EMPORIA, Kan. – Pittsburg State swept the team titles at the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, becoming the first Division II institution to win both men’s and women’s titles at the event since 2008.
 
Emporia State University hosted the 2024 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 23-25 in the Hornets’  Welch Stadium on the Witten Track in Emporia, Kan.  
 
The MIAA totaled nine individual national champions and one national championship relay team at the national championships. The league also finished with 60 individual First Team All-America performances (31 men and 29 women) and nine First Team All-America Relay Teams (five men’s, four women’s). MIAA men recorded top-eight finishes in all but two of the championship’s events while the MIAA women collected top-eight finishes in all but five events.
 
The Gorilla women captured the national title after finishing as the national runner-up at the 2024 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships in March while the Gorilla men claimed their third straight outdoor title. The men also captured the NCAA Division II Indoor national title in March. Pittsburg State become the first Division II institution to claim women's and men's outdoor titles in the same season since Abilene Christian University in 2008.
 
The 2024 championships marked the fourth time Emporia State’s Welch Stadium has hosted outdoor nationals. There were seven NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship meet records and 22 facility records set during the three days of competition. The NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships return to Emporia, Kan. in 2026.
 
A list of the MIAA’s national champions and All-Americans are listed below. To view the championship’s final results and find more information on the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, visit NCAA.com.
 
MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Pittsburg State totaled 78 points to capture the program’s third consecutive outdoor title. Seventy-eight points is the most Pitt State has totaled at the national stage and the championship’s highest team point total since 2016 (St. Augustine, 85 points). The Gorillas men compiled points in 10 different disciplines while securing four individual national champions. West Texas A&M University finished as the national runner-up for a second straight year with 64 team points.
 
Missouri Southern men totaled 42 points to secure their highest outdoor finish in program history at fourth place, topping their record-setting fifth-place finish in the 2023 national championships. Central Missouri men finished 12th with 20 points, followed by Washburn in 14th with 18.5 points and Northwest Missouri in 15th with 17.5 team points. Nebraska Kearney (22nd, 11 points), Lincoln (34th, 6 points) and Fort Hays State (59th, 1.5 points) also placed in the championship’s top 60.
 
The MIAA men finished with 31 individual First Team All-America selections and five First Team All-America relay teams. The men also captured six individual national champion crowns and one national championship relay team:
 
Hunter Jones, Pittsburg State – Men’s Decathlon (7898 points)
Dapriest Hogans, Pittsburg State – Men’s 200-Meter (20.38)
Wes Ferguson, Nebraska Kearney, Men’s 8-00 Meter (1:47.84)
Daylin Williams, Pittsburg State – Men’s 110-Meter Hurdles (13.52)
Tre Betts, Pittsburg State – Men’s Triple Jump (15.99 meters)
Peyton Barton, Missouri Southern – Men’s Hammer Throw (68.71 meters)
Northwest Missouri – Men’s 4x400-Meter Relay (3:06.41)
Prince Griffin, Gavyn Monday, Logan Arellano, Truman Hare
 
WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP
Pittsburg State women claimed the program’s second all-time Division II outdoor national championship title and first since 2016. The Gorillas totaled 100 points across 12 different disciplines, marking the national championship’s highest point total since 2005 (Lincoln, 108 points). Adams State University finished as the national runner-up with a distant 72 points.
 
Northwest Missouri totaled 22 team points to finish 11th, followed by Lincoln in a tie for 13th with 19 total points. Missouri Southern placed 20th with 12 points, followed by Washburn in a tie for 23rd with 10 points and Central Missouri tied 34th with six points.
 
The MIAA women finished with 29 individual First Team All-America selections and four First Team All-America relay teams. The women also captured three individual national champion crowns:
 
Tiffany Hughey, Northwest Missouri – Women’s 400-Meter (52.03)
Auna Childress, Pittsburg State – Women’s Triple Jump (13.26 meters)
Olivia Vanderweide, Pittsburg State – Women’s Javelin Throw (51.93 meters)
 
MIAA TOTALED SIXTY 2024 NCAA DIVISION II OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICANS: 
MEN’S DECATHLON
1ST PLACE (7898) – Hunter Jones, Pittsburg State

WOMEN’S HEPTATHLON
2ND PLACE (5697) – Blakelee Winn, Pittsburg State
6TH PLACE (5410) – Mattie Flanagan, Pittsburg State
7TH PLACE (5395) – Naiuri Krein, Washburn
8TH PLACE (5354) – Kayla Goodwin, Central Missouri
 
MEN’S 4X100 METER RELAY
2ND PLACE (39.43) – Central Missouri
Ariel Kerr, Brockton McLaughlin, Rawley Chard, Antonio Lay
3RD PLACE (39.70) – Northwest Missouri
Dominic Sedlacek, Joel Dos Santos, Gavyn Monday, Enrico Cavagna
5TH PLACE (39.89) – Pittsburg State
Braylon Thompson, Dapriest Hogans, Dakari Charlton, Xavier Carmichael
 
WOMEN’S 4X100 METER RELAY
2ND PLACE (44.27) – Pittsburg State
Blakelee Winn, Taniya Looney, Jamiya Morgan, Diandrenique Gaines
 
MEN’S 4X400 METER RELAY
1ST PLACE (3:06.41) – Northwest Missouri
Prince Griffin, Gavyn Monday, Logan Arellano, Truman Hare
2ND PLACE (3:06.45) – Pittsburg State
Woyn Chatman, Bailey Stone, Caden Williams, Sam Tudor
 
WOMEN’S 4X400 METER RELAY
2ND PLACE (3:33.23) – Northwest Missouri
Chloe Saenz, Luisarys Toledo, Kaylee Harp, Tiffany Hughey
3RD PLACE (3:34.35) – Lincoln
Shoneal Clarke-Giddings, Shevanae Thomas, Odeshia Nanton, Shantae George
6TH PLACE (3:42.62) – Pittsburg State
Jamiya Morgan, Kinleigh Hall, Yasmine Johnson, Mikah Edwards
 
MEN’S 100-METER
4TH PLACE (10.13) – Dapriest Hogans, Pittsburg State
 
WOMEN’S 100-METER
3RD PLACE (11.25) – Diandrenique Gaines, Pittsburg State
 
MEN’S 200-METER
1ST PLACE (20.38) – Dapriest Hogans, Pittsburg State
 
WOMEN’S 200-METER
4TH PLACE (23.04) – Diandrenique Gaines, Pittsburg State
 
MEN’S 400-METER
8TH PLACE (48.31) – Sam Tudor, Pittsburg State
 
WOMEN’S 400-METER
1ST PLACE (52.03) – Tiffany Hughey, Northwest Missouri
 
MEN’S 800-METER
1ST PLACE (1:47.84) – Wes Ferguson, Nebraska Kearney
 
WOMEN’S 800-METER
5TH PLACE (2:10.28) – Kate Dawson, Pittsburg State
 
MEN’S 1500-METER
4TH PLACE (3:54.76) – Mason Strader, Pittsburg State
5TH PLACE (3:55.01) – Dylan Sprecker, Pittsburg State
 
MEN’S 110-METER HURDLES
1ST PLACE (13.52) – Daylin Williams, Pittsburg State
2ND PLACE (13.54) – Parker Wormek, Central Missouri
7TH PLACE (14.22) – Malachi Pipkin, Missouri Southern
 
MEN’S 400-METER HURDLES
3RD PLACE (50.65) – Sharim Hamilton, Lincoln
 
WOMEN’S 400-METER HURDLES
2ND PLACE (57.62) – Odeshia Nanton, Lincoln
4TH PLACE (59.46) – Maria Diamond, Lincoln
8TH PLACE (1:04.36) – Taylor Savolt, Fort Hays State
 
MEN’S 3000-METER STEEPLECHASE
8TH PLACE (8:51.13) – Grant Bradley, Fort Hays State
 
MEN’S HIGH JUMP
5TH PLACE (2.13 meters) – Evans Yamoah, Central Missouri
T7TH PLACE (2.08 meters) – Blake Morgan, Northwest Missouri
T7TH PLACE (2.08 meters) – Jordan Dale, Washburn  
 
WOMEN’S HIGH JUMP
2ND PLACE (1.74 meters) – Taylor Nelloms, Pittsburg State
6TH PLACE (1.71 meters) – Erica Schamel, Pittsburg State
7TH PLACE (1.71 meters) – Haleigh Hadley, Pittsburg State
 
MEN’S POLE VAULT
5TH PLACE (5.30 meters) – Bastien Franck, Missouri Southern
8TH PLACE (5.10 meters) – Jacob Clark, Fort Hays State
 
WOMEN’S POLE VAULT
2ND PLACE (4.40 meters) – Kyla Davis, Pittsburg State
3RD PLACE (4.20 meters) – Isabelle Peters, Pittsburg State
 
MEN’S LONG JUMP
4TH PLACE (7.75 meters) – Tre Betts, Fort Hays State
 
WOMEN’S LONG JUMP
4TH PLACE (6.18 meters) – Siby Yao, Pittsburg State
7TH PLACE (6.09 meters) – Taylor Nelloms, Pittsburg State
 
MEN’S TRIPLE JUMP
1ST PLACE (15.99 meters) – Tre Betts, Pittsburg State
3RD PLACE (15.84 meters) – Treyvon Ferguson, Pittsburg State
 
WOMEN’S TRIPLE JUMP
1ST PLACE (13.26 meters) – Auna Childress, Pittsburg State
2ND PLACE (13.06 meters) – Taylor Nelloms, Pittsburg State
4TH PLACE (12.63 meters) – Kayla Goodwin, Central Missouri
 
MEN’S SHOT PUT
3RD PLACE (18.57 meters) – Cedric Pearson, Missouri Southern
6TH PLACE (18.10 meters) – Gabe Ford, Missouri Southern
8TH PLACE (17.53 meters) – Justice Akinmoladun, Washburn
 
WOMEN’S SHOT PUT
2ND PLACE (16.21 meters) – Samariae Bonds, Missouri Southern
 
MEN’S DISCUS THROW
2ND PLACE (56.93 meters) – Braden Rose, Washburn
3RD PLACE (54.93 meters) – Peyton Barton, Missouri Southern
4TH PLACE (54.88 meters) – Cedric Pearson, Missouri Southern
5TH PLACE (54.40 meters) – Gabe Ford, Missouri Southern
 
WOMEN’S DISCUS THROW
2ND PLACE (52.14 meters) – Allyssa Mahone, Missouri Western
8TH PLACE (48.45 meters) – Kirsten Womack, Missouri Southern
 
MEN’S HAMMER THROW
1ST PLACE (68.71 meters) – Peyton Barton, Missouri Southern
2ND PLACE (66.55 meters) – Braden Rose, Washburn
 
WOMEN’S HAMMER THROW
2ND PLACE (58.70 meters) – Adriel Holloway, Washburn
7TH PLACE (55.99 meters) – Abby Lasiter, Pittsburg State
 
MEN’S JAVELIN THROW
7TH PLACE (66.46 meters) – Brendan Rozier, Missouri Southern
8TH PLACE (66.28 meters) – Rylan Basart, Nebraska Kearney
 
WOMEN’S JAVELIN THROW
1ST PLACE (51.93 meters) – Olivia Vanderweide, Pittsburg State
5TH PLACE (49.10 meters) – Luisarys Toledo, Northwest Missouri
6TH PLACE (48.09 meters) – Keilee Johnson, Missouri Southern