MANKATO, Minn. – The Concordia-St. Paul men's and women's track and field teams competed at the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, with both the teams placing ninth.

The CSP men tallied a total of 28 points, while the women finished with 21. Host Minnesota State won both the men's and women's titles, totaling 225 points on the men's side and 216 on the women's side.

One of Concordia's top highlights on day two came in the women's 1,000-meter run, where senior Nyadio Chan earned All-NSIC honors with a second-place finish and claimed eight team points for the Bears. Chan broke her own school record in the event for the second straight day and the third time this season, clocking a time of 2:56.95 to best her Friday time of 2:57.14. It marks the first career indoor All-NSIC honor for Chan, who previously earned All-NSIC honors as a part of the CSP outdoor 4x400-meter relay squad in 2024.

Junior Mehlayna Straub also brought home All-NSIC honors in the women's pentathlon, finishing in third place with a personal best score of 3,612 points. Her converted score of 3,633 points is an NCAA provisional qualifying mark that ranks 18^th in Division II this season. Straub had strong showings all around in the heptathlon, winning the high jump and placing second in the long jump, third in the 800-meter, fourth in the 60-meter hurdles, and fifth in the shot put. Straub has now earned All-NSIC honors twice in her career, as she also finished second in the heptathlon at the 2025 NSIC Outdoor Championships.

Senior Maya Lavendusky was the only other point scorer for the Golden Bear women on Saturday, nabbing two points in the shot put after finishing in seventh place with a mark of 42' 9.75".

For the Concordia men, freshman Fadel Johnson Jr. was the highest point scorer on Saturday, grabbing four points in the triple jump after finishing in fifth place. Johnson cleared an NCAA provisional qualifying distance of 47' 8.5" and ranks 41^st in Division II with his distance of 48' 5.5" set earlier this season.

CSP junior Will Hugo notched an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the heptathlon, logging a personal best score of 4,751 points to finish sixth and earn three points for the Bears. Hugo wrapped up the heptathlon with a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles, an eighth-place finish in the 1,000-meter, and a 13^th-place finish in the pole vault and ranks 46^th in Division II with a converted score of 4,776 points.  

Freshman Jayden Kuhlman rounded out the individual point scorers for CSP, securing two points with a seventh-place finish in the 600-meter. Kulhman clocked a time of 1:22.74 in Saturday's finals, and set a personal record in Friday's preliminaries with a time of 1:21.74.

Concordia's final three points came via a sixth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay. The squad consisted of Kuhlman, Zay Acosta, Cordell Birden, and John Schmitz, and clocked a time of 3:22.55.

The Golden Bears will now await the release of meet participants for the 2026 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Tuesday, March 3. The Championships are scheduled to be held on March 13 and 14 in Virginia Beach, Va.
 
RESULTS
Men's Top 10 Finishes (Friday and Saturday)
* = All-NSIC
600m
Jayden Kuhlman – 1:22.08, 7th (+2 points)

Long Jump
Cam Mata – 23'10.75", 4th (+5 points)
Fadel Johnson Jr. – 22'10.5", 6th (+3 points)

Shot Put
Cade Feist – 52'3.75", 9th
Dan Otto – 52'2.5", 10th

Triple Jump
Fadel Johnson Jr. – 47'8.5", 5th (+4 points)

Weight Throw
*Carter Krummen – 60'1.75", 3rd (+6 points)
Dan Otto – 57'7.75", 7th (+2 points)

4x400m Relay
Jayden Kuhlman, Zay Acosta, Cordell Birden, and John Schmitz – 3:22.55, 6th (+3 points)

Heptathlon
Will Hugo – 4751 points, 6th (+3 points)
 
Women's Top 10 Finishes (Friday and Saturday)
* = All-NSIC
1000m
*Nyadio Chan – 2:56.95, 2nd (+8 points)

High Jump
Desiree Loyd – 5'5.25", 6th (+3 points)

Shot Put
Maya Lavendusky – 42'9.75", 7th (+2 points)

Weight Throw
Bernie Barnhardt – 54'8.25", 7th (+2 points)

4000m Distance Medley
Karlina Zimmerman, Nyadio Chan, Ella Frieling, and Jaidynn Dietel – 12:45.48, 9^th

Pentathlon
*Mehlayna Straub – 3,612 points, 3rd (+6 points)