Grand Valley State, West Texas A&M win DII
- NCAA said on May 23 that Grand Valley State and West Texas A&M won the 2026 Division II outdoor track and field championships. - Grand Valley State ended Pittsburg State’s four-year run in the men’s team race, while West Texas A&M won its first women’s title since 2022. - NCAA’s championship page has final results, while Division III championship information remains posted separately on NCAA.com.
Grand Valley State and West Texas A&M closed out the 2026 NCAA Division II outdoor track and field championships on Saturday, May 23, with team titles at Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kansas. The NCAA said the three-day meet ran from May 21 through May 23 and marked the end of the Division II outdoor season. Grand Valley State won the men’s championship, and West Texas A&M took the women’s title. Emporia State University served as host, according to the NCAA. ### Which teams won, and what changed from last year? Grand Valley State won the men’s team championship after Pittsburg State had captured the previous four Division II men’s outdoor titles, according to the NCAA’s championship page and history listing. NCAA video coverage published May 23 said Pittsburg State finished second and Missouri Southern finished third in the men’s standings. (ncaa.com) West Texas A&M won the women’s team title on the same day. NCAA championship history shows the program’s previous women’s outdoor title came in 2022, while Grand Valley State had won the women’s championship in 2025. ### Where and when was the meet held? Welch Stadium in Emporia, Kansas, hosted the championships from Thursday, May 21, through Saturday, May 23, the NCAA said. (ncaa.com) The governing body’s qualifiers announcement, published May 12, said Emporia State University would host the meet and that the championships would be streamed live on NCAA.com. The NCAA’s event coverage tied the men’s and women’s championships to the same three-day schedule and directed readers to final results and replay coverage after the meet concluded. ### How did athletes get into the national meet? The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee announced the field on May 12. (ncaa.com) The NCAA said athletes qualified by reaching provisional standards in their events during the qualification window from Feb. 19 through May 10. For the national championships, the top 22 declared athletes in each individual event were accepted, along with the top 16 declared relay teams, one per institution, and the top 16 declared athletes in the heptathlon and decathlon, according to the NCAA. ### What does the NCAA page include beyond the winners? (ncaa.com) The NCAA’s championship page packages the meet as a running file from selections through the last day of competition. It includes links to final results, live results, the schedule of events and championship history for both the men’s and women’s competitions. (ncaa.com) A separate NCAA page also tracks the 2026 Division III outdoor championships, which were held on the same May 21-23 dates at Veterans Memorial Field Sports Complex in La Crosse, Wisconsin. ### Where can readers go next for the official record? NCAA.com is carrying the official championship pages, results links and replay coverage for the Division II meet in Emporia. (ncaa.com) The Division III championship page remains posted separately on NCAA.com, with its own selections, qualifiers, schedule and results listings. (ncaa.com)
