Four members of the Cortland men's and women's track and field teams have qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala.

Cortland's qualifiers are:

MEN:
Isaiah Brunache, Sr. (Bennington, VT/Mount Anthony Union) - Weight Throw and Shot Put
Evan Collette, Jr. (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) - Weight Throw
Manuel Sepulveda, Jr. (East Rochester) - Triple Jump

WOMEN:
Melissa Innocent, Jr. (Elmont/Valley Stream North) - Mile


The field in each individual event consists of the top 20 declared performers. For relays, the top 12 (maximum one per school) qualified.

Previous NCAA history for each qualifier:

Brunache:
2025 outdoors: 2nd place (First Team All-American), Shot Put
2025 indoors: 7th place (First Team All-American), Weight Throw and 8th place (First Team All-American), Shot Put
2024 outdoors: 18th place, Discus and 20th place, Shot Put
2024 indoors: qualified for shot put and weight throw; did not compete due to injury
2023 indoors: 20th place, Shot Put
2023 outdoors: 2nd place (All-American), Shot Put

Collette:
2025 outdoors: Hammer Throw (did not place)

Sepulveda:
(first meet with Cortland)
At St. John Fisher:
2025 indoors: 7th place (First Team All-American), Triple Jump, and 15th place, Long Jump

Innocent:
First NCAA appearance

The schedule for Cortland's events is as follows:

Friday, March 13:
11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT) - Men's Weight Throw (Brunache and Collette)
3:35 p.m ET (2:25 p.m. CT) - Women's Mile (Innocent)

Saturday, March 14:
12 p.m. ET (11 a.m. CT) - Men's Shot Put (Brunache)
12 p.m. ET (11 a.m. CT) - Men's Triple Jump (Sepulveda)

Coverage Links:

NCAA Selection Release
Live Results Page (Leone Timing)
Video (Day 1)
Video (Day 2)
(NOTE: In the past, NCAA video has not shown much, if any, of the field events during the championship meets.)

Official NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship Web Sites:  MEN  |  WOMEN