Two more Central College track and field athletes are coming home from the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships with All-American recognition after the meet’s final day of action on Saturday.

Gunner Meyer qualified for Saturday’s men’s 110-meter hurdles final in fifth place and was running well through eight of the 10 hurdles before taking a fall on the final hurdle. His time of 15.52 seconds was the slowest of nine runners in the final, but after protesting the results, it was revealed that the runner in the lane next to Meyer crossed the line and clipped his hurdle, disqualifying that runner and pushing Meyer to an eighth-place finish and a spot on the podium.

Men’s triple jumper Kale Purcell finished in 11th with a mark of 48 feet, 1.25 inches. A loaded field saw seven jumpers clear 49 feet, after only six did it all season. Purcell still earned second team All-American honors. In her second event and third race of the weekend, Peyton Steffen was 19th in the women’s 5,000 meters in 17 minutes, 14.21 seconds.

In the team standings, the Dutch men tied for 26th and the women shared 52nd place. It was the men’s best finish since 2019, when they finished tied for 24th.