Huntington Adds National Qualifiers in Final Tune-Up

HILLSDALE, Mich./JOLIET, Ill. - As the clock winds down before the 2026 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships, several members of the Huntington University track & field team made one final push for qualifying marks at a pair of last chance meets this week.

Five Foresters competed Wednesday at the Hillsdale Last Chance meet where Celestin Trambloy turned in a breakthrough performance in the 400-meter hurdles. The sophomore raced to a time of 53.14 to hit the NAIA B standard and secure his spot at nationals. Anna Jeannin also punched her ticket to Asheville by clearing 1.68 meters in the high jump, good for an NAIA B standard qualification.

A larger contingent wrapped up the week Friday and Saturday at the Fighting Last Chance meet hosted by the University of St. Francis (Ill.). There, Trysta Hilton added her name to the national qualifier list after clocking a provisional mark of 1:02.73 in the 400-meter hurdles.

The 2026 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships are scheduled for May 20-22 at UNC Asheville's Karl Straus Track in Asheville.

HILLSDALE LAST CHANCE
800m – Olivia Howell (1st – 2:18.21)
400m hurdles – Celestin Trambloy (3rd – 53.14) B standard
High jump – Anna Jeannin (2nd – 1.68m) B standard; Trysta Hilton (9th – 1.54m)
Pole vault – Emma Schiffli (4th – 3.38m)

ST. FRANCIS FIGHTING LAST CHANCE
Women's Full Results
100m – Addyson Dowler (5th – 12.31)
200m – Saniya Brinkley (14th – 25.99); Addyson Dowler (19th – 26.14); Laura Valiente-Marin (23rd – 26.95); Anna Sullivan (25th – 27.13); Stacy Stutzman (39th – 29.63)
400m – Saniya Brinkley (9th – 59.45); Anna Sullivan (15th – 1:01.05); Laura Valiente-Marin (17th – 1:01.54); Stacy Stutzman (29th – 1:06.04)
800m – Olivia Howell (3rd – 2:16.19)
10,000m – Molly Harding (11th – 37:30.66)
400m hurdles – Trysta Hilton (3rd – 1:02.73) B standard
3000m – Mackenzie Brewer (10th – 11:51.36)
High jump – Anna Jeannin (2nd – 1.67m); Trysta Hilton (9th – 1.55m)
Pole vault – Emma Schiffli (6th – 3.23m)

Men's Full Results
100m – Isaac Lee (51st – 11.57)
200m – Noah Wellington (8th – 22.16); Hawkins Marihugh (28th – 23.10); Isaac Lee (52nd – 24:32)
400m – Noah Wellington (1st – 48.09); Hawkins Marihugh (15th – 50.25)
800m – Ben Roberts (2nd – 1:55.39); Luis Flores (8th – 1:57.44); Lance Wyrick (19th – 1:59.00); Ryker Quake (45th – 2:04.44)
3000m – Carter VanderMeer (8th – 10:29.84)
High jump – Kharrington Terry (10th – 1.97m); Caleb Farr (4th – 4.65m)

The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 181 NAIA All-America honors and 631 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. Huntington has a top quartile ranking in the 2026 U.S. News Best Regional Universities Midwest Rankings.