The Dordt University women's track and field team turned in 36 all-conference performances at the 2026 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Heedum Field in Fremont, Neb.

• GPAC Outdoor Results | PDF
• GPAC Press Release | 

The Defenders finished the 2026 championship as the runner-up in the team standings with 194 points, placing among the top three for the sixth consecutive year. They have finished among the top five for 13 straight outdoor championships.

Among those 36 all-conference performances, the Defenders won six GPAC titles; 1 field event, 1 relay and four in an individual event on the track.

GPAC Champions (6):

• Makenna Walhof - Hammer
• Jeni Burtis - 10,000m
• Corinne Braun - 1500m
• Shelby Buwalda - 800m
• Joy Koole - 5000m
• 4x800 Relay - Arielle DeYoung, Olivia Hoogland, Elizabeth Hoogland, Corinne Braun

Dordt athletes earned all-conference honors in multiple individual events (6):

• Fran Travis - Shot Put, Discus, Hammer
• Addy Liston - 800m, 1500m
• Jeni Burtis - 5000m, 10,000m
• Jessica Opfer - 5000m, 10,000m
• Hannah Thong - 5000m, 10,000m
• Makenna Walhof - Discus, Hammer

Dordt runners earned all-conference honors in an individual event(s) and one relay (8):

• Anna Heynen (400m, 4x100)
• Kailee Altena (200m, 4x100)
• Ada Dekkers (400m, 4x100, 4x400)
• Jenna Balt (Long Jump, 4x100)
• Kaitlyn Wercinski (400m Hurdles, 4x400)
• Shelby Buwalda (800m, 4x400)
• Arielle DeYoung (800m, 4x800)
• Corinne Braun (1500m, 4x800)

All-Conference Athletes / Event / Place / Past Event History Listed Below (Outdoor Season only) (36):

• 200m (1):
  • Kailee Altena - 7th (2x)
    • 2024 - 5th
• 400m (3):
  • Anna Heynen - 3rd
  • Ada Dekkers - 6th
  • Ayda Den Herder - 8th
• 400m Hurdles (3):
  • Kaitlyn Wercinski - 2nd (2x)
    • 2025 - 3rd
  • Faith Minderhoud - 7th
  • Karly Champness - 8th
• 800m (3):
  • Shelby Buwalda - 1st (2x)
    • 2024 - 2nd
  • Addy Liston - 5th
  • Arielle DeYoung - 8th (2x)
    • 2025 - 8th
• 1500m (2):
  • Corinne Braun - 1st (2x)
    • 2025 - Champion
  • Addy Liston - 3rd
• Steeplechase (4):
  • Macy Marshall - 2nd
  • Jada Koerner - 4th (3x)
    • 2025 - 4th
    • 2024 - 3rd
  • Addy Crow - 5th (2x)
    • 2025 - 3rd
  • Elyse Zwart - 6th
• 5000m (5):
  • Joy Koole - 1st
  • Jeni Burtis - 3rd
  • Isabella Webb - 4th (3x)
    • 2025 - 2nd
    • 2024 - 4th
  • Hannah Thong - 5th (2x)
    • 2025 - 3rd
  • Jessica Opfer - 6th
• 10,000m (4):
  • Jeni Burtis - 1st
  • Jessica Opfer - 2nd (2x)
    • 2024 - 2nd
  • Hannah Thong - 3rd (2x)
    • 2025 - 2nd
  • Courtney Joiner - 5th (2x)
    • 2025 - Champion
• Discus (2):
  • Fran Travis - 2nd (2x)
    • 2025 - 4th
  • Makenna Walhof - 3rd (2x)
    • 2025 - 2nd
• Hammer (2):
  • Makenna Walhof - 1st (3x)
    • 2025 - 7th
    • 2024 - 7th
  • Fran Travis - 2nd
• High Jump (1):
  • Ada Smies - 5th (2x)
    • 2025 - 7th
• Long Jump (1):
  • Jenna Balt - 6th
• Shot Put (1):
  • Fran Travis - 8th (2x)
    • 2025 - 6th
• Heptathlon (1):
  • Jenny Lumkes - 7th
• 4x100 Relay - 3rd: (Heynen, Dekkers, Altena, Balt)
• 4x400 Relay - 3rd:  (Wercinski, Noteboom, Dekkers, Buwalda)
• 4x800 Relay - 1st:  (DeYoung, Hoogland, Hoogland, Braun)