EMPORIA, Kan. – The Pittsburg State University men's and women's outdoor track & field teams will open competition in the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships Thursday (May 21). The meet, which is being hosted by Emporia State University, runs Thursday through Saturday (May 23).

The Pitt State men are the four-time defending NCAA Division II national champions from the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 outdoor seasons. The Gorillas are ranked No. 1 in the most recent USTFCCCA/NCAA Division II National Track & Field Ratings Index (TFRI) released Tuesday (May 19). The Pitt State women also captured the 2024 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship at Emporia, Kan.; and the Gorillas placed third last year at Pueblo, Colo. Pitt State is ranked No. 1 in the women's D2 TFRI.

Fifty-one Pitt State athletes – 26 women and 25 women – qualified for the national championships.

Several Gorillas will be in action on day one Thursday at Francis G. Welch Stadium.

Graduate Leo Chauchard (7282 pts), freshman Matthew Malmstrom (7054 pts) and junior Drew Wilhite (7001 pts) will compete in the men's decathlon at 10:30 a.m. (CDT). Chauchard qualified 2^nd in the multi events. Redshirt senior Blakelee Winn (5719 pts), junior Payton Phillips (5251 pts) and sophomore Lily Brown (5103 pts) will compete in the women's heptathlon at 11 a.m. Winn is seeded No. 2 in the heptathlon with a best mark of 20-9.

Winn also will compete in the women's long jump at 5:30 p.m. She enters the event ranked No. 2, while junior Jazmine Williamson (20-7.75) and sophomore Brooklyn Baker (20-2.5) also will compete in the discipline.
 
Thursday's action also will feature pre-meet favorite Jack Haukap (233-4) competing in the men's hammer throw at 12:30 p.m. and the Pitt State quintet of Breanne Peters (14-0.5), Isabelle Peters (13-8.5), Cannon Booker (13-8.5), Eva Williams (13-4.5) and Quincey Turner (13-3.75) competing in the women's pole vault at 3 p.m. Breanne Peters is ranked No. 1 in the discipline, while Isabelle Peters and Booker are seeded fourth.
 
Several Gorillas will hit the track for qualifying races, including the men's 4x100m Relay of Kemarri Stewart, Braylon Thompson, Logan Davis and Ilias Garcia. The relay is the pre-meet favorite with a fast time of 39.38 seconds.

 
Links to Live Results and Live Web Stream are available.
 
Day One Action • Thursday, May 21 (All Times CDT)
10:30 a.m. – Leo Chauchard, Matthew Malmstrom, Drew Wilhite, men's decathlon
11 a.m. – Blakelee Winn, Payton Phillips, Lily Brown, women's heptathlon
12:30 p.m. – Jack Haukap, men's hammer throw
2:30 p.m. – Isaiah Webster, men's long jump
3 p.m. – Breanne Peters, Isabelle Peters, Cannon Booker, Eva Williams, Quincey Turner, women's pole vault
3:30 p.m. – Abby Lasiter, women's hammer throw
4:50 p.m. – Men's 4x100m Relay, Prelims (Kemarri Stewart, Braylon Thompson, Logan Davis, Ilias Garcia)
5 p.m. – Women's 4x100m Relay, Prelims (Isabel Abdouch, Kiara Brown, Nikole Cozort, Mikah Edwards)
5:10 p.m. – Dylan Sprecker, men's 1500m (prelims)
5:30 p.m. – Winn, Jazmine Williamson, Brooklyn Baker, women's long jump
5:40 p.m. – Caden Williams, Davis, Woyn Chatman, Nate Watson, men's 400m (prelims)
5:55 p.m. – Edwards, women's 400m (prelims)
6:10 p.m. – Garcia, Thompson, men's 100m (prelims)

Day Two Action • Friday, May 22 (All Times CDT)
9:30 a.m. – Chauchard, Malmstrom, Wilhite, men's decathlon
10:30 a.m. – Winn, Phillips, Brown, women's heptathlon
1:30 p.m. – Drake Stapleton, Brennan Boord, men's discus
3:30 p.m. – Xavier Byers, men's high jump
4:30 p.m.- Kelci Locke, women's discus
4:45 p.m. – Lily Brown, Makayla Pavelka, Alexa Binkley, women's triple jump
5:45 p.m. – Kiara Brown, women's 200m (prelims)
6 p.m. – Eli Gimore, men's 800m (prelims)
6:35 p.m. – Tyrone Jackson, Na'Koriyon James, men's 110m hurdles (prelims)
6:50 p.m. – Zyra Shivers, Kayvon Nubine, McKinlee Walker, women's 100m hurdles (prelims)
7:50 p.m. – Men's 4x400m Relay, Prelims (Chatman, Watson, Davis, Williams)
8:10 p.m. – Women's 4x400m Relay, Prelims (Cozort, Abdouch, Kinleigh Hall, Edwards)

Day Three Action • Saturday, May 23 (All Times CDT)
Noon – Trace Hanchett, men's javelin
2 p.m. – Grayson Smith, Gage Britton, men's pole vault
2:15 p.m. – Antwan Dawson, Webster, men's triple jump
3 p.m. – Alycia Cosens, Madi Olds, Claire Vanderweide, women's javelin
3:15 p.m. – Bethany Umbarger, Williamson, Brown, women's high jump
3:30 p.m. – Men's 4x100m Relay, Finals
3:40 p.m. – Women's 4x100m Relay, Finals
3:55 p.m. – Men's 1500m, Finals
4:15 p.m. – Men's 110m Hurdles, Finals
4:25 p.m. – Women's 100m Hurdles, Finals
4:35 p.m. – Men's 400m, Finals
4:45 p.m. – Women's 400m, Finals
4:55 p.m. – Men's 100m, Finals
5:15 p.m. – Men's 800m, Finals
6:20 p.m. – Women's 200m, Finals
7:20 p.m. – Men's 4x400m Relay, Finals
7:30 p.m. – Women's 4x400m Relay, Finals
7:45 p.m. – Team Awards