EDISON, NJ (Dec. 1, 2025) – Rider University has been selected as the favorites to win a fourth straight championship in both of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Polls, as voted on by the league's head coaches.
Picked unanimously in the poll for the fourth consecutive year, the Rider Broncs men’s team swept the poll by receiving all 10 first-place votes for a total of 100 points. In 2025, the Broncs claimed back-to-back-to-back indoor championships, the program’s fourth title ever at the indoor championships, also winning the event in 2017. Rider clinched last season’s trophy after finishing the meet with a total 148.25 points. The team championship was headlined by a quartet of gold medals across the two-day championship, with individual gold medalists in Tamrat Snyder (800m) and Michael Palmer (high jump) and a pair of relay gold medals, winning the 4x400 and 4x800.
Iona University, which has finished as the runner-up in two consecutive years behind the Broncs, was tabbed second, receiving 88 points, while Mount St. Mary’s University rounded out the top three with 71 points. Manhattan University (66) was voted in fourth place and Marist University (60) was selected fifth place to round out the top half of the poll.
On the women's side, Rider was chosen as the favorites for the fourth straight season, earning a total of 119 points, while receiving nine first-place votes in the poll. Last season, Rider secured its third indoor championships in a row, fourth in last five years, fifth overall in program history, having won MAAC indoor crowns in 2007, 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The Broncs scored 142 points at the 2025 championship, edging second place Quinnipiac University by just seven points. Rider garnered two gold medals at the championship, highlighted by individual golds from Mariah Stephens (long jump) and Chika Efobi (shot put).
Picked second for the fourth consecutive season was 2025 runner-up Quinnipiac, who garnered 111 points and the final two first place votes. Rounding out the women’s top five was Sacred Heart University (99), Mount St. Mary’s (81), and Iona (76).
The full Men’s and Women’s Preseason Coaches’ Polls can be found below.
| 2025 Men’s Indoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll |
| 1 |
Rider |
100 (10) |
| 2 |
Iona |
88 |
| 3 |
Mount St. Mary’s |
71 |
| 4 |
Manhattan |
66 |
| 5 |
Marist |
60 |
| 6 |
Merrimack |
53 |
| 7 |
Sacred Heart |
45 |
| 8 |
Saint Peter’s |
33 |
| 9 |
Siena |
20 |
| 10 |
Canisius |
14 |
| 2025 Women’s Indoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll |
| 1 |
Rider |
119 (9) |
| 2 |
Quinnipiac |
111 (2) |
| 3 |
Sacred Heart |
99 |
| 4 |
Mount St. Mary’s |
81 |
| 5 |
Iona |
76 |
| 6 |
Merrimack |
61 |
| 7 |
Marist |
50 |
| 8 |
Manhattan |
46 |
| 9 |
Siena |
40 |
| 10 |
Saint Peter’s |
25 |
| 11 |
Canisius |
18 |
The 2025 MAAC Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 21-22, 2026, at the Nike Track and Field Center at The Armory in New York, New York. The two-day meet will be hosted by Manhattan University and will be held at The Armory for the 22
nd consecutive year dating back to 2004. For all information regarding the 2026 MAAC Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field Championships please visit
maacsports.com/indoortrack.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 45th year of competition during the 2025-26 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena University.
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