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CUI Track & Field Sending A Record Five Qualifiers To NCAA D2 Championships!
Story Links IRVINE, Calif. – On Tuesday, a record five Concordia University Irvine track and field athletes were officially selected as national qualifiers for the upcoming NCAA DII Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This is by far the most individuals to earn this opportunity from CUI in the NCAA D2 era. […]
IRVINE, Calif. – On Tuesday, a record five Concordia University Irvine track and field athletes were officially selected as national qualifiers for the upcoming NCAA DII Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
This is by far the most individuals to earn this opportunity from CUI in the NCAA D2 era.
The National meet will take place in Pueblo, Colorado from Thursday, May 22 to Saturday, May 24 at the ThunderBowl and is hosted by Colorado State Pueblo University.
A two-time Second Team All-American, Dylan Fox gets to compete for a third time on the national stage. Fox is a three-time PacWest Champion in the long jump and will look to fly in the air to new heights in Pueblo. An Irvine High School alum, Fox finished 10th in his signature event last May and placed 11th overall in 2023. Fox was also just recognized as the 2025 Male Athlete of the Year at the annual CUI Senior Legacy Award Banquet.
Indoor All-American and PacWest Conference long jump champion Jasmyn Crawford also qualified for nationals in the long jump. The Bonita, Calif. native heads to Pueblo seeking to become an All-American on the outdoor track just a couple months after becoming Concordia’s first female to be an Indoor Track & Field First Team All-American. A few weeks ago, at the 2025 CUI Senior Legacy Banquet, Crawford was named Concordia’s 2025 Female Athlete of the Year. The Christian High School alum is also the first woman in school history at Whittier College to be an All-American after finishing fourth in the 100 meter dash at the 2023 NCAA D3 nationals.
Jori Paradis is also heading back to the NCAA Championships after finishing 15th overall a year ago in the 1500 meter race. In back-to-back weekends, Paradis set the CUI school record in the 1500 last Saturday in Azusa. The Silverton, Oregon native bested her previous school record in that event from just a week prior by a whopping 2.4 seconds.
Riley Norris just set the school record with her third place finish in the heptathlon over the weekend at the Franson Last Chance Meet. In fact, Norris broke own her mark to rewrite the record books and jump into the Top 18 in points across all of NCAA DII. Her total of 5,086 points catapulted her into the Top 13 in the nation for the heptathlon. The Villa Park High School alum from Orange also finished a strong second in the heptathlon at the PacWest Championships.
Costa Mesa High School alum Tayla Crenshaw put together an outstanding season with the Concordia throwers, especially in the discus. Crenshaw was rewarded with an opportunity to join her teammates in this select group after tossing the discus 48.36 meters at the Titan Tune-Up this past Friday. The former UCI thrower also finished second in that event at the PacWest Championships.
Overall, the Concordia track and field programs had a combined 24 provisional marks in contention to go to nationals. There were 10 on the men’s side and 14 from the women’s team, and together that was six more than last year’s combined 18 National provisional marks.
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Good luck to the Golden Eagles as they head to Colorado to cap off a historic season!
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