MINOT, N.D. – The Minot State women’s track and field team was picked to finish 11^th at the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships later this winter, as the NSIC released its 2025-26 NSIC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll today.

The NSIC also named its Preseason Track and Field Athletes of the Year, and highlighted track and field athletes to watch this season from each team, with Minot State sisters Bailey and Afton Wride being named the Beavers’ track and Beavers’ field athletes to watch, respectively.

“The women’s team should have a nice balance across the sprints, middle distance, jumps, and throws to be competitive at the conference level,” Minot State head coach Jordan Aus said. “We have some upperclassmen with a lot of experience that should be competing at the top of the conference in their respective events.

“I look forward to watching the hard work pay off for this group.”

Minot State, which received 64 points in the poll, opens the indoor season this weekend, competing Saturday at the Mike Thorson Open hosted by the University of Mary. The NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships will be hosted by Minnesota State, Mankato, on February 28 and March 1.

The host Mavericks were picked to win their 7^th straight indoor title.

Two-time NSIC indoor champion Bailey Wride was named the track athlete to watch for the Beavers as the junior from Kalispell, Montana, won the 600 meters in 2024, and the 1,000 meters in 2025.

“Bailey is the returning indoor conference champ in the 1,000 meters, and she will look to continue to be at the top of the conference in the middle-distance events,” Aus said. “Bailey has put in the work this fall and she is ready to have another strong season in the middle-distance events.”

Her younger sister, Afton, a sophomore, was named the Beavers’ field athlete to watch and comes in holding the No. 2 mark in Minot State’s NCAA era in the indoor triple jump (35 feet, 11.25 inches). Afton also was ninth in the triple jump at the NSIC Outdoor Championships last spring with a mark of 37-0.5.

“Afton is coming off a strong outdoor track season in which she made the finals in the triple jump at the conference meet,” Aus said. “She should continue to build off of her strong freshman season and should look to be very competitive at the conference level in the triple jump.”

While the Mavericks were a heavy favorite to win the NSIC title with 14 first-place votes and 196 points, Mary was picked 2^nd with one first-place vote and 181 points.

Augustana was picked 3^rd with 164 points, Winona State 4^th with 150 points, Sioux Falls 5^th with 147 points, Northern State 6^th with 135 points, Minnesota Duluth 7^th with 125 points, Minnesota State Moorhead 8^th with 92 points, Southwest Minnesota State 9^th with 79 points, Concordia-St. Paul 10^th with 68 points, Minot State 11^th with 64 points, Bemidji State and Wayne State tied for 12^th with 56 points, Jamestown was 14^th with 37 points, and St. Cloud State was 15^th with 27 points.

Minnesota State’s senior sprinter and hurdler Ashanti Harvey, an NCAA All-American in the 100-meter hurdles outdoors last season, was named the NSIC Track Preseason Athlete of the Year, and the Mavericks’ senior All-American pentathlete, Miranda Lauvstad, was named the NSIC Field Preseason Athlete of the Year.

 

COMMERCE – East Texas A&M University has released the 2025-26 track and field schedule on Thursday morning, the first season for the Lions as full members of NCAA Division I.
 
The Lions are slated to take part in four indoor meets before the Southland Conference Championships and then take part in the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time in the Division I era. The outdoor season sees the Lions participate in six meets prior to the postseason, which includes the SLC Championships, the NCAA West Regional Championships, and the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
The first meet of the year comes on January 16 at the Owen Hewett Invitational in Norman, Oklahoma, hosted by Oklahoma. The next two meets for the Lions are in College Station with the Ted Nelson Invitational on January 23-24 and then Charlie Thomas Invitational on February 6-7.
 
The final meet before the conference championships during the indoor portion of the schedule is the Arkansas Qualifier in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on February 25.
 
The Southland Indoor Championships return to Birmingham, Alabama, on February 25-26. The top qualifiers around the country will advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships, which take place on March 13-14 in Fayetteville.
 
The Lions begin the outdoor season on March 20-21 at the TCU Alumni Invite in Fort Worth. The annual trip down I-35 is next as the Texas Relays take place in Austin on April 1-4 and the Bobcat Invitational is held in San Marcos on April 2-4.
 
Another trip down to College Station is next for the 44 Farms Team Invitational on April 9-11, followed by the J. Fred Duckett Twilight on April 25 in Houston, and the final regular season outdoor meet comes on May 8 at the Arkansas Twilight in Fayetteville.
 
The Southland Outdoor Championships are hosted by SFA in Nacogdoches this year on May 14-16.
 
Top qualifiers in the western half of the country following the conference championships will advance to the NCAA West Regional Championships in Fayetteville on May 27-30, with the best performers punching their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at the historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on June 10-13.
 
2025-26 LION TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE

 

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BOSTON, Mass. – Washington State Track will start its indoor season at the Boston Opener on Saturday, December 6th. The meet will be held at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center. The four runners for each team will look to start the year strong against the elite field competing at this event.

Evans Kurui, Solomon Kipchoge will race in the Men’s Elite 5k at 3 pm ET, 12 pm PT. Kutoven Stevens will compete in the Men’s 5000-meter race at 7:10 pm ET, 4:10 pm PT. Zenah Cheptoo, Rosemary Longisa, Nicole Bissell, and Caroline Jepkorir will race in the Women’s 3k at 1 pm ET, 10 am PT. Zenah will also run in the Women’s 5k race beginning at 4:30 pm ET, 1:30 pm PT.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at the door or in advance on the Boston University website. 

For up-to-date information, follow WSU Track and Field on social media.

WAC VB25 Release – NCAA Tournament

UTAH VALLEY CAPTURES THE 2025 WAC VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT TITLE IN THRILLING FASHION

No. 1 Utah Valley claimed the 2025 WAC Volleyball Tournament trophy after defeating No. 2 Utah Tech in a five-set showdown (25-21, 25-27, 25-17, 21-25, 15-6). This was Utah Valley’s third WAC Tournament title and its first since going back-to-back in the Spring and Fall 2021 seasons. The Wolverines advanced to the tournament championship match after sweeping No. 4 Abilene Christian 3-0 in the semifinal match.

 

THE WOLVERINES HEAD TO STANFORD

Utah Valley received the conference’s automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Tournament and will take on No. 2 Stanford on December 5 at 7 p.m. PT at the Maples Pavilion in Stanford, California. The winner of the match will face the winner of No. 7 South Dakota State and Arizona. This will be the first time the Wolverines will play in the NCAA Tournament since the Fall 2021 season.

 

AVERY PAGE NAMED WAC TOURNAMENT MOP

The WAC Player of the Year, Avery Page, was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player after compiling a season-high 22 kills along with 17 digs and five total blocks for 24.5 points in the championship match. Page notched eight kills, seven digs, one ace and one block in UVU’s sweep over Abilene Christian.

 

UVU’S CHISM AND WOODEN JOIN PAGE ON ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Joining Page on the All-Tournament team from Utah Valley was Bella Wooden and Evalyn Chism. Wooden collected 10 kills in the championship match and led the team with 10 total blocks, accounting for three of the Wolverines’ four solo blocks. Chism tallied a season-high in both assists (54) and digs (21), leading the team in both statistics. Rounding out the All-Tournament Team were Utah Tech’s Nana Asiata, Marley Roe, Tessa Treanor and Abilene Christian’s Hannah Gonzalez.

Indoor track and field season is underway and the $5.3 million track at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center is getting its second full season of work.

The Nevada women’s track and field team is hosting the Silver State Invitational and combined events Thursday through Saturday at the Reno-Tahoe Indoor Track at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.

The Reno-Tahoe Indoor Track, built by Mondo in Italy and shipped to Reno, is considered one of the fastest tracks in the nation due to its high-tech construction. Mondo has supplied all the tracks for the Summer Olympics for the past 40 years.

Last year, events at the facility brought in more than 5,000 athletes, 12,000 room nights and more than $6 million in economic impact for the Reno-Sparks area.