Cooper, Jordan Highlight Performances at Red Raider Open
Orange City, IA -- Faith Track & Field competed a day earlier than expected, but that would not slow down their efforts as the Eagles saw one more nationals qualifier and two more school records go down
Cade Cooper and Austin Jordan set a couple of lifetime records while jumping their way to more history on Friday.
Jordan tied his personal best to start the day, jumping 6.54m in the long jump. Cooper followed that with a personal best and new school record at 6.74m. That record would hold for less than 30 minutes, as in his sixth and final attempt of the day, Austin Jordan set a new personal/school record and entered the NCCAA top 5 with a leap nearly 23' long (6.97m). Jordan and Cooper placed 2nd/3rd respectively in the event.
Cade Cooper followed up his long jump performance with a new program record and an event win in the triple jump. With the previous record standing at 11.69m set by Andy Hecker in 2024, Cooper broke that by over a meter in both of his marks on Friday (12.55m, 12.76m).
Katie Costello (100m dash) and Sierra Pearson (100m hurdles) each made it out of the prelims in their events, as Costello finished 6th overal and Pearson finished 5th overall in the finals.
Several other Eagles athletes competed at the Red Raider Classic as they work their way towards the qualifying standards, or fine tune their performace as Nationals approaches.
Full team results can be found >here<
Up Next: Faith Track & Field competes close to home this Friday, April 24th as they head to the Viking Classic hosted by Grandview University! Event information will be posted as it becomes available.
2026 Nationals Qualifiers
Cade Cooper: Long Jump (3/28, Central Invitational), Triple Jump (4/17, Red Raider Open
Austin Jordan: Long Jump (3/28, Central Invitational)
Carlie Blevins: 5000m run (3/28, Central Invitational), 1500m run (4/4, Cornell Invitational)
Codie Wirges: Triple Jump (4/11, Dick Young Invitational)
Annika Bauer: 400m Hurdles (4/11, Dick Young Invitational)
2026 Event Wins
Men's Long Jump: Cade Cooper (4/4, Cornell Invitational)
Women's Triple Jump: Codie Wirges (4/4, Cornell Invitational)
Women's 5000m Run: Carlie Blevins (4/11, Dick Young Invitational)
Men's Triple Jump: Cade Cooper (4/17, Red Raider Open)
