TO YOUR MARKS
The Washburn Ichabod track and field teams will open the outdoor portion of the 2025-26 schedule this weekend at two different locations.

MEET COVERAGE
WashU Live Results
https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/648991/info
WashU Live Video
https://www.flotrack.org/events/15267363-2026-washu-invite
ESU Live Results
https://results.blacksquirreltiming.com/meets/64515
 
ICHABODS IN THE RANKINGS 
The Washburn Ichabod men's and women's track and field teams are both ranked in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's seventh checkpoint rating index of the season. The Ichabod men come in at No. 24 and the women are No. 32.
The Ichabod men were ranked a program-best No. 8 in the first rating index of the season.  In the regional rankings, the men are ranked fifth and the women are ranked fourth.
 
WHO'S GOING
The Ichabod women will have 35 student-athletes in action in Emporia and the men's squad will have 31 in action. At the WashU Distance Carnival, the Ichabod men are scheduled for six traveling to St. Louis and the women's team with have nine in action.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE ICHABODS
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Washburn Ichabod track and field teams wrapped up the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships as the Ichabod men finished 16th recording their first NCAA individual champion, while the women's team finished 36th with two All-Americans.
Justin Forde became the Ichabods' first NCAA-era national champion with a school-record mark of 16.29m (53-05.50), almost 18 inches ahead of the runner-up. Forde's final mark came on his final attempt of the day moving him to the top of the podium.
Naiuri Krein picked up her fifth All-America Award as an Ichabod with her eighth-place finish at the NCAA National Indoor Championships in the pentathlon with a total score of 3,864 points.
Lexie Fontaine earns her first All-American award with a school-record time of 2:08.45, finishing fifth-place overall in the 800m.
The Ichabods had three others competing in Virginia as well. Slade Smith finished 15th in the triple jump clearing 2.06m (6-09.00). Jordan Dale did not clear a bar in the high jump and neither did Adam Wooldridge in the pole vault.
 
UP NEXT
Next up for the Ichabods will be the Pitt State Gorilla Relays on April 3 and the PSU Gorillas Classic on April 4 in Pittsburg and a return trip to Emporia April 3-4 for the ESU Midwest Classic.