ST. LOUIS – Indiana State Cross Country and Track and Field Program Director and Head Coach Angela Martin was selected as the 2026 MVC Women's Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year, as announced Tuesday morning by the conference office.

Martin, who is in her 16th season in charge of the women's track and field program and her 10th as the head coach of the men's program, led the Sycamores to their third straight conference title and their fourth MVC Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship in the last four years (2022, 2024, 2025, 2026). It was the program's sixth women's indoor title under Martin's leadership (2014, 2015, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026). Indiana State set a program record for points scored at a women's indoor championship with 152.
 
Under Martin's tutelage, Rachel Mehringer broke Indiana State and Missouri Valley Conference records in the 60m hurdles at 8.16, while Janiya Bowman was named MVC Indoor Championships MVP after scoring 20 points across three different events as part of the Sycamores' title run. Bowman also broke the school record in the long jump (6.15m/20-2.25), while Jahnel Bowman was named MVC Most Outstanding Field Athlete for her career-best mark of 12.80m (42-2) in the triple jump.
 
Reneisha Andrews (60m), Amy Luttrell (pole vault), Janiya Bowman (long jump), Jahnel Bowman (triple jump) and Aliseonna Garnett (shot put) all won individual conference titles, with Indiana State student-athletes earning 12 all-conference accolades for top-three finishes. Sycamore student-athletes broke a pair of program records and set 21 program top-10 marks over the course of the 2026 indoor season.
 
Tuesday's announcement marks Martin's 16th career MVC Coach of the Year honor (seven men's, nine women's), with nine of those honors (six women's – 2014, 2015, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026, three men's – 2022, 2023, 2024) being Indoor Coach of the Year accolades.
 
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