HELENA, Mont. – Carroll (Mont.) and Bismarck State (N.D.) were the recipients to the second edition of the 2026 Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes-of-the-Week awards, announced by the conference office Tuesday.
Men's Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week: Nathan Mathern
Mathern, a junior from Bismarck, N.D., was chosen as the Track Athlete-of-the-Week.
Mathern ran the fastest 400-meters of his career at the Dave Coppock Yellowjacket Open for Bismarck State (N.D.). He finished first and broke his own school record with an altitude-adjusted 46.43 seconds, which is the NAIA 'A' automatic qualifying time. He currently ranks second in the NAIA and would rank 29th among all collegiate sprinters (NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA combined).
Mathern was also a member of the 4 x 400-meter relay team that also finished first with a time of 3:14.93. The relay narrowly missed the NAIA 'B' provisional qualifying time by three-tenths after the altitude-adjustment brought their time to 3:15.37, ranking sixth in the NAIA currently.
This is Mathern's first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Men's Outdoor Track & Field weekly honor.
He and the team will be back in action next weekend as they head to Fargo, N.D., on Friday and Saturday, April 9 & 10, to compete in the NDSU Spring Classic. The two-day meet hosted by North Dakota State will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday with the hammer throw, and continue at 11 a.m. Saturday with the remaining track and field events. See the
meet schedule and
information.
The team was originally scheduled to compete this weekend at the Al Bortke Open & Multi at the MDU Resources Community Bowl, but inclement weather forecast for Bismarck has forced that meet to be canceled.
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