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| Rowan's Rajahn Dixon celebrates following his win in the 200 meters, which he won by just 0.01 seconds. That was the push that the Profs needed to get past UW-La Crosse. Photo by Ashley Tumlin, d3photography.com |
Rowan took home the men's track and field NCAA Division III indoor championship with a total of 75 points and featured a pair of individual winners to help the Profs secure their first-ever national indoor title.
2026 Division III men's indoor track top finishersTop teams through two days of competition at the 2026 Division III men's indoor track competition in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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| 1. Rowan | 75 |
| 2. UW-La Crosse | 74 |
| 3. UW-Oshkosh | 64 |
| 4. UW-Eau Claire | 32 |
| 5. Lynchburg | 30 |
| 6. Central | 28 |
| 7. Geneseo | 27 |
| 8. WashU | 19.5 |
| 9. Wartburg | 17 |
| T10. TCNJ | 15 |
| T10. John Carroll | 15 |
The 75 points from the Profs were enough to edge out defending champion UW-La Crosse (74 points) by just one point in second, while UW-Oshkosh (64 points) finished third.
The Profs won with a big boost from Seth Clevenger, who won the national title in two events: the 3000 meters, in which he set a meet record, and the 5000 meters.
Clevenger's wins led to protests from the other top finishers in each of the two events, where they declined to be photographed with him. Clevenger, a transfer from Division I Iowa State, has been dogged by doping allegations from his time at the institution. Published reports regarding his alleged use of a banned substance appeared to be the source of a statement from Rowan University which was issued "regarding a student-athlete's prior participation at another institution," and did not comment further.
The placing field of the Men's 5K in the #d3track podium walked off the stage rather than be pictured with the champion.
— d3photography.com (@d3photography) March 14, 2026
And went to the side and held their own group photo.
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In other competition, Rajahn Dixon captured the 200 meters by the slimmest of margins, as his time of 20.92 edged out Oshkosh's Dylan Doss (20.93) by 0.01 seconds. Dixon's time also sets a program record and is the No. 2 fastest all-time in Division III.
The duo gives the Profs its sixth and seventh respective individual indoor champions as well.
The team will return to Glassboro with a team championship, three individual titles, and a total of 13 All-Americans.
This marks Rowan's sixth team title at the NCAA Track & Field championships, as the Profs won the outdoor championship in five consecutive years (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984).
UW-La Crosse has finished in the top five in 38 of a possible 39 indoor national championships. They were led in part by Carter Pearson, who won his first national title in the triple jump with a 49 foot, 3 inch mark. Collin Conzemius won the 400-meter run with a time of 46.76 seconds. In addition, the 4x400 relay team of Conzemius, Chase Doornink, Devin Williams and Andrew Hackbarth broke the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship and school record to win a national title, with a time of 3:10.90.