KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Seven College of Saint Mary athletes in a program-record five events have qualified for the 2026 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Gainesville, Fla., from March 5 to 7.

The 46^th-annual event will be held at the Alachua County Sports & Events Center at Celebration Pointe. You can watch the entire event online for free at naianetwork.com.

The Flames will have seven scoring opportunities, also a program record. They have double qualifiers in two field events. Freshman Imani Skanes has qualified second in the long jump with a season-best of 6.04 meters (19 feet, 9¾ inches), while sophomore Mikaiya Rodgers has qualified 13^th in the same event at 5.80 (19- ½).

In the triple jump, sophomore Gozie Okafor has qualified eighth with a season-best of 11.81 (38-9), while Skanes ranks 15^th with a best jump of 11.69 (38-4¼).

On the track, CSM has the first two individual distance qualifiers in program history. Sophomore Kara Muller qualified 12^th in the mile with a season-best time of 5:08.33, while sophomore Olivia Elbert advanced 15^th in the 1,000 in 2:58.00.

The Flames also qualified 10^th in the 4x800 relay, with sophomore Carly Henderson, junior Mira Fosmer, Muller and Elbert running a season-best time of 9:17.85.

Here's the link to the full schedule: Meet Schedule

Here's the schedule of events for CSM athletes (All Central times):

Thursday, March 5

1:45 p.m.: 4x800 relay prelim (Carly Henderson, Mira Fosmer, Kara Muller, Olivia Elbert)

3:30 p.m.: Triple jump prelim and final (Gozie Okafor, Imani Skanes)

Friday, March 6

10:45 a.m.: Mile prelim (Kara Muller)

11 a.m.: Long jump prelim and final (Imani Skanes, Mikaiya Rodgers)

2:45 p.m.: 1,000 prelim (Olivia Elbert)

5:10 p.m.: 4x800 relay final

Saturday, March 7

11:25 a.m.: Mile final

1:35 p.m.: 1,000 final