PITTSBURG, Kan. – The Pittsburg State University men’s track and field program won its sixth consecutive indoor title at the 2026 MIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by the Gorillas over the weekend in Pittsburg.
 
MIAA track and field teams filled the Gorillas’ Robert W. Plaster Center February 28-March 1 for the 2026 Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championships. The three-day event crowned 16 individual MIAA champions, two MIAA champion relay teams and two indoor record-breaking performances.
 
The Gorillas posted 225 points – the highest point total in MIAA indoor championship history – to beat MIAA runner-up Northwest Missouri by 110 points. The Bearcats finished the meet with 115 points, while third-place Missouri Southern totaled 88.5 points.
 
Pitt State established a new point total record for a fourth straight year after compiling 208.5 points at the 2023 MIAA Indoor Championships in Pittsburg, 212 points at the 2024 MIAA Indoor Championships in Topeka, and a record-breaking 218.5 points at last season’s 2025 MIAA Indoor Championships in Maryville, Mo.
 
The Gorillas walked away with 21 All-MIAA performances, eight individual champions, and swept the championship’s relay races, winning both the 4x400 meter relay and distance medley relay. Both the Bearcats and the Lions totaled seven All-MIAA performances, which included three individual champions for Missouri Southern.
 
Two MIAA indoor championship records were broken this weekend in Pittsburg. Pitt State’s Ilias Garcia set a new indoor meet record in the men’s 60 meters with a winning time of 6.59. His teammate Caden Williams was responsible for the other broken record, winning the men’s 400-meter race in 46.24.
Pitt State’s Dylan Sprecker took home MIAA High Point Award honors from the meet by securing 22.5 points. In addition to his two individual event wins in the mile run and 3000-meter run, he also helped Pitt State's distance medley relay to a win Saturday evening.

The final team scores and a list of all the All-MIAA performances from the 2026 MIAA Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championship are below. To receive All-MIAA recognition, competitors had to place in the event’s top three.
 
NCAA Division II indoor national qualifiers will be announced on Tuesday, March 3. The 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championships are March 13-14 at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va. For more information about the Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championship, visit NCAA.com.
 

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60 METER DASH
1ST     Ilias Garcia, Pittsburg State — 6.59*
2ND     Dominic Sedlacek, Northwest Missouri — 6.63
3RD     Griouard Weddington, Pittsburg State — 6.66
* MIAA Indoor Meet Record

200 METER DASH
1ST     Griouard Weddington, Pittsburg State — 21.04
2ND     Braylon Thompson, Pittsburg State — 21.15
3RD      Ezekiel Seamster, Emporia State — 21.29

400 METER DASH
1ST     Caden Williams, Pittsburg State — 46.24*
2ND     Nate Watson, Pittsburg State — 46.29
3RD     Logan Davis, Pittsburg State — 46.55
* MIAA Indoor Meet Record

600 YARD RUN
1ST     William Seitz, Pittsburg State — 1:09.97
2ND     Josh Fraker, Northwest Missouri — 1:09.99
3RD     Jake Muller, Washburn — 1:10.39

800 METER RUN
1ST     Conner Wells, Nebraska Kearney — 1:50.28
2ND     Riley Witt, Northwest Missouri — 1:50.29
3RD     Christian Lanphier, Northwest Missouri — 1:51.25

MILE RUN
1ST     Dylan Sprecker, Pittsburg State — 4:10.09
2ND     Chase Sorrell, Missouri Southern — 4:11.03
3RD     Aziz Mohammed, Northwest Missouri — 4:11.03

3000 METER RUN
1ST     Dylan Sprecker, Pittsburg State — 8:18.39
2ND     Cooper Palmer, Central Missouri — 8:20.09
3RD     Jaden Deaton, Missouri Southern — 8:20.53

5000 METER RUN
1ST     Nick Abdalla, Nebraska Kearney — 14:30.22
2ND     Cooper Palmer, Central Missouri — 14:30.37
3RD     Donald Kibet, Washburn — 14:31.71

60 METER HURDLES
1ST     Nolan Vancauwemberghe, Central Missouri — 7.70
2ND     Frank Sparks, Northwest Missouri — 7.77
3RD     Tyrone Jackson, Pittsburg State — 7.85

4X400 METER RELAY
1ST     Pittsburg State — 3:07.53*
Amar Williams, Logan Davis, Caden Williams, Nate Watson
2ND     Emporia State — 3:12.91
Braden Lipgens, Alden Mollerus, Andrew Holton, Emmanuel Dukpe
3RD     Central Missouri — 3:13.30
Yunus Altinay, Kye Mason, Jensen Schrickel, Rawley Chard

DISTANCE MEDLEY
1ST     Pittsburg State — 9:46.49
Jordan Kilonzo, Kevar Williams, Eli Gilmore, Dylan Sprecker
2ND     Missouri Southern — 9:47.70
Kelton Sorrell, Rylan Wilson, Miguel Solano, Chase Sorrell
3RD     Northwest Missouri — 9:54.22
Grayson Tapp, Dylan Masters, Jack Williams, Barnabe Gabillet

HIGH JUMP
1ST     Luke Brachle, Nebraska Kearney — 2.16 meters (7-1)
2ND     Xavier Byers, Pittsburg State — 2.13 meters (6-11.75)
3RD     Zach Proctor, Central Missouri — 2.13 meters (6-11.75)

POLE VAULT
1ST     Grayson Smith, Pittsburg State — 5.24 meters (17-2.25)
2ND     Braylon Brown, Pittsburg State — 5.24 meters (17-2.25)
3RD     Adam Wooldridge, Washburn — 5.14 meters (16-10.25)

LONG JUMP
1ST     Ayden Walton, Missouri Southern — 7.32 meters (24-0.25)
2ND     Clayton Kelly, Nebraska Kearney — 7.29 meters (23-11)
3RD     Isaiah Webster, Pittsburg State — 7.28 meters (23-10.5)

TRIPLE JUMP
1ST     Justin Forde, Washburn — 16.01 meters (52-6.25)
2ND     Johnetheon Lockett, Pittsburg State — 15.12 meters (49-7.25)
3RD     Clayton Kelly, Nebraska Kearney — 15.01 meters (49-3)

SHOT PUT
1ST     Cedric Pearson, Missouri Southern — 18.80 meters (61-8.25)
2ND     Drake Stapleton, Pittsburg State — 18.29 meters (60-0)
3RD     Jamale Williams, Missouri Southern — 18.10 meters (59-4.50)
 
WEIGHT THROW
1ST     Gabe Ford, Missouri Southern — 20.73 meters (68-0)
2ND     Jack Haukap, Pittsburg State — 20.69 meters (67-11)
3RD     Landon Mason, Central Missouri — 20.43 meters (67-0)

PENTATHLON
1ST     Leo Chauchard, Pittsburg State — 5347
2ND     Luke Grace, Emporia State — 5146
3RD     Drew McGilton, Washburn — 5096