SEWARD, Neb. – With the 2025-26 academic year in the books, national qualifiers from the Concordia University, Nebraska Track & Field programs are laser focused on the upcoming 2026 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. After taking place in Marion, Ind., for the previous three years, the NAIA outdoor national meet is headed east to Asheville, N.C., and the campus of the University of North Carolina Asheville. Head Coach Matt Beisel’s programs will travel 19 athletes to the Tar Heel State for competition from Wednesday through Friday (May 20-22). The first action for the Bulldogs will get underway at 9 a.m. local time in Asheville on Wednesday (men’s hammer).
2026 NAIA Outdoor National Championships – Meet Info
--Wednesday-Friday, May 20-22
--Location: Karl Straus Track | University of North Carolina Asheville (Asheville, N.C.)
--Live Results (link currently not made available by NAIA)
--Live Webcast (Urban Edge Network)
--Meet Schedule
--Purchase Tickets / Visitor Info
Entering the meet, head coach Matt Beisel’s squads own NAIA national ratings of 10th on the women’s side and 25th on the men’s side, according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association calculation. The NAIA’s No. 1 ranked teams are British Columbia for women and Cumberlands (Ky.) for men.
This is the last hurrah for five-time All-American and five-time GPAC Athlete of the Year Adrianna Rodencal. The indoor 60-meter hurdle national champion will look to improve upon her 2025 outdoor national meet when she placed second in the 400-meter hurdles, third in the 100-meter hurdles and seventh as part of the 4x400-meter relay. Rodencal’s plate will be full with the same three events, in addition to the 4x1 relay, at this week’s meet. In both relays, Rodencal will be joined by three-time All-American Kayla Kirchner, also a senior. Each of Concordia’s nine women’s qualifiers have previous experience competing in at least one national meet. Outside of Rodencal and relays, the Bulldog national qualifiers include Harper Boche (hammer / shot put), Adysen McCarter (triple jump), Josi Noble (400 hurdles), Addie Reimer (high jump) and Makenna Starkey (high jump). Noble also has one past All-America award to her credit (4x4 relay).
The men’s program placed seventh in the NAIA at the 2024 outdoor national meet. Of the 10 Bulldog men’s athletes headed to Asheville, two own All-America medals: Nathan Baldwin (2025 discus / 2026 weight) and Jonny ‘The Jet’ Jurchen (twice in the indoor race walk). Jurchen will be joined in the race walk competition by five-time national qualifier Luke Hammang. Meanwhile, Baldwin will be accompanied in North Carolina by throwing teammates Josiah Edwards and Emry Gutz. The two-time GPAC javelin champion Gutz and Hank Moore (decathlon) are first time national qualifiers. On the track, Lucas Corwin will run the 800 meters and anchor the 4x8 relay that includes Keith Siek, Trenton Kumm and Justin Sherman. That relay crew won the GPAC indoor 4x8 title.
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 (2017-present), 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 Urban Edge Network: https://urbanedgenetwork.net/.
2026 Concordia Outdoor National Qualifiers – a closer look
Nathan Baldwin, sophomore (third trip to nationals; two All-America awards)
Harper Boche, sophomore (fourth trip to nationals)
Lucas Corwin, sophomore (second trip to nationals)
Josiah Edwards, junior (second trip to nationals)
Emry Gutz, junior (first trip to nationals)
Luke Hammang, junior (fifth trip to nationals)
Jonny Jurchen, sophomore (fourth trip to nationals; two All-America awards)
Kayla Kirchner, senior (seventh trip to nationals; three All-America awards)
Tayden Kirchner, junior (second trip to nationals)
Trenton Kumm, freshman (second trip to nationals)
Adysen McCarter, sophomore (fourth trip to nationals)
Hank Moore, senior (first trip to nationals)
Josi Noble, senior (sixth trip to nationals, one All-America award)
Addie Reimer, junior (third trip to nationals)
Adrianna Rodencal, senior (eighth trip to nationals; five All-America awards; 2026 60 hurdles national champ)
Cambria Saunders, junior (third trip to nationals)
Justin Sherman, junior (third trip to nationals)
Keith Siek, freshman (second trip to nationals)
Makenna Starkey, freshman (second trip to nationals)
Concordia Event Schedule – 2026 NAIA Outdoor T&F National Championships
Times listed below are EDT to reflect the time in Asheville, North Carolina.
Wednesday, May 20
· 9:00 a.m. – Men’s Hammer: Nathan Baldwin and Josiah Edwards
· 10:00 a.m. – Men’s Decathlon (Day 1): Hank Moore
· 12:00 p.m. – Women’s Hammer: Harper Boche
· 3:00 p.m. – Women’s 4x100m Relay Prelims: Adysen McCarter, Adrianna Rodencal, Cambria Saunders and Kayla Kirchner
· 4:30 p.m. – Women’s 400m Hurdles Prelims: Josi Noble and Adrianna Rodencal
· 4:30 p.m. – Men’s Javelin: Emry Gutz
· 6:50 p.m. – Men’s 4x800m Relay Prelims: Keith Siek, Trenton Kumm, Justin Sherman and Lucas Corwin
Thursday, May 21
· 11:00 a.m. – Men’s Decathlon (Day 2): Hank Moore
· 2:00 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdles Prelims: Adrianna Rodencal
· 2:50 p.m. – Men’s 800 Meters: Lucas Corwin
· 4:30 p.m. – Women’s Triple Jump: Adysen McCarter
· 5:00 p.m. – Women’s Shot Put: Harper Boche
· 5:15 p.m. – Men’s 5,000m Race Walk: Luke Hammang and Jonny Jurchen
· 6:30 p.m. – Men’s 4x800m Relay Final
· 8:15 p.m. – Women’s 4x400m Relay Prelims: Adysen McCarter, Adrianna Rodencal, Tayden Kirchner and Kayla Kirchner
Friday, May 22
· 9:00 a.m. – Men’s Discus: Nathan Baldwin
· 2:00 p.m. – Women’s High Jump: Addie Reimer and Makenna Starkey
· 3:00 p.m. – Women’s 4x100m Relay Final
· 3:30 p.m. – Women’s 100m Hurdles Final
· 4:10 p.m. – Men’s 800 Meters Final
· 4:15 p.m. – Women’s 400m Hurdles Final
· 5:15 p.m. – Women’s 4x400m Relay Final
· 6:00 p.m. – Awards Ceremony
Concordia indoor national finishes since 2000
2026: M – 33rd | W – 31st
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
2025: M – 67th | W – 20th
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