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SEC Indoor Championship
No. 19/17 Track & Field preview: 2026 SEC Indoor Championships
02.25.2026 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Track & Field heads to SEC Indoor meet with top-ranked competition
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 19/17 Texas Track & Field opens postseason competition Thursday, Feb. 26, at the 2026 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships in College Station.
The field includes 12 men's teams and nine women's teams ranked in the USTFCCCA Top 25. Arkansas leads the conference and sits atop the men's rankings at No. 1 nationally, while Georgia is the highest-ranked women's program in the SEC at No. 2 in the poll.
No. 19/17 Texas at 2026 SEC Indoor Championships
When: Thursday, February 26 – Saturday, February 28
Where: College Station, Texas
Facility: Fasken Indoor Track & Field
Watch: SEC Network+
HOW TO FOLLOW:
- Live stats will be available on Flashresults.com.
- Fans can also follow @TexasTFXC for live updates of the meet on Twitter/X.
- The meet will be streamed on SEC Network+.
- Meet Schedule
NOTES:
• Kendrick Smallwood holds the program record in the 60-meter hurdles and ranks No. 3 nationally and in the SEC this season with a time of 7.50. He owns six of the seven fastest times in school history, including the top four.
• Kelsey Daniel ranks No. 3 nationally in the long jump with a mark of 8.14m (26-8.50) and No. 4 in the triple jump at 16.50m (54-1.75). He is No. 2 in the SEC in both events. His long jump mark is tied with Marquise Goodwin for second in program history, while his triple jump ranks eighth on the UT all-time performer list.
• Michael Piñones ranks No. 12 nationally in the shot put and fifth in the SEC with a throw of 19.57m (64-2.5), ranking eighth in program history.
• Freshman Jonathan Hertwig-Ødegaard ranks No. 12 nationally in the heptathlon after scoring 5,788 points at the Razorback Invitational, the second-best mark in the SEC this season.
• Giavonna Meeks ranks No. 2 nationally and leads the SEC in the weight throw with a mark of 24.49m (80-4.25). She owns the top 15 throws in program history. The mark ranks No. 7 on the NCAA all-time performer list and is the 18th-best in collegiate history.
• The women's 4x400-meter relay of Amelliah Birdow, Elise Cooper, Bayleigh Minor and Anouk Krause-Jentsch ranks No. 8 nationally and No. 5 in the SEC with a time of 3:28.97, the 12th-fastest in program history.
• Cooper also ranks No. 10 nationally and fifth in the SEC in the 200 meters (22.96), while Carleta Bernard sits No. 12 nationally and sixth in the SEC in the 60 meters (7.21).
• Jeanne Le Goff ranks No. 14 nationally and No. 3 in the SEC in the triple jump with a mark of 13.32m (43-8.50).
• Tabea Eitel ranks No. 12 nationally in the pentathlon with a season-best 4,172 points, the third-highest total in the SEC this year.
• Sophie Atkinson broke the 39-year-old program record in the women's 3,000 meters at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational, clocking 9:07.93 and trimming more than 3.5 seconds off the previous mark.
COMPETITORS
Women
Iana Ahetz-Etcheber – Pentathlon
Sophie Atkinson – 3000m, 5000m
Carleta Bernard – 60m, 200m 4x400m
Amelliah Birdow – 400m, 4x400m, DMR
Aishling Callanan – Mile, 3000m, DMR
Mackenzie Collins – 400m, 4x400m, DMR
Isabel Conde de Frankenberg – Mile, DMR
Elise Cooper – 200m, 4x400m
Tabea Eitel – Pentathlon
Ramiah Elliott – 400m, 4x400m, DMR
Grace Kowalski – 800m, DMR
Sophia Kowalski – Pole Vault
Anouk Krause-Jentsch – 400m, 4x400m, DMR
Jeanne Le Goff – Triple Jump
Giavonna Meeks – Weight Throw, Shot Put
Bayleigh Minor – 400m, 4x400m
Jamiah Nabbie – 60m, 200m, 4x400m
Mia Perez – 800m, DMR
Caroline Peterson – High Jump
Elizabeth Pickett – 3000m, 5000m
Abigail Wolfe – 60m, 200m, 4x400m
Men
Sam Abati – Pole Vault
Osawese Agbonkonkon – High Jump
Hudson Bennett – Mile, 3000m, DMR
Nathanael Berhane – 3000m, 5000m
Kody Blackwood – 400m, 4x400m, DMR
Lucas Bons – Mile, 3000m, DMR
Chris Brinkley Jr. – 400m, 4x400m, DMR
Xavier Butler – 200m, 4x400m
Kelsey Daniel – Long Jump, Triple Jump
Joaquin De La Cruz – Mile, 3000m, DMR
Shaiquan Dunn – Shot Put
Brandon Gorski – High Jump
Zain Hamdani – Mile, DMR
Jonathan Hertwig-Odegaard – Heptathlon
Jayden Jones – 60m, 200m, 4x400m
Conor Kelly – 400m, 4x400m, DMR
Brock Lewis – Heptathlon
Sihle Mahlangu – 400m, 4x400m
Troy Mason – 60m, 200m, 4x400m
Neo Modibe – 400m, 4x400M
Michael Piñones – Shot Put
John Rutledge – 200m, 4x400m
Kendrick Smallwood – 60mH
Mathis Vaitulukina – Long Jump
SEC IN THE RANKINGS
Women
2. Georgia
4. Arkansas
5. South Carolina
14. Florida
16. Tennessee
17. Texas A&M
18. Alabama
19. TEXAS
23. Kentucky
Men
1. Arkansas
3. Tennessee
5. Texas A&M
7. Oklahoma
9. Georgia
10. Florida
11. Ole Miss
14. South Carolina
17. TEXAS
20. Auburn
21. LSU
25. Alabama
STREAMING SCHEDULE
Thursday (SEC Network+) – 11:30 a.m. CT | LINK
Thursday (SEC Network+) – 4:30 p.m. CT | LINK
Friday (SEC Network+) – 2 p.m. CT | LINK
Friday (SEC Network+) – 3:55 p.m. CT | LINK
Saturday (SEC Network+) – 2 p.m. CT | LINK
Saturday (SEC Network+) – 3:55 p.m. CT | LINK
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