Indoor Track: IU East at RSC Championships Preview
RICHMOND, Ind. – It's finally time for the 2026 River States Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships as Indiana University East will take part in the two-day affair at the Dyson Baudo Rec Center on the campus of Marietta College.
The action begins on Friday, Feb. 20. Field events start at 2 p.m. The 55-meter hurdles are first on the track at 3 p.m.
Saturday's field events get underway at 9 a.m. Races on the track begin with the women's mile starting at 10 a.m.
FOLLOW THE MEET
The address for the Dyson Baudo Rec Center is Butler Street and Fourth Street, Marietta, OH 45750.
Admission is $5 and is cash only.
Live results are scheduled to be available. Check out the latest performance lists for the RSC here.
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW
* IU East's men won the team title back in 2020. Last season, the Red Wolves were fourth on the men's side in fifth in the women's meet.
* Cameron Nocton (men's 3,000-meter Race Walk) is a three-time individual champion for IU East and the second seed in this year's event with a NAIA "A" qualifying standard time of 13:01.51.
* The top individual seeds for the Red Wolves are defending champs Tristan Thomas (men's 60 meters, 6.91) and Brody Puckett (men's 600 meters, 1:20.61) along with Kayci Hill (women's 1,000 meters, NAIA "B2:58.15) and Naleya Kinney (women's triple jump, 9.96 meters).
* The Red Wolves also have the best time in three relay events and are ranked in the top three in all six of the races, which includes the No. 2 women's distance medley squad of Emily Fleming, Mackenzie Rohde, Mylee Shatto and Hill that has a NAIA "B" standard of 12:23.85.
* There are two other NAIA national qualifiers for the Red Wolves competing with Sarah Perry second in the women's 3,000-meter Race Walk and Emilee Earl, who is the No. 4 seed in the women's pole vault that features five competitors who have cleared the qualifying standard.
* Other Red Wolves ranked in the top three of their individual events are:
Hill (second in women's mile, 5:13.42)
Rohde (second in women's 200 at 26.63 and second in 400 at 1:00.79)
Esther George (second, women's 60-meter hurdles at 9.70)
Carson Shepherd (second in men's pole vault at 4.17 meters)
Akot Tong (second in men's 800 at 1:55.83)
Fleming (third in women's 1,000 meters at 3:07.40, third in the women's mile at 5:17.30 and third in women's 800 at 2:22.42)
Hunter Allen (third in men's mile at 4:18.61)
Connor Nease (third in men's pole vault at 4.10 meters)
Chloe Scales (third in women's 5,000 meters at 18:39.67)
Vanessa Temple (third in women's triple jump at 9.68 meters)