And that’s a wrap for the
2021 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama! Champions were crowned in a thrilling finale to the indoor season.
Eagles Win Back-To-Back National Championships
Ashland came prepared a year ago to defend its national title; however, they had to wait one more year to do so.
Fast forward a year, and the Eagles got it done.
Ashland claimed its second straight indoor national championship with 70 points to beat GLIAC-rival
Grand Valley State (53). A successful title defense gives the Eagles their second indoor title in program history, and their third straight championship as Jud Logan’s team also won the outdoor title in 2019.
Lee (Tenn.), No. 4
Central Missouri and No. 5
Northwest Missouri. Both Lee (Tenn.) and Northwest Missouri have set program-best rankings in the National TFRI.
The Lakers have shown depth across all event disciplines early on this season and boast 16 marks that rank in the top-10 nationally. The strength for GVSU comes in its distance squad, which includes three of the top-5 spots in the mile and 3000.
Isaac Harding leads the way in the mile (No. 2, 4:03.14), with
Tanner Chada (No. 3, 4:03.74) and
Caleb Futter (No. 4, 4:06.26) shortly behind. In the 3000, Futter is ranked second in 8:10.72, followed by Harding (No. 3, 8:11.09) and Chada (8:14.57). Joining the distance crew with a top-5 mark is