February 24, 2026

BROOKINGS, S.D. – The Frontier Conference held their inaugural 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.) edged Dakota State (S.D.) by two points in a thrilling women’s team standings (144-142).  Montana Tech was third with 128 points and Bismarck State (N.D.) fourth with 102 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.

Abby Clark of MT and Faith Brennan of DiSU shared the Field Athlete-of-the-Meet after scoring 26 points each in the field events.  Clark was selected as the Frontier Women’s Indoor Track & Field Most Valuable Athlete, voted by the league head coaches.

Grace Steinmetz of Bellevue (Neb.) received the conference Women’s Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Meet award after scoring the most points in the running events with 30 points.

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

All events in the 2026 Frontier Conference Women’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 Women’s Indoor Track & Field All-Conference is listed below:

Women’s
Co-Frontier Conference Women’s Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Meet:  Abby Clark – Montana Tech and Faith Brennan – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Frontier Conference Women’s Indoor Track Athlete-of-the-Meet:  Grace Steinmetz – Bellevue (Neb.)
Frontier Conference Women’s Indoor Track & Field Most Valuable Athlete:  Abby Clark – Montana Tech
Frontier Conference Women’s Indoor Track & Field Pepsi Coach of the Year:  Shayne Wittkopp – Dickinson State (N.D.)

60-meter dash
Priviledge Bower – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Jadyn Vermillion – Montana Tech
Charlize Davis – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)

200-meter dash
Priviledge Bower – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Jadyn Vermillion – Montana Tech
Abby Clark – Montana Tech

400-meter dash
Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)
Tsitsi Karanda – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Aliya Schock – Bismarck State (N.D.)

600-meter run
Tsitsi Karanda – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Mia Handran – Dickinson State (N.D.)
RayLee Wallis – Dakota State (S.D.)

800-meter run
Maya Pearcy – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Frida Barrera – Valley City State (N.D.)
Natalie Lile – Dickinson State (N.D.)

1-mile run
Grace Steinmetz – Bellevue (Neb.)
Frida Barrera – Valley City State (N.D.)
Kamryn Comba – Montana Tech

3000-meter run
Grace Steinmetz – Bellevue (Neb.)
Valerija Curikova – Dakota State (S.D.)
Audrey VanWestrienen – Carroll (Mont.)

5000-meter run
Grace Steinmetz – Bellevue (Neb.)
Valerija Curikova – Dakota State (S.D.)
Alyssa Jany – Montana Tech

60-meter hurdles
Charlize Davis – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Faith Brennan – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Amelie Steins – Dakota State (S.D.)

4 x 400-meter relay
Aisha Zaffino, Aliya Schock, Brooklyn Fueller, Tsitsi Karanda – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Amelie Steins, Anna Schnedier, Molli Thornton, RayLee Wallis – Dakota State (S.D.)
Abby Clark, Peyton Walker, TJ Chirrick, Kamryn Comba – Montana Tech

4 x 800-meter relay
TJ Chirrick, Mya Green, Amy Broek, Kamryn Comba – Montana Tech
Maya Pearcy, Kallyn Wilkins, Rylie Schoenfeld, Jayden Woodland – Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Loli Jarrett, Lauren Taylor, Mia Handran, Natalie Lile – Dickinson State (N.D.)

High Jump
Adarra Hagelund – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Abby Clark – Montana Tech
Adow Thyab – Dakota State (S.D.)

Pole Vault
Brynn Wandle – Carroll (Mont.)
Mercedes Lura – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Taylynd Stuhr – Dickinson State (N.D.)

Long Jump
Jadyn Vermillion – Montana Tech
Abby Clark – Montana Tech
Faith Brennan – Dickinson State (N.D.)

Triple Jump
Faith Brennan – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Kennedy Harter – Bismarck State (N.D.)
Alexia Anderson – Bismarck State (N.D.)

Shot Put
Kori Nagel – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Codi Nagle – Dickinson State (N.D.)
Oliviyah Thornton – Dakota State (S.D.)