EMPORIA, Kan.— Sophomore Vivian Osagie and Junior Felix Rivet both picked up bronze medals on the second day of the 2026 NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the University of Indianapolis.
Vivian Osagie started the day off for the Hound in the women's discus throw. The Reggio Emelia, Italy native opened the competition with her best discus mark since March, with a toss of 52.12m. Osagie's opening mark allowed her to remain in the top three through the remainder of the competition. The sophomore earns her second All-America honor of the year with her third-place finish, after finishing sixth in the shot put at the 2026 NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field National Championships.
The Hounds started and ended their day with bronze medals as junior Felix Rivet clocked an 8:51.45 in the men's 3,000m steeplechase. In Friday's performance, Rivet finished a whopping 15 spots higher than he did in the 2025 Outdoor Championships, beating his time from last season by over 37 seconds.
In her first triple jump competition on the national stage, Francesca Maruino jumped her way to 16th in the field of 22. The junior's best attempt came on her first jump with a mark of 11.95m. Maruino will return for the women's high jump competition on Saturday, where she enters ranked sixth in the field of 22.
The French duo of Josue Le Cadre and Yanis Le Mouillour both punched their ticket to Saturday's 800m finals after Friday's preliminary round. Le Mouiller earned the automatic bid from the first heat of prelims after finishing second with a time of 1:48.66. Le Cadre finished first in the third heat to earn the automatic advancement to the finals with a time of 1:48.90. Le Cadre and Le Mouillour will take lanes four and five in Saturday's finals.
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Meyer's opening jump of 7.55m put him in third in the competition following the first full round of the second flight. Meyer used his second jump of 7.70m, the same distance that gave him his first National Title, to move him into the top spot. The Angola, Ind. native surpassed his lead mark on his fifth attempt with a leap of 7.78m, placing him 16cm ahead of the rest of the field.
Meyer now joins Randy Heisler as the second Greyhound to claim three individual NCAA DII titles.
Mackenzie VanBibber outperformed her seeding, moving up from a projected 17th to a 12th-place finish. VanBibber easily cleared the opening two bars, earning her a spot in the top-15 after clearing 3.80m.
In the 3,000m steeplechase preliminary round, Felix Rivet earned the automatic bid to Friday's final, finishing second in his heat with a time of 8:54.26.
