Men's Indoor Track and Field | 3/9/2026 11:00:00 AM
The 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships qualifiers were announced on Sunday evening with a total of 28 student-athletes from the Empire 8 Conference qualifying to compete for national titles. The meet will run March 13-14 at the Golisano Training Center hosted at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala. Live video of the meet will be available at NCAA.com.
A total of six Empire 8 institutions have at least one student-athlete who qualified and are entered in the 2025 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. Empire 8 Champion SUNY Geneseo has a total of 16 student-athletes competing. SUNY Brockport, Nazareth University and Utica University each have three student-athketes competing, while St. John Fisher University has two student-athletes competing, while Houghton University has one student-athlete at nationals.
There are 12 E8 women's student-athletes competing in a combined nine different events (eight individual and one relay). Junior Jillian Ambler of SUNY Geneseo is competing in three separate events (60-meter hurdles, long jump and 4 x 400-meter relay), while teammate Nicole Gretzinger is in the 800-meters and 4 x 400-meter relay. Brynn Mooney of SUNY Geneseo, the 2025 NCAA Champion in the 400-meters, is set to compete in the 4 x 400-meter relay. Ambler, Sierra Doody and Mooney of Geneseo, Victoria Brewster of Houghton University and Isabel Morse of Nazareth University are returning All-Americans who are competing this weekend.
On the men's side, 16 different student-athletes are competing in 11 events (nine individual and two relays). Hunter Logan of Utica is competing in the shot put for the third time. Returning All-American Jacob Miller of SUNY Geneseo is set to compete in both the 400-meter dash and 4 x 400-meter relay, while fellow returning All-American Gabriel Giannini of SUNY Brockport will compete in both the long jump and heptathlon and teammate Dennis Bobbitt is looking for All-American honors in both the long jump and triple jump. Ryan Hagan of Geneseo is set to compete in the distance medley relay and 3,000-meters. Three of Geneseo's four All-Americans who competed in the 2025 4 x 400-relay are back, including Miller, Sam Belmont and Arjun Ohja.
For each men’s individual event contested, including the heptathlon, the top 20 declared student-athletes were accepted into the championships. For each women’s individual event contested, including the pentathlon, the top 20 declared student-athletes were accepted into the championships. For each relay event contested, the top 12 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.
WOMEN
60-Meter Dash (Prelims, Friday, March 13, 3 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, March 14, 11:55 a.m.)
8. Victoria Brewster, So., Houghton – :7.56
800-Meter Run (Prelims, Friday, March 13, 4:45 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, March 14, 5:50 p.m.)
1. Sierra Doody, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 2:08.82
15. Nicole Gretzinger, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 2:11.71
60-Meter Hurdles (Prelims, Friday, March 13, 2:30 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, March 14, 11:30 a.m.)
3. Jillian Ambler, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – :8.49
8. Laura Suppa, Gr., Utica – :8.64
4 x 400-Meter Relay (Prelims, Friday, March 13, 6:30 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, March 14, 7:20 p.m.)
11. Jillian Ambler, Jr., Brynn Mooney, Jr., Nicole Gretzinger, Sr., Stella Riley, Fr., SUNY Geneseo – 3:47.78
Pole Vault (Prelims and Finals, Friday, March 13, 12 p.m.)
12. Isabel Morse, Jr., Nazareth – 3.91 meters
Long Jump (Prelims and Finals, Friday, March 13, 4:30 p.m.)
2. Jillian Ambler, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 6.11 meters
Shot Put (Prelims and Finals, Saturday, March 14, 3 p.m.)
7. Allie Cary, So., Utica – 14.19 meters
Weight Throw (Prelims and Finals, Friday, March 13, 4 p.m.)
4. Lauren Jaklitsch, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 18.80 meters
Pentathlon (Finals, Friday, March 13, 11:20 a.m.)
3. Mackenzie Kubat, So., SUNY Geneseo – 3,655 points
9. Samantha Luba, Sr., Nazareth – 3,492 points
MEN
400-Meter Dash (Prelims, Friday, March 14, 4:25 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, March 14, 5:35 p.m.)
7. Jacob Miller, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – :47.50
800-Meter Run (Prelims, Friday, March 13, 5 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, March 14, 6 p.m.)
9. Tim Smith, So., SUNY Brockport – 1:51.12
3,000-Meter Run (Finals, Saturday, March 14, 6:50 p.m.)
5. Ryan Hagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 8:03.30
18. Pierce Young, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 8:08.51
5,000-Meter Run (Finals, Saturday, March 14, 6:05 p.m.)
17. Emerson Comer, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 14:16.04
4 x 400-Meter Relay (Prelims, Friday, March 13, 6:50 p.m.; Finals, Saturday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.)
4. Andrew Kent, Sr., Sam Belmont, Jr., Arjun Ohja, So., Jacob Miller, Sr., SUNY Geneseo – 3:11.77
Distance Medley Relay (Finals, Friday, March 13, 7:30 p.m.)
3. Pierce Young, Jr., Dawson Wadsworth, Jr., Connor Hitt, So., Ryan Hagan, Jr., SUNY Geneseo – 9:41.63
Pole Vault (Prelims and Finals, Friday, March 13, 4:30 p.m.)
8. Hayden Penna, Jr., St. John Fisher – 5.02 meters
Long Jump (Prelims and Finals, Friday, March 13, 12:30 p.m.)
6. Dennis Bobbitt, So., SUNY Brockport – 7.38 meters
9. Gabriel Giannini, Sr., SUNY Brockport – 7.33 meters
Triple Jump (Prelims and Finals, Saturday, March 14, 12 p.m.)
11. Dennis Bobbitt, So., SUNY Brockport – 14.86 meters
Weight Throw (Prelims and Finals, Friday, March 13, 11 a.m.)
9. Brandon Kaplan, Sr., St. John FIsher – 19.13 meters
13. Spencer Borghardt, Sr., Utica – 18.86 meters
20. Graeden Heichberger, So., Nazareth – 18.66 meters
Heptathlon (Finals, Friday, March 13, 11 a.m.; Saturday, March 14, 11 a.m.)
2. Gabriel Giannini, Sr., SUNY Brockport – 5,126 points
ABOUT THE EMPIRE 8 CONFERENCE
The members of the Empire 8 Conference are committed first and foremost to the pursuit of academic excellence and the league is regarded as an outstanding NCAA Division III conference. The membership has distinguished itself among its peer group for its quality institutions, spirited and sportsmanlike competition, outstanding services and highly ethical policies and practices. Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the E8. For more on the Empire 8 visit
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