Men's Outdoor Track and Field | 5/15/2026 10:49:42 AM
The 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualifiers were announced on Friday, May 15 with a total of 23 student-athletes from the Empire 8 Conference qualifying to compete for national titles. The three-day meet will run from Thursday, May 21 to Saturday, May 23 at Veteran's Memorial Field Sports Complex in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Live video of the meet will be available at NCAA.com.
A total of five Empire 8 institutions have at least one student-athlete who qualified and are entered in the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Empire 8 Champion SUNY Geneseo has a total of 13 student-athletes competing. Nazareth University and Utica University each have three student-athletes competing, while SUNY Brockport and St. John Fisher University both have a pair of student-athletes in competition.
There are eight E8 women's student-athletes competing in a combined nine different events. Allie Cary of Utica is set to compete in both the discus and shot put. Ann Brennan is a returning NCAA First Team All-American in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, while Isabel Morse earned NCAA Second Team All-American honors in the pole vault in 2025.
On the men's side, 15 different student-athletes are competing in 13 events (12 individual and one relay). Jacob Miller of SUNY Geneseo is set to compete in the 400-meter dash, while teammate All-American Ryan Hagan will compete in the 800- and 1,500-meters and fellow Geneseo standout Pierce Young is competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 5,000-meter races. The E8 has three student-athletes competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Hagan is the NCAA Division III record-holder in the 1,500-meters.
For each men’s individual event contested, including the decathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the championships. For each women’s individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 22 declared student-athletes were accepted into the championships. For each relay event contested, the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, were accepted into the championships.
Below is a complete list of the Empire 8 student-athletes who received a bid to the NCAA Championship with their national rank and their seed time/mark. All start times are EST.
WOMEN
800-Meter Run (Prelims, Friday, May 22, 4:20 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 23, 3:50 p.m.)
8. Sierra Doody, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 2:09.34
20. Dakota Limbert, So., SUNY Geneseo – 2:10.50
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (Prelims, Thursday, May 21, 7:10 p.m.; Finals, Friday, May 22, 7 p.m.)
12. Greylynn Guyer, Fr., SUNY Geneseo – 10:36.21
19. Ann Brennan, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 10:39.70 !
Pole Vault (Prelims and Finals, Thursday, May 21, 1 p.m.)
14. Isabel Morse, Sr., Nazareth – 3.92 meters ^
Discus Throw (Prelims and Finals, Thurrday, May 21, 5:30 p.m.)
10. Allie Cary, So., Utica – 46.59 meters
Shot Put (Prelims and Finals, Friday, May 22, 2 p.m.)
9. Allie Cary, So., Utica – 13.91 meters
Heptathlon (7 Events, Starts Thursday, May 21, 11:40 a.m., Friday, May 22, 1:30 p.m.)
14. Mackenzie Kubat, So., SUNY Geneseo – 4,800 points
17. Samantha Luba, Sr., Nazareth – 4,694 points
! 2025 NCAA First Team All-American
^ 2025 NCAA Second Team All-American
MEN
400-Meter Dash (Prelims, Friday, May 22, 6:05 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 23, 3:20 p.m.)
4. Jacob Miller, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – :46.77 ^
800-Meter Run (Prelims, Friday, May 22, 4:35 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 23, 4 p.m.)
2. Ryan Hagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 1:48.09
1,500-Meter Run (Prelims, Thursday, May 21, 5:50 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 23, 2:35 p.m.)
1. Ryan Hagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 3:37.19 !
5,000-Meter Run (Finals, Saturday, May 23, 5:25 p.m.)
20. Pierce Young, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 14:08.74
10,000-Meter Run (Finals, Thursday, May 21, 9:15 p.m.)
21. Emerson Comer, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 29:53.00
400-Meter Hurdles (Prelims, Thursday, May 21, 6:25 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 23, 4:25 p.m.)
11. Sam Belmont, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – :52.40
22. Tim Smith, So., SUNY Brockport – :52.85
3,000-Meter Steeplechase (Prelims, Thursday, May 21, 7:35 p.m.; Finals, Friday, May 22, 7:10 p.m.)
7. Emerson Comer, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 8:54.64 ^
9. Pierce Young, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 8:56.56 !
16. Bennett Melita, Jr., Utica – 9:02.80
4 x 400-Meter Relay (Prelims, Thursday, May 21, 8:15 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 23, 6 p.m.)
9. Arjun Ohja, So., Andrew Kent, Sr., Gian Carlo Di Fava, Jr., Sam Belmont, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 3:11.01 !
Pole Vault (Prelims and Finals, Saturday, May 23, 1 p.m.)
9. Hayden Penna, Jr., St. John Fisher – 5.10 meters
Long Jump (Prelims and Finals, Thursday, May 21, 3:30 p.m.)
20. Wayne Spencer, Fr., Utica – 7.29 meters
Shot Put (Prelims and Finals, Friday, May 22, 4 p.m.)
12. Graeden Heichberger, So., Nazareth – 17.52 meters
Hammer Throw (Prelims and Finals, Saturday, May 23, 3 p.m.)
8. Brandon Kaplan, Sr., St. John Fisher – 60.07 meters ^
Decathlon (10 Events, Starts Thursday, May 21, 11 a.m., Friday, May 22, 11 a.m.)
11. Gabriel Giannini, Jr., SUNY Brockport – 6,687 points
! 2025 NCAA First Team All-American
^ 2025 NCAA Second Team All-American