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SEC Indoor Championship
Track & Field secures two podium finishes on final day of SEC Indoor Championships
02.28.2026 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Smallwood and Daniel lead Longhorns with bronze finishes in College Station.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Kendrick Smallwood and Kelsey Daniel delivered top-three performances Saturday to lead Texas Track & Field on the third and final day of the 2026 SEC Indoor Championships inside the Fasken Indoor Track and Field Facility.
The Texas men finished ninth with 35 points, while the women placed 11th with 30 points.
Smallwood captured bronze in the 60-meter hurdles, crossing the line in 7.56 to match the third-fastest time in program history. He set the school record during Friday's prelims at 7.46 and now owns the six fastest performances in program history and eight of the top nine.
Daniel secured his second medal of the meet, earning bronze in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 16.51m (54-2). The jump ranks seventh in program history and strengthened his standing as the No. 5 all-time performer at Texas.
Lucas Bons opened the scoring on the final day for the Longhorns, placing sixth in the men's mile final with a time of 4:04.40 to add three points. Sam Abati recorded a personal best in the pole vault with a clearance of 5.46m (17-11), moving up to No. 6 on the UT all-time performers list. Michael Pinones added points in the shot put, placing fifth with a throw of 19.33m (63-5).
On the women's side, Elise Cooper finished fourth in the 200 meters with a personal-best 22.80, moving into ninth on the Texas all-time performers list. Carleta Bernard placed seventh in the event at 23.19 and also added an eighth-place finish in the 60 meters with a time of 7.23.
Jeanne Le Goff posted a seventh-place mark of 13.11m (43-0.25) in the triple jump. The quartet of Amelliah Birdow, Cooper, Bayleigh Minor and Anouk Krause-Jentsch closed out the scoring with a sixth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at 3:30.44.
Sophie Atkinson placed 14th in the women's 3,000 meters with a time of 9:08.81, the third-fastest performance in program history.
The Longhorns now turn their attention to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, scheduled for March 13-14 in Fayetteville.
Women's Points Scorers
Giavonna Meeks – Weight Throw – 10
Elise Cooper – 200-meter - 5
Tabea Eitel – Pentathlon – 4
Jeanne Le Goff – Triple Jump – 3
Amelliah Birdow, Elise Cooper, Bayleigh Minor, Anouk Krause-Jentsch – 4x400m – 3
Carleta Bernard – 200-meter - 2
Sophie Atkinson – 5,000-meter – 2
Carleta Bernard – 60-meter – 1
Men's Point Scorers
Kelsey Daniel – Long Jump – 10
Kendrick Smallwood – 60-meter Hurdles – 6
Kelsey Daniel – Triple Jump – 6
Michael Pinones – Shot Put - 4
Lucas Bons – Mile – 3
Brock Lewis – Heptathlon – 2
Mathis Vaitulukina – Long Jump – 2
Hudson Bennett, Kody Blackwood, Zain Hamdani, Lucas Bons – Distance Medley Relay – 1
Sam Abati – Pole Vault – 1
Texas 2026 SEC Indoor Track & Field Champions
Men's Long Jump: Kelsey Daniel
Women's Weight Throw: Giavonna Meeks
Texas Program Records set at the 2026 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Men's 60-meter Hurdles: Kendrick Smallwood – 7.46
Men's Long Jump: Kelsey Daniel – 8.21m (26-11.25)
Women's 5,000m: Sophie Atkinson – 15:37.26
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