Jess Devine joined the Blue Devils in August 2019 and was named associate head coach in January 2023.
UW-STOUT (2019-Present)
2025: The Indoor season saw Brekkyn Lammert etch her name into the UW-Stout record books with a time of 4:56.73 in the women's mile, surpassing the previous school record of 4:57.75 set by Katie Jacobson in 1999. Stout had seven all-WIAC selections. Hannah Zastrow won the 60-meter hurdles. Stout sent seven to the indoor national championships. Hannah Zastrow (60H, High Jump), Aubree Koenings (Weight Throw), Brekkyn Lammert (mile), Leah Zastrow (pole vault), Sam Knox (Pole Vault), Lawson Davis (high jump), Karter Rashke (shot put). UW-Stout had a strong showing at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field National Championships, with Leah Zastrow, Hannah Zastrow, and Karter Rashke earning First-Team All-American honors. Leah Zastrow claimed national runner-up in the pole vault, clearing a season-best 3.97 meters (13' 0.25"). Hannah Zastrow earned All-American honors in two events. She won her 60-meter hurdles preliminary heat with a season-best 8.55 seconds, then improved to 8.51 seconds in the finals to place third overall. She also recorded a personal best in the high jump, clearing 1.68 meters (5' 6") to finish sixth.Karter Rashke secured All-American recognition in the shot put, throwing a personal-best 18.6 meters (59' 3") on his second attempt to place among the nation's best. In addition, two more Blue Devils earned Second-Team All-American honors: Aubree Koenings finished 11th in the women's weight throw with a mark of 17.40 meters (57' 1") Sam Knox placed 14th in the men's pole vault, clearing 4.75 meters (15' 7").
The UW-Stout men's and women's track and field teams delivered standout performances at the WIAC Outdoor Championships. The Women's team placed third with 116 points and 24 podium finishes. The men's team was sixth with 40 points and 14 podium finishes. Hannah Zastrow was the WIAC Champion in both the 100meter hurdles and the high jump. Lilly Roberts won the 400m hurdles and Brekkyn Lammert set the school record in the 3000meter steeple chase. Hannah Zastrow received the Judy Kruckman Award for top scholar-athlete.
Stout sent 8 to the Outdoor national championships: Thomas Casey (110-meter hurdles), Sam Knox (pole vault), Jack Roeber (long jump, triple jump), Karter Rashke (shot put), Hannah Zastrow (100-meter hurdles, high jump), Kaylie Raths (100-meter hurdles), Leah Zastrow (pole vault), Raegan Sorensen (javelin).Leah Zastrow, earn All-American honors, placed third in the women's outdoor pole vault that was held indoors due to weather. She put up a personal best and second-best vault in school history of 4.00 meters (13' 1 1.5").Hannah Zastrow was the national runner-up in the high jump with a personal best1.71 meters. She was also an All-American in the 100 Hurdles, her 11
th of her career. Jack Roeber placed eighth in the men's triple jump with a mark of 14. 89 meters (48' 10.25") to earn his first All-American honors.
2024: Hannah Zastrow (60M-Hurdles), McKayla Felton (3000-meters Leah Zastrow (Pole Vault), Jenna Driscoll (Long Jump) were all WIAC champions. Felton and Hannah Zastrow both set school records in their respective events. Hannah Zastrow and Connor Walechka both were national runner-ups with second place finishes at the 2024 NCAA Indoor National Championships to earn first-team All-American honors. Karter Rashkie (Shot Put), Jenna Driscoll (Long Jump), Hannah Zastrow (High Jump), Leah Zastrow (Pole Vault) all earned second-team All-American honors. The Blue Devils saw more success in the outdoor track season, setting multiple school records and numerous top-10 performances. Jack Roeber set school record in both the long and triple jumps. Mckayla Felton set a school record in the 3000 Steeplechase. Hannah Zastrow set a school record in the 100M hurdles. Arely Jamie Luevano (10,000-Meters), Hannah Zastrow (100M Hurdles) won WIAC Individual Titles. Olivia Donohue (5,000-Meters), McKalya Felton (3000M Steeplechase), 4x100M Relay (Driscoll, Gamache, Irel, Durango), Jenna Driscoll (Long Jump), Lilly Roberts (100M Hurdles), Hannah Zastrow (High Jump) earned All-WIAC honors. Stout had 18 All-Region honorees with Brandon Dick (Decathlon), Jack Roeber (Long, Jump, Triple Jump), Sam Knox (Pole Vault), Braden Krystosek (Pole Vault), Matt Thomas (10,000-meters), Jenna Driscoll, Lilly Gamache, Esme Irel, and Makayla Durango (4x100-meter relay), Jenna Driscoll (long jump), Mckayla Felton (3000 Steeplechase, 5,000-meters), Lilly Roberts (400M Hurdles), Hannah Zastrow (100M Hurdles, high jump), Leah Zastrow (pole vault) all earning All-Region recognition. Stout sent eight to the National Championship meet with Connor Walechka (Hammer Throw), Hannah Zastrow (100M Hurdles, High Jump) Lawson Davis (High Jump), Brandon Dick (Decathlon), Nate Karau (Discus), Jack Roeber (High Jump, Triple Jump), Leah Zastrow (Pole Vault) all earning All-American Status.
2023: Devine was promoted to associate head coach. The Blue Devils had seven selected to the indoor track North Region team. The members of the Blue Devil Distance Medley Relay (DMR) team Lance Pfrimmer, Owen Jelinek, Grant Magnuson and Spencer Schultz. Mason Barth in the heptathlon, Kaden Martin in the 60-meter hurdles Primmer in the 800 meters and Connor Walechka in the weight throw. Barth, Martin, Pfrimmer and Walechka all advanced to the national championships. Barth scored a personal best 5297 points in the heptathlon including setting career-high marks in four individual events en route to his national runner-up finish. The Blue Devils have five individuals elected to the outdoor track North Region in seven events. Mason Barth in the Pole Vault, Javelin and Decathlon. Kaden Martin in the 110-meter hurdles. Lance Pfrimmer in the 800-meters, Karter Rashke in the shot put and Raegan Sorensen in the women's Javelin. Barth, Martin, Rashke, Sorensen and Jack Roeber all qualified for the national championships. Barth was named All-American with a third place finish in the decathlon Sorensen placed fourth in the javelin with a school record throw of 144’ 9” to earn All-American honors. Jack Roeber broke a 10-year old school record in the triple jump (14.61 meters).
2022: Sophomore Hannah Zastrow was runner-up nationally in the indoor 60-meter hurdles, getting nudged in a photo finish. Zastrow earned All-America honors in the indoor high jump and outdoors 100-hurdles. Mason Barth won the WIAC indoor heptathlon and earned All-America honors in the event. Raegan Sorensen was selected conference outdoor newcomer of the year.
2021: Hannah Zastrow, was seeded 12th coming into the national meet in the 100 hurdles and finished fifth, consistently breaking the school record throughout the last four weeks of the season. She first broke the record at the WIAC outdoor championship, then set the mark the next three weeks, running a time of 14.23 seconds in the NCAA preliminaries to qualify for the finals where she ran a time of 14.28 for her first All-America title.
2020: The 2020 indoor season saw Brent Heilman won the WIAC Championship in the 200-meters with a time of 22.15 seconds which was the second fastest time in school histroy. The 2020 outdoor season was canceled due to COVID-19.
BEFORE UW-STOUT
University of Minnesota-Morris (2012-2019) Devine led the Cougars women's team to the 2019 UMAC outdoor crown, the program's first conference title since 2016, her first season as the Morris head coach. In 2016, Devine was named UMAC Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year and led the Cougars to their first UMAC Outdoor team championship since 2004. Before taking over the reigns as the head coach of the programs, Devine served a three-plus year stint as the assistant track and field coach. Devine has coached three student-athletes to appearances in the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships: Chalmer Combellick (2016), Emily Ciesynski (2018), and Justin Pearson (2018).
Minnesota State Univeristy, Mankato (2010-12) Devine served as the graduate assistant for the Mavericks in 2010-11 and was the assistant track and field coach in 2011-12.
PLAYING CAREER
Winona State University (2005-09) While competing at Winona State, Devine was a NSIC Champion at the 2005 and 2006 Indoor Championships in the 55m hurdles. In 2007 she was the NSIC Indoor Championship High Point Scorer. She was the 100m and 100m hurdle NSIC Champion in 2005 as well as being named the NSIC Outdoor Newcomer of the Year that year as well. She set the indoor school record in the 55m hurdles in 2008 with a time of 8.26, a record that still stands after the 2019 season. She set the indoor 60m hurdle record in 2008 with a time of 9.03 and sits fifth at the moment in the record books. She is also in the top-10 in the record books in three other indoor events, fifth in the pentathlon, seventh in the 60m dash and ninth in the long jump. She had an equally as impressive outdoor career setting the school record in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.36 in 2007 (currently second). She is fifth all-time in the 100m dash, sixth in the heptathlon, tied for tenth in the 200m dash and in the long jump. She was also part of relay teams in the 4x100m, 4x200m and shuttle relay that rank in the top ten in Warriors history.
PERSONAL
A La Crosse, Wis. native, Devine earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Winona State University in 2019.
Updated: July 2024
