Friday, Mar. 20
Spire Distance Carnival | Leavenworth, Kan. | Charles Berkel Memorial Stadium
Running Events: 7 p.m.
LIVE RESULTS | MEET SCHEDULE | MEET INFORTMATION
 
The Northwest Missouri State track and field teams will open its outdoor season this weekend at the Spire Distance Carnival. The meet is set for Friday, March 20, on the campus of the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kan., with events beginning at 7 p.m.
 
Spire Distance Carnival Meet Information:
The Bearcats will send 6 athletes to compete in three long distance races at the meet.
 
BEARCATS COMPETING
Men
Andres Kemper – 800m

• 7:50 PM

Aziz Mohammed, Riley Witt, Max Touron, Ian Schram – 1,500m

• 8:20 PM

 
Women
Kiki Witt – 3,000m Steeplechase

• 7:00 PM

 
2025-26 INDOOR SEASON WRAP UP:
Northwest enjoyed a successful 2025–26 indoor season, with both men's and women's teams taking home top-eight team finishes at the recent 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships.
 
The Northwest women scored 22 points, placing seventh, and tying the team's highest finish in program history that it earned in 2024. The Bearcat men secured their fourth-highest team finish in program history, placing eighth overall with 22 points.
 
It is the eighth top-10 national finish for the Bearcat men at the NCAA indoor championships. It is the fourth top-10 finish for the Northwest women at the NCAA indoor championships. 
 
The Bearcats totaled 27 NCAA All-America honors over the course of the two-day meet. With four relay squads and seven individuals claiming first-team status and four individuals earning second-team recognition. 
 
Melanie Roland earned a runner-up finish for the Bearcats in the women's 400-meter dash along with posting her own second-fastest time in Northwest history. Kennedi Cline placed third in the finals and both Bearcats achieved first-team all-America performances.
 
Dominic Sedlacek captured a runner-up finish as well in the men's 60-meter dash, earning himself All-America first-team recognition.
 
The men's and women's distance medley teams both claimed top-eight finishes for the Bearcats, with the men placing third and the women coming in eighth. Both teams secured first-team all-America honors.
 
The men's and women's 4x400-meter relay teams provided strong first team All-America finishes to cap off the meet the men claiming sixth and the women taking home third.
 
2026 NORTHWEST NCAA ALL-AMERICANS
First Team
(Men's 60mH, 6th place) Frank Sparks – 1st Team
(Men's 60m, 2nd place) Dominic Sedlacek – 1st Team
(Men's 400m, 8th place) Truman Hare – 1st Team
(Women's 400m, 2nd place) Melanie Roland – 1st Team
(Women's 400m, 3rd place) Kennedi Cline – 1st Team
(Men's Mile, 8th place) Riley Witt – 1st Team
(Men's 4x400m Relay, 6th place) Danny Jantzen, Logan Arellano, Josh Fraker, Christian Lanphier – 1st Team 
(Women's 4x400m Relay, 3rd place) Melanie Roland, Kennedi Cline, Jadyn Barnes, Marie Dea – 1st Team
(Men's DMR, 4th place) Aziz Mohammed, Josh Fraker, Charlie Kinslow, Barnabe Gabillet – 1st Team
(Women's DMR, 8th place) Lydia McGlocklin, Jadyn Barnes, Kendall Tietjen, Kiki Witt – 1st Team
(Women's Pentathlon, 8th place) Anjelena Carder – 1st Team
 
Second Team
(Men's 60mH, 12th place) Moses Koroma – 2nd Team
(Women's 800m, 10th place) Marie Dea – 2nd Team
(Men's Mile, 12th place) Aziz Mohammed – 2nd Team
(Men's Shot Put, 9th place) Ethan Gaschler – 2nd Team
 
2025-26 Northwest Indoor Track School Records:
Kiki Witt, 9:37.39 – (W) 3,000-meter run (Rumble in the Jungle Invitational)
Riley Witt, 3:59.07 – (M) 1 mile run (David Hemery Valentine Invitational)
Campbell Barta, 5.90m – (W) Long Jump (Northwest Tune Up – Last Chance Meet)
Dominic Sedlacek, 6.61 – (M) 60-meter dash (MIAA Championships)
Truman Hare, 46.42 – (M) 400-meter dash (MIAA Championships)
Dustin Wurtz, 18.92m – (M) Weight Throw (MIAA Championships)
Frank Sparks, 7.77 – (M) 60m Hurdles (MIAA Championships)
 
NORTHWEST'S MIAA TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK (2025-26)
Melanie Roland - MIAA Female Track (Dec. 9, 2025)
Kennedi Cline - MIAA Female Track (Jan. 20, 2026)
Aziz Mohammed - MIAA Male Track (Jan. 20, 2026)
Kennedi Cline - MIAA Female Track (Jan. 27, 2026)
Riley Witt - MIAA Male Track (Feb. 17, 2026)