Birmingham to host NCAA D3 Indoor Track + Field Championship on March 13-14

ByPat Byington
LAST UPDATED03/12/26

Reviewed by: Mary Helene Hall

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mlk indoor track meet — (Birmingham Crossplex / Facebook)

Did you know the Birmingham CrossPlex at Five Points West is a world-class indoor track and field facility? The NCAA does.

That’s why athletes from all over the U.S. are coming to the Magic City this weekend to participate in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships taking place March 13–14.

Wisconsin-LaCrosse is shooting for its fourth Division III men’s team championship. MIT is the reigning women’s champion.

Some of the premier men’s and women’s events on tap this weekend include:

Heptathlon + pentathlon
Long jump
Triple jump
High jump
Shot put
Pole vault
60-meter, 60-meter hurdles, 200-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter, mile, 3000-meter and 4X400-meter relay races

Here is the Friday and Saturday schedule and ticket website.

According to the City of Birmingham, the CrossPlex has welcomed several other NCAA competitions, including:

NCAA Division I Indoor Championships in 2022, 2019 and 2016
NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in 2021, 2017, 2015 and 2013
NCAA Division III Indoor Championships in 2026, 2023 and 2018

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Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.