Friday, February 27
Spokane, Wash.
Abilene Christian
at
WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Photo by: Aly Bayliss
ACU Track and Field Competing For WAC Title in Spokane
2/26/2026 9:36:00 AM | Track & Field
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Abilene Christian men's and women's track and field teams head to Spokane, Wash., for the final Western Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday. Spokane's The Podium Sports Center is hosting the event for the second consecutive year.
The Wildcats will be in the thick of the team championship battle. The men's team favorite is Utah Valley, with Tarleton State and ACU filling out the projected top 3 teams. The women's team race is very close, with Utah Valley and Tarleton State neck-and-neck, with UT Arlington just outside the top two and ACU fighting to break into the top three.
ACU is taking full squads to the WAC Indoor meet. Debuting at this meet is ACU football's wide receiver Raydrian Baltrip, who is entered in the 60 meters. Headed into the meet, ACU has two athletes atop the performance list in their event – Rhet Punt in the men's weight throw and Mariana Van Dyk in the women's shot put.
The men have several athletes in the top three for their events. Ranked No. 2 in their respective events are Benjamin Castro in the 800, Andruw Villa in the 5k, Miguel Hall in the 60 hurdles, Arthur Jenkins in the triple jump and Canaan Fairley in the heptathlon. Nickens Lemba is ranked No. 3 in the 400, as is the 4x400 relay team. For the ACU women, Ciara Tilley (shot put) and Nele Huth (pentathlon) enter ranked No. 2, while Emma Santoro (400), Natalie Poe (pentathlon) and the 4x400 relay team are ranked No. 3.
ACU entries for the meet include:
WOMEN
The Wildcats will be in the thick of the team championship battle. The men's team favorite is Utah Valley, with Tarleton State and ACU filling out the projected top 3 teams. The women's team race is very close, with Utah Valley and Tarleton State neck-and-neck, with UT Arlington just outside the top two and ACU fighting to break into the top three.
ACU is taking full squads to the WAC Indoor meet. Debuting at this meet is ACU football's wide receiver Raydrian Baltrip, who is entered in the 60 meters. Headed into the meet, ACU has two athletes atop the performance list in their event – Rhet Punt in the men's weight throw and Mariana Van Dyk in the women's shot put.
The men have several athletes in the top three for their events. Ranked No. 2 in their respective events are Benjamin Castro in the 800, Andruw Villa in the 5k, Miguel Hall in the 60 hurdles, Arthur Jenkins in the triple jump and Canaan Fairley in the heptathlon. Nickens Lemba is ranked No. 3 in the 400, as is the 4x400 relay team. For the ACU women, Ciara Tilley (shot put) and Nele Huth (pentathlon) enter ranked No. 2, while Emma Santoro (400), Natalie Poe (pentathlon) and the 4x400 relay team are ranked No. 3.
ACU entries for the meet include:
WOMEN
- 60 – Lauren Foxworth, Kee'Lani Whitlock, Neriah Williams
- 200 – Lauren Foxworth, Morgan Morris, Kee'Lani Whitlock
- 400 – Gracee Whiteaker, Madelyn McFadden, Emma Santoro
- 800 – Jalyn Childers, Anna Vyn
- Mile – Audrey Chitwood, Lola Buentello
- 3K – Hannah Kasper, Hadley Phillips, Saylor Stevenson, Chloe McLellan
- 5K – Hannah Kasper, Hadley Phillips, Saylor Stevenson
- 60 hurdles – Hana Banks
- 4x400 relay – Gracee Whiteaker, Anna Vyn, Madelyn McFadden, Emma Santoro (alternate: Morgan Morris)
- Distance Medley Relay – Lola Buentello, Jalyn Childers, Anna Vyn, Chloe McLellan (alternates: Emma Santoro, Gracee Whiteaker, Saylor Stevenson, Madelyn McFadden)
- High Jump – Natalie Poe, Kaia Anderson
- Long Jump – Halle Gunter
- Triple Jump – Neriah Williams, Mackenzie Flaugher
- Shot Put – Nele Huth, Sterling Glenn, Ciara Tilley, Mariana Van Dyk
- Weight Throw – Sterling Glenn, Avery Myrick, Ciara Tilley, Mariana Van Dyk
- Pentathlon – Nele Huth, Natalie Poe, Skyla Riedel
- 60 – Raydrian Baltrip, Durrell Collins Jr., Abraham Olufemi-Dada
- 200 – Durrell Collins Jr.
- 400 – Nickens Lemba, Ryan McMeen
- 800 – Benjamin Castro, Evan Martin
- Mile – Vincent Luffey
- 3K – Mark Barajas, Matthew Engle, Mikhail Fortner, Vincent Luffey, Austin Roberts, Andruw Villa
- 5K – Mark Barajas, Matthew Engle, Mikhail Fortner, Austin Roberts, Andruw Villa
- 60 hurdles – Miguel Hall, Canaan Fairley
- 4x400 relay – Durrell Collins Jr., Nickens Lemba, Ryan McMeen, Benjamin Castro (alternate – Abraham Olufemi-Dada)
- Distance Medley Relay – Benjamin Castro, Ryan McMeen, Evan Martin, Vincent Luffey
- Long Jump – Horatio Brooks II
- Triple Jump – Arthur Jenkins
- Shot Put – Ryen Punt, Rylan Smart, Matthew Udemba
- Weight Throw – Rhet Punt, Rylan Smart, Justin Smithey, Matthew Udemba
- Heptathlon – Canaan Fairley
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