SEWARD, Neb. – Following six weekends of indoor competition, the week of the 2026 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championships has arrived. All conference teams will convene in Sioux Center, Iowa, on Friday and Saturday for the ’26 championship meet. The GPAC indoor championships are back at Dordt for the first time since 2021. The vast majority of the meet will take place on Saturday and is scheduled to conclude with the awards ceremony at 8:25 p.m. CT. At the 2025 GPAC Indoor Championships, Head Coach Matt Beisel’s squads placed third on the women’s side and fourth on the men’s side.
MEET INFO
2026 GPAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Friday-Saturday, Feb. 20-21
Dordt Recreation Center | Sioux Center, Iowa
Event Schedule (PDF)
Live Coverage
--Video Streams: GPAC Network
--Live Results: Black Squirrel
--Admission: $10 for adults/senior citizens, $3 for K-12; only those with NAIA passes and GPAC student ID’s will be admitted free of charge.
Overview
Throughout the 2025-26 indoor season, Concordia has hosted four home meets while also competing at Doane’s Scott Nisely Memorial Classic and Fred Beile Classic and two meets hosted by the University of Nebraska. To date, Bulldog athletes have combined for six ‘A’ and 10 ‘B’ national qualifying standards (as listed below). Fresh NAIA auto standards came last week from Adrianna Rodencal in the 400 meters and Makenna Starkey in the high jump. Other big moves (from a national perspective) were made by Evan Hill and Jax Jacobson in the pole vault, by Jonny Jurchen and his fellow racewalkers and by the men’s 4x800-meter relay as part of last week’s Concordia Invite.
How much of a load will Rodencal shoulder this weekend? It’s a major conference storyline for the Bulldog superstar who swept 2025 GPAC Athlete of the Meet awards. At last season’s indoor conference meet at Dakota Wesleyan, Rodencal won titles in the 60 hurdles, 200 meters and as part of the 4x400-meter relay while also placing second in the 60 meters. Rodencal will take aim at breaking her own GPAC meet record of 8.49 in the 60 hurdles. Other current conference leaders for Concordia on the women’s side include school record holders Adysen McCarter in the triple jump and Starkey in the high jump. The Bulldogs are capable of being a major threat in the 4x4 if they can put together their top grouping featuring McCarter, Rodencal and sisters Kayla and Tayden Kirchner. In addition, pentathlete Josi Noble has been a multi-event GPAC champion in the past (2024 outdoor heptathlon).
Entering the GPAC Championships, Josiah Edwards (weight throw), Evan Hill / Jax Jacobson (pole vault), Jonny Jurchen (3,000-meter racewalk) and Hayden Kluthe (60-meter hurdles) each boast top-rated conference marks. The racewalk does not factor into the GPAC team standings, but Jurchen will have another chance to showcase his talent after rising to the top of the national list with a personal best of 12:19.55 last week. In the pole vault, Hill and Jacobson soared to the top of the conference with their breakthrough personal bests of 15’ 9 ¼” at the Concordia Invite. As for Kluthe, his PR of 8.04 is a 60-hurdles school record. In the sprints, freshman sprinter Avery Eaves sits top five in the conference in the 60 and 200 meters. Meanwhile, Nathan Baldwin holds down top five GPAC marks in the shot put and weight throw.
Bulldogs with top-rated GPAC marks
· Josiah Edwards: weight throw (59’ 2 ¼”)
· Evan Hill / Jax Jacobson: pole vault (15’ 9 ¼”)
· Jonny Jurchen: 3,000-meter racewalk (12:19.55)
· Hayden Kluthe: 60-meter hurdles (8.04)
· Adysen McCarter: triple jump (39’ 3”)
· Adrianna Rodencal: 60-meter hurdles (8.26)
· Makenna Starkey: high jump (5’ 7”)
Head Coach Matt Beisel is in his 10th season leading both the cross country and track programs. He’s been named a GPAC Coach of the Year 12 times (once for cross country). All 12 of his conference championships have come on the women’s side. The women’s track program put together a recent string of 11 straight GPAC championships that spanned the 2019 indoor through 2024 outdoor seasons. The most recent GPAC title for the men’s program occurred at the 2015 conference outdoor meet.
A / B National Qualifying Standards achieved in 2025-26:
· A – Jack Habegger: 3,000-meter racewalk (13:15.27)
· A – Jonny Jurchen: 3,000-meter racewalk (12:19.55)
· A – Adysen McCarter: triple jump (39’ 3”)
· A – Adrianna Rodencal: 60-meter hurdles (8.26)
· A - Adrianna Rodencal: 400 meters (56.25)
· A – Makenna Starkey: high jump (5’ 7”)
· B – Women’s 4x400-meter relay (3:54.26)
· B – Men’s 4x800-meter relay (7:44.65)
· B – Nathan Baldwin: weight throw (57’ 8 ¼”)
· B – Josiah Edwards: weight throw (59’ 2 ¼”)
· B – Luke Hammang: 3,000-meter racewalk (13:34.94)
· B – Evan Hill: pole vault (15’ 9 ¼”)
· B – Jax Jacobson: pole vault (15’ 9 ¼”)
· B – Hayden Kluthe: 60-meter hurdles (8.04)
· B – Sam Olson: 3,000-meter racewalk (15:39.27)
· B – Adrianna Rodencal: 200 meters (24.96)
NOTE: NAIA top 16 national marks become auto marks.
As mentioned, Rodencal owns the GPAC indoor meet record in the 60 hurdles. For a complete listing of GPAC indoor meet records, check out the conference website record pages linked here: Men | Women.
Those who qualify will continue their indoor seasons at the 2026 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships in Gainesville, Fla., March 5-7. More details on the national meet can be found HERE. National qualifiers will be officially announced by the NAIA next week.
Concordia all-time conference titles
MEN – indoor: 2014 | outdoor: 2014, 2015
WOMEN – indoor: 2010, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | outdoor: 1998, 2010, 2012, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Concordia all-time conference runner-up finishes
MEN – indoor: 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019 | outdoor: 2002, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017
WOMEN – indoor: 2003, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016 | outdoor: 2005, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2025
Current Bulldogs with GPAC titles
Nathan Baldwin – 1 (2025 outdoor discus)
Matthew Boyer – 1 (2024 outdoor javelin)
Carson Fehlhafer – 1 (2025 indoor shot put)
Emery Gutz – 1 (2025 outdoor javelin)
Jonny Jurchen – 2 (2025 outdoor racewalk; 2025 indoor racewalk)
Kayla Kirchner – 5 (2025 indoor 4x400m relay; 2024 outdoor 4x400m relay; 2024 indoor 4x400m relay; 2023 outdoor 4x100m relay; 2023 outdoor 4x400m relay)
Josi Noble – 1 (2024 outdoor heptathlon)
Mayson Ostermeyer – 2 (2025 outdoor pole vault; 2025 indoor pole vault)
Adrianna Rodencal – 10 (2025 outdoor 100m hurdles; 2025 outdoor 400m hurdles; 2025 outdoor 200 meters; 2025 indoor 60m hurdles; 2025 indoor 200m; 2025 indoor 4x400m relay; 2024 outdoor 100m hurdles; 2023 outdoor 4x100m relay; 2023 indoor 60m hurdles; 2023 indoor 200 meters)