High Point Leads 2026 Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship Following Day 1
MILL SPRING, N.C. -- High Point University leads the 2026 Big South Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship following the first day of competition. The Panthers hold the lead with 69 points after five scored events, ahead of second-place USC Upstate (39 points). Charleston Southern sits in third-place with 36 points, followed by Gardner-Webb in fourth (22 points) and UNC Asheville in fifth (18 points).
Two Championship Meet records were broken on Friday. High Point's
Justin Sluijter won the long jump with a Big South record and Championship Meet record distance of 7.89m to repeat as the individual champion. HPU's
Ricardo Montes de Oca was the winner in the pole vault with a Championship Meet record clearance of 5.37m. Gardner-Webb's
Quentin Peterson won the weight throw for the third consecutive year with his winning mark of 20.00m. HPU repeated as the Distance Medley Relay champions (10:02.13), while Charleston Southern's
Martin Iriondo took home the 5,000m gold medal with his time of 14:53.61.
Below are the standings following the first day. Competition resumes Saturday at 11:00am.
1 - High Point (69)
2 - USC Upstate (39)
3 - Charleston Southern (36)
4 - Gardner-Webb (22)
5 - UNC Asheville (18)
6 - Longwood (4)
7 - Winthrop (3)
8 - Radford (2)