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2025-26 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Nigel Steenwinkel

  • Event Combined Events
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Zoetermeer, Netherlands

Biography

Personal Bests Indoor Outdoor
60m 6.93* N/A
100m N/A 10.58*
400m 49.47 48.53*
1000m 2:47.68* N/A
1500m N/A 4:46.98
60m Hurdles 8.29* N/A
110m Hurdles N/A 14.71 (0.2)
400m Hurdles N/A 56.64*
High Jump 1.79m* 1.78m*
Pole Vault 4.82m 4.70m
Long Jump 6.49m 6.67m*
Shot Put 11.98m 12.18m
Discus N/A 39.87m*
Javelin N/A 48.03m*
Heptathlon 5193 N/A
Decathlon N/A 6951
*Denotes previous school
TFRRS Profile (for results & PRs)

Graduate (2025-26)
  • Indoor
    • Competed in seven events during the indoor season.
    • Placed second in the heptathlon with 5038 points and cleared 4.82m in the pole vault to set a personal best at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 27-28).
    • Placed fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.42m at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 27-28).
    • Placed third in the pole vault with a mark of 4.72m, placed fourth in the 60m with a time of 7.09, placed fourth in the 60H with a time of 8.40, placed fourth in the 1000m with a time of 2:48.15, and set a personal best with 5193 points in the heptathlon at the 2025 Liberty Kick Off (Dec. 4-5).
    • Placed second in the 60H with a time of 8.40 and was a leg on the 4x400 relay team that placed second with a time of 3:26.07 at the UNCA Collegiate Opener (Jan. 10).
    • Was a leg on the 4x400 relay team that placed fourth with a time of 3:16.75 at the Virginia Tech invitational (Jan. 16-17).
    • Placed second in the 400m with a time of 49.47 at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 23-24).
    • Placed fourth in the heptathlon with 5082 points at the Doc Hale Invitational (Feb. 6-7).
    • Placed second in the 60H with a time of 8.37 and set a personal best in the shot put with a mark of 12.18m at the ASICS Sound Invite (Feb. 14).

Senior (2024-25/Cumberlands)
Indoor: NAIA All-American... MSC Athlete of the Year... MSC First Team All-Conference... Competed at six meets in the heptathlon, long jump, pole vault, 60m hurdles, and 4x400m. Placed seventh in the heptathlon at NAIA Indoor Nationals. Finished first in the 60H and PV at the Mid-South Indoor Championship. 

Outdoor: NAIA All-American... Daktronics-NAIA Honors Scholar... MSC Second Team All-Conference... MSC Academic All-American... Competed at eight meets in the long jump, javelin, discus, pole vault, shot put, decathlon, 100m, 400m, 400m hurdles, and 110m hurdles. Placed fourth in the decathlon at NAIA Outdoor Nationals. Finished second in the 110H and PV at the Mid-South Outdoor Championship. 

Junior (2023-24/Cumberlands) 
Indoor: All-American (Heptathlon), NAIA Qualifier (PV), Second-Team All-Conference (PV) ... 
Competed in six meets in the heptathlon and pole vault. Placed third in the heptathlon at the NAIA Championships with a school record of 5123 points, winning the 60m dash with a 6.98 finish. Set a season best pole vault mark of 4.65m at the Centre Indoor Invitational for second. Finished second in the pole vault at the MSC Championships as well. 

Outdoor: All-American (Decathlon), First-Team All-Conference (Decathlon) ... Competed at six meets in the decathlon. Placed third at the NAIA National Championships behind a school record performance, scoring 6883 points. Won the 100m and pole vault decathlon events at nationals. Set a new long jump PR with a 6.29m leap for first place at the Cumberlands Early Spring Meet. Won the dec at the MSC Championships with 6435 points.