Men's Outdoor Track and Field | 5/23/2026 6:32:06 PM
Ryan Hagan of SUNY Geneseo (1,500-meters) and the Knights 4 x 400-meter relay team of Arjun Ojha, Gian Carlo Di Fava, Sam Belmont and Jacob Miller won national championships to wrap up the 2026 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Saturday, May 23 at Veteran's Memorial Field Sports Complex in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
In the 1,500-meters, Hagan used a seismic burst with just over 200 meters remaining, rallying from sixth to take the lead and pull away around the final turn and 100 meters to win by just over a second in a time of 3:44.29. He becomes the Empire 8’s first men’s outdoor national champion since Kyle Rollins of St. John Fisher University won the high jump.
Hagan just missed earning a second national championship, just under 90 minutes later in the 800-meters, as he made another strong rally late to place second overall in a time of 1:49.11 to earn First Team All-American honors.
The Knights ended the day with aplomb, as Ojha, Di Fava, Belmont and Miller ran one of the fastest times in Division III history, shattering their own Empire 8 record to win the 4 x 400-meter relay by 58 one-hundredths of a second in a time of 3:07.62. The 4 x 400-meter relay team also won the 2026 NCAA Indoor Track and Field national championship.
Belmont of SUNY Geneseo had a standout Saturday, as he earned national runner-up honors in the 400-meter hurdles, using a late push to record a personal-best time of 51.77 seconds.
Overall, SUNY Geneseo’s men placed fourth overall in the team standings with 39 points. SUNY Brockport scored three team points, while Nazareth had one team point.
On Friday, SUNY Brockport senior Gabe Giannini set an Empire 8 record in the decathlon, finishing sixth overall with 6,797 points to earn First Team All-American accolades. The SUNY Geneseo duo of Pierce Young and Emerson Comer placed seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 3,000-meter steeplechase final to garner First Team All-American honors. Nazareth sophomore Graeden Heichberger placed eighth overall in the shot put to garner his first First Team All-American accolade.
On the women’s side, SUNY Geneseo sophomore Dakota Limbert placed seventh overall in the 800-meters in a personal best time of 2:09.16 to earn First Team All-American honors on Saturday.
On Thursday, Nazareth’s Isabel Morse recorded a fifth-place finish in the pole vault to earn First Team All-American accolades, recording a career-best vault of 4.00 meters (13’ 1.5”). Mackenzie Kubat of SUNY Geneseo earned First Team All-American honors in the heptathlon Friday with a score of 4,847 points.
Both Nazareth and SUNY Geneseo recorded four team points.
SATURDAY RESULTS
WOMEN
800-Meter Run
Dakota Limbert, So., SUNY Geneseo – 7th Place – 2:09.16
First Team All-American
MEN
1,500-Meter Run
Ryan Hagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – NATIONAL CHAMPION – 3:44.29
First Team All-American; NCAA Championship Meet Record
800-Meter Run
Ryan Hagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 2nd Place – 1:49.17
First Team All-American
400-Meter Hurdles
Sam Belmont, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 2nd Place – :51.77
First Team All-American
Pole Vault
Hayden Penna, Jr., St. John Fisher – 20th Place – 4.75 meters
Hammer Throw
Brandon Kaplan, Sr., St. John Fisher – 11th Place – 56.91 meters
Second Team All-American
400-Meter Dash
Jacob Miller, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 9th Place – :47.18
Second Team All-American
5,000-Meter Run
Pierce Young, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 22nd Place – 15:17.43
4 x 400-Meter Relay
Arjun Ohja, So., Andrew Kent, Sr., Gian Carlo Di Fava, Jr., Jacob Miller, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – National Champions – 3:07.62
First Team All-American; Empire 8 Record
THURSDAY RESULTS
WOMEN
Pole Vault
Isabel Morse, Sr., Nazareth – 5th Place – 4.00 meters (13’ 1.5”)
First Team All-American
3,000-Meter Steeplechase Prelims
Greylynn Guyer, Fr., SUNY Geneseo – 13th place – 10:36.99
Second Team All-American
Ann Brennan, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 17th place – 10:56.48
Discus Throw
Allie Cary, So., Utica – 10th Place – 43.86 meters (143’ 11”)
Second Team All-American
MEN
1,500-Meter Run Prelims
Ryan Hagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – First in Prelims – 3:46.18
400-Meter Hurdles Prelims
Sam Belmont, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – Sixth in Prelims – :52.33
Tim Smith, So., SUNY Brockport – 16th in Prelims – :53.91
Second Team All-American
3,000-Meter Steeplechase Prelims
Emerson Comer, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – Fourth in Prelims – 8:59.47
Pierce Young, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – Ninth in Prelims – 8:59.64
Bennett Melita, Jr., Utica – 15th Place – 9:10.30
Second Team All-American
4 x 400-Meter Relay Prelims
Arjun Ohja, So., Andrew Kent, Sr., Gian Carlo Di Fava, Jr., Jacob Miller, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – Second in Prelims – 3:10.43
Long Jump
Wayne Spencer, Fr., Utica – No Jump Recorded
FRIDAY RESULTS
WOMEN
Heptathlon
Mackenzie Kubat, So., SUNY Geneseo – 7th Place – 4,847 points
First Team All-American
Samantha Luba, Sr., Nazareth – 15th Place – 4,677 points
Second Team All-American
Shot Put
Allie Cary, So., Utica – 14th Place – 13.06 meters
Second Team All-American
800-Meter Run (Prelims, Friday, May 22, 4:20 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, May 23, 3:50 p.m.)
Dakota Limbert, So., SUNY Geneseo – Sixth in Prelims – 2:09.22
Sierra Doody, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 22nd Place – 2:19.04
MEN
Decathlon
Gabe Giannini, Sr., SUNY Brockport – 6th Place – 6,797 points
First Team All-American; Empire 8 All-Time Record
Shot Put
Graeden Heichberger, So., Nazareth – 8th Place – 17.43 meters
First Team All-American
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
Pierce Young, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 7th Place – 9:00.10
First Team All-American
Emerson Comer, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 8th Place – 9:01.09
First Team All-American
800-Meter Run
Ryan Hagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 1st in Prelims – 1:49.36
400-Meter Dash
Jacob Miller, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 7th in Prelims – :47.15