SEWARD, Neb. – For Keeli Green and Vaughn Hendrickson, the 2025 season continues with the 2025 NAIA Cross Country National Championships. The two standout Bulldogs were announced as individual national qualifiers last week by the NAIA National Office. Green and Hendrickson bring prior national championships experience to the table. Head Coach Matt Beisel and his qualifiers will be headed to Tallahassee, Fla., for the national meet on Friday. The championship will go off with the women’s 6k race at 8:30 a.m. ET.
Meet Info – 2025 NAIA Cross Country National Championships
Friday, Nov. 21
--Women’s 6K Race – 7:30 a.m. CT / 8:30 a.m. ET
--Men’s 8K Race – 8:30 a.m. CT / 9:30 a.m. ET
--Awards Ceremony – 10 a.m. CT / 11 a.m. ET
--Apalachee Regional Park | Tallahassee, Florida
--Live Coverage: Results | Stream
--NOTE: All-America honors are awarded to the top 40 men’s and women’s finishers.
The 2025 national meet will mark the 70th annual event for the men and 46th annual race for the women. This year’s national championship field is set to include 36 teams and 74 individual qualifiers on the men’s side and 36 teams and 84 individual qualifiers on the women’s side. The Concordia men had hoped to earn an at-large bid but was one of the final teams left out of the field (based on the final NAIA coaches’ poll). During Beisel’s tenure (2016-present), the women’s program has qualified for nationals three times as a team.
Below is a breakdown of the seasons and careers to date of Green and Hendrickson. Green ran at the 2023 cross country national meet along with her teammates. Meanwhile, Hendrickson placed 36th at the 2024 NAIA national meet and earned All-America status. Both Green and Hendrickson are capable of claiming medals (top 40 overall) this Friday. The Bulldogs came away with an All-America award in back-to-back years thanks to Kylahn Freiberg in 2023 and Hendrickson in 2024.
2025 Concordia Cross Country National Qualifiers
Keeli Green | Arlington, Neb.
· Second career cross country national championship appearance; placed 177th/331 with a 6k time of 24:19.3 at the 2023 NAIA Cross Country National Championships in Fort Vancouver, Washington; at that same ’23 national meet, Concordia placed 18th as a team.
· Has earned twice earned GPAC All-Conference honors, placing third (21:57.7 6k) in 2023 and fourth (21:48.2 6k) in 2025.
· Ran 6k personal best of 21:34.6 at this season’s Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic on Oct. 25.
· Named GPAC Runner of the Week three times in 2025.
· Current NAIA Cross Country Ratings Index: 26th | LINK.
2025 meet-by-meet results
Augustana Twilight (5k) – 17:31.9 (4th)
Greeno/Dirksen Invite (5k) – 18:21.8 (16th)
Briar Cliff Invite (6k) – 22:00.4 (9th)
Blazing Tiger Classic (6k) – 21:34.6 (3rd)
GPAC Championships (6k) – 21:48.2 (4th)
Vaughn Hendrickson | Fort Wayne, Ind.
· Second career cross country national championship appearance; placed 36th/326 with an 8k time of 24:37.2 (personal best) at the 2024 NAIA Cross Country National Championships in Columbia, Missouri.
· Won the individual title at the 2024 GPAC Championships with an 8k time of 25:44.1; became the first Concordia men’s GPAC champion since Colin Morrissey in 2012; placed third at the 2025 GPAC Championships with an 8k time of 24:52.8; two-time GPAC All-Conference honoree.
· Season best 8k time was 24:49.5 at this season’s Blazing Tiger NAIA Classic on Oct. 25.
· Named GPAC Runner of the Week three times in career (twice in 2024 and once in 2025).
· Current NAIA Cross Country Ratings Index: 65th | LINK.
2025 meet-by-meet results
Augustana Twilight (4 mile) – 19:51.0 (40th)
Greeno/Dirksen Invite (8k) – 26:46.0 (110th)
Briar Cliff Invite (8k) – 28:59.7 (99th)
Dordt Holiday Inn Express Classic (8k) – 26:15.6 (64th)
Blazing Tiger Classic (8k) – 24:49.5 (3rd)
GPAC Championships (8k) – 24:52.8 (3rd)
A list of past Concordia Cross Country All-Americans can be found on the program’s online record book HERE.