Track & Field Ready to Begin NAIA Outdoor Nationals

MARION, Ind. – The Mount Vernon Nazarene University men’s and women’s track & field team is set to compete in the 2025 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, hosted by Indiana Wesleyan University on May 21-23.

MVNU has eight student-athletes competing at the national level.

National Qualifiers and Schedule of Events

Evan Hodkinson – 1500m prelims (May 21 – 4:10 pm. Finals are on May 23 at 2:10 pm). Seeded 11^th with a B Standard time of 3:50.14.

Bryce Wiles – 200m prelims (May 21 – 5:35 pm. Finals are on May 23 at 4:20 pm). Seeded 30^th with a B Standard time of 21.13 seconds.

Simon Rohwer, Daron Porter, Hodkinson, Ryan Lehman – 4x800m relay prelims (May 21 – 6:50 pm. Finals are on May 22 at 6:30 pm). Seeded 16^th with a B Standard time of 7:39.29.

Mason Hendrickson – 3000m Steeplechase (May 21 – 7:55 pm. Finals are on May 23 at 1:20 pm). Seeded eighth with an NAIA A Standard time of 9:14.38.

Hodkinson – 800m prelims (May 22 – 2:50 pm. Finals are on May 23 at 4:00 pm). Seeded 10^th with an NAIA B Standard time of 1:50.58.

Wiles – 100m prelims (May 22 – 3:40 pm. Finals are on May 23 at 3:00 pm). Seeded 28^th with an NAIA B Standard time of 10.43 seconds.

Tyler Shipley – Pole Vault Finals (May 23 – 1:00 pm). Seeded fourth with an NAIA A Standard vault of 5.04m.

Lyssi Snouffer – High Jump Finals (May 23 – 2:00 pm). Seeded third with an NAIA A Standard jump of 1.76m.