Five Lumberjacks Qualify for NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships on Final Day of the West Preliminary Rounds

Final Results

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (May 31, 2025) –

Five more Northern Arizona track and field athletes punched their tickets to the NCAA Division I Outdoor National Track & Field Championships on the fourth and final day of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in College Station, Texas.
 
Maggi Congdon (1,500-meters), Karrie Baloga (3,000-meter steeplechase), LiNay Perry (400-meter hurdles), Ava Mitchell (5,000-meters) and Agnes McTighe (5,000-meters) all punched their tickets to Eugene.
 
The Lumberjacks also broke three school records in the process.
 
Congdon left no doubt in the 1,500-meters, easily winning the event with a season-best time of 4:05.73, which is also a facility record and ranks eighth all-time in NCAA history. She punched her ticket to Eugene for the second-straight year in the event.
 
Baloga placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a blazing time of 9:40.13 to punch her ticket to Eugene for the second-straight year. The sophomore breaks her own school record, setting a new personal best after winning her heat.
 
Perry put together the best 400-meter hurdle race of her life, breaking her own school record for the second time in 48 hours. She clocked 56.70 to auto qualify and finish second in her heat and fifth overall, making her first career individual appearance at the NCAA Championships. She is the first Lumberjack on the men’s or women’s side in NAU history to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter hurdles.
 
In the 5,000-meters, Ava Mitchell finished fifth in her heat to auto qualify to Eugene. She ran 16:00.58 to place 10^th overall. Agnes McTighe qualified by time, finishing 12^th in 16:01.83.
 
Maisie Grice placed 15^th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:08.72, followed by Hayley Burns in 10:16.86 to place 20th.
 
Also, in the 1,500-meters, Alex Carlson finished 16^th with a time of 4:15.13 and Keira Moore placed 19^th in 4:16.95.
 
Elise Stearns placed 19^th in the 5,000-meters in 16:19.13, followed by Emma Stutzman (22^nd, 16:24.43) and Moore (26^th, 16:25.99).
 
Today concluded action for NAU at the NCAA West Preliminary Round. The Lumberjacks will send nine athletes onto the NCAA Division I Championships from June 11-14 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. They will be represented by Trevor Hook (javelin), Drew Bosley (10k, 5k), David Mullarkey (10k, 5k), Colin Sahlman (1500m), Congdon (1500m), Baloga (3k steeplechase), Perry (400-meter hurdles), Mitchell (5k) and McTighe (5k).