2026 College Men's Distance Medley Championship of America

Records
NR	Arkansas	9:20.10	1989	Reuben Reina (2:53.9), Charles Williams (46.4), Robert Bradley (1:46.0), Joe Falcon (3:53.8)
PR	Arkansas	9:20.10	1989	Reuben Reina (2:53.9), Charles Williams (46.4), Robert Bradley (1:46.0), Joe Falcon (3:53.8)

1200-400-800-1600. Virginia, Texas A&M, and Virginia Tech set a fast pace for the first leg. Texas A&M used a strong 400m leg to get themselves into the lead, getting to the second exchange 5 meters ahead of Oregon, Washington, Virginia, and Michigan. Oregon passed Texas A&M 600m into the third leg and carried on to being the first team to the final exchange. But within 50 meters of the start of the anchor leg, Oregon slowed down, allowing Michigan, Washington, Villanova, Virginia, and Texas A&M to catch up. The race continued to slow and more teams joined the group by 700m, including URI, American, and Navy. The pack of nine stayed close through the bell. The pace finally quickened when Oregon's anchor - Simeon Birnbaum, the NCAA 1500m record holder - began to sprint. Villanova's Marco Langon kept with Oregon, and the two raced side-by-side down the final straightaway. In the end, Oregon held of Villanova by 1/2 step to win the race, winning their fifth event wheel (first wheel since 2017). Virgina Tech - sitting in second place at the first exchange - dropped the baton after the exchange was complete. Their 400m and 800m runners continued to race without the baton but ultimately stepped off the track at the final exchange.

Results

PL	School/Affiliation	Mark	Athletes	ID
1	Oregon	9:32.08	Tomas Palfrey (2:50.61), Fuad Omer (45.58), James Harding (1:45.19), Simeon Birnbaum (4:10.72)	AL
2	Villanova	9:32.18	Ben Thomas (2:51.77), Ethan Walls (47.41), Dan Watcke (1:44.25), Marco Langon (4:08.76)	AC
3	Virginia	9:33.13	Nathan Mountain (2:49.68), Anders Felts (47.55), Samuel Rodman (1:45.29), Gary Martin (4:10.62)	AD
4	American	9:33.41	Carver Morgan (2:53.86), Gregory Celariste (47.96), Daden Grogan (1:51.00), Kaden Kluth (4:00.61)	AJ
5	Michigan	9:33.82	Riley Flemington (2:51.37), John O'Reilly (46.46), Miles Brown (1:43.84), Henry Dixon (4:12.16)	AA
6	Washington	9:34.06	Tyler Bilyard (2:52.14), Alexander Rhodes (44.78), Martin Barco (1:45.29), Reuben Reina (4:11.86)	AE
7	Texas A&M	9:36.93	Reece Sharman-Newell (2:49.97), Eric Hemphill III (45.50), Grant Ashby (1:47.79), Ondrej Gajdos (4:13.68)	AG
8	Navy	9:39.66	Matthew Newell (2:53.43), Ayden Henley (48.35), Aidan Eberhardt (1:52.52), Dane Eike (4:05.37)	AN
9	Rhode Island	9:44.14	Maddox Jordan (2:56.11), Elias Sposato (48.03), Antonio Capalbo (1:51.67), Nick Martin (4:08.35)	AO
10	Boston College	9:58.99	Roman Sierpina (3:02.10), Max Deane (47.90), Owen Pett (1:52.79), Alexander brown (4:16.20)	AM
	Virginia Tech	DNF	Nicholas Plant, Nabil Tezkratt, Christian Jackson (2:49.71), George Couttie (48.43)	AB
	Wisconsin	DNF	Patrick Hilby, Zion Ometesa, Henry Risser, Matan Ivri (2:51.35)	AH

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Event History

Relays Top 10
9:20.10	Arkansas	1989
9:20.96	Georgetown	1987
9:21.03	Villanova	1987
9:21.43	Mount St. Mary's	1989
9:21.67	Mount St. Mary's	1987
9:22.24	Arkansas	1991
9:22.25	Georgetown	1991
9:22.57	Michigan	2005
9:22.6	Arkansas	1986
9:23.42	Arkansas	1995

Recent Champions
2025	Washington	9:25.22
2024	Villanova	9:35.90
2023	Wisconsin	9:33.82
2022	Ole Miss	9:29.45
2019	Wisconsin	9:47.19
2018	Villanova	9:34.37
2017	Oregon	9:32.61
2016	Penn State	9:35.51
2015	Oregon	9:33.86
2014	Oregon	9:25.40

Most Victories
26	Villanova
15	Arkansas
8	Michigan
6	Georgetown
6	Penn State
5	Penn
4	Manhattan
4	Oregon
3	Texas
3	Wisconsin