Men's Indoor Track & Field

24 Individuals, Two Relays Ready for NCAA Championship

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Twenty four individuals and two relays from the Centennial Conference will compete at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.  The championships will be held March 13-14 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala., with the Southern Athletic Association and the Birmingham CrossPlex serving as hosts. 

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.

Six returning All-Americans will vie for repeat podium finishes this weekend. On the men's side, Johns Hopkins' Emmanuel Leblond finished second in the 5000 and ninth in the 3000 last winter and will compete in both events once again. This marks the fourth straight year that Leblond qualified in the 5000 and the second straight time he will compete in the 3000. Leblond is seeded second in the 5000 and 10th in the 3000. 

Dickinson's Trevor Richwine is a two-time returning All-American in the 800, having placed fifth in 2024 and third in 2025. He is seeded fourth in the event. Teammate Franklyn Akabi-During qualified in both the 60-meter dash (seeded 10th) and 200 meters (seeded 9th). Akabi-During took sixth in the 200 last season. 

Ursinus' Mitchell Davis aims for repeat national honors in the pole vault. Davis placed ninth last winter and is seeded seventh entering this year's championship. 

On the women's side, Adriana Catalano finished seventh in the 3000 meters last year and is seeded in the top five in both the 3000 (5th) and 5000 (2nd). Emma Kothari returns as 1/4 of the Blue Jays' distance medley relay squad that is seeded 12th. Kothari was part of the fourth-place DMR finish last winter. Catalano is also part of the JHU DMR squad. 

Other notable seeds entering the meet are held by JHU's Erika Ezumba in the weight throw (2nd) and JHU's Claudia Ouimet in the pentathlon (5th). See the full list of competitors and events below. 


Centennial Conference NCAA Indoor Track & Field Qualifiers

NAME SCHOOL EVENT RANK TIME/MARK
Franklyn Akabi-During Dickinson (M) 60 10 6.75
Mirra Klimov Johns Hopkins (W) 60 19 7.64
Franklyn Akabi-During Dickinson (M) 200 9 21.33
Alex Colletti Johns Hopkins (M) 200 16 21.45
Chris Short Muhlenberg (M) 400 16 47.97
Trevor Richwine Dickinson (M) 800 4 1:50.30
Zach Houff Franklin & Marshall (M) 800 16 1:51.78
Ani Wedemeyer Johns Hopkins (W) 800 18 2:12.17
Mackenzie Setton Johns Hopkins (W) Mile 7 4:50.70
Emma Kothari Johns Hopkins (W) Mile 10 4:51.22
Caleb Tenney Johns Hopkins (M) 3000 6 8:04.55
Emmanuel Leblond Johns Hopkins (M) 3000 10 8:05.93
Adriana Catalano Johns Hopkins (W) 3000 5 9:33.78
Mia Kotler Johns Hopkins (W) 3000 19 9:41.02
Emmanuel Leblond Johns Hopkins (M) 5000 2 13:53.28
Anthony Clark Johns Hopkins (M) 5000 4 14:03.64
Matt Kelly Johns Hopkins (M) 5000 16 14:15.73
Adriana Catalano Johns Hopkins (W) 5000 2 16:34.90
Carter Brotherton Johns Hopkins (W) 5000 11 16:49.21
Mia Kotler Johns Hopkins (W) 5000 12 16:49.85
Kaelin Ryan Ursinus (W) 60 Hurdles 17 8.74
Lachman, Fendig, Kirchner, Lane Haverford (M) DMR 9 9:45.39
Kothari, Wedemeyer, Setton, Catalano Johns Hopkins (W) DMR 12 11:39.24
Mitchell Davis Ursinus (M) Pole Vault 7 5.05m
Jory Lee Haverford (M) Triple Jump 18 14.65m
Chloe Zhang Johns Hopkins (W) Long Jump 19 5.70m
Erika Ezumba Johns Hopkins (W) Shot Put 10 13.96m
Erika Ezumba Johns Hopkins (W) Weight Throw 2 19.59m
Phoebe Williams Johns Hopkins (W) Weight Throw 13 17.49m
Sebastian Tangelson Johns Hopkins (M) Heptathlon 18 4,909 
Claudia Ouimet Johns Hopkins (W) Pentathlon 5 3,586