Meet Recap: 2024 NCAA DIII Indoor T&F Championships

Champions were crowned at the 2024 NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field Championships!

The meet was held at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Related: National Championships Central

Men’s Recap

Twenty.

That’s how many men’s team titles UW-La Crosse has now won at the NCAA DIII Indoor Track & Field Championships after topping the podium once again this year. The Eagles soared on Day 2 behind individual titles in four different individual events: Sam Blaskowski doubled up in the 60 meters and 200 meters; Cael Schoemann in the 800 meters; and Ethan Gregg in the 3000 meters (Gregg also finished runner-up in the 5000 meters).

UW-La Crosse amassed 74 points in Virginia, the most by a winning team since its own back in 2006 (78).

Runner-up UW-Eau Claire was led by its heptathletes and throwers. Mitch Stegeman came from behind to win the heptathlon with 5434 points, one of the best scorers in meet history. Yakob Ekoue won the shot put and finished fifth in the weight throw to provide 15 big points for the Blugolds.

Third-place UW-Oshkosh, fourth-place UW-Whitewater and fifth-place John Carroll each got standout efforts: Joshua Rivers won the long jump for the Titans with a majestic mark of 7.58m (24-10½); Shelvin Garrett II bounded 15.97m (52-4¾) in the triple jump to move up to No. 2 in NCAA DIII history; and the Blue Streaks took third the 60, 400 and 800.

Women’s Recap

You couldn’t script a better ending than what transpired on Saturday.

• The race for the team title came down to the top-2 teams in the National TFRI: No. 1 Loras and No. 2 Washington (Mo.)
• The race for the team title came down to the climactic 4×400 relay, an event in which both the Duhawks and Bears had teams entered.

Well, Loras built up a big enough lead to stave off heartbreak, as a sixth-place finish – coupled with a runner-up effort by WashU – provided just enough room for the nation’s top-ranked team to its second national title in the past three years. If the Bears overcame relay champion Rochester (N.Y.), they would have shared the national title with the Duhawks.

Loras scored 48 of its 51 points in field events with individual titles in the high jump, long jump and pentathlon. Grace Alley doubled up in Virginia, winning both the high jump and the pentathlon. Emma Seipel won a thrilling long jump competition against Victoria Kadiri of Johns Hopkins that saw both women hit marks of 5.99m (19-8) in Round 6, but Seipel ultimately had the better secondary mark.

WashU spread out its scoring with points in eight different events. The Bears got the most in the 800 meters (15), where Emma Kelley led the charge with an NCAA DIII record effort. Kelley gapped the field and sprinted home in 2:04:13 to lop more than one second off the previous record of 2:05.39 set by Esther Seeland in 2022.

Third-place Johns Hopkins, fourth-place Rochester (N.Y.) and fifth-place MIT were all led by a singular athlete: Victoria Kadiri scored 18 points for the Blue Jays with a victory in the triple jump and a runner-up effort in the long jump; Madeline O’Connell won the pole vault, finished fourth in the 400 and helped out on the title-winning 4×400 relay for the Yellow Jackets; Alexis Boykin swept the throwing events for the Engineers.