PITTSBURG, Kan. – Pittsburg State University’s men’s track and field program won its sixth consecutive outdoor title at the 2026 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Association awarded 19 individual MIAA champions, two champion relay teams, and 63 All-MIAA finishes.
 
All 10 MIAA men’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 men won their sixth straight outdoor championship and the program's 11th MIAA outdoor title in the last 15 seasons by compiling 203.25 points in the three-day meet. Missouri Southern finished as the men’s runner-up with 127.75 points, 75.5 points behind the Gorillas. Northwest Missouri finished third with 116 team points, Nebraska Kearney placed fifth with 86 team points, and Emporia State concluded the championship’s top five with 81.5 total points.
 
Pitt State totaled 19 All-MIAA performances with seven individual champions and two championship relay teams. Sprinter Braylon Thompson was part of three MIAA titles for the Gorillas with first-place finishes in the men’s 100 meters, 200 meters, and 4x100-meter relay. He was honored as the championship's High Point Scorer with 22.5 individual points in the meet.

Missouri Southern’s field athletes highlighted the team’s runner-up showing. Ten of the Lions’ 12 All-MIAA performances were from field events, with four different Lions crowned individual champions of the shot put, discus, javelin and long jump. Northwest Missouri’s track athletes accounted for all of the Bearcats’ 10 All-MIAA performances.
 
Five MIAA men’s outdoor meet records were broken in the 2026 championship:

• Washburn’s Justin Forde broke a 24-year-old record in the men’s triple jump while winning the MIAA title with a mark of 16.64 meters (54-7). Central Missouri’s Duane Brisbon has held the previous MIAA men’s outdoor triple trump record of 16.13 meters since the 2002 outdoor championship.
• Pitts State’s Caden Williams set a new outdoor record in the men’s 400 meters with a winning time of 45.61. The previous record of 46.15 was set by Reuben Nichols of Lincoln University at the 2022 MIAA Outdoor Championship.
• Northwest Missouri’s Drew Atkins won the MIAA title in the 5000-meter run with a record-breaking time of 14:04.03. Atkins broke the previous MIAA record of 14:21.22, set by his former teammate, Grant Bradley, at the 2025 outdoor championships.
• Missouri Southern’s Jamale Williams was one of the Lions’ four field individual champs, setting a new outdoor record in the men’s discus with a throw of 58.21 meters (191-0). The previous outdoor discus throw record of 58.16 meters was set by Fort Hays State’s Max Alonso at the 2013 MIAA Outdoor Championship.
• Pitt State’s 4x400-meter relay team broke the Association’s outdoor championship record while winning the MIAA title. The relay team of Woyn Chatman, Nate Watson, Logan Davis, and Caden Williams now holds the new outdoor 4x400 record of 3:04.56. Pitt State also owned the previous record time of 3:08.08, set by the Gorillas’ 4x400 squad at the 2025 outdoor championships.

Sixty-three All-MIAA honors were awarded at the 2026 men'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 men's track and field honors from all 21 men'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 women also won the 2026 MIAA Outdoor Championship to claim the program’s third straight outdoor title, while the Gorilla men have won the last six consecutive outdoor championships. Together, Pittsburg State has 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     Braylon Thompson, Pittsburg State — 10.30
2ND     Isaiah Bates, Northwest Missouri — 10.44
3RD     Ariel Kerr, Central Missouri — 10.47


200 METER DASH
1ST     Braylon Thompson, Pittsburg State — 20.43
2ND     Israel Domeh, Emporia State — 20.48
3RD     Alden Mollerus, Emporia State — 20.86
   

400 METER DASH
1ST     Caden Williams, Pittsburg State — 45.61*
2ND     Logan Davis, Pittsburg State — 45.85
3RD     Truman Hare, Northwest Missouri — 45.90
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record
 

800 METER RUN
1ST     Riley Witt, Northwest Missouri — 1:49.73
2ND     Eli Gilmore, Pittsburg State — 1:50.79
3RD     Aziz Mohammed, Northwest Missouri — 1:50.80


1500 METER RUN
1ST     Dylan Sprecker, Pittsburg State — 3:52.15
2ND     Aziz Mohammed, Northwest Missouri — 3:52.48
3RD     Maxime Touron, Northwest Missouri — 3:53.00


5000 METER RUN
1ST     Drew Atkins, Northwest Missouri — 14:04.03*
2ND     Dylan Sprecker, Pittsburg State — 14:33. 45
3RD     Cooper Palmer, Central Missouri — 14:34.59
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record
 
 
10,000 METER RUN
1ST     Donald Kibet, Washburn — 29:58.63
2ND     Cooper Palmer, Central Missouri — 29:59.03
3RD     Tommy Roehl, Washburn — 30:04.35


110 METER HURDLES
1ST     Nolan Vancauwemberghe, Central Missouri — 13.52
2ND     Tyrone Jackson, Pittsburg State — 13.80
3RD     Na’Koriyon James, Pittsburg State — 14.06
 
 
400 METER HURDLES
1ST     Phillip Jefferson, Missouri Southern — 50.89
2ND     Danny Jantzen, Northwest Missouri — 51.07
3RD     Mitchell Deer, Nebraska Kearney — 51.19
   
 
3000 METER STEEPLECHASE
1ST     Nick Abdalla, Nebraska Kearney — 8:55.59
2ND     Carter Hohlen, Nebraska Kearney — 9:02.94
3RD     Barnable Gabillet, Northwest Missouri — 9:04.56
 
 
4X100 METER RELAY
1ST     Pittsburg State — 39.61
Kemarri Stewart, Braylon Thompson, Logan Davis, Ilias Garcia
2ND     Missouri Southern — 40.09
Cody Grant, Cameron Cleveland, Phillip Jefferson, Rylan Wilson
3RD     Emporia State — 40.40
            Ezekiel Seamster, Israel Domeh, Braden Lipgens, Alden Mollerus
   

4X400 METER RELAY
1ST     Pittsburg State — 3:04.56*
Woyn Chatman, Nate Watson, Logan Davis, Caden Williams
2ND     Northwest Missouri — 3:05.85
Danny Jantzen, Logan Arellano, Christian Lanphier, Truman Hare
3RD     Emporia State — 3:08.77
Braden Lipgens, Israel Domeh, Andrew Holton, Emmanuel Dukpe     
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record


HIGH JUMP
1ST     Xavier Byers, Pittsburg State — 2.13m (6-11.75)
2ND     Nolan Studley, Nebraska Kearney — 2.10m (6-10.75)
3RD     Luke Brachle, Nebraska Kearney — 2.10m (6-10.75)
 

POLE VAULT
1ST     Grayson Smith, Pittsburg State — 5.27m (17-3.5)
2ND     Britton Gage, Pittsburg State — 5.17m (16-11.5)
3RD     Josiah Ball, Fort Hays State — 5.17m (16-11.5)


LONG JUMP
1ST     Donovyn Fowler, Missouri Southern — 7.66m (25-1.50)
2ND     Ayden Walton, Missouri Southern — 7.61m (24-11.50)
3RD     Chase Querry, Missouri Southern — 7.53m (24-8.50)

 
TRIPLE JUMP
1ST     Justin Forde, Washburn — 16.64m (54-7)*
2ND     Antwan Dawson, Pittsburg State — 15.32m (50-3.25)
3RD     Clayton Kelley, Nebraska Kearney — 15.04m (49-4)
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record
 

SHOT PUT
1ST     Cedric Pearson, Missouri Southern — 18.54m (60-10)
2ND     Drake Stapleton, Pittsburg State — 18.54m (60-10)
3RD     Jamale Williams, Missouri Southern — 18.52m (60-9.25)
 
 
DISCUS THROW
1ST     Jamale Williams, Missouri Southern — 58.21m (191-0)*
2ND     Drake Stapleton, Pittsburg State — 54.20m (177-10)
3RD     Cedric Pearson, Missouri Southern — 54.13m (177-7)
* MIAA Outdoor Championship Meet Record
 

HAMMER THROW
1ST     Jack Haukap, Pittsburg State — 65.62m (215-3)
2ND     Gabe Ford, Missouri Southern — 65.02m (213-4)
3RD     Tyson Williams, Missouri Southern — 61.67m (202-4)
 
 
JAVELIN
1ST     Manuel Campana, Missouri Southern — 71.44m (234-5)
2ND     Brooks Lowe, Emporia State — 68.08m (223-4)
3RD     Grayson Walburn, Emporia State — 66.87m (219-5)


DECATHLON
1ST     Matthew Malmstrom, Pittsburg State — 7054 points
2ND     Luke Grace, Emporia State — 6248 points
3RD     Owen Koski, Central Missouri — 6053 points