Contact: Brock Reisler, Assistant Executive Director, breisler@midwestconference.org
 
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin – The Midwest Conference Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships return to Mount Vernon, Iowa this weekend (May 8-9) as all nine league teams descend on Cornell College for the 2026 league championships.
 
The action kicks off with field events on both days, beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Friday and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. The men will race first in all track events.
 
Last season, Monmouth College snapped Ripon College’s streak of three consecutive outdoor championships with the Fighting Scots’ first league title since 2021. Cornell was picked to win the MWC this season in a tightly contested preseason coaches’ poll.
 
As of Tuesday’s USTFCCCA, Men’s Midwest Region Rankings, Illinois College is 13th, while Cornell sits in 14th. Outside the top 15 include Monmouth (20th), Grinnell College (21st) and Knox College (30th). In the North Region, Beloit College stands in 24th, while Lawrence University is 25th and Ripon is 29th.
 
For all updates throughout the championship, visit the 2026 MWC Men’s Championship page.
 
Below are the top three performers in each championship event heading into the weekend.
 
2026 Top 3 Outdoor Track & Field Marks
 

Event	Men’s
Hammer	Melvin Hodge, Illinois College - 60.60m
	Jack McLaughlin, Lawrence - 52.98m
	Deon Rodgers, Illinois College - 52.12m
Shot Put	Landon Erxleben, Monmouth - 15.76m
	Braedy Picard, Ripon - 15.69m
	Joshua Martinez Marte, Beloit - 15.41m
Long Jump	Jaden Saunders, Illinois College - 6.89m
	Jacob Kollman, Illinois College - 6.83m
	Ben Replogle, Illinois College - 6.65m
Pole Vault	Matt Bright, Monmouth - 4.35m
	Lane Grice, Monmouth - 3.95m
	Kaden Foglesong, Monmouth - 3.95m
10000m	Isaac vanWestrienen, Cornell - 28:52.66
	Dylan Malmgren, Beloit - 31:30.54
	Finn Lettau, Ripon - 33:11.76
Discus	Joshua Martinez Marte, Beloit - 52.21m
	Deon Rodgers, Illinois College - 50.47m
	Jake Bell, Grinnell - 48.04m
Javelin	Jake Bell, Grinnell - 52.98m
	Brady Dilworth, Lawrence - 52.46m
	Ben Replogle, Illinois College - 51.59m
110m Hurdle	Adam Hernandez, Illinois College - 14.53
	Jess Christensen, Grinnell - 15.10
	Kaden Foglesong, Monmouth - 15.37
400m	Chase Staker, Cornell - 48.98
	Da’Von Patterson, Monmouth - 49.84
	Jensen Meeker, Cornell - 49.87
100m	Brayden Long, Lake Forest - 10.63
	Josh Yearby, Beloit - 10.71
	Kani Carson, Illinois College - 10.73
	Eli Grzelewski, Grinnell - 10.73
400m Hurdle	Nathaniel Otis, Beloit - 52.74
	Adam Hernandez, Illinois College - 56.51
	Blaine Dohrmann, COrnell - 58.01
200m	Hadley Beaty, Cornell - 21.73
	Sam Stimler, Illinois College - 21.81
	Kani Carson, Illinois College - 21.81
Triple Jump	Tashawn Ruffin, Monmouth - 13.74m
	Jacob Kollman, Illinois College - 13.53m
	Dylan Humphrey, Illinois College - 12.98m
High Jump	Ike Claussen-Tubbs, Cornell - 1.96m
	Logan Morse, Monmouth - 1.91m
	Jack Novelle, Grinnell - 1.91m
3000m Steeple	Luke Robinson, Grinnell - 9:18.70
	Jaxon Hornby, Ripon - 9:41.25
	Max Reemtsma, Lawrence - 9:59.82
5000m	Isaac vanWestrienen, Cornell - 13:53.13
	Jacob Bach, Cornell - 14:30.05
	Lance Miller, Knox - 14:38.47
4x400m Relay	Illinois College - 3:21.60
	Monmouth - 3:22.51
	Cornell - 3:23.20
4x100m Relay	Cornell - 41.73
	Illinois College - 41.84
	Grinnell - 42.54
800m	Ollie Francis, Lake Forest - 1:54.23
	Zach Meyer, Lawrence - 1:54.70
	Spencer Lyau, Grinnell - 1:55.54
1500m	Isaac vanWestrienen, Cornell - 3:48.60
	Jacob Bach, Cornell - 3:51.35
	Zach Meyer, Lawrence - 3:54.29