FLAGSTAFF, Az. (Dec 4, 2025) - Northern Arizona Track & Field opens its 2025–26 indoor season this weekend at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener in Boston, one of the nation's premier distance-running meets. Coming off a fall where the Lumberjacks once again proved themselves among the strongest cross country programs in the NCAA, NAU enters the indoor campaign with momentum, fitness, and four returning All-Americans lining up on Saturday.
The meet annually produces national-leading marks and early NCAA qualifiers, making it a fitting stage for the Lumberjacks' debut.
All four of NAU's 2025 cross country All-Americans, Colin Sahlman, Hayley Burns, Ava Mitchell and Agnes McTighe will open their indoor seasons in Boston, highlighting the program's intent to carry its fall fitness directly into the winter. After another deep postseason run, the group enters BU sharp, healthy, and positioned for strong early-season efforts, particularly in the elite 3k and 5k windows.
NAU opened the 2024–25 indoor season at this same meet with major success, including Ali Upshaw breaking both the NAU and Big Sky Conference records in the 5,000m, running 15:27.86, a 10-second personal best.David Mullarkey making a strong Lumberjack indoor debut at 13:38.27, nearly joining the program's all-time top 10. The Jacks look to build on that momentum this year with even more depth and national-caliber opportunities across the schedule.
RELEVANT MEET SCHEDULE
10:10 AM - Men's 400 (Johnson)
1:55 PM - Men's Open 3000 (Shively, Washburn)
Elite Window - 3:00 PM
• Women's Mile Invite
• Men's Mile Invite
• Women's 3k Invite
• Men's 3k Invite (Sahlman)
• Women's 5k Invite
• Men's 5k Invite
Women's 5K — 9 Heats (4:30 PM Start)
4:30 PM — W 5000 H1
~4:47 PM — W 5000 H2
~5:04 PM — W 5000 H3
~5:21 PM — W 5000 H4
~5:38 PM — W 5000 H5
~5:55 PM — W 5000 H6
~6:12 PM — W 5000 H7
~6:29 PM — W 5000 H8
~6:46 PM — W 5000 H9
Women's 5K Entries: Burns, Fenske, Godsey, McTighe, Mitchell, Moore K., Vaughn
Men's 5K — 9 Heats (7:10 PM Start)
7:10 PM — M 5000 H1
~7:25 PM — M 5000 H2
~7:40 PM — M 5000 H3
~7:55 PM — M 5000 H4
~8:10 PM — M 5000 H5
~8:25 PM — M 5000 H6
~8:40 PM — M 5000 H7
~8:55 PM — M 5000 H8
~9:10 PM — M 5000 H9
Men's 5K Entries: Ayele, Grotenhuis, Keyes, Munson, Nyoak
The Sharon Colyear-Danville meet is where the Jacks traditionally set the tone for the season, whether it's early NCAA marks, conference-leading times, or simply a strong fitness checkpoint coming off cross country. With elite fields across every distance, NAU will look to open the indoor campaign with the same sharpness and intent that powered them through the fall. The Jacks open the indoor year on one of the sport's fastest tracks. Boston awaits.
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