The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Track & Field’s Bernard earns CSC Academic All-America Third Team honors
07.15.2026 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Bernard receives her first career Academic All-America honor.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Women's Track & Field junior Carleta Bernard was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team, the organization announced Wednesday.
A native of Tryall Gardens, Hanover, Jamaica, Bernard becomes the seventh woman in program history to earn Academic All-America honors and the first since Haley Crouser was selected to the Third Team in 2018. She is a chemistry major with a 3.60 grade point average.
Bernard helped Texas place seventh in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn her third consecutive First Team All-America honor in the event and fourth career All-America accolade overall. She also qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 meters.
Earlier in the outdoor season, Bernard helped the Longhorns capture the Carlette Guidry 4x100-meter relay title at the Texas Relays and moved into eighth on the Texas all-time performers list in the 100 meters with a personal-best time of 11.06. During the indoor season, she also climbed to No. 8 in program history in the 60 meters after running 7.19 at the Corky Classic. Bernard added top-eight finishes in both the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes at the SEC Indoor Championships.
Texas Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-Americans
2026 – Carleta Bernard (Third Team)
2018 – Haley Crouser (Third Team)
2015 – Kendall Baisden (Second Team)
2008 – Temeka Kincy (Second Team)
2007 – Landra Stewardson (Second Team)
2003 – Erin Sims (Third Team)
1983 – Tracey Wong (Second Team)
