2026 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships: June 13

Photos by Bennett Metcalf

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EUGENE, Ore. – As the sun set over Hayward for the final time of the 2026 NCAA outdoor track & field season, five women’s Big Ten teams placed in the top 10 and three additional individual champions were crowned. The five Big Ten teams are the most to ever place in a top 10, surpassing last year's total of four.  

Oregon was well-represented on its home turf, scoring 36 points to earn fourth place. USC placed fifth, earning 32 points with strong performances in sprints and throws. Washington (7^th, 28 points), Illinois (t-8^th, 27 points) and Nebraska (t-8^th, 27 points) rounded out the top ten for the conference.
 
Trailing after Friday's first four heptathlon events, Washington’s Sofia Cosculluela came from behind to earn the crown. She started off Saturday afternoon by winning the long jump title with a mark of 6.52m (21-4 ¾), which propelled her into first place.  

After setting the school record time of 41.96 on Thursday in preliminaries, USC's 4x100m relay team of Dajaz DeFrand, Mia Bradhe-Pedersen, Madison Whyte, and Brianna Selby claimed the title by beating Thursday's time with another new school record time and season's best of 41.58. It marks the second year in a row the Trojans have won the title.
 
Oregon’s Aaliyah McCormick became the third Duck to win an NCAA title this weekend, as she claimed the 100m Hurdles event. The Big Ten went 1-2-3, as UCLA’s Celeste Polzonetti and Ohio State’s Janela Spencer claimed second and third place in the event, respectively. 

After yesterday’s win in the men’s wheelchair 100m, the Big Ten swept the para athletics events, as Illinois’ Hannah Dederick raced to a win with a season’s best 16.55 in the women’s wheelchair 100m. Big Ten schools represented every spot but two on the podium. 

Overall, 21 Big Ten women’s athletes and three relay teams placed on the podium, while 94 earned All-American honors. For a full list of women’s All-Americans, click  here .    
 

Podium Finishers:
Heptathlon 
Sofia Cosculluela, WASH — 1^st — 6,182 
JaiCieonna Gero-Holt, ILL — 3^rd — 6,010 
Meagan Humphries, ILL — 5^th — 6,008 
 
Women’s Discus 
Alicia Khunou, ORE — 4^th —   57.44m (188-5) 
Marie Josee Bovele Linaka, ORE — 6^th — 56.65m (185-10) 
 
Women’s Triple Jump 
Sharifa Davronova, ORE — 2^nd — 14.15m  (46-5 ¼) 
 
Women’s High Jump  
Rose Yeboah, ILL — 2^nd — 1.96m (6-5) 
Ela Velepec, NEB — 4^th — 1.90m (6-2 ¾) 
Karsyn Leeling, NEB — 4th —1.90m (6-2 ¾)  
Valentina Fakrogha, UCLA — 6^th —  1.87m (6-1 ½)  
 
Women’s 4x100m 
USC — 1^st —   41.58 
 
Women’s 1500m 
Juliet Cherubet, ORE — 3^rd — 4:12.89 
Wilma Nielsen, ORE — 4^th — 4:13.40 
 
Women’s 3,000m Steeplechase 
Katelyn Stewart-Barnett, MSU — 5^th — 9:36.69 
 
Women’s 100m Hurdles 
Aaliyah McCormick, ORE — 1^st — 12.47 
Celeste Polzonetti, UCLA — 2^nd — 12.79 
Janela Spencer, OSU — 3^rd — 12.79 
 
Women’s 100m 
Brianna Selby, USC — 8^th — 11.14 
 
Women’s 400m 
Madison Whyte, USC — 2^nd — 48.97 
 
Women’s 800m 
Hayley Kitching, PSU — 2^nd — 1:57.65 
 
Women’s 400m Hurdles 
Kelsie Belquist, NEB —5^th — 55.34 
 
Women’s 200m 
Dajaz DeFrand, USC — 6^th — 22.44 
 
Women’s 4x400m 
Iowa — 5^th — 3:25.10 
USC — 7^th — 3:26.80