KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA has announced the official final rosters and entry lists for all 2026 NAIA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship Open and Relay qualifiers. Marian University has qualified 24 individuals to represent the Knights at the championship meet.
Marian is currently ranked No. 2 in the NAIA in the most recent USTFCCCA poll and will take 24 student-athletes to the 2026 Indoor National Championships, competing in 13 different events during the meet. The Knights qualified two more athletes this year than at last year's indoor championship. Marian will be the third largest team on the men's side, only trailing Cumberlands by two athletes and Indiana Tech by seven.
The Knights have multiple athletes in the top five in their respective events, with
Tristan Trevino leading the way individually on the track as he is seeded third in the Mile.
Ayden Eckstein leads the way in the field as he is currently seeded first in the High Jump. Both the 4x800m relay and DMR are seeded second overall, while the 4x400m relay is seeded fourth.
60m: Will Osafo,
Jeremiah Brown,
Ricardo Mateo
600m: Eric Materna,
Dexter Parker
800m: Charles Leedke
Mile: Tristan Trevino
3000m: Benjamin Moster
Racewalk: Owen Myers
4x400m Relay: Materna,
Eli Givens,
Tre Jones, Parker,
Malik Ferdinand,
AJ Kelly
4x800m Relay: Trevino, Moster, Leedke,
Rick Williams,
Benjamin Riehle,
Mason Piatt,
Everett Carlisle,
Matthias Smith
DMR: Piatt, Trevino, Leedke, Riehle, Kelly, Williams, Carlisle, Moster, Smith
High Jump: Ayden Eckstein,
Gunner Kovach,
Victor Dailey
Long Jump: Marko Brajovic
Shot Put: Javian Jones
Weight Throw: Markevious Keys
The 2026 NAIA Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship, hosted by the Gainesville Sports Commission, will take place at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center at Celebration Pointe in Gainesville, Fla., from March 5-7.
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