By: A.J. Vazquez, Strategic Communications & Marketing Intern
INDIANAPOLIS, IN. – Selections for the 2026 NCAA Division II Men’s Indoor Track & Field National Championship have been announced by the NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee. This year, 44 individuals from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference have earned a bid to compete on Division II’s highest stage.
For each individual event contested, the top 18 declared student-athletes were accepted into the competition. The top 12 declared relay teams (one per institution) were accepted, and the top 16 declared student-athletes were accepted in the heptathlon and pentathlon.
Adams State University leads the league with 11 student-athletes slated to compete. Behind the Grizzlies is Colorado School of Mines with eight qualifiers. University of Colorado Colorado Springs will send six student-athletes, while Western Colorado University and Colorado State University Pueblo will each send five. Colorado Mesa University and Colorado Christian University are both set to bring two competitors, while Black Hills State University, Fort Lewis College, Chadron State College, and South Dakota Mines will each send one student-athlete.
Housem Hrabi and Kidus Begashaw lead the Grizzly contingent, as both hold the nation’s top times in their respective events. Hrabi ranks No. 1 in the mile with a time of 3:57.4, while Begashaw holds the fastest times nationally in both the 3,000-meter (7:50.1) and 5,000-meter (13:27.4) races. Chayton Bynes of Chadron State College leads the country in the triple jump with a mark of 16.01 meters.
The championships will be held March 13-14 in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. Norfolk State University and Visit Virginia Beach will serve as co-hosts of the championships. The championships will be streamed live on NCAA.com.
The complete list of RMAC qualifiers is below. Full list of qualifiers is available here. Heat sheets will be available at the same link by Tuesday, March 10.
2026 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field
National Championship RMAC Selections |
|
Event
|
Name/Team
|
Yr
|
School
|
Time/Mark/
Points
|
Rank
|
|
200m
|
Joseph Randolph
|
Jr
|
Colorado Mesa
|
20.99
|
5
|
|
200m
|
Mateo Casados
|
Sr
|
Colorado Mesa
|
21.1
|
11
|
|
400m
|
Jonah Fallon
|
Jr
|
Colorado School of Mines
|
46.48
|
8
|
|
800m
|
Tim Thompson
|
Sr
|
Colorado School of Mines
|
01:47.4
|
2
|
|
800m
|
Tim Anstett
|
Jr
|
CSU Pueblo
|
01:48.0
|
4
|
|
800m
|
Evan Smith
|
So
|
Black Hills State
|
01:48.5
|
6
|
|
Mile
|
Housem Hrabi
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
03:57.4
|
1
|
|
Mile
|
Harrison Boyd
|
So
|
Adams State
|
03:58.6
|
3
|
|
Mile
|
Tyler Nord
|
Jr
|
Western Colorado
|
03:59.2
|
6
|
|
Mile
|
Louis O'Loughlin
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
03:59.5
|
7
|
|
Mile
|
Jack Gumm
|
Jr
|
Adams State
|
04:01.3
|
13
|
|
Mile
|
Brock Drengenberg
|
Jr
|
Colorado School of Mines
|
04:01.4
|
15
|
|
Mile
|
Brady Burrough
|
Sr
|
Fort Lewis
|
04:02.2
|
17
|
|
Mile
|
Mateo Luna
|
Jr
|
Colorado Christian
|
04:02.3
|
18
|
|
3000m
|
Kidus Begashaw
|
Jr
|
Adams State
|
07:50.1
|
1
|
|
3000m
|
Paul Knight
|
Sr
|
Colorado School of Mines
|
07:50.3
|
3
|
|
3000m
|
Felix Perrier
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
07:50.9
|
5
|
|
3000m
|
Housem Hrabi
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
07:51.5
|
6
|
|
3000m
|
Juan Rosales
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
07:51.5
|
7
|
|
3000m
|
Jon Sweepe
|
Jr
|
CSU Pueblo
|
07:51.7
|
9
|
|
3000m
|
Thibault Tauziede
|
Fr
|
Adams State
|
07:58.0
|
14
|
|
5000m
|
Kidus Begashaw
|
Jr
|
Adams State
|
13:27.4
|
1
|
|
5000m
|
Juan Rosales
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
13:43.0
|
5
|
|
5000m
|
Paul Knight
|
Sr
|
Colorado School of Mines
|
13:44.9
|
7
|
|
5000m
|
Danyom Yosief
|
So
|
Adams State
|
13:47.6
|
8
|
|
5000m
|
Oliver Diaz
|
So
|
Western Colorado
|
13:51.9
|
11
|
|
5000m
|
Julian Campos
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
13:54.7
|
14
|
|
5000m
|
Felix Perrier
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
13:55.0
|
15
|
|
5000m
|
Dawson Gunn
|
Jr
|
Colorado School of Mines
|
13:55.8
|
16
|
|
5000m
|
Matthew Storer
|
Sr
|
Colorado Christian
|
13:57.4
|
17
|
|
4x400 Relay
|
UCCS
|
—
|
—
|
03:11.5
|
11
|
|
DMR
|
CSU Pueblo
|
—
|
—
|
09:33.5
|
2
|
|
DMR
|
Adams State
|
—
|
—
|
09:39.5
|
4
|
|
DMR
|
Colorado School of Mines
|
—
|
—
|
09:42.5
|
8
|
|
DMR
|
Western Colorado
|
—
|
—
|
09:43.0
|
10
|
|
Pole Vault
|
Aidan Bennett
|
Sr
|
Colorado School of Mines
|
5.15m
|
14
|
|
Triple Jump
|
Chayton Bynes
|
Jr
|
Chadron State
|
16.01m
|
1
|
|
Shot Put
|
Sam Dirkes
|
Sr
|
Adams State
|
19.10m
|
3
|
|
Shot Put
|
Xavier Freeman
|
Jr
|
CSU Pueblo
|
18.39m
|
9
|
|
Weight Throw
|
Michael Roberts
|
Sr
|
UCCS
|
20.39m
|
15
|
|
Weight Throw
|
Augustus Fink
|
So
|
South Dakota Mines
|
20.34m
|
16
|
|
Heptathlon
|
Dillon Arvayo
|
Sr
|
UCCS
|
5209
|
9
|
About the RMAC
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, headquartered in Colorado Springs, is a premier NCAA Division II conference with 15 institutions located in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah. The RMAC currently competes in 22 NCAA Division II sports and has earned 71 national championships and 53 national runners-up since 1992. Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the most historic athletic conference in the western United States and Division II.
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