VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The University of Colorado Colorado Springs track & field team put together a strong first day of competition at the 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships as the Mountain Lions saw five different student-athletes earn All-America recognition in their respective events.
 
INSIDE THE 2026 NCAA DIVISION II INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
UCCS Men's Day One Score: N/A (5-of-17 events scored)
UCCS Women's Day One Score: N/A (5-of-17 events scored)
Hosts: Norfolk State University and Visit Virginia Beach
Location: Virginia Beach Sports Center | Virginia Beach, Va.
Track Size: 200m (banked)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Senior Dillon Arvayo opened the competition day for the Mountain Lions as he posted a score of 2,742 points across the first four events of the men's heptathlon and sits in 14^th place heading into day two of the meet. Arvayo kicked off his day with marks of 7.25s in the 60m dash and 6.32m in the men's long jump before matching his personal best in the shot put with a toss of 12.21m and clearing a bar height of 1.85m in the high jump.
• Junior Krissie Sanders collected the first All-America nod of the meet for the Mountain Lions in the women's 60m hurdles as she earned second team recognition after posting the 15^th-fastest time among the preliminary field at 8.66s.
• In the men's weight throw competition, senior Michael Roberts secured Second Team All-America accolades as he uncorked a toss of 19.91m to finish 12^th overall in the field.
• Junior Emma Montoya represented the Mountain Lions in the preliminary round of the women's mile race as she galloped to Second Team All-America honors in the event, finishing 16^th overall among the prelim field with a time of 4:58.32.
• The Mountain Lions added another Second Team All-America honor in the women's weight throw competition, where senior Savannah Jorgens unleashed a toss of 18.60m to finish 10^th overall in the field.
• Senior Kseniya Nikanorov closed out the first day of competition on the outer track and claimed a fifth and final Second Team All-America accolade for the Mountain Lions as she raced to a 15th place finish with a time of 17:54.54.

BEYOND THE RESULTS

• Roberts becomes the second student-athlete in indoor program history to earn All-America accolades in the men's weight throw, joining former teammate Luke Hard, who finished ninth overall at last season's indoor national championship meet to earn second team recognition.  
• Sanders is the second student-athlete in indoor program history to secure All-America honors in the women's 60m hurdles. Prior to Sanders achieving the feat today, the only All-American in program history was Melissa Moreni, who earned the accolade twice as a member of the first team in 2023-24 and the second team in 2021-22.
• With Montoya garnering Second Team All-America accolades in the women's mile, UCCS has now had at least one All-American in the event in nine of the past 10 years. In that span, seven Mountain Lion student-athletes have combined to collect a total of 15 All-America honors, including 11 first team accolades and four second team honors.
• After securing Second Team All-America accolades in the women's weight throw, Jorgens joins former teammate Anna Holland as the second student-athlete in indoor program history to earn All-America honors. Holland earned the accolade at the 2023-24 indoor national championship meet, where she also recorded a 10^th place finish in the event.  
• The Mountain Lions have now had an All-American in the women's 5,000m in back-to-back indoor seasons with Nikanorov becoming the fourth student-athlete in indoor program history to record an All-America accolade in the event. 
• The United States Track & Field & Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) unveiled an updated All-America award structure for the 2025-26 academic year, with First-Team All-America being awarded to the top eight finishers in each men's and women's event, Second Team All-America being awarded to finishers 9-16 in each individual men's and women's event and finishers 9-12 in each men's and women's relay event, and Honorable Mention being awarded to finishers 17-18 in each individual men's and women's event.

UP NEXT

• The second and final day of the 2026 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships will get underway tomorrow morning with Arvayo competing in the heptathlon 60m Hurdles at 9 a.m. (MT).

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.