BOURBONNAIS, ILL.- The Concordia University Chicago (CUC) men's track and field began the 2025-2026 indoor season at Olivet Nazarene University, racing in the ONU Holiday Open. It was a great start to the season with many finishing top ten performances and personal bests.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- In his collegiate debut, Jonathan Knoebel (New Albany, Ind.) broke the school record and took fourth in the 600m with a time of 1:25.38.
- Two Cougars finished top five of the one mile run, Gael Arroyo (Cicero, Ill.) finished third with a new personal best of 4:41.93 and Dominic Carlson (Loves Park, Ill.) followed in fourth with a time of 4:42.07.
- Austin Knight (Forest Park, Ill.) ran a time of 22.95 in the 200m dash to finish third.
- Jordyn Boatman (Elmwood Park, Ill.) jumped 6.41m, finishing fourth for long jump. Right behind him, Julian Switzer (Lakes in the Hills, Ill.) finished fifth with a leap of 6.33m.
- In the 3000m, William Leonard (Oskaloosa, Iowa) finished fifth with a time of 10:10.72.
- Darius Strother (Joliet, Ill.) finished fourth in the high jump with a mark of 1.67m.
COUGARS PERSONAL RECORDS
- Matthew Cardwell (Cincinnati, Ohio) set a personal best in the 60mH with a time of 9.52, finishing eighth.
- In the 60m dash, Switzer finished sixth with a new personal best of 7.16.
- Knight set a personal best time of 7.16 in the 60m dash prelims, followed by an eighth-place finish in the finals.
- Jamel Goins (Columbus, Ohio) and Cameron Mitchell (Racine, Wis.) set new personal bests with times of 23.97 and 26.01 in the 200m.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars take a break for the holidays before they return to continue their indoor season. The next meet will be January 10th, 2026 at the Phoenix Invite, hosted by University of Chicago, in Chicago, Ill. Coverage for all things CUC track and field can be found at
cucougars.com/coverage.
