SEWARD, Neb. – With the 2024-25 academic year in the books, the athletics slate at Concordia University, Nebraska will conclude with the 2025 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. A group of 20 Bulldogs is gearing up for action at the outdoor national meet to be held at Wildcat Track & Field Complex in Marion, Ind., May 21-23. For the third-straight year, Indiana Wesleyan University will serve as host of the event. Temperatures are expected to be cool next week in Marion, a town of roughly 28,000 people. The action will get started on Wednesday when sophomore Addie Reimer kicks things off in the heptathlon.
2025 NAIA Outdoor National Championships – Meet Info
--Wednesday-Friday, May 21-23
--Location: Wildcat Track & Field Complex | Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, Ind.)
--Live Results
--Live Webcast (NAIA Network)
--Meet Schedule
--Purchase Tickets / Visitor Info
Entering the meet, head coach Matt Beisel’s squads own NAIA national ratings of seventh on the women’s side and 20th on the men’s side, according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association calculation. The University of British Columbia boasts the top-ranked squads for both men and women.
The Concordia women will be represented by 12 athletes at the national meet. The crew features previous All-America award winners in Abby Gerber (3x), Kayla Kirchner (2x), Adrianna Rodencal (1x), Isabelle Salters (1x), Gretchen Stottlemyre (1x), Trinity Tuls (4x) and Abi Wohlgemuth (2x). The women’s team placed 20th in the NAIA at the 2025 indoor national meet in Gainesville, Fla., behind All-America performances from Gerber (eighth in shot put), Rodencal (fifth in 60 hurdles) and Wohlgemuth (second in weight throw). Rodencal will be especially busy in Marion as she competes in the 100- and 400-meter hurdles and as part of the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays. Heading into the national meet, the Bulldogs own five top-five national seed marks courtesy of Rodencal in the 400 hurdles (second) and 100 hurdles (third), Wohlgemuth (third in hammer), the 4x4 relay (fourth) and Gerber in the shot put (fifth). Six women’s senior athletes will end their collegiate careers at the meet (Gerber, Emily Loseke, Salters, Stottlemyre, Tuls and Wohlgemuth).
The men’s program placed seventh in the NAIA at the 2024 outdoor national meet behind national champions Chris Wren (hammer) and Zach Zohner (pole vault). Those star Bulldogs moved on after graduating. However, three of the men’s eight qualifiers own All-America medals: Jonny Jurchen (1x), Mayson Ostermeyer (2x) and Austen Rozelle (1x). Both Jurchen (race walk) and Ostermeyer (pole vault) are coming off All-America performances this past indoor season and swept 2025 GPAC indoor/outdoor conference titles in their respective events. The Crofton, Neb., native Ostermeyer is seeded second nationally in the pole vault (16’ 6 ¾”). Meanwhile, Nathan Baldwin is seeded fifth in the discus. Both Baldwin and Sam Olson will make their first career appearances at a national meet. On the other end of the spectrum, the meet will mark the swan song for seniors Connor Asche and Austen Rozelle.
According to the USTFCCCA, the Bulldogs boast many event groupings that rank highly within the NAIA. Based on the coaches association’s event squad rankings, Concordia ranks top five nationally in the following events: women’s heptathlon (first), men’s hammer (second), men’s race walk (second), men’s javelin (third), men’s shot put (third), women’s shot put (third), women’s triple jump (third), men’s discus (fourth), women’s 100 hurdles (fourth), women’s hammer (fourth), women’s javelin (fourth), women’s long jump (fourth) and women’s steeplechase (fourth).
Both Bulldog programs have won an NAIA outdoor national championship in their history – 2015 for the men and 2016 for the women. During Beisel’s tenure, the Concordia track programs have earned a total of seven NAIA top-four team trophies with six coming on the women’s side and one on the men’s side. The men placed as the NAIA indoor national runner up in 2017 while the women have placed third four separate times (and fourth twice) since 2017.
The NAIA will stream the national championships via the NAIA Network: https://www.naia.org/watch/index.
2025 Concordia Outdoor National Qualifiers
Connor Asche, senior (third trip to nationals)
Nathan Baldwin, sophomore (first trip to nationals)
Harper Boche, freshman (second trip to nationals)
Matthew Boyer, junior (second trip to nationals)
Abby Gerber, senior (ninth trip to nationals; three All-America awards)
Luke Hammang, sophomore (third trip to nationals)
Jonny Jurchen, freshman (second trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Kayla Kirchner, junior (fifth trip to nationals; two All-America awards)
Emily Loseke, senior (third trip to nationals)
Adysen McCarter, freshman (second trip to nationals)
Sam Olson, freshman (first trip to nationals)
Mayson Ostermeyer, junior (fourth trip to nationals; two All-America awards)
Addie Reimer, sophomore (second trip to nationals)
Adrianna Rodencal, junior (sixth trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Austen Rozelle, senior (fourth trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Isabelle Salters, senior (fourth trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Cambria Saunders, sophomore (second trip to nationals)
Gretchen Stottlemyre, senior (third trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Trinity Tuls, senior (seventh trip to nationals; four All-America awards)
Abi Wohlgemuth, senior (sixth trip to nationals; two All-America awards)
Concordia Event Schedule – 2025 NAIA Outdoor T&F National Championships
Times listed below are EDT to reflect the time in Marion, Indiana.
Wednesday, May 21
· 10:30 a.m. – Women’s Heptathlon: Addie Reimer
· 11:00 a.m. – Men’s Hammer: Connor Asche, Nathan Baldwin and Austen Rozelle
· 2:30 p.m. – Women’s Hammer: Abby Gerber and Abi Wohlgemuth
· 3:00 p.m. – Women’s 4x100m Relay Prelims: Adysen McCarter, Kayla Kirchner, Emily Loseke and Adrianna Rodencal
· 4:00 p.m. – Men’s Javelin: Matthew Boyer
· 4:30 p.m. – Women’s 400m Hurdle Prelims: Adrianna Rodencal
· 7:00 p.m. – Women's Javelin: Gretchen Stottlemyre
Thursday, May 22
· 11:00 a.m. – Women’s Heptathlon: Addie Reimer
· 1:00 p.m. – Women’s Shot Put: Harper Boche and Abby Gerber
· 2:00 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdle Prelims: Adrianna Rodencal
· 5:15 p.m. – Men’s 5,000m Race Walk: Luke Hammang, Jonny Jurchen and Sam Olson
· 5:30 p.m. – Women’s Triple Jump: Adysen McCarter
· 6:00 p.m. – Men’s Discus: Nathan Baldwin and Austen Rozelle
· 8:15 p.m. – Women’s 4x400m Relay Prelims: Adrianna Rodencal, Trinity Tuls, Isabelle Salters and Kayla Kirchner
Friday, May 23
· 1:00 p.m. – Men’s Pole Vault: Mayson Ostermeyer
· 1:00 p.m. – Men’s Shot Put: Connor Asche
· 1:40 p.m. – Women’s 4x100m Relay Final
· 2:20 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdle Final
· 3:10 p.m. – Women’s 400m Hurdle Final
· 5:15 p.m. – Women’s 4x400m Relay Final
Concordia indoor national finishes since 2000
2025:M – 56th |W – 20th
2024:M – 8th |W – 3rd
2023:M – 31st |W – 6th
2022:M – 36th |W – 3rd
2021: M – 12th |W – 3rd
2020: M – 17th |W – 4th
2019: M – 9th | W – 9th
2018: M – 42nd | W – 9th
2017: M – 2nd | W – 7th
2016: M – 3rd | W – 5th
2015:M – 5th | W – 11th
2014:M – 17th|W –11th
2013:M – 27th |W –13th
2012:M –38th |W –29th
2011:M –7th|W –26th
2010:M –15th|W –12th
2009:M –12th|W –11th
2008:M –7th|W –14th
2007:M –19th|W –36th
2006:M –5th|W –29th
2005:M –26th|W –15th
2004:M –7th|W –27th
2003:M –5th|W –9th
2002:M –20th| W –8th
2001:M –12th|W – 21st
2000:M –2nd |W –12th
Concordia outdoor national finishes since 2005
2024: M – 7th | W – 20th
2023: M – 26th | W – 23rd
2022: M – 47th | W – 4th
2021: M – 28th | W – 3rd
2019: M – 31st | W – 5th
2018: M – 69th | W – 12th
2017: M – 5th | W – 6th
2016: M – 2nd | W – 1st
2015: M – 1st | W – 5th
2014: M – 11th | W – 9th
2013: M – 42nd | W – 20th
2012: M – 57th | W – 15th
2011: M – 11th | W – 57th
2010: M – 24th | W – 14th
2009: M – 7th | W – 19th
2008: M – 11th | W – 29th
2007: M – 15th | W – 24th
2006: M – 7th | W – 28th
2005: M – 13th | W – 17th