SEWARD, Neb. – For the second weekend in a row, Concordia University, Nebraska Track & Field will entertain the fans inside the Walz Fieldhouse. The Concordia Classic will take place on Friday and Saturday and will feature a larger field of athletes and teams as compared to last week’s Concordia Polar Dog Invite. The Concordia Classic will also include multi events and distance medley relays. The outing will mark the third home meet of the 2025-26 indoor season for Head Coach Matt Beisel’s squads.
Concordia Classic
Friday-Saturday (Jan. 30-31) | Walz Fieldhouse
--Meet Schedule (PDF) | Live Results
--Live Streams: Concordia Sports Network
Competing institutions
Full teams list TBA
From a big picture view, Concordia athletes have combined for four automatic national qualifying standards and seven NAIA B standards through three weekends of indoor competition. At last week’s Polar Dog Invite, sophomore Adysen McCarter improved upon her school record in the triple jump (39’ 1 ¼”). She currently ranks No. 5 nationally in the event. In addition, Hayden Kluthe added a B standard in the 60-meter hurdles (8.14) with a near school record time. Notably, Jonny Jurchen (3,000-meter racewalk) and Adrianna Rodencal (60-meter hurdles) repeated A standards (but did not eclipse their personal bests). Additionally, Rodencal put a fresh B standard on the board in the 400 meters.
Concordia national qualifying marks
· A – Jack Habegger: 3,000-meter racewalk (13:45.79)
· A – Jonny Jurchen: 3,000-meter racewalk (12:30.61)
· A – Adysen McCarter: triple jump (39’ 1 ¼”)
· A – Adrianna Rodencal: 60-meter hurdles (8.41)
· B – Women’s 4x400-meter relay (3:54.26)
· B – Josiah Edwards: weight throw (59’ 2 ¼”)
· B – Luke Hammang: 3,000-meter racewalk (14:58.38)
· B – Hayden Kluthe: 60-meter hurdles (8.14)
· B – Sam Olson: 3,000-meter racewalk (15:39.27)
· B – Adrianna Rodencal: 400 meters (57.18)
· B – Makenna Starkey: high jump (5’ 5 ¼”)
NOTE: Adrianna Rodencal and Josi Noble currently rank 10th and 12th, respectively, on the NAIA women’s pentathlon national list.
The weather played a role in limiting the Concordia Polar Dog Invite field to seven total teams (with some bringing only select athletes for events such as the racewalk). The Bulldogs came away from the meet with 12 event championships, which were won by the women’s 4x800-meter relay (10:16.03), Avery Eaves in the 200 meters (22.39), Jax Jacobson in the pole vault (14’ 7 ¼”), Jurchen in the 3,000-meter racewalk (13:12.61), Kluthe in the 60 hurdles (8.14), McCarter in the triple jump (39’ 1 ¼”), Kiki Nyanok in the long jump (17’ 2”), Rodencal in the 60 hurdles (8.47), Myles Sadd in the long jump (21’ 8 ¼”) and high jump (6’ 2 ¼”), Keith Siek in the 800 meters (1:58.39) and Makenna Starkey in the high jump (5’ 3 ¼”).
From a conference perspective, Concordia athletes with GPAC leading marks are Josiah Edwards in the weight throw, Jurchen in the racewalk, Kluthe in the 60 hurdles, McCarter in the triple jump, Rodencal in the 60 hurdles and pentathlon and Starkey in the high jump. The Bulldog women’s and men’s teams currently own a combined 27 marks that rank within the top five on the conference leaderboard. That list can be found HERE.
Following the Concordia Classic, the Bulldogs will be away from home the weekend of Feb. 6-7 for action at the Sevigne Husker Invitational and Fred Beile Invite. The final home meet of the indoor season will be the Concordia Indoor Invitational on Feb. 14.