2025 NCAA III Championship Website

La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's track and field team is set to compete at the 2025 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Outdoor Championships Thursday-Saturday, May 22-24 at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. The North Coast Athletic Conference and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission are hosting the championships.. Events start Thursday at 11:30 a.m. (EST), Friday at 10:00 a.m. (EST) and Saturday at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 

EAGLE HISTORY AT THE NCAA III INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

• UWL has won an NCAA Division III record 16 outdoor titles.
• UWL has finished in the top-four 29 times and in the top 10 in 33 championships. 
• UWL has crowned an NCAA Division III record 54 individual outdoor champions.
• UWL is coming off winning the NCAA III Outdoor Championships in 2024. At the 2024 NCAA III Outdoor Championships, UWL won with a team score of 76.0 points while UW-Oshkosh finished second with 48 points while Rowan (NJ) and Bethel (Minn.) tied for third with 43 points and Wartburg College was fifth (34 points). 

EAGLES AT THE 2025 NCAA III INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hear from Head Coach Josh Buchholtz Preview NCAA III Championships

    FIELD EVENTS

• High Jump - After finishing 14th at the 2023 Outdoor championships, Nathan Andringa will look to score points for the Eagles in the high jump. Andringa qualified with a mark of 6-9.
• Pole Vault -Andrew Tumminaro and Caleb Moore will both compete in the pole vault for the Eagles. Tumminaro earned his first NCAA Outdoor All-America honor with an eighth place (16-2 1/2) at the 2024 Championships and qualified for this years championships with a height of 16-2 1/2. This will be Moore's first appearance at the Outdoor Championships as he qualified with a mark of 16-2 1/2). 
• Long Jump - Triton Schmidt will be making his second trip to the Outdoor Championships after finishing 15th in 2024. Schmidt qualified this year with a jump of 23-9 3/4. 
• Triple Jump - UWL will be represented in the triple jump by William Cady and Gabe Olsen. This is the second year in a row that Cady will compete at the Outdoor Championships after earning NCAA All-America honors with a seventh place finish in 2024. Cady qualifying mark this year is 48-9. This will be Olsen's first appearance as he qualified with a jump of  48-8 3/4.
• Shot Put - Ben Youngworth will look to earn his second NCAA All-America honor in the shot put after finishing fourth in 2024 with a throw of 56=2 3/4. Youngworth qualified for this years championships with a throw of 54-8 3/4. 

    TRACK EVENTS   

• 100-meter dash -  Sam Blaskowski will look to win his fourth consecutive national championship in the 100-meter dash after winning in 2022, 2023, and 2024. He comes in with the NCAA III all-time record in the 100 (10.05) which he set May 14 at the UWL Final Qualifier. 
• 200-meter dash - Blaskowski will look to defend his 2024 Outdoor Championship in the 200-meter dash and earn his second NCAA All-America honor in the event. He qualified for this years championships with the second fastest time in NCAA III history, 20.33. 
• 400-meter run - Chase Doornink and Collin Conzemius both qualified in the 400-meter run. Doornink qualified with the third fastest time (46.39) this season while Conzemius qualified 10th (46.96). 
• 800-meter run - Like Blaskowski, Cael Schoemann will look to defend his national title in the 800-meter run. Schoemann won the title last year with a school record time of 1:48.65. He comes into this years championships with the third fastest qualifying time (1:49.11) this season. 
• 1500-meter run - Freshman Nash Merklein qualified for the 1500-meter run with a time of 3:47.31. 
• 5000 meter run - .Three Eagles will represent UWL in the 5,000-meter run as Adam Loenser, Grant Matthai and Aidan Matthai have all qualified. Grant Matthai will look to improve on his seventh place finish from a season ago when he ran a time of 14"19.03 while Loesner was 11th (14:26.86). Grant Matthai is seeded third (13:56.79) while Aidan Matthai has the eighth fastest time this season (14:06.00) and Loesner 14th (14:09.47). 
• 10000 meter run - Grant Matthai (28:53.93) and Aidan Matthai (29:01.80) have the two fastest qualifying times in the 10000-meter run this season. 
• 110-meter hurdles -  Lukas Johnson will be making his first appearance at the NCAA III Championships as he qualified for the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.13. 
• 400-meter hurdles - Dirk Lueck will be making his second consecutive appearance at the championships with a qualifying time of 52.66 in the 400-meter hurdles. Finn Patenaude will join Lueck as he qualified with a time of 52.04. 
• 3000-meter Steeplechase - UWL will have five runners in the 3000 meter steeplechase including Joey Sullivan who has the second fastest time this season (8:49.74). Qualifying with the fourth fastest time this season is Loesner with a time of 8:50.99. Also qualifying was Jayden Zywicki (8:52.88), Charles Vater (8:54.13) and Mason Brown (8:59.06). 
• 4x100 meter relay - The 4x100 relay team of Ryder Smith, Blaskowski, Evan Maurud and Lyndon Hemmrich-Hartman just broke the NCAA III national record with a time of 39.53. The 4x100 relay team will be looking to win their third consecutive title after winning the event in 2023 and 2024. 
• 4x400 meter Relay -  After finishing second at last years championships, the 4x400 relay team of Andrew Hackbarth, Tyler Backes, Jacob Hohmann and Devin Williams comes into this years championships with the second fastest qualifying time of 3:08.10.