The Event: 

• the Dordt University women's track and field team will make its outdoor season debut at the two-day Wildcat Classic this weekend in Wayne, Neb.
• the two-day competition will take place at the LeRoy Simpson Track on the campus of Wayne State College
• just two events, javelin and hammer, will take place on Friday, March 27 beginning at 1pm
• the majority of the meet is on Saturday, March 28 with field events at 11am and running events at 1pm

How to Follow / Important Links:

• Live Results | courtesy of Dakota Timing
• Schedule of Events (Final)
• Heat Sheets | Flight Sheets

• this is the first weekend of competition for the Defenders during the outdoor season
• the outdoor season is made up of five weeks of the regular season where the Defenders have scheduled seven meets, leading up to the conference championship in week six
• this year's GPAC Outdoor Championship will be on May 1-2 and hosted by Midland University in Fremont, Neb.
• following a "last chance qualifier" in Vermillion, S.D. on May 8, the Defenders, who qualify, will compete at the 2026 NAIA Outdoor Championships
• this year's outdoor championship will be in Asheville, N.C.

Returning GPAC Champions (from 2025 Outdoor season):

• Corinne Braun - 1500m
• Courtney Joiner - 10,000m
• 4x400 Relay (Lindsay Grau, Kaitlyn Wercinski, Kailee Altena, Shelby Buwalda)

Returning All-Conference (from 2025 Outdoor season): 

• Kaitlyn Wercinski - 400m (4th)
• Shelby Buwalda - 400m (6th)
• Kaitlyn Wercinski - 400m Hurdles (3rd)
• Lydia Herman - 400m Hurdles (6th)
• Arielle DeYoung - 800m (4th)
• Corinne Braun - 1500m (1st)
• Olivia Hoogland - 1500m (6th)
• Addy Crow - Steeplechase (3rd)
• Jada Koerner - Steeplechase (4th)
• Isabella Webb - 5000m (2nd)
• Hannah Thong - 5000m (3rd)
• Courtney Joiner - 5000m (4th)
• Courtney Joiner - 10,000m (1st)
• Hannah Thong - 10,000m (2nd)
• Makenna Walhof - Discus (2nd)
• Fran Travis - Discus (4th)
• Maren Hettinga - Hammer (6th)
• Makenna Walhof - Hammer (7th)
• Ada Smies - High Jump (7th)
• Fran Travis - Shot Put (6th)
• 4x400 Relay (1st) - Grau, Wercinski, Altena, Buwalda
• 4x800 Relay (3rd) - DeYoung, Hoogland, Hursh, Davis

• Addy Crow - Steeplechase (6th)
• Makenna Walhof - Discus (5th)
• 4x800 Relay - 3rd place (Buwalda, Braun)

• 100m - Kailee Altena: 12.28
• 200m - Kailee Altena: 24.92
• 400m - Shelby Buwalda: 57.56
• 800m - Corinne Braun: 2:14
• 1500m - Corinne Braun: 4:40
• 5000m - Isabella Webb: 17:46
• 10,000m - Courtney Joiner: 38:43
• 100m Hurdles - Jenny Lumkes: 16.97
• 400m Hurdles - Kaitlyn Wercinski: 1:03
• Steeplechase - Addy Crow: 10:59
• High Jump - Ada Smies: 1.60m
• Pole Vault - n/a
• Long Jump - Jenna Balt: 5.06m
• Triple Jump - n/a
• Shot Put - Fran Travis: 13.25m
• Discus - Makenna Walhof: 48.59m
• Hammer - Makenna Walhof: 50.65m
• Javelin - Ava Ingwersen: 24.50m
• Heptathlon: Jenny Lumkes: 3,509pts
• 4x100 Relay: 48.78 (Dekkers, Altena, Vander Kooy)
• 4x400 Relay: 3:51 (Grau, Altena, Wercinski, Buwalda)
• 4x800 Relay: 9:02 (Buwalda, Braun)