February 24, 2026

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Frontier Conference held their first-ever championship event in conference era on Feb. 21-22.  Dakota State (S.D.) was the host of the 2026 Frontier indoor track & field conference meet, held at Sanford-Jackrabbit Athletic Complex.

Dickinson State (N.D.) won the team title with 134.5 points.  Dakota State edged Montana Tech by one point to finish second, 116-115.  Bismarck State (N.D.) was fourth with 103 points, followed by Carroll (Mont.) fifth with 87.5 points, and Rocky Mountain (Mont.) sixth with 84 points.

The postseason awards included Field and Track Athletes-of-the-Meet, Frontier Most Valuable Athlete and Pepsi Coach-of-the-Year.  Those awards were announced at the conclusion of the conference meet on Feb. 22.

Tysen Grinde of DaSU and Ty Leischner of DiSU shared the Field Athlete-of-the-Meet after scoring 23 points each in the field events.

Cayden Kraft of Bismarck State received the conference Men’s Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Meet award after scoring the most points in the running events with 22.5 points.  He was also selected as the conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Most Valuable Athlete, voted by the league’s head coaches.

Dickinson State’s Shayne Wittkopp earned the conference’s Pepsi Coach-of-the-Year award.

All events in the 2026 Frontier Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Championships are counted as conference meet records.

Athletes earning All-Conference recognition must be in the top three in each event. 

The complete list of the Frontier Men’s Indoor Track & Field All-Conference is listed below:

Men’s
Co-Frontier Conference Men’s Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Meet:  Tysen Grinde – Dakota State (S.D.) and Ty Leischner – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Frontier Conference Men’s Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Meet:  Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Frontier Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Most Valuable Athlete:  Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Frontier Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Pepsi Coach of the Year:  Shayne Wittkopp – Dickinson State (N.D.)

60-meter dash
Daniel Oduse – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Jaxon Allery – Montana Tech
Mustafa Taylor – Dickinson State (N.D.)

200-meter dash
Matthew Moreni – Montana Tech
Mustafa Taylor – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Jaxon Allery – Montana Tech

400-meter dash
Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Nathan Mathern – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.)

600-meter run
Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Mohamed Muse – Dakota State (S.D.)
Konnor Gregerson – Montana Tech

800-meter run
Jack Jensen – Carroll (Mont.)
Xavier Bell – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Franklin John – Dakota State (S.D.)

1-mile run
Caleb Sarsland – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Connor Ensign – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Jakson Ensign – Bismarck State (N.D.)

3000-meter run
John Spinti – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Caleb Sarsland – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Zach Zwiesler – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)

5000-meter run
John Spinti – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Justin Glass – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Zach Gacnik – Carroll (Mont.)

60-meter hurdles
Morgan McClernan – Montana Tech
Carson Krack – Carroll (Mont.)
Jace Lovely – Bismarck State (N.D.)

4 x 400-meter relay
Keaton Saastad, Timol Walters, Xavier Bell, Cayden Kraft – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Carter Henke, Morgan McClernan, Adam Schrader, Matt Moreni – Montana Tech
Logan Borden, Kyler Holinde, Hudson Atkinson, Kohbe Smith – Dickinson State (N.D.)

4 x 800-meter relay
Micah Stoudt, Xavier Bell, Jakson Ensign, Connor Ensign – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Franklin Johns, Logan Recoy, Tyler Nicke, Mohamed Muse – Dakota State (S.D.)
Wyatt Ehredt, Oren Arthun, Peter Rehberger, Jack Jensen – Carroll (Mont.)

High Jump
Tysen Grinde – Dakota State (S.D.)
Ricky Williams – Montana Tech
Ty Leischner – Dickinson State (N.D.)

Pole Vault
Ty Leischner – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Keenan Morris – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Adrien Calderon – Dickinson State (N.D.)

Long Jump
Kohbe Smith – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Nicolo Lancini – Montana Tech
Jordan Mount – Valley City State (N.D.)

Triple Jump
Nicolo Lacini – Montana Tech
Kohbe Smith – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Ethan Schiller – Dickinson State (N.D.)

Shot Put
Cade VanVleet – Montana Tech
Oliver Tordsen – Dakota State (S.D.)
Dylan Dahlgren – Dickinson State (N.D.)