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NCAA Outdoor Championships
Birdow’s school record leads Women’s Track & Field on final day of NCAA Outdoor Championships
06.13.2026 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Texas tied for 20th in team standing as seven Longhorns earn First Team All-American honors.
EUGENE, Ore. – Texas Women's Track & Field wrapped up competition at the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Saturday at Hayward Field, highlighted by a school-record performance and silver-medal finish from Amelliah Birdow in the 400-meter hurdles as the Longhorns.
Texas finished tied for 20th in the team standings with 13 points.
Birdow delivered a historic performance in the 400-meter hurdles, earning NCAA silver and breaking the Texas program record with a time of 53.60. She now holds seven of the 23 fastest performances for a Longhorn
Texas opened the evening scoring in the 4x100-meter relay, where Carleta Bernard, Holly Okuku, Abigail Wolfe and Naomi London combined to run a season-best 42.92 to place seventh overall to earn All-America First Team accolades.
In the heptathlon, Tabea Eitel produced one of the biggest climbs of the meet, moving from 14th place entering the final day to finish seventh overall with a career-best 5,948 points.
Eitel began the day with a personal-best leap of 6.38 meters (20-11.25) in the long jump, the third-best mark of the session. The performance added 969 points to her total and moved her into a tie for ninth on Texas' all-time performer list. She followed with another personal best in the javelin, throwing 41.92 meters (137-6) to score 704 points before closing the competition with an outdoor personal-best time of 2:20.20 in the 800 meters, adding 821 points to secure her top-eight finish.
In the field, Jeanne Le Goff earned First Team All-America honors with an eighth-place finish in the triple jump. She recorded a wind-legal personal-best mark of 13.38 meters (43-10.75), moving to No. 4 on Texas' all-time performer list.
Texas Women's Point Scorers
Amelliah Birdow – 400m Hurdles – 8
Carleta Bernard, Holly Okuku, Abigail Wolfe, Naomi London – 4x100m Relay – 2
Tabea Eitel – Heptathlon – 2
Jeanne Le Goff – Triple Jump – 1
Texas 2026 Women's All-America Honors
First Team
400m Hurdles: Amelliah Birdow – 2nd
4x100m Relay: Carleta Bernard, Holly Okuku, Abigail Wolfe, Naomi London – 7th
Heptathlon: Tabea Eitel – 7th
Triple Jump: Jeanne Le Goff – 8th
Second Team
400m: Bayleigh Minor – 14th
4x400m Relay: Elise Cooper, Ramiah Elliott, Amelliah Birdow, Bayleigh Minor – 12th
Hammer Throw: Giavonna Meeks – 10th
Honorable Mention
100m: Carleta Bernard – 17th
400m Hurdles: Anouk Krause-Jentsch – 19th
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Texas Men's Point Scorers
Kendrick Smallwood – 100-meter Hurdles – 8
Kelsey Daniel – Triple Jump – 2
Texas 2026 Men's All-America Honors
First Team
110m Hurdles: Kendrick Smallwood – 2nd
Triple Jump: Kelsey Daniel – 7th
Second Team
400m Hurdles: Kody Blackwood – 9th; Chris Brinkley Jr. – 16th
4x100m Relay: Kendrick Smallwood, Xavier Butler, Jayden Jones, Gabriel Remy – 13th
4x400m Relay: Waly Bathily, Sihle Mahlangu, Kody Blackwood, Logan Popelka – 12th
High Jump: Osawese Agbonkonkon – High Jump – 16th
Honorable Mention
Shot Put: Shaiquan Dunn – 20th
