PITTSBURG, Kan. – Pittsburg State University’s women’s track and field program claimed its third straight outdoor conference crown at the 2026 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with an 84.5 point lead. The Association awarded 19 individual MIAA champions, two champion relay teams, and 63 All-MIAA performances.
 
All 11 MIAA women’s track and field teams were in Pittsburg, Kan., this weekend for the Association’s annual outdoor track and field championships. Pittsburg State hosted the 2026 outdoor meet May 1-3 at the University’s brand-new Russ Jewett Outdoor Track & Field Complex.
 
The Gorilla women won their third consecutive outdoor championship with a team point total of 208. Missouri Southern was the women’s runner-up with 123.50 team points, followed by Northwest Missouri in third with 123 points, Central Missouri in fourth with 102 total points, and Washburn in fifth with 75.5 team points.
 
Pitt State totaled 19 All-MIAA performances and had five individual champions. Missouri Southern’s throwing squad highlighted the team’s runner-up showing. Nine of the Lions’ 11 All-MIAA performances were in the women’s throwing events, with three different Lions crowned individual champions of the shot put, discus and javelin. Northwest Missouri also totaled 11 All-MIAA performances and a league-leading six MIAA titles. Central Missouri Grizell Scarlett was part of three of the Jennies’ four total MIAA titles. The sprinter took home first-place honors in the women’s 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4x100-meter relay.

Missouri Southern thrower Briar Gillum was named the 2026 women's champinoship's High Point Award recipient. She earned 26 points for the Lions, capturing an individual title in discus and finished as the runner-up in both hammer throw and shot put. 
 
Four MIAA women’s outdoor meet records were broken in the 2026 championship:

• Missouri Southern’s Dailynn VanDeren broke a 24-year-old record in the women’s shot put with a MIAA champion distance of 17.34 meters (56-10.75). Emporia State’s Heather Leverington has held the league’s outdoor shot put record of 16.40 meters since the 2002 outdoor championship. VanDeren’s record-breaking mark leads the NCAA Division II outdoor performances list by .33 meters.
• Central Missouri’s Grizell Scarlett set the new women’s outdoor record in the 200-meter dash with a winning time of 23.04. The previous record of 23.06 was achieved by a trio of MIAA student-athletes, most recently by Pittsburg State’s Diandrenique Gaines at the 2025 outdoor championship.
• Northwest Missouri’s Kiki Witt set the new outdoor record in the women’s steeplechase with a winning time of 10:24.67. The MIAA women’s steeplechase record was previously 10:28.69, set by Witt’s former teammate, Caroline Cunningham, at the 2023 outdoor championships.
• Missouri Southern’s Keilee Johnson also set a new women’s outdoor throwing record. Johnson was crowned the MIAA champion in the javelin with a record-breaking throw of 54.70 meters (179-6). A former Lion, Elizabeth Pomatto, set the previous record of 52.57 meters at the 2021 outdoor championship.

 
Sixty-three All-MIAA honors were awarded at the 2026 women's outdoor championship with many student-athletes earning more than one All-MIAA recognition. To receive All-MIAA recognition, competitors had to place in the event’s top three. A complete list of the 63 All-MIAA outdoor women's track and field honors from all 21 women's events is listed below. 
 
To view the official results and find more information on the 2026 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, visit theMIAA.com/outdoorchampionships.
 
Pittsburg State men also won the 2026 MIAA Outdoor Championship to claim the program’s sixth straight outdoor title, while the Gorilla women have won the last three consecutive outdoor championships. Together, the Gorillas have swept the last six MIAA track and field championships — indoor and outdoor.
 
The 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships are May 21-23 in Emporia, Kansas, hosted by Emporia State University. The NCAA will release the full field of national qualifiers on May 12 on NCAA.com.

   
 
100 METER DASH
1ST     Grizell Scarlett, Central Missouri — 11.21
2ND     Stella Agbokpah, Emporia State — 11.56
3RD      Krysta Abel, Northwest Missouri — 11.56


200 METER DASH
1ST     Grizell Scarlett, Central Missouri — 23.04*
2ND     Stella Agbokpah, Emporia State — 23.17
3RD     Kiara Brown, Pittsburg State — 23.47
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record


400 METER DASH
1ST     Melanie Roland, Northwest Missouri — 52.15
2ND     Kennedi Cline, Northwest Missouri — 53.57
3RD     Mikah Edwards, Pittsburg State — 53.73
 

800 METER RUN
1ST     Marie Dea, Northwest Missouri — 2:10.89
2ND     Lexie Fontaine, Washburn — 2:11.27
3RD     Jadyn Barnes, Northwest Missouri — 2:12.33


1500 METER RUN
1ST     Lexie Fontaine, Washburn — 4:34.86
2ND     Marianna Bizon, Central Missouri — 4:35.36
3RD     Kassidy Stuckey, Nebraska Kearney — 4:35.81


5000 METER RUN
1ST     Kiki Witt, Northwest Missouri — 17:22.12
2ND     Lorna Rae Pierce, Pittsburg State — 17:25.93
3RD     Kyla Lochtefeld, Washburn — 17:29.95
 
 
10,000 METER RUN
1ST     Emily McCullough, Fort Hays State — 35:26.92
2ND     Abigail Burger, Nebraska Kearney — 35:37.68
3RD     Lilah Genel, Missouri Southern — 35:39.24


100 METER HURDLES
1ST     Zyra Shivers, Pittsburg State — 13.40
2ND     Kayvon Nubine, Pittsburg State — 13.54
3RD     Blakelee Winn, Pittsburg State — 13.70
 
 
400 METER HURDLES
1ST     Kendall Tietjen, Northwest Missouri — 1:00.14
2ND     Reba Mader, Fort Hays State — 1:00.88
3RD     Jakayla Morgan, Pittsburg State — 1:00.93
   
 
3000 METER STEEPLECHASE
1ST     Kiki Witt, Northwest Missouri — 10:24.67*
2ND     Ella Buhlke, Nebraska Kearney — 10:58.05
3RD     Mayson Hartley, Northwest Missouri — 11:05.92
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record
 
 
4X100 METER RELAY
1ST     Central Missouri — 44.74
            Anayla Waters, Chika Bekwunye, Emily Meeks, Grizell Scarlett
2ND     Northwest Missouri — 44.90
            Krysta Abel, Kennedi Cline, Jaurdin Mallory, Hallie Henfling
3RD     Pittsburg State — 45.27
            Isabel Abdouch, Kiara Brown, Nikole Cozort, Blakelee Winn


4X400 METER RELAY
1ST     Northwest Missouri — 3:36.73
            Marie Dea, Kennedi Cline, Jadyn Barnes, Melanie Roland
2ND     Pittsburg State — 3:37.88
            Nikole Cozort, Isabel Abdouch, Kinleigh Hall, Mikah Edwards
3RD     Emporia State — 3:44.78
            Barbara Bentum, Mason Bina, Stella Agbokpah, Isabella Davie


HIGH JUMP
1ST     Bethany Umbarger, Pittsburg State — 1.75m (5-9)
2ND     Jazmine Williamson, Pittsburg State — 1.72m (5-7.75)
3RD     Avery Lawhorn, Missouri Southern — 1.66m (5-5.25)
 

POLE VAULT
1ST     Breanne Peters, Pittsburg State — 4.28m (14-0.5)
2ND     Annabeth Baalmann, Fort Hays State — 4.28m (14-0.5)
3RD     Isabelle Peters, Pittsburg State — 4.18m (13-8.5)


LONG JUMP
1ST     Blakelee Winn, Pittsburg State — 6.32m (20-8.75)
2ND     Jazmine Williamson, Pittsburg State — 6.06m (19-10.50)
3RD     Mellanie Neudinger Nellmer, Washburn — 6.03m (19-9.50)

 
TRIPLE JUMP
1ST     Lily Brown, Pittsburg State — 12.59m (41-3.75)
2ND     Alexa Binkley, Pittsburg State — 12.26m (40-2.75)
3RD     Makayla Pavelka, Pittsburg State — 12.19m (40-0)


SHOT PUT
1ST     Dailynn VanDeren, Missouri Southern — 17.34m (56-10.75)*
2ND     Briar Gillum, Missouri Southern — 15.54m (50-11.75)
3RD     Allysa Mahone, Missouri Southern — 15.17m (49-9.25)
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record


DISCUS
1ST     Briar Gillum, Missouri Southern — 52.81m (173-3)
2ND     Allysa Mahone, Missouri Southern — 49.68m (163-0)
3RD     Marley Sands, Central Missouri — 48.14m (157-11)

 
HAMMER THROW
1ST     Lily Novacek, Nebraska Kearney — 64.71m (212-4.0)
2ND     Briar Gillum, Missouri Southern — 61.96m (203-3)
3RD     Dailynn VanDeren, Missouri Southern — 61.70m (202-5)
 
 
JAVELIN
1ST     Keilee Johnson, Missouri Southern — 54.70m (179-6)*
2ND     Addison Throckmorton, Central Missouri — 51.95 (170-5)
3RD     Adrianne Casey, Missouri Southern — 51.42m (168-8)
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record


HEPTATHLON
1ST     Kristen Jones, Central Missouri — 5220 points
2ND     Naiuri Rigo-Krein, Washburn — 5184 points
3RD     Lily Brown, Pittsburg State — 5103 points