Wilmore, KY – On a beautiful day on the campus of Asbury University, six events went final in the NCCAA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championship. 11 teams totaled 10 or more points through the first six events, with Grace College leading the way at 25 points overall. The NCCAA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Championship will conclude tomorrow with events beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET. For more information on the 2026 NCCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, visit the link here. 
 
Track Highlights:

• Women’s track events opened in the late afternoon with the 100-meter hurdle prelims. Tanique Taylor of Bethel University earned the top time to qualify for tomorrow’s final, tying an NCCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championship 20^th best time of 14.46 seconds. Bethel University and Crown College would earn four of the eight qualifying spots to highlight the action. 
• In the 100-meter dash prelims Bethel University saw the top finisher again, as Nicanta Smith finished with a new personal best time of 12.20 seconds. Just as they did in the hurdles, Bethel saw two qualifiers in the event with Grace Constable taking fourth with a time of 12.47 seconds. 
• Crown College continued their dominance in the 4x800 meter relay, defending their 2026 NCCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championship with a time of 9:25.22 in the outdoor event. The quartet of Callie Dufault, Lindsey Morrison, Ella Dufault, and Ruth Brueckner would be the athletes to secure the national championship. Malone University would take second after leading much of the race and Asbury took third to earn the final NCCAA All-American spots. 
• The 200-meter prelims saw Arion Jefferson of Columbia International University record the fastest time with a personal best of 25.31 seconds. Nicanta Smith of Bethel University would finish third to earn her second qualification of the day, advancing to the finals in both the 100-meter and 200-meter. 
• The final event of the night was the women’s 10,000-meter race that saw just four runners in competition. Leading from the opening gun all the way to the finish line was Olivia Szmania of Malone University. Szmania finished with a time of 40:24.04 to earn the title in the event. 

 
Field Highlights:

• The field events opened with two flights of the women’s discus. Coral Curry of Columbia International University won the first flight with a personal best of 36.47 meters. Katie Moore of Alice Lloyd College set a new school record to finish second in the flight with a mark of 35.42 meters. Both would qualify for the finals. 
• Katy Soucek of York University highlighted the second flight of the women’s discus with a booming mark of 46.07 meters. The mark moved her to ninth all-time at the NCCAA Outdoor Women’s Track & Field National Championship and gave her the best throw going into the finals. Soucek’s 46.07-meter throw would remain the top mark through the finals, earning her the women’s discus title to give York their first 10 points as a team. Mia Gray of Wayland Baptist University and Aliya McClanahan of Sterling College rounded out the NCCAA All-American top three spots in the event. 
• Top-seeded Belle Barnett out of Sterling College would highlight the women’s high jump final only missing on one attempt through 1.62 meters to be the last athlete standing to earn the national title. Barnett would then attempt 1.68 meters to try and crack the top 10 in NCCAA National Championship history, but she was unable to clear. Sophie Rupp out of Grace College would earn second with a clearance of 1.57 meters on her first attempt, and Cristina Laudan of Central Christian College of Kansas took third clearing 1.57 meters on her second attempt. 
• The final field event of the day on the women’s side was long jump. Madison Kacevicius of Greenville University on her first jump of flight two would record the mark that would hold the lead for most of the event. Nathaniela King of Wayland Baptist University on her final jump of the finals would surpass Kacevicius with a personal best mark of 5.65 meters to steal the national championship. Kacevicius of Greenville would take second with a mark of 5.59 meters on her last jump and Faith Yancey of Ohio Christian University took third with a jump of 5.22 meters. 

 
Heptathlon Highlights:

• Day two of the heptathlon opened with Makayla Neal of Grace College advancing her overall lead with a first-place finish in the long jump. Neal fell just short of a personal best and was the lone athlete to hit five meters with a jump of 5.19m. Neal gained 612 points in the event to move her first-place total to 2996 points. 
• Morgan Wood of College of the Ozarks won her third event of the women’s heptathlon, recording a 27.65-meter throw on her first attempt. The mark gave her 432 points to move her to just over 100 points away from first overall headed into the final event of the 800-meter. The Grace College duo of Molly Hofmann and Makayla Neal finished second and third respectively in the javelin to stay in the top four of the overall standings. 
• Morgan Wood would close out the heptathlon for College of the Ozarks with one of her stronger events, earning a personal best of 2:24.78 in the 800-meter run. The time would be her fourth individual victory of the heptathlon, and more importantly move her past Makayla Neal of Grace College to secure the 2026 NCCAA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Heptathlon National Championship. Wood totaled 4065 points to win the event. Makayla Neal of Grace College finished second with 3831 points and Michaela Oglesby of Columbia International University finished third with 3616 points to round out the three All-American positions. 

 
About the NCCAA
Established in 1968, the National Christian College Athletic Association uses intercollegiate athletics to further the Great Commission and is committed to equipping student-athletes and coaches to make a positive impact for Christ. The NCCAA currently holds 23 national championship events, along with one national invitational for 88 member schools across 28 states and two Canadian provinces. For more information on the NCCAA, visit our website, thenccaa.org, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter/X, and Instagram at @thenccaa.