The Colorado College track and field teams will send three student-athletes to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships next week in La Crosse, Wis.
 
Seniors Alison Mueller-Hickler and Allison Barker will compete in the women's competition, while sophomore Oliver Smeal will represent the men's team at the national meet, May 21-23, at the Veteran's Memorial Field Sports Complex.
 
Mueller-Hickler will make her second consecutive appearance at the Division III Championships, while Barker and Smeal will compete for the first time.
 
"It is great for the program to have more first time qualifiers," head coach Katie Bretscher said. "Ollie has consistently thrown at a higher level this season. Allison Barker has gotten faster each week, and Alison Mueller-Hickler has had an outstanding senior year across all three running seasons." 
 
Mueller-Hickler earned second-team All-America honors last year with a 10^th-place finish in the 10K. She won her second SCAC 10K title earlier this spring and has the 10th-fastest time in Division III this season at 35:11.76 from the WashU Distance Classic. Mueller-Hickler will run the 10K at the national meet on Thursday, May 21, at 7:30 p.m. (CT).
 
Barker, meanwhile, ran a personal-best time of 4:29.53 in the 1500 on Wednesday at the Augustana Twilight Qualifier to qualify for the NCAA Championships. She will run the 1500 final on Saturday, May 23, at 1:25 p.m. (CT).
 
Smeal will compete in the javelin event on Saturday, May 23, at 11 a.m. (CT). He posted the 11^th-best throw in the country with a school-record toss of 209' 8" in Pueblo, Colo., on March 20, 2026.