NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The 2026 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships are set to get underway on Friday, as four from St. Kate's will compete in the two-day meet held at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
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The MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships officially kick off for the Wildcats on Friday afternoon with field events starting at 2:00 p.m. and track events beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday's events are scheduled for a noon start with the final set of events - the women's and men's 4x400 relay - running at 5:10 p.m.
Junior
Kaitlyn Peterson will compete in the opening event on Friday competing in heat one of the 1500m. Shortly after, she will appear in the 800m prelims at 4:25pm.
On Saturday,
Eleanor Lindeman will compete in the 3000m steeple at approximately 1:55 pm and will follow that with the 5000m along with fellow rookie
Lydia Feldhahn.
Maggie Lewandowski was also selected to compete in the outdoor championships competing in the Hammer Throw on Saturday at noon.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Daily tickets are required to attend the MIAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. All tickets will be sold and purchased online via HomeTown Ticketing.
There will not be cash sales at the venue; however, spectators can purchase tickets using a mobile device at any time, including while at the venue. Tickets are available for purchase on the
MIAC's HomeTown Ticketing site.
Single-day adult tickets will be $13, and student tickets are $4. (Note: additional HomeTown Ticketing convenience and credit card fees will be added during checkout, with estimated totals being $13.70 for adult / $4.43 for student per single-day ticket.) Children ages five and under do not require a ticket. Those eligible for student tickets include individuals currently enrolled in college, high school, middle school, and elementary school. Student ID is required where applicable.
Spectators traveling to Northfield are encouraged to review the
campus parking map. Primary parking will be in the Lower Lincoln lot, with overflow parking in the grass at the bottom of Old Main Hill. Concessions will be available for purchase near Porter Hall on the west end of the track.
Fans unable to attend in person will be able to follow the action with live updates via
Hero's Timing. Select events will also be streamed live on the
MIAC Sports Network. A full slate of links and information can be found on the
championship home page.
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Official championship apparel is available for online purchase via the
MIAC Shop powered by UNRestricted MKTG. The online MIAC Shop features officially licensed short-sleeve t-shirts, long-sleeve t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, tank tops, and shorts to commemorate the 2026
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women's conference championship meets. Respective team champion apparel will be added and available for purchase shortly after the meet.
HANDING OUT THE HARDWARE
MIAC championship trophies will be presented to the first-place women's and men's teams at the conclusion of the meet on Saturday afternoon. Gustavus has won three of the last four conference titles in women's outdoor track & field, including last year's championship.
In addition to team awards, the top three finishers in each event will automatically earn All-Conference honors, while the fourth-through-sixth place finishers will be named Honorable Mention.
Individual awards will be voted on by coaches following the meet and will be announced, along with the complete list of All-Conference and honorable mention recipients, next week.
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The top times and distances from around the MIAC as of Wednesday, May 6, can be found
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AROUND THE MIAC
Augsburg senior
Allison Hookom (Anoka, Minn. / Anoka) won the 400-meter dash at the Rider/Bolstorff Invitational on 4/25 with a time of 58.89. Hookom also placed tenth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.15.
Bethel senior
Anna Speratos (Farmington, Minn. / Farmington) broke her own program record in the hammer throw with a toss of 55.59 meters (182' 4") at the University of Minnesota's Gary Wilson Invitational on 4/22. That distance briefly led all of NCAA Division III and currently ranks fourth in the nation this season. Speratos also placed third among D-III competitors in the hammer throw at the Drake Relays with a distance of 53.21 meters (174' 7") on 4/25.
Carleton senior
Hannah Preisser (Chapel Hill, N.C. / Carrboro) was the runner-up in the 10,000-meter run at the Mangrum Invitational on 3/27 with a time of 35:45.54. Preisser's time ranked eighth in the nation in March and remains No. 23 in Division III this spring heading into the postseason.
Concordia first-year
Josie Brown (Saco, Mont. / Saco) ran the fastest 400-meter hurdle time in the MIAC this season at the Cobb Open on 5/2. Brown's time of 1:02.08 ranks 14th in NCAA Division III this year and is just 0.36 seconds shy of the 31-year-old program record. Brown also ran a MIAC Championship-qualifying time in the 100-meter hurdles, where she clocked a personal-best time of 15.80.
Gustavus sophomore
Kayla Kajer (Lake Elmo, Minn. / Stillwater) won the women's high jump at the Ole Open on 5/2 with a personal-best clearance of 1.65 meters (5' 5"). That mark ranks 23rd in NCAA Division III this season. Kajer had just one failed attempt on her way up the ladder to 1.65 meters.
Hamline first-year
Mabel Badejo (Minneapolis, Minn. / Irondale) won the long jump at the Gustie Twilight on 4/15 with a leap of 5.56 meters (18' 3"). That mark ranks second in Hamline program history and third in the MIAC this season.
Macalester sophomore
Ariella Rogahn-Press (Albuquerque, N.M. / Bosque School) ran the fastest 400-meter dash time in NCAA Division III this season at the Hamline Invitational on 3/30 with a time of 53.98. Rogahn-Press also won the 200 meters in 24.74 and anchored the Scots' 4x100-meter relay squad that crossed the finish line in 49.23.
Saint Benedict senior
Jaylyn Ahlberg (Shoreview, Minn. / Mounds View) won the pole vault competition at the Ole Open on 5/2 with a season-best clearance of 3.65 meters (11' 11.75"). Ahlberg has placed among the top five pole vaulters in eleven consecutive meets dating back to February.
St. Catherine first-year
Eleanor Lindeman (St. Louis Park, Minn. / St. Louis Park) recorded the fifth-fastest 10K time in program history, crossing the finish line in 39:51.26 at the CSB/SJU Invitational on 4/16. Lindeman has set collegiate-best times in four different distance events over her last three meets.
Saint Mary's sophomore
Mya Slavin (St. Charles, Minn. / St. Charles) set a new program record in the 1,500-meter run at the Manitou Classic on 4/11 with a winning time of 4:33.78. Slavin's time surpassed the previous mark established in 2004 by six seconds. Slavin broke another program record three weeks later with a time of 2:10.58 in the 800 meters at the Meet of the Unsaintly on 5/2, surpassing the previous mark that had stood for 15 years.
St. Olaf senior
Ashlyn Jore (Prior Lake, Minn. / Prior Lake) broke a 43-year-old program outdoor record in the long jump with a winning leap of 5.60 meters (18' 4.50") at the Carleton Relays on 4/16. Jore's jump was the best of the day by more than one foot and is the second-farthest jump in the MIAC this season.
St. Scholastica senior
Ella Stritesky (Rogers, Minn. / Rogers) was the top Division III finisher in the hammer throw at the Todd Pfingsten Open on 4/29 with a season-best distance of 51.74 meters (169' 9"). The mark ranks second in the MIAC and 24th in D-III this season. Stritesky has placed among the top three competitors in the hammer throw at each of her last three meets.
FOR THE RECORD
The
MIAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Record Book contains annual Conference championship information and MIAC overall and meet record-holders. The information included in the record book is based on available data, and research for additional historical documents is ongoing.
