KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Oklahoma City’s Wes Madden went 2-0 at the Oklahoma City Duals on Nov. 7 to earn the NAIA Men’s Wrestler of the Week honor at 174 pounds. The sophomore from Edmond, Okla., opened the day with a 10-1 major decision over NCAA Division II’s No. 7-ranked Jeremiah Halter of Drury. He […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Ariana Martinez of Life (Ga.) went 6-0 at 124 pounds, recording five falls and one technical fall across the Eagle Madness Duals and Eagle Madness Open to fuel her national recognition. The Slayton, Ore., native recorded six falls and one technical fall over the two-day competition. She opened with a pair […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Emma Nibbelink of Aquinas (Mich.) captured the NAIA Women’s Swimming & Diving weekly recognition after achieving a strong performance at the Kalamazoo College Dual. Nibbelink posted a pair of NAIA A standards on the boards. The junior opened the meet scoring a 198.89 on the three-meter board to earn the win. […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A quartet of wins leads to Elijah Holliman of Milligan (Tenn.) capturing the NAIA Men’s Swimmer of the Week honor. Over the course of two duals, Holliman clipped the NAIA provisional cut en route to four first-place finishes. In the Inauguration Day Dual, Holliman collected a pair of wins, highlighted by […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The first regular-season Gared NAIA Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll sees a lot of movement as only two teams remained the same rank as the preseason poll. Bethel (Tenn.) Bethel (Tenn.) has opened the season with an impressive 4-0 record, averaging 78 points per game while steadily improving on the […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After the first three weeks of the season with a plethora of exciting men’s basketball played, Oklahoma Wesleyan emerges at the top of the first regular season Gared-NAIA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Top 25 with 14 first-place votes and a 6-0 record. Indiana Wesleyan climbed three spots to No. 2 this week […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The field is set for the 2026 NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championship in Vancouver, Wash., with 36 NAIA Women’s Cross Country programs preparing to compete for the Red Banner. The women’s 6K championship race is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. PT. Defending national champion Taylor (Ind.) returns to the field after […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The 2026 NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship will bring 36 qualifying teams and 75 individual qualifiers to Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 20. The men’s 8K championship race is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. PT. Indiana Wesleyan returns to defend its national championship after capturing the program’s first men’s cross country Red […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Top-ranked Dordt (Iowa) continued to solidify its position atop the NAIA Women’s Cross Country Top 25 Ratings, collecting 15 of the 16 first-place votes and 465 points. The Defenders remain the team to beat as they hold off a strong challenge from College of Idaho, which earned the remaining first-place vote […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Top-ranked Cumberlands (Ky.) continued to strengthen its hold on the No. 1 position in the NAIA Men’s Cross Country Top 25, earning 560 points to remain comfortably ahead of second-ranked Madonna (Mich.), which collected 542 points. The biggest storyline near the top of the poll came from The Master’s (Calif.) and […]
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