Big Ten Announces Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Postseason Honors

ROSEMONT, ILL. - The Big Ten Conference announced the 2026 Big Ten Women’s Outdoor Track and Field postseason individual award recipients on Wednesday, as selected by the conference’s head coaches. The NCAA championship meet was held last weekend at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. 

Oregon’s Aaliyah McCormick won Women’s Track Athlete of the Year, while Washington's Amanda Moll was selected as Field Athlete of the Year and Illinois’ JaiCieonna Gero-Holt was tabbed Freshman of the Year. 
 
McCormick won the NCAA title in the 100m Hurdles event with a time of 12.58 seconds. It marks the second year in a row that she won the event. She becomes the first Duck to win the award. The senior also claimed the 60 meter hurdles title at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this season.  
 
Working on getting back to full form this season after an injury, Moll found her stride at the NCAA Championships by winning the pole vault event with a new NCAA-record of 4.84m. She becomes the second Husky in a row to win the award, after her twin sister Hana did so after winning the 2025 outdoor pole vault title.  
 
Gero-Holt finished third in the heptathlon at the NCAAs with a score of 6010, showing an all-around prowess. She earned first place in both the heptathlon shot put and high jump and also set a season’s best in the 800m. She becomes the second Illini in a row to win the award, as Melissa Wullschleger, who is also a multi-event athlete, claimed the award in 2025.  
 

Earlier this month,  the Big Ten announced the award recipients  for Track Athlete of the Championships, Field Athlete of the Championships and Coach of the Year, as well as the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honorees.