Across many Concordia University, Nebraska sports, individual records were broken and even shattered during the 2025-26 athletic year. The run of new standards began in the fall with running back Carlos Collazo’s rushing outburst and continued with the exploits of Adrianna Rodencal on the track and Alex Johnson on the pitcher’s mound. Impressively, Nick Velders of the men’s tennis program achieved perfection during the second semester. The list below summarizes significant individual records broken this past academic year.
Notable school records achieved by Bulldogs in 2025-26
Peyton Atwood, Football
Records Broken in 2025-26: PATS in a career (121) and longest field goal (50 yards).
Summary: Atwood (Grand Island, Neb.) has solidified the kicker position in recent years and was named Second Team All-GPAC in 2025. This past season, he surpassed Adam Meirose (108 PATs) for the most successful extra points in Concordia Football history. Atwood also claimed the longest field goal in program annals when he drilled a 50-yarder in the win at Waldorf. In his career, Atwood is 20-for-27 on field goals and 121-for-130 on PATs.
Santiago Abadia, Tennis
Record Broken in 2025-26: Equaled the record for career doubles wins (44).
Summary: A senior this past year, Abadia (Bogota, Colombia) now shares program records for doubles wins in a season (16 in 2024-25) and for a career. In 2025-26, Abadia contributed to a Bulldog team that broke a team record for dual wins in a season (17) and reached the GPAC Championship Match.
Barret Brandt, Wrestling
Record Broken in 2025-26: Tied the record for pins in a career (50).
Summary: A pinning machine, Barret Brandt secured career pin No. 50 at the 2026 NAIA National Championships, pulling him even with Deandre Chery (2016-20) on the school’s all-time pins list. A Syracuse, Neb., native, Brandt notched a school single season record 24 pins as a freshman in 2023-24. Brandt has another season of eligibility remaining after qualifying for the national tournament in back-to-back years.
Carlos Collazo, Football
Record Broken in 2025-26: Rushing yards in a single game (283).
Summary: It was a wild one in Yankton, S.D., on Oct. 4, 2025, when Carlos Collazo carried the ball 39 times for a bruising 283 yards. He piled up that total with a long rush 31 yards. In other words, Collazo consistently battered the Lancers with solid gains. His final rush of the game went for 29 yards and a touchdown and eclipsed the former school record of 266 rushing yards shared by Ryan Durdon and Randy Pospishil. Concordia won the game, 52-43.
Avery Eaves, Track & Field
Record Broken in 2025-26: Tied men’s outdoor 100-meter record (10.60).
Summary: As just a freshman, Eaves (Tomball, Texas) equaled the men’s program record in the outdoor 100-meter dash. Eaves ran a PR of 10.60 in the 100 meters in the very last meet of the season, the Concordia Twilight. With that performance, Eaves now shares the school record first set by Quinton Furr in 2001.
Keira Farritor, Softball
Record Broken in 2025-26: Home runs in a single game (three).
Summary: At least according to available records, no Bulldog Softball player has ever hit more than three home runs in a single game. As a sophomore, Farritor (Malcolm, Neb.) turned in the hat trick on April 8 in a 13-3 win at Mount Marty. Farritor homered in each of her first three at bats – a two-run shot in the first and another in the second inning and then a grand slam in the third. Farritor drove in eight runs. She went on to be named a First Team All-GPAC selection. Previously, the most recent Concordia player with three home runs in a game was Clarissa Eloge in 2010.
Alex Johnson, Baseball
Records Broken in 2025-26: Strikeouts in a career (320) and in a season (109 – tied) and career games started as a pitcher (51).
Summary: Johnson (Olathe, Kan.) capped his Concordia career with back-to-back GPAC Pitcher of the Year awards. In his sixth year in the program (a result of Tommy John surgery), Johnson became the school’s all-time strikeout leader when he fanned 15 Red Raiders on April 11. Johnson took the strikeout K title from Jason Munsch (281 K’s from 2017-20). Johnson also equaled Cade Moring’s record of 109 strikeouts for a single season.
Jonny Jurchen, Track & Field
Record Broken in 2025-26: Men’s indoor 3,000-meter race walk (12:14.38).
Summary: Jonny ‘The Jet’ has brought the race walk back in style at Concordia. Now a three-time NAIA All-American, Jurchen (Seward, Neb.) broke former national champion Chris Tegtmeier’s school indoor 3,000-meter race walk record by blazing to a time of 12:14.38 at the NAIA Indoor Championships in Gainesville, Fla. Jurchen will be gunning for Tegtmeier’s outdoor race walk record next spring.
Ashley Keck, Volleyball
Record Broken in 2025-26: Tied record for kills in a season (481) during the GPAC era.
Summary: Keck (Kearney, Neb.) ascended to another level in her senior season while being honored as an NAIA First Team All-American. Keck’s 481 kills are equal to the total Sandy Kirchner posted in 2002 for the most by a Bulldog during the GPAC era (2000-present). Keck’s total is also the most for any Concordia player during the modern rally scoring era (2008-present).
Hayden Kluthe, Track & Field
Record Broken in 2025-26: Men’s indoor 60-meter hurdles (8.04).
Summary: As a junior, Kluthe (Ord, Neb.) shattered the school indoor 60-meter hurdles record when he ran 8.04 at the Concordia Classic in January. The previous school record was held by Easton Fries (8.13). Kluthe qualified for the indoor national meet and then faced hardship in the spring. He was a passenger in a car accident that resulted in the death of teammate Matthew Wing. Despite a late start, Kluthe returned for outdoor and was the men’s team’s top hurdler.
Adysen McCarter
Records Broken in 2025-26: Women’s triple jump records for indoor (39’ 6”) and outdoor (39’ 6 ½”).
Summary: McCarter (Overton, Neb.) already held the women’s outdoor triple jump school record heading into her sophomore year. This past spring semester, she became the standard bearer for the indoor and outdoor triple jump. McCarter also earned her first career All-America awards, earning medals in the triple jump and as part of the 4x4 relay.
Kaiden Mima, Weightlifting
Records Broken in 2025-26: Broke school and American collegiate records across all categories for his 60-kilogram weight class: 107 kg in snatch, 137 kg in clean & jerk and 244 kg for a total. Mima also set a new men’s program all-time standard for highest Q-points (389.991).
Summary:
Note: School records were broken in one or more categories in 2025-26 by the following weightlifting athletes: Michael Davidge, Evan Fukuhara, Nolan Graupmann, Taylor Hedke, Gracy Johnson, Enzo Mancini, Abigail Nelson and Marcus Sweet. In powerlifting, program standards were set in on or more categories by these athletes: Luis Alacron, Teya Badger, Rylee Bentz, Talisa Buhr, Evyn Carpenter, Dax Davis, Leo Guiza, Taylor Hedke, Matthew Hernandez, Wyatt Hosick, Abigail Lockingen, Quentin Nelson, Will Peterson and Katie Wilson.
--Especially noteworthy, Taylor Hedke achieved new women’s program standards for Q-points (255.8) in weightlifting and DOTS score (490.09) for powerlifting. On the men’s side, Leo Guiza accomplished a DOTS score record of 476.11. The totals are a means to compare lifters across weight classes.
Mariana Molano, Tennis
Record Broken in 2025-26: Career singles wins (50).
Summary: A consistent force at the top of the lineup throughout her college career, Molano posted respective year-by-year singles wins totals of 13, 11, 14 and 12. Her 50 singles wins eclipsed the previous standard of 43 set by Taylor Cook (2008-11). Led by Molano, the 2024-25 Bulldogs won the GPAC tournament and reached the national tournament for the first time in program history.
Adrianna Rodencal, Track & Field
Records Broken in 2025-26: Women’s indoor 60-meter hurdles (8.25), outdoor 100-meter hurdles (13.04), outdoor 400-meter hurdles (57.98), outdoor 4x100-meter relay (46.80) and outdoor 4x400-meter relay (3:47.14).
--On the 4x1, Rodencal was joined by Adysen McCarter, Cambria Saunders and Kayla Kirchner. On the 4x4, Rodencal teamed up with McCarter, Tayden Kirchner and Kayla Kirchner.
Summary: She’s a legend. Rodencal (Lincoln, Neb.) graduated from Concordia with school records across all hurdles events. She also owns GPAC meet records in each of those events. Rodencal finished her career as a two-time national champion, eight-time NAIA All-American, 14-time GPAC champion and five-time GPAC Athlete of the Year.
Makenna Starkey, Track & Field
Records Broken in 2025-26: Women’s high jump records for indoor (5’ 7” – tied) and outdoor (5’ 7”).
Summary: As a freshman, Starkey (Minden, Neb.) helped Concordia Volleyball to its deepest run ever (national semifinals) and then proceeded to become a national qualifier for the indoor and outdoor national meets. Her personal best of 5’ 7” in the high jump puts her atop the school record board for indoor and outdoor.
Nick Velders, Tennis
Records Broken in 2025-26: Equaled own record for singles wins in a season (19) while breaking the season record for singles winning percentage (1.000).
Summary: The rise of Coach Lisa Hart’s men’s tennis program has had a lot to do with Nick Velders, a transfer who starred over the past two seasons. Velders (Gelderland, The Netherlands) went a spotless 19-0 in singles matches during the second semester while leading the Bulldogs to a school record 17 team wins. The 19 wins tied the record Velders set the previous year. He finished his Concordia career at 38-2 in singles matches and was a two-time NAIA All-American.
Jake Watson, Baseball
Record Broken in 2025-26: Putouts in a single season (479).
Summary: The record for Watson (Lincoln, Neb.) set in his first season as a starter (sophomore year) is a testament to his iron man qualities at the catcher position. Watson caught a pitching staff that broke the school record for strikeouts in a season (561). Watson was named First Team All-GPAC and starred offensively (slash line of .349/.441/.609) and defensively.
Career Records Extended
Zackery Day, Baseball: A native of Simi Valley, Calif., Day broke the baseball program’s all-time stolen base record in 2025 and then extended it in 2026. He ultimately finished his career with 107 stolen bases.
Kierstynn Garner, Women’s Soccer: The second leading goal scorer in school history, Kierstynn Garner (Kearney, Neb.) padded her program record for career game-winning goals. She pushed her total to 21 by the team her senior campaign concluded. Garner tallied 68 goals in 79 career college games.
Special Mention
Carson Fehlhafer, Football: It seems safe to say that no other Concordia nose guard has ever posted a stat line like the one Carson Fehlhafer put forth in this past season’s home win over Dakota Wesleyan. Fehlhafer was named the NAIA National Defensive Player of the Week after he totaled 13 tackles, seven tackles for loss, four sacks, two blocked kicks and three quarterback hurries. Fehlhafer was later tabbed an NAIA First Team All-American by the AFCA despite missing the season’s final four games due to injury.