NEW ORLEANS, La. - The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has announced its 2026 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Year. Carroll College sophomore Carson Krack was named the National Men's Field Athlete of the Year for the 2026 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field season.

Krack, who hails from Whitefish, Montana, won the decathlon at the 2026 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a score of 7522 points in leading a 1-2 finish in the event for the Saints (Tucker Monaco - 7167).

The score of 7522 was just four points off his seasonal best of 7526 at the Bryan Clay Multi's in Azusa, Calif. earlier this season, the highest score in the NAIA since 2001.

Krack earned Frontier Conference MVP and Field Athlete of the Meet honors at the Frontier Conference Championships, winning the decathlon, 400-meter hurdles and long jump and placing in the 110m hurdles (second), 400m (third) and high jump (third).

While Krack is now the second Fighting Saint to win the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Decathlon in the last five years (Lee Walburn - 2021, 2022), he is the first Carroll student-athlete to earn the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Year award, which dates back to 2017.