PITTSBURG — The 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field National Championships open Friday (Mar. 13) at the Virginia Beach (Va.) Sports Center and runs through Saturday (Mar. 14).

Friday's action gets under way at 9 a.m. (CDT) with the start of the men's heptathlon competition. Open events begin at 1 p.m. On Saturday, the women's pentathlon begins at 9 a.m. and the culmination of the heptathlon starts at 10 a.m. Field events begin at 11 a.m. and the championships wrap up later that evening with the women's 4x400m relay slated as the last event at 6 p.m.

Pittsburg State is the three-time defending NCAA Division II Indoor Men's Track & Field National Champion. Last year, the Gorillas shot into the lead in the team standings early in the day Saturday and rode that momentum to victory at the Fall Creek Pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

Pitt State compiled 76 points to claim the program's fourth overall NCAA Indoor National Championship (2018, 2023, 2024, 2025). Grand Valley State University finished as the national runner-up with 61.5 points and Colorado School of Mines placed a distant third with 36 points.
 
Pitt State is the No. 1 ranked men's team in the USTFCCCA National Ratings Index (TFRI) entering the 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships. Grand Valley State is ranked second, followed by Wingate, Adams State and Northwest Missouri.

The Pitt State women enjoyed a weekend for the history books last year as the Gorillas captured the 2025 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championship. Pitt State compiled 63 points in the three-day meet to claim the program's third all-time national championship, the first indoor national crown. Minnesota State University secured the national runner-up finish with 58 points and Grand Valley State University placed third with 40 points.

Pitt State hoisted its first-ever indoor crown after finishing as the national runner-up in 2024, the program's previous benchmark season. The Gorillas finished fourth overall in both 2016 and 2017.
 
The Gorillas are the No. 1 ranked women's team entering the national championships. West Texas A&M, Grand Valley State, Adams State and Colorado Mines round out the women's top five programs.

Gorillas Primed for Championships Showcase
Forty-four Pitt State track & field athletes qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships —24 men and 20 women.
 
For the Pitt State men, redshirt freshman sprinter Griouard Weddington enters the national meet ranked No. 1 in his discipline as does the Gorillas 4x400m relay.
 
Weddington brings the all-time fastest time in D2 history into the 60m, after being clocked in 6.54 seconds at the 2026 MIAA Indoor Championships last weekend. The 4x400m relay of Amar Williams, Logan Davis, Caden Williams and Nate Watson also clocked the nation's leading time (3:07.53) last weekend.
 
Junior Ilias Garcia qualified No. 2 in the 60m in 6.59 seconds, while senior Kemarri Stewart qualified 16^th in the short sprint (6.70).

In addition to his 60m time, Weddington also qualified seventh in the 200 meters (21.02). Caden Williams (3^rd, 46.17), Watson (4^th, 46.29) and Davis (9^th, 46.55) also qualified in the 400 meters. Williams also will join teammates Jordan Kilonzo, Eli Gilmore and Dylan Sprecker on Pitt State's sixth-ranked distance medley relay (9:41.74). Junior Braylon Thompson qualified No. 16 in the 200m (21.15).
 
Junior Tyrone Jackson (7.79) and sophomore Na'Koriyon James (7.87) qualified third and seventh, respectively, in the 60-meter hurdles, while redshirt junior Dylan Sprecker qualified ninth in the mile run (4:00.27).
 
Senior Leo Chauchard (5,347 pts) and redshirt junior Drew Wilhite (5,197 pts) are ranked No. 4 and No. 11 in the heptathlon, while redshirt sophomore Grayson Smith (17-2.25) and freshman Braylon Brown (17-2.25) are tied for sixth in the pole vault.
 
Senior Jack Haukap is seeded No. 9 in the weight throw (67-10.75); freshman Xavier Byers is seeded No. 10 in the high jump (7-0.5); and redshirt sophomore Drake Stapleton is seeded No. 11 in the shot put (60-0.25) and No. 17 in the weight throw (66-4.75).
 
Redshirt sophomore Johnetheon Lockett qualified 12^th in the triple jump (49-9.75) and sophomore Isaiah Webster qualified 15^th in the long jump (24-2.5) and 16^th in the triple jump (49-8.5).

Junior Kevar Williams will serve as an alternate for the 4x400m relay, while freshman William Seitz will serve as an alternate on the DMR squad.
 
For the Pitt State women, a quartet of pole vaulters – redshirt senior Isabelle Peters, sophomore Cannon Booker, redshirt freshman Breanne Peters and sophomore Quincey Turner – qualified in the discipline. Isabelle Peters and Booker are tied for No. 3 nationally at 14-0.5, while Breanne Peters is seeded No. 5 (13-10.5) and Turner is seeded No. 10 (13-1.75).
 
Junior Jazmine Williamson qualified in three events:  long jump (2^nd, 20-5.25), high jump (11^th, 5-8.75) and triple jump (13^th, 40-3.25). Senior Rachel Wilson is seeded No. 2 in the high jump (5-10.5) and sophomore Bethany Umbarger is ranked No. 5 in the discipline (5-9.75).
 
Sophomore Kayvon Nubine (3^rd, 8.29) and graduate Zyra Shivers (6^th, 8.34) qualified in the 60m hurdles, while junior Paige Mullen qualified No. 4 in the 5,000m (16:09.40) and No. 11 in the 3,000m (9:27.56). The 4x400m relay of Nikole Cozort, Isabel Abdouch, Kinleigh Hall and Mikah Edwards qualified fifth (3:40.50).
 
Redshirt senior Blakelee Winn enters the national meet ranked No. 6 in the long jump (20-2.5), while sophomore Brooklyn Baker is ranked No. 11 in the long jump (19-11).
 
Junior Payton Phillips (4,037 pts) and sophomore Lily Brown (3,746 pts) qualified third and ninth, respectively, in the pentathlon. Brown also qualified 12^th in the triple jump (40-3.5). Senior Abby Lasiter is seeded No. 16 in the weight throw (60-11.5).
 
Freshman Piper Hula will be an alternate for the 4x400m relay.