SEWARD, Neb. – A pair of twilight meets make up this weekend’s schedule as athletes from Concordia University, Nebraska Track & Field attempt to take advantage of final opportunities to add to the program’s list of outdoor national qualifiers. The Bulldogs are fresh off competing at the 2025 GPAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which yielded place finishes of second on the women’s side and fourth on the men’s side. Head Coach Matt Beisel’s program is preparing to host the annual Concordia Twilight on Friday before select athletes head to Kearney, Neb., for the Loper Twilight on Saturday.
Concordia Twilight
Friday (May 9) | Bulldog Stadium
--Meet Schedule / Heat Sheets (PDF) | Live Results
--Live Streams: Concordia Sports Network
Competing Institutions – Concordia Twilight
Loper Twilight
Saturday (May 10) | Kearney HS (Kearney, Neb.)
--Meet Schedule (PDF) | Live Results
--Live Streams: MIAA Network
At last week’s conference championship meet in Hastings, junior Adrianna Rodencal stole the show while piling up 41 team points. Rodencal won GPAC titles in the 100- and 400-meter hurdles (GPAC records in both events) and in the 200 meters. She also placed third in the 100 meters and sixth in the long jump while helping the 4x100-meter relay break the school record with a runner-up finish. Rodencal’s GPAC records came in at 13.63 in the 100 hurdles and 58.90 in the 400 hurdles. The Lincoln Lutheran alum earned GPAC Outstanding Female Athlete of the Meet accolades for the fourth time in her career.
Other Bulldogs who claimed GPAC titles were Nathan Baldwin (discus), Emery Gutz (javelin), Jonny Jurchen (5,000-meter race walk), Mayson Ostermeyer (pole vault) and Abi Wohlgemuth (hammer). Jurchen set a GPAC outdoor meet record in the race walk and automatically qualified for the national championships. Meanwhile, Ostermeyer earned a clean sweep of 2025 GPAC indoor/outdoor pole vault titles. Baldwin, Gutz and Wohlgemuth became GPAC champions for the first time in their careers.
In the USTFCCCA NAIA national ratings released on Tuesday (May 6), Concordia landed at No. 8 on the women’s side and at No. 23 on the men’s side. Through the GPAC Championships, Bulldog athletes have combined for a total of 16 marks that meet at least the NAIA B national qualifying standard (as listed below). Athletes who rank inside the top 16 of their respective events at the conclusion of the season become automatic national qualifiers. The women vaulted into the top 10 nationally with the help of Rodencal, who boasts NAIA national rankings of second in the 400 hurdles, third in the 100 hurdles and second as part of the 4x4.
Bulldogs with NAIA national qualifying standards
· A – Women’s 4x400-meter relay (3:47.33)
· A – Nathan Baldwin: discus (178’ 10”)
· A – Abby Gerber: shot put (47’ 11 ¼”)
· A – Jonny Jurchen: 5,000-meter race walk (23:47.39)
· A – Mayson Ostermeyer: pole vault (16’ 6 ¾”)
· A – Adrianna Rodencal: 100-meter hurdles (13.37)
· A – Adrianna Rodencal: 400-meter hurdles (58.90)
· A – Abi Wohlgemuth: hammer (180’ 1”)
· B – Women’s 4x100-meter relay (46.80)
· B – Connor Asche: shot put (53’ 6 ¼”)
· B – Connor Asche: hammer (180’ 10”)
· B – Nathan Baldwin: hammer (183’ 1”)
· B – Matthew Boyer: javelin (198’ 9”)
· B – Luke Hammang: 5,000-meter race walk (24:03.73)
· B – Adysen McCarter: triple jump (39’ 1 ¾”)
· B – Sam Olson: 5,000-meter race walk (26:41.38)
At the Concordia Twilight, the entrants are expected to be filled largely by athletes from NAIA and NCAA Division II institutions. Some of the expected NAIA competition includes Baker University (Kan.), College of Saint Mary, Dakota Wesleyan, Friends University (Kan.), Graceland University (Iowa), Hastings, Kansas Wesleyan University, McPherson College (Kan.), MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.), University of Saint Mary (Kan.) and William Penn University (Iowa).
Official NAIA national qualifiers will be announced next week by the NAIA. For the third-straight year, the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships will be held at Wildcat Track & Field Complex on the Indiana Wesleyan University campus. The 2025 outdoor national meet is slated to take place May 21-23. For more information on the national championships, click HERE.