Eastern Illinois director of track and field James Gildon has announced the addition of eight new members to the Panthers 2025-26 men's and women's rosters.
 
The EIU men added five new athletes in PJ Anderson, Mason Booker, Maliek Bush, Dagen Geier and Icone Logo.  The EIU women added three to their roster with Dakota Dapper, Macey Miller and Takia Tiller.
 
PJ Anderson (Lake Park, Ill.) competed in track and field at Roselle High School.  Anderson competed in the long jump and triple jump.  During his senior season he placed fourth in the triple jump at the Illinois Top Times Indoor Championships with a mark of 45'6.25".  During the outdoor season Anderson was fifth at the IHSA Class 3A Roselle Lake Park Sectional in the long jump with a mark of 21'3.25".  He placed sixth at the sectional in the triple jump landing at 43'7.75".
 
Mason Booker (Sullivan, Ill.)  competed in track and field at Sullivan High School.   As a senior he was a top three finisher in both the 110 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles at the IHSA Class 1A State Championships.  Booker was third in the state in the 110 meter hurdles with a finals time of 14.81.  He would earn silver in the 300 meter hurdles with a finals time of 39.12.   Booker also ran at the state meet as part of the 4x400 meter relay team as a senior.   As a junior he qualified for the state championship in the 110 meter hurdles and in the 4x100 relay.
 
Maliek Bush (Jeffersonville, Ind.) transferred from Vincennes University after competing during the 2025 season.   He competed in multi's at Vincennes placing fourth at the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships in the decathlon.  Bush scored 6,319 points in the event setting personal bests in the 400 meter and 1,5000 meter runs.  Earlier in the 2025 outdoor season he placed fourth in the decathlon at the Indiana State Gibson Invite.  He would place ninth in the heptathlon at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships scoring 4,664 points.   Bush redshirted the 2024 season after beginning his collegiate career in 2023 at Southern University in Louisiana.  He competed in multi's as a freshman placing seventh in the decathlon at the SWAC Outdoor Championships with 5,442 points.  He placed eighth earlier that year in the heptathlon at the SWAC Championships with 4,248 points.  Bush competed in track and field at Jeffersonville High School reaching the Indiana State Championships as a senior in the 110 meter hurdles and 4x100 relay.
 
Dagen Geier (Dallas, Texas) transferred from Cowley County CC after competing for two years on the track and field team.  In 2025 he reached the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships in both the pole vault and the decathlon.  He finished eighth in the decathlon scoring 5,974 total points.  Geier posted personal bests in the 100 meter, high jump, discus, javelin and 1,500 meter runs at the meet.  He placed first at the Region VI Championships in the pole vault clearing a height of 14'5.50" while placing fourth in the decathlon at the Regional.  During the indoor season Geier finished eighth in the pole vault at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships.  As a freshman in 2024 he was 12th in the decathlon at the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships while competing in the heptathlon at the NJCAA Region IV Indoor Championship.  Geier competed in track and field at Episcopal School in Dallas High School.  As a senior he competed in the 110 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, high jump and long jump at the Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) Championships.
 
Icone Logo (East Moline, Ill.) competed in track and field at East Moline High School.  He reached the IHSA Class 3A State Championships in the triple jump as a senior.  Logo posted a finals jump of 47'11.25" to place second in the state in the event.  He went on to place 19th in the triple jump at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor Meet with a jump of 46'7.50".  He also made the state championships in the triple jump as a junior.  Logo competed in triple jump and long jump his final two years of high school after beginning his prep career in hurdles and jumps.
 
Dakota Dapper (Moore, Okla.) transferred from Cowley County CC competing for two years on the track and field team.   Dapper placed fourth in the pole vault at the NJCAA National Championships in 2025 clearing a championship height of 11'10".  She placed third at the Region VI Championships to move on to the national meet.  During the indoor season she cleared 11'11.75" to finish fifth at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships.  As a freshman in 2024 she placed 11th in the pole vault in both the NJCAA Outdoor and Indoor National Championship meets.  She cleared a collegiate personal best of 12'0.50" at the Wichita State Invite during the 2025 indoor season.  Dapper attended Southmoore High School reaching the Oklahoma Track & Field State Championships Class 5A/6A as a sophomore, junior and senior in the pole vault.  She finished fifth as a senior clearing a height of 10'6".
 
Macey Miller (Fishers, Ind.) competed in track and field at Fishers High School.  Miller competed in the Indiana State Championships in the shot put as a senior with a finals throw of 38'6.75" to place 18th.   Later in the summer she competed in the Midwest Meet of Champions placing eighth in the shot put with a mark of 38'1.25".  As a junior she competed at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships placing seventh for the 17-18 age group in the shot put with a throw of 40'11.5".  As a junior Miller reached the Indiana State Championships in both the shot put and discus.  She posted an eighth place finish in the shot put with a 12th place finish in the discus. 
 
Takia Tiller (Belleville, Ill.) competed in track and field at Belleville East High School qualifying for the IHSA Class 3A State Championships in four events as a senior.  Tiller would medal in three of the four events at the state championship placing eighth in the triple jump while earning a fifth place finish on the 4x100 relay and seventh place finish in the 4x200 relay.  She also qualified in the 100 meter dash.  Her triple jump finals mark was 38'0.75" with a season best jump of 38'3.50".  Tiller ran the anchor legs on both relay teams with the 4x100 team posting a time of 47.40 and the 4x200 relay crossing in 1:40.34.  During her junior year Tiller reached the IHSA Class 3A State Championships in the 100 meter, 200 meter, 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay events.   As a junior she competed for the St. Louis Blues Track Club placing second at the AAU Junior Olympics Games in the triple jump for the 17-18 age group with a mark of 39'4.50".