WAUWATOSA, WIS.- The Concordia Chicago (CUC) men's track and field team raced in the final day of the 2026 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships, highlighting continued momentum across the events. The Cougars finished sixth out of 11 teams, scoring 54 points. Kamren Hannah (El Paso, Texas) was also named the NACC Freshman of the Meet.
 
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• Matthew Cardwell (Cincinnati, Ohio) took fourth in the decathlon with a score of 4,972. Today's half of the events were highlighted by a fifth place finish in the 1500m with a time of 5:11.32, a fourth place finish in the 110m hurdles with a time of 17.66, a sixth place finish in the pole vault with a personal best height of 3.20m, and a fifth place finish in the discus throw with a personal best mark of 26.42m.
• Brandon Montford (Fairburn, Ga.) recorded a throw of 13.54m, earning sixth place in the shot put.
• With a leap of 6.38m, Korey Randle (East Moline, Ill.) took sixth place in the long jump.
• Vincent Scarnato (Pottstown, Pa.), Austin Knight (Forest Park, Ill.), Julian Switzer (Lake in the Hills, Ill.), and Hannah competed in the 4x100m for the Cougars, placing third place with a time of 42.27.
• Scarnato finished seventh in the 400m with a finish time of 50.64.
• Hannah raced in the 100m, placing fourth with a time of 11.04. He also finished sixth in the 200m with a time of 22.20, which is a personal record.
• Shortly after, Knight finished seventh in the 100m with a time of 11.05 and raced in the 200m, placing fourth with a time of 21.99.
• Jamel Goins (Columbus, Ohio) shined in the 400m hurdles with a recorded time of 57.71, taking third place.
• The Cougars 4x400m of Gael Arroyo (Cicero, Ill.), Scarnato, Hannah and Knight earned second place with a time of 3:23.14.

 
COUGAR PERSONAL RECORDS

• Kyle Knutsen (Sterling, Ill.), who competed in the decathlon set a personal best mark of 28.51m in the javelin throw and a personal best time of 22.57 in the 110m hurdles.
• Four Cougars set personal records in the 1500m Gael Arroyo (Cicero, Ill.) ran a 4:11.98, Kam Jackson (Chicago, Ill.) ran a 4:31.02, Cosby Lux (Landgrove, Vt.) ran a 4:31.72, and Dominic Carlson (Loves Park, Ill.) ran a 4:35.54.
• Elias Likens (Richland, Mich.) threw a personal best in the hammer throw, with a mark of 33.86m.
• Jonah Winkelman (Plano, Ill.) new personal best in the long jump is 5.84m.

 
WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars will compete next at the University of St. Francis Fighting Chance Invite in Joliet, Ill. on May 8th and 9th at 11:00 AM. Coverage for all things CUC track and field can be found at cucougars.com/coverage.