Women's Track and Field Steven Merritt, Vassar Director of Athletic Communications

Two from Vassar to compete at NCAA Indoor Championship for third consecutive season

The duo will qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships for the thirdstraight season

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The NCAA has announced the participants in the 2026 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships, with Vassar College senior Jahmilia Dennis and junior Haley Schoenegge earning selections for the third consecutive season.

For all individual events contested at the championships, the top 20 declared student-athletes qualified for the NCAA meet. For each relay event, the top 12 declared relay teams—limited to one per institution—were accepted into the championships.

The championships will be held March 13-14 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dennis will compete in the triple jump for the third time. She is a six-time Liberty League triple jump champion with three of those championships coming during the indoor track and field season. The senior holds the indoor school record for the triple jump at 11.84 meters and finished the season ranked 19th nationally following a mark of 11.73 meters at the Wesleyan Invitational.

Schoenegge will race in the mile and the 3,000-meter run. She is set to defend her indoor national title in the mile after finishing the 2025-26 indoor campaign with the second fastest time in the country at 4:43.41, recorded at the BU Valentine Invitational. Schoenegge will also race in the 3K after recording the third fastest time nationally at 9:32.71 at the Armory Collegiate Distance Carnvial.