SEWARD, Neb. – A crew of 24 Concordia University, Nebraska Track & Field athletes will be headed to an unfamiliar national championships destination. The 2025 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships will play out at the Alachua County Sports & Events Center at Celebration Pointe in Gainesville, Fla., Feb. 27 – March 1. The previous three indoor national meets were staged in Brookings, S.D. The first athletes in competition from a Bulldog perspective will be Luke Hammang and Jonny Jurchen in the race walk on Thursday. The top four place-finishing teams for both men and women earn trophies.
2025 NAIA National Championships – Meet Info
--Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 27 – March 1
--Location: Alachua County Sports & Events Center at Celebration Pointe (Gainesville, Fla.)
--Live Results (link currently not made available by NAIA)
--Live Webcast (NAIA Network)
--Meet Schedule
--Purchase Tickets
Entering the meet, head coach Matt Beisel’s squads own national rankings of 14th on the women’s side and 21st on the men’s side, according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NAIA ratings index. The University of the Cumberlands (Ky.) boasts the top-ranked squads for both men and women.
The Concordia women’s program earned a third-place national team trophy at the 2024 NAIA indoor meet. The Bulldogs return two women’s throws All-Americans from a year ago: Abby Gerber (fifth in the shot put) and Abi Wohlgemuth (sixth in the weight throw). Gerber won the 2025 indoor shot put title. Meanwhile, Kayla Kirchner and Trinity Tuls contributed to a 4x400-meter relay that placed sixth at last year’s indoor national meet. Recently named the women’s GPAC Indoor Athlete of the Year, Rodencal will be part of the 4x4 while also aiming for All-America honors in the 60-meter hurdles. Her 60-hurdle time of 8.49 broke the GPAC indoor meet record. There will be 12 women’s athletes heading to Gainesville.
The men’s squad will also send 12 competitors to the southeast. The group features returning pole vault All-American Mayson Ostermeyer, who placed fifth nationally a year ago. In the throws, junior Carson Fehlhafer is fresh off a GPAC title in the shot put and will compete in both throwing events this weekend. In the race walk, Jurchen emerged as a GPAC champion and now has his sights set on bringing home an All-America award. The men’s program placed in the top 10 nationally for both indoor and outdoor in 2024 while getting major points from the likes of national champions Chris Wren and Zach Zohner.
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 weight throw (first), men’s race walk (first), men’s weight throw (second), women’s pentathlon (second), women’s triple jump (second), women’s shot put (third), women’s 400 meters (fourth), women’s 60 hurdles (fourth), women’s high jump (fourth), men’s pole vault (fifth) and men’s shot put (fifth).
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 list of Bulldogs making their first-ever national championship appearance includes Harper Boche, Easton Fries, Vaughn Hendrickson, Jonny Jurchen, Brittni Kinne, Jaxon Lipker, Adysen McCarter, Addie Reimer, Justin Sherman and Amanda Steinke. Hendrickson did appear at the 2024 NAIA Cross Country National Championships and earned All-America status.
The NAIA will stream the national championships via the NAIA Network: https://naianetwork.com/.
2025 Concordia Indoor National Qualifiers
Connor Asche, senior (second trip to nationals)
Harper Boche, freshman (first trip to nationals)
Liam Fagan, junior (second trip to nationals)
Carson Fehlhafer, junior (third trip to nationals)
Easton Fries, freshman (first trip to nationals)
Abby Gerber, senior (eighth trip to nationals; two All-America awards)
Luke Hammang, sophomore (second trip to nationals)
Vaughn Hendrickson, freshman (first trip to nationals)
Jonny Jurchen, freshman (first trip to nationals)
Brittni Kinne, sophomore (first trip to nationals)
Kayla Kirchner, junior (fourth trip to nationals; two All-America awards)
Jaxon Lipker, freshman (first trip to nationals)
Emily Loseke, senior (second trip to nationals)
Adysen McCarter, freshman (first trip to nationals)
Mayson Ostermeyer, junior (third trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Addie Reimer, sophomore (first trip to nationals)
Trey Robertson, sophomore (second trip to nationals)
Adrianna Rodencal, junior (fifth trip to nationals)
Austen Rozelle, senior (third trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Isabelle Salters, senior (third trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Justin Sherman, sophomore (first trip to nationals)
Amanda Steinke, junior (first trip to nationals)
Trinity Tuls, senior (sixth trip to nationals; four All-America awards)
Abi Wohlgemuth, senior (fifth trip to nationals; one All-America award)
Concordia Event Schedule – 2025 NAIA Indoor T&F National Championships
Times listed below are EST to reflect the time in Gainesville
Thursday, Feb. 27
· 12 p.m. – Men’s 3,000m Race Walk Prelims: Luke Hammang and Jonny Jurchen
· 3:45 p.m. – Women’s 4x400m Relay Prelims: Adrianna Rodencal, Trinity Tuls, Isabelle Salters and Kayla Kirchner (alternate: Emily Loseke)
· 5 p.m. – Men’s High Jump: Jaxon Lipker
· 5:45 p.m. – Men’s Distance Medley Relay Prelims: Liam Fagan, Easton Fries, Vaughn Hendrickson, Trey Robertson and Justin Sherman
Friday, Feb. 28
· 11:15 a.m. – Men’s 3,000m Race Walk Finals
· 12 p.m. – Women’s Weight Throw: Abby Gerber, Brittni Kinne and Abi Wohlgemuth
· 12:30 p.m. – Women’s 60 Hurdles Prelims: Adrianna Rodencal
· 12:50 p.m. – Men’s 60 Hurdles Prelims: Easton Fries
· 1:05 p.m. – Women’s 400 Meter Prelims: Emily Loseke
· 3 p.m. – Men’s Weight Throw: Connor Asche, Carson Fehlhafer and Austen Rozelle
· 4 p.m. – Women’s High Jump: Addie Reimer and Amanda Steinke
Saturday, March 1
· 11:30 a.m. – Women’s Shot Put: Harper Boche and Abby Gerber
· 11:30 a.m. – Women’s Triple Jump: Adysen McCarter
· 12:45 p.m. – Women’s 60 Hurdles Finals
· 1:05 p.m. – Women’s 400 Meter Finals
· 1:15 p.m. – Men’s Pole Vault: Mayson Ostermeyer
· 2:30 p.m. – Men’s Shot Put: Carson Fehlhafer
· 5 p.m. – Men’s Distance Medley Relay Finals
· 5:20 p.m. – Women’s 4x400m Relay Finals
Concordia indoor national finishes since 2000
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