BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Keene State College junior Tyler Bolaske and University of Massachusetts Boston senior Aryianna Garceau will compete for a total of national championships Saturday following their performances in Friday’s preliminaries competition at the 2026 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Birmingham CrossPlex. 

Bolaske placed ninth overall in the mile Friday with his time of 4:13.00, which was fourth-best in his heat. He can earn First Team All-America honor with a top-eight finish in Saturday’s final, which gets underway at 5:10 p.m.

Garceau placed seventh overall and second in her heat of the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.61 seconds to start the day. She went on to win her heat and finish seventh overall in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.44 seconds. 

By advancing to Saturday's finals, the senior earned First Team All-America honors in both events. The 60 hurdles final will kick off Saturday's women's events at 11:30 a.m., followed by the 200 dash final at 6:15 p.m.

Keene State’s Molly Lu McKellar finished 13th in the pentathlon Friday with 3,482 points. She was second in the shot put (11.68m), sixth in the 60 hurdles (8.93), 11th in the 800 (2:28.14), 16th in the long jump (4.99m) and 18th in the high jump (1.52m).

In addition to Bolaske and Garceau, UMass Dartmouth’s Ancil Alexander and Southern Maine’s Zoe Barnes and Ryker Paradis will compete for a national championship in the shot put Saturday. The men’s shot put begins at noon, while the women’s shot put gets underway at 3:00 p.m.