Wheaton, Ill. - The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) named its 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field All-Region Teams recently following the conclusion of the regular season (utilizing results prior to the Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend). The Wheaton women's track & field team had two selections, while the Thunder men's program also had two honorees. Top-five individuals in each event from each region earn All-Region honors, in addition to each of the members of top-three ranked relay teams.

WHEATON'S WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD SELECTIONS
Junior Grace Crowder and sophomore Sally Elsen each earned All-Midwest Region honors.

Crowder's school-record mark of 1.69-meters (5' 6-1/2") at the Chicagoland Indoor Championships ranked third among women's high jumpers in the Midwest Region this winter. The mark also earned her a spot this Saturday in the high jump competition at the 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. 

Elsen had the Midwest Region's fifth-best performance in the women's indoor pentathlon this season. Her effort of 3,112 points came at the Ripon NCAA Final Qualifier on March 6.


WHEATON'S MEN'S TRACK & FIELD SELECTIONS
Sophomore Ty Bova and senior Isaac Bledsoe each earned All-Midwest Region honors.

Bova earned All-Midwest Region honors in the men's high jump. His mark of 2.06 meters (6' 9") tied for first among high jumpers in the Midwest Region. The regional high effort came in his first-place performance at the CCIW Indoor Track & Field Championships on February 28. 

Bledsoe recorded the third-best men's long jump effort in the Midwest Region this winter with a mark of 7.09 meters (23' 3-1/4"). His career-best leap ocurred at North Central College's F. Lee Slick Invitational on Feb. 20.