WAVERLY, Iowa -- Former Wartburg College track & field and cross country standouts Christopher Collet and Lance Sobaski have qualified for the 2026 Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships and will compete in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase on July 23-26 at Icahn Stadium in New York City.

Collet and Sobaski are scheduled to race in the first round of the 3,000-meter steeplechase at approximately 7:12 p.m. (EST) on Thursday, July 23. Athletes advancing from the preliminary round will return for the championship final at approximately 4:15 p.m. (EST) on Saturday, July 25.

The duo enters the national championships following historic performances at the Portland Track Festival on June 21. Sobaski clocked a time of 8:37.25, the second-fastest performance on the Division III All-Dates list and becoming just the fifth Division III athlete to break the 8:40 barrier in the event. Collet followed closely behind with a time of 8:38.46, giving Wartburg two of the five fastest performances in Division III history.

Collet captured the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor national title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, becoming the first and only national champion in program history in the event. Collet also earned a national runner-up finishes in 2021 and 2023. Sobaski recorded the highest NCAA Championship finish of his career this past season, placing second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Collet (8:38.46) edges Sobaski (8:40.85) on Wartburg's all-time list in the event.
 
A full schedule events can be found HERE.
 
Coverage of the Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships will air across NBC, NBCSN, Peacock and USATF.tv, with the final two days broadcast live on NBC (WNBC in the New York City market).
 
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Thursday, July 23
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET – Peacock*, USATF.tv*
4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. ET – USATF.tv*

Friday, July 24
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET – Peacock*, USATF.tv*
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET – USATF.tv*
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET – Peacock*, NBCSN
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. ET – USATF.tv*

Saturday, July 25
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET – Peacock*, USATF.tv*
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET – NBC, Peacock*

Sunday, July 26
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET – USATF.tv*
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET – NBC, Peacock*
*Subscription required.

In addition to the primary broadcast windows, USATF.tv will provide dedicated live streams of every field event throughout the championships.
 
The championships mark the first U.S. outdoor track and field national meet in New York since 1991 while celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first U.S. national track and field championships, first held in the Bronx in 1876.

For the second consecutive year, the event will feature both the USATF Outdoor Championships and USATF Para National Championships in a fully integrated competition. The championships are organized locally by non-profit organizations Central Park Track Club, USATF New York and New York Road Runners, in partnership with the Randall's Island Park Alliance and USA Track & Field.
Over four days of competition, America's top runners, jumpers and throwers will battle for national titles before packed grandstands and a nationwide television audience.