Gainesville, Fla. – Five Fighting Saints will compete at the 2026 US Marines NAIA Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships at Alachua County Sports & Events Center on Thursday March 5 to Saturday March 7.

 

For the men, 3 individuals are qualified and competing. This includes Tucker Monaco (Heptathlon, Pole Vault), Carson Krack (Heptathlon), and Jack Jensen (800m). For the women, Brynn Wandle (Pole Vault) and Audrey vanWestrienen (3000m) will compete. 

 

In the 800m, there will be 3 heats of 6 to 7 runners. The top 2 placers in each heat and the next 2 fastest times will advance to the final. Jensen will compete in the 3rd Heat. vanWestrienen's semi-final heat has been cancelled because of the number of qualifiers, so she will move straight to the 3000m final on Saturday.

 

All of the Saints qualifiers are ranked in the Top 20 nationally: Monaco (2nd - Pole Vault, 9th - Heptathlon), Krack (2nd - Heptathlon), Jensen (20th - 800m), vanWestrienen (20th - 3000m), and Wandle (4th - Pole Vault). The athletes will strive to move up from or maintain their positions with goals of scoring in the Top 8 and earning All-American status.

 

The Saints' event schedule is as follows (times adjusted to Mountain Time from Eastern):

 

THURSDAY

 

8:00 am Decathlon (Monaco, Krack)

10:00 am Pole Vault (Wandle)

FRIDAY

 

8:00 am Decathlon (Monaco, Krack)

1:30 pm 800m Semi (Jensen)

 

SATURDAY

 

11:15 am Pole Vault (Monaco)

12:25 pm 800m Final (Jensen)

1:00 pm 3000m Final (vanWestrienen)

 

The full meet schedule is linked HERE

 

Live results will be available at this LINK

 

A free live feed of the event is available HERE

 

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