career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field weekly honor.