GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Day one of the 2026 NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships was a record-breaking one for Eastern Oregon University, as the Mountaineers delivered a huge performance in the relays and positioned themselves well in the multi-events.

Men's Highlights
On the men's side, the day opened with the Heptathlon and continued with preliminary races. 

Justin Krabbenhoft began competition in the heptathlon and opened with the fastest 60-meter time of the day, clocking 7.01. After the long jump he moved to second in the standings, and following the shot put he slipped to fourth overall. Krabenhoft rebounded with a strong showing in the high jump with a mark of 1.94m and finished day one sitting in third place, well positioned heading into the second day of competition and still firmly in medal contention.

The men's 4x400 relay team of Peter Daniels, Reuben Manzer, Keaton Moore, and Osman Osman delivered one of the biggest moments of the day. The quartet crushed the previous school record, won their heat, and automatically qualified for the national final with a time of 3:14.69—marking the first time in program history an Eastern Oregon men's 4x400 relay has reached the final at the NAIA Indoor Championships.

Freshman Daniels set the tone with a 49.38 opening split, taking the lead early and never giving it up. Manzer followed with 48.41, Moore clocked 48.78, and Osman sealed the victory with a 48.13 anchor, holding off the field to secure the heat win.

Women's Highlights
The women's competition also opened with the multi-events before shifting to the relay preliminaries later in the day.

Freshman Kaliyah Chronister represented Eastern Oregon in the pentathlon, finishing 15th overall in her first appearance at the national meet. Chronister's top performances came in the high jump, where she set an indoor personal best to move into a tie for No. 25 on the EOU all-time list, and in the 800 meters, where she ran with the lead chase pack. It marked a strong showing for the freshman competing in just her second pentathlon.

Relay action began with the women's 4x800 relay, where Sydney Peck, Carlee Jensen, Mattie Woodbury, and Riley Morris combined to run 9:12.35, shattering the previous school record of 9:17.96 set at this same meet last season. The mark was also five hundredths of a second faster than the outdoor school record.

Peck opened the race with an outstanding 2:17.74 split, cutting 6.5 seconds off her previous personal best in the 800 meters. Jensen followed with a slight indoor personal best improvement, while Woodbury dropped two seconds from her previous best. Morris anchored the relay with another 1.5-second indoor PR. Despite the breakthrough performance, the Mountaineers narrowly missed the final by just 1.2 seconds in a deep national field.

The women's 4x400 relay continued the record-breaking theme later in the day. Taylor Joyce, Hallee Hisler, Sara McKen, and Nora Roscoe combined to run 3:48.95, smashing the long-standing school record of 3:51.40 set in 2014 and finishing just 0.44 seconds off the outdoor program record.

Joyce led off in 57.65, followed by a lifetime best 57.18 from freshman Hisler. McKen delivered a strong 57.58 leg before Roscoe closed the race with a blazing 56.54 anchor. The Mountaineers finished ninth overall, narrowly missing the eight-team final by 1.11 seconds.

With multiple school records, a historic relay final berth, and strong positioning in the combined events, Eastern Oregon closed day one of the national championships with significant momentum heading into the remainder of the meet, with events starting back up as early as 7 a.m. PT. 

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