Nine individuals and a pair of relay squads will represent the Central College men’s and women’s track and field programs at the 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship this weekend.

The Dutch women will send the distance medley relay team for the fourth year in a row. Maddy Stevens, Olivia Phillips, Kyra Cordes, and Peyton Steffen qualified this year as the ninth-fastest group in the country. The women’s 4×400-meter relay team will make its first appearance since 2024, as Alivia Roerdink, Kennedy Petersen, Emily McMartin, and Ava Parkins are the #7 qualifiers. Individually, Olivia Bohlen comes in fourth in the pentathlon, while Steffen has the #9 mark in the 3,000-meters and Parkins has the #19 mark in the 400-meter dash.

Six Dutch men qualified as individuals. Kale Hobart, Gage Huyser, and Gavin Smith all made the entry list in the heptathlon. Hobart is #3, Huyser is #7 and Smith is #16. Jack Brown qualified second in the mile, Gunner Meyer qualified fourth in the 60-meter hurdles and Kale Purcell qualified eighth in the triple jump.

The national meet will be held in Birmingham, Alabama on Friday and Saturday.

Central College NCAA Championships Schedule of Events:
Friday, March 13 (times are EST)
10 a.m. – men’s heptathlon (60 meters)
10:20 a.m. – women’s pentathlon (60-meter hurdles)
10:40 a.m. – men’s heptathlon (long jump)
11:20 a.m. – women’s pentathlon (high jump)
12:30 p.m. – men’s heptathlon (shot put)
1:05 p.m. – women’s pentathlon (shot put)
1:45 p.m. – men’s 60-meter hurdles (prelims)
2:50 p.m. – men’s mile (prelims)
2:35 p.m. – women’s pentathlon (long jump)
3 p.m. – men’s heptathlon (high jump)
3:05 p.m. – women’s 400-meter dash (prelims)
4:20 p.m. – women’s pentathlon (800 meters)
5:30 p.m. – women’s 4×400 relay (prelims)
6:10 p.m. – women’s distance medley relay

Saturday, March 14
10 a.m. – men’s heptathlon (60-meter hurdles)
10:40 a.m. – men’s 60-meter hurdles (prelims)
10:50 a.m. – men’s heptathlon (pole vault)
11 a.m. – men’s triple jump
2 p.m. – men’s heptathlon (1000 meters)
4:10 p.m. – men’s mile (finals)
4:25 p.m. – women’s 400-meter dash (finals)
5:35 p.m. – women’s 3,000-meter run
6:20 p.m. – women’s 400-meter dash (finals)