Davis and Nubbe Earn First Team All-America Honors on Day 1 of NCAA Indoor Championships

Fayetteville, ARK. — The Virginia No. 10 men’s and women’s track and field team opened competition at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark. on Friday (March 13) as Keyandre Davis and Jeremiah Nubbe earned spots on the podium while Gary Martin qualified to the final in the men's mile. 

After the first day of competition, the Virginia men are tied for second place in the team standings with a total of 13 points. The Cavaliers are tied with the Kansas Jayhawks. 

• Jeremiah Nubbe threw a new personal best of 24.29m/79-8.25 to finish runner-up in the men's weight throw.
• Nubbe broke his own school record and ACC record on his third throw of the competition. The previous records stood at 24.17m/79-3.75.
• After a fourth place finish a year ago, Nubbe earned his third All-America and second first team All-America honors of his career.
• Keyandre Davis finished fourth with his third round mark of 22.84m/74-11.25.
• Davis earned the first indoor first team All-America honors of his career.
• Nubbe and Davis are just the second and third Cavaliers to earn All-America honors in the event in program history.
• Jordan Young garnered All-America honors in the event in 2015 (4th) and 2017 (3rd) before Nubbe earned the honor last season (4th). 
• The Cavaliers scored a total of 13 points in the men's weight throw event. 

 

• Gary Martin recorded the fastest qualifying time of 3:55.13 in the men's mile.
• Martin is set to make his return to the mile final after getting shaken up and suffering a fall in the final at these championships two years ago in Boston, Mass.
• Martin finished runner-up in the men's 3000-meters at this meet last season.
• The men's mile final in scheduled for 5:20 p.m. ET on Saturday.

 

• In her NCAA Indoor Championships debut, Tatum David earned second team All-America honors in the women's mile crossing the line in 4:43.30 for 15^th place overall.
• Also in his first NCAA Indoor Championships, Tyler Edson earned second team All-America honors in the men's 8000-meter clocking 1:48.89 for 15^th place. 
• The men's distance medley relay (DMR) team of Harrison Witt, Anders Felts, Alex Leath, and Nathan Mountain finished nineth with their time of 9:31.55.
• Mountain anchored in the second fastest split of 3:56.35 for 1600-meters. 

 

First Team: Jeremiah Nubbe (WT), Keyandre Davis (WT)
Second Team: Tatum David (Mile), Tyler Edson (800m), Nikolaos Polychroniou (WT), Harrison Witt (DMR), Anders Felts (DMR), Alex Leath (DMR), Nate Mountain (DMR)

 

All-American First Team (1st-8th place), All-America Second Team (9th-16th place)

The Virginia No. 10 men's and women's track and field teams will continue competition at the 2026 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark. on Saturday, March 14 as Gary Martin is set to take on the field in the men's mile final at 5:20 p.m. ET.