EMPORIA, Kan. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association had quite the showing at the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Emporia State University May 21-23. The MIAA totaled eight individual national champions, 12 national runner-up finishes, 78 First Team All-America performances, and was the only Division II conference to have three men’s teams and four women’s teams place in the top ten, led by the men’s and women’s national runner-up, Pittsburg State University.
 
Sixteen teams (eight men’s teams, eight women’s teams) represented the MIAA at the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. Of the 146 MIAA student-athletes (76 men, 70 women) who competed in a combined 162 events (152 individual events, 10 relay events), the league collected 71 individual First Team All-America performances and seven First Team All-America relay team finishes.
 
Of the 36 total events of the 2026 NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Outdoor National Championships, there were only five events that didn’t have an MIAA athlete place in the top eight.
 
Pittsburg State men, the four-time defending Division II outdoor champion, finished second overall with 61 team points, just five points behind the new outdoor national champion, Grand Valley State University. Missouri Southern men finished third with 45 points, followed by Northwest Missouri in sixth with 38 points — the Bearcats’ best finish in men’s program history.
 
The Gorilla women just missed the 2025-26 indoor and outdoor sweep by only 0.8 points. Pitt State entered the championship’s final event (4x400 meter relay) with a 4.2-point lead over West Texas A&M University. The Buffs relay squad won the 4x400 title to outscore the Gorillas by five points and claim the national championship. Pitt State’s national runner-up finish is the women’s third consecutive top-three finish at the outdoor national championships (2nd in 2026, 3rd in 2025, 1st in 2024).
 
Missouri Southern also finished third on the women’s side for the program’s best-ever finish at the outdoor national championships. The Lion women tied for third place with 40 points and secured the program’s first-ever NCAA team trophy. Northwest Missouri women also earned their top finish in program history, placing sixth overall with 35 points for the Bearcats’ first-ever top 10 finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Emporia State, the host of the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, had top 50 finishes on both the men’s and women’s sides for the first time since 2013. All MIAA team placings and point totals from the outdoor national championships are listed below.
 
The MIAA collected 71 individual and seven relay First Team All-America performances, with all 16 MIAA teams ending the championships with at least one First Team All-America finish. Individual and relay team placings of first through eighth at the national championship meet are automatically awarded First Team All-America honors.
 
The Gorillas led the league with 24 First Team All-America finishes (12 men’s, 12 women’s), followed by Northwest Missouri with 17 total (nine men’s, eight women’s), Missouri Southern with 12 (eight men’s, four women’s) and Central Missouri with seven (six women’s, one men’s). Washburn totaled six First Team All-America performances (four women’s, two men’s), Nebraska Kearney collected five (three men’s, two women’s), Fort Hays State finished with four (three women’s, one men’s), and Emporia State walked away with three (two men’s, one women’s).
 
Nineteen MIAA athletes (ten women, nine men) collected two First Team All-America finishes, with one student-athlete earning All-America honors in three different events. Northwest Missouri’s Kennedi Cline placed third individually in the women’s 400-meter relay (52.98), helped the Bearcats’ 4x100-meter relay team place fourth (45.15), and was part of the Bearcats’ runner-up finish in the 4x400-meter relay.
 
Of the league’s 71 individual First Team All-America performances, nine of them were crowned 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Individual National Champions:
    - Melanie Roland, Northwest Missouri – Women’s 400 Meters (52.25)
    - Blakelee Winn, Pittsburg State – Women’s Long Jump (6.33 meters)
    - Lily Novacek, Nebraska Kearney – Women’s Hammer Throw (64.41 meters)
    - Nolan Studley, Nebraska Kearney – Men’s High Jump (2.19 meters)
    - Adrianne Casey, Missouri Southern – Women’s Javelin (52.71 meters / 172-11)
    - Breanne Peters, Pittsburg State – Women’s Pole Vault (4.25 meters)
    - Cedric Pearson, Missouri Southern – Men’s Shot Put (18.85 meters / 61-10.25)
    - Dailynn VanDeren, Missouri Southern – Women’s Shot Put (16.93 meters / 55-6.5)

The MIAA also had 10 individual 2026 Outdoor National Runners-Up and and two national runner-up relay teams:
    - Blakelee Winn, Pittsburg State – Women's Heptathlon (5898 points)
    - Leo Chauchard, Pittsburg State – Men's Decathlon (7492 points)
    - Grizell Scarlett, Central Missouri – Women's 100 Meters (11.33) & Women's 200 Meters (23.25)
    - Aziz Mohammed, Northwest Missouri – Men's 1500 Meters (3:49.71)
    - Zyra Shivers, Pittsburg State – Women's 100 Meter Hurdles (13.25)
    - Jamale Williams, Missouri Southern – Men's Discus Throw (58.75 meters / 192-9)
    - Luke Brachle, Nebraska Kearney – Men's High Jump (2.19 meters / 7-2.25)
    - Grayson Smith, Pittsburg State – Men's Pole Vault (5.46 meters / 17-11)
    - Keilee Johnson, Missouri Southern – Women's Javelin Throw (52.39, meters / 171-10)
    - Pittsburg State Men's 4x400 Meter Relay Team (3:05.40)
    - Northwest Missouri Women's 4x400 Meter Relay Team (3:35.21) 
 
Below are the final MIAA team scores and all 78 First Team All-America performances from the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. To view the final results from the 2026 outdoor national championship, visit results.leonetiming.com.   
 
   
 
WOMEN’S HEPTATHLON
2nd Place – Blakelee Winn, Pittsburg State (5898 points)
5th Place – Payton Phillips, Pittsburg State (5352 points)
6th Place – Naiuari Rigo-Krein, Washburn (5275 points)
7th Place – Kristen Jones, Central Missouri (5271 points)
 
MEN’S DECATHLON
2nd Place – Leo Chauchard, Pittsburg State (7492 points)
6th Place – Matthew Maimstrom, Pittsburg State (7075 points)
 
MEN’S 100 METERS
4th Place – Ilias Garcia, Pittsburg State (10.21)
 
WOMEN’S 100 METERS
2nd Place – Grizell Scarlett, Central Missouri (11.33)
 
WOMEN’S 200 METERS
2nd Place – Grizell Scarlett, Central Missouri (23.25)
4th Place – Stella Agbokpah, Emporia State (23.62)
 
MEN’S 400 METERS
4th Place – Truman Hare, Northwest Missouri (45.86)
8th Place – Caden Williams, Pittsburg State (46.96)
 
WOMEN’S 400 METERS
1st Place – Melanie Roland, Northwest Missouri (52.25)
3rd Place – Kennedi Cline, Northwest Missouri (52.98)
 
MEN’S 800 METERS
3rd Place – Riley Witt, Northwest Missouri (1:47.84)
7th Place – Maxime Touron, Northwest Missouri (1:53.63)
 
WOMEN’S 800 METERS
8th Place – Lexie Fontaine, Washburn (2:15.52)
 
MEN’S 1500 METERS
2nd Place – Aziz Mohammed, Northwest Missouri (3:49.71)
3rd Place – Dylan Sprecker, Pittsburg State (3:49.80)
8th Place – Maxime Touron, Northwest Missouri (3:50.45)
 
WOMEN’S 1500 METERS
6th Place – Lexie Fontaine, Washburn (4:21.87)
8th Place – Kassidy Stuckey, Nebraska Kearney (4:22.70)
 
MEN’S 5000 METERS
5th Place – Drew Atkins, Northwest Missouri (14:09.33)
 
MEN’S 10,000 METERS
4th Place – Drew Atkins, Northwest Missouri (29:28.19)
 
WOMEN’S 10,000 METERS
4th Place – Emily (Diercks) McCullough (34:27.57)
 
MEN’S 100 METER HURDLES
4th Place – Nolan Vancauwemberghe, Central Missouri (13.97)
 
WOMEN’S 100 METER HURDLES
2nd Place – Zyra Shivers, Pittsburg State (13.25)
6th Place – Kayvon Nubine, Pittsburg State (13.53)
 
MEN’S 400 METER HURDLES
4th Place – Phillip Jefferson, Missouri Southern (51.19)
5th Place – Jake Muller, Washburn (52.02)
6th Place – Danny Jantzen, Northwest Missouri (55.27)
 
WOMEN’S 3000 METER STEEPLECHASE
3rd Place – Kiki Witt, Northwest Missouri (10:17.74)
 
MEN’S 4x100 METER RELAY
3rd Place – Pittsburg State (39.66)
Griouard Weddington, Braylon Thompson, Logan Davis, Ilias Garcia
 
WOMEN’S 4x100 METER RELAY
4th Place – Northwest Missouri (45.15)
Krysta Abel, Kennedi Cline, Jaurdin Mallory, Hallie Henfling
7th Place – Pittsburg State (45.78)
Isabel Abdouch, Kiara Brown, Kinleigh Hall, Mikah Edwards
 
MEN’S 4x400 METER RELAY
2nd Place – Pittsburg State (3:05.40)
Woyn Chatman, Nate Watson, Logan Davis, Caden Williams
5th Place – Northwest Missouri (3:06.92)
Danny Jantzen, Logan Arellano, Christian Lanphier, Truman Hare
 
WOMEN’S 4x400 METER RELAY
2nd Place – Northwest Missouri (3:35.21)
Jadyn Barnes, Kennedi Cline, Marie Dea, Melanie Roland
4th Place – Pittsburg State (3:35.86)
Nikole Cozort, Isabel Abdouch, Kinleigh Hall, Mikah Edwards
 
MEN’S HIGH JUMP
1st Place – Nolan Studley, Nebraska Kearney (2.19 meters / 7-2.25)
2nd Place – Luke Brachle, Nebraska Kearney (2.19 meters / 7-2.25)
5th Place – Xavier Byers, Pittsburg State (2.13 meters / 6-11.75)
 
WOMEN’S HIGH JUMP
3rd Place – Jazmine Williamson, Pittsburg State (1.75 meters / 5-8.75)
4th Place – Katie Linenberger, Fort Hays State (1.72 meters / 5-7.75)
8th Place – Bethany Umbarger, Pittsburg State (1.67 meters / 5-5.75)
 
MEN’S POLE VAULT
2nd Place – Grayson Smith, Pittsburg State (5.46 meters / 17-11)
8th Place – Josiah Ball, Fort Hays State (5.26 meters / 17-3)
 
WOMEN’S POLE VAULT
1st Place – Breanne Peters, Pittsburg State (4.25 meters / 13-11.25)
3rd Place – Annabeth Baalmann, Fort Hays State (4.15 meters / 13-7.25)
5th Place – Isabella Peters, Pittsburg State (4.15 meters / 13-7.25)
6th Place – Cannon Booker, Pittsburg State (4.05 meters / 13-3.5)
 
MEN’S TRIPLE JUMP
3rd Place – Justin Forde, Washburn (15.94 meters / 52-3.75)
6th Place – Isaiah Webster, Pittsburg State (15.76 meters / 51-8.5)
 
WOMEN’S LONG JUMP
1st Place – Blakelee Winn, Pittsburg State (6.33 meters / 20-9.25)
6th Place – Mellanie Neudinger Nellmer, Washburn (6.06 meters / 19-10.75)
 
MEN’S SHOT PUT
1st Place – Cedric Pearson, Missouri Southern (18.85 meters / 61-10.25)
4th Place – Jamale Williams, Missouri Southern (18.55 meters / 60-10.5)
5th Place – Drake Stapleton, Pittsburg State (18.50 meters / 60-8.5)
6th Place – Connor Deters, Emporia State (18.42 meters / 60-5.25)
 
WOMEN’S SHOT PUT
1st Place – Dailynn VanDeren, Missouri Southern (16.93 meters / 55-6.5)
6th Place – Briar Gillum, Missouri Southern (15.40 meters / 50-6.25)
 
MEN’S DISCUS THROW
2nd Place – Jamale Williams, Missouri Southern (58.75 meters / 192-9)
5th Place – Cedric Pearson, Missouri Southern (54.75 meters / 179-7)
8th Place – Gabe Ford, Missouri Southern (53.58 meters / 175-9)
 
WOMEN’S DISCUS THROW
7th Place – Allysa Mahone, Missouri Southern (49.36 meters / 161-11)
 
MEN’S HAMMER THROW
4th Place – Jake Haukap, Pittsburg State (67.71 meters / 222-1)
 
WOMEN’S HAMMER THROW
1st Place – Lily Novacek, Nebraska Kearney (64.41 meters / 211-4)
7th Place – Dailynn VanDeren, Missouri Southern (57.11 meters / 187-4)
 
MEN’S JAVELIN THROW
3rd Place – Manuel Campana, Missouri Southern (71.38 meters / 234-2)
4th Place – Rylan Basart, Nebraska Kearney (70.35 meters / 230-9)
6th Place – Garrett Strange, Missouri Southern (69.68 meters / 228-7)
7th Place – Brooks Lowe, Emporia State (69.01 meters / 226-5)
 
WOMEN’S JAVELIN THROW
1st Place – Adrianne Casey, Missouri Southern (52.71 meters / 172-11)
2nd Place – Keilee Johnson, Missouri Southern (52.39, meters / 171-10)
4th Place – Mary Moore, Missouri Southern (50.39 meters / 165-4)
6th Place – Karsyn Kanzler, Central Missouri (49.25 meters / 161-7)
7th Place – Addison Throckmorton, Central Missouri (48.85 meters / 160-3)
8th Place – Ally Fox, Central Missouri (46.98 meters / 154-1)