BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M track & field team opens the 2025/26 campaign at home as it hosts the McFerrin Invitational at the R.A. ‘Murray’ Fasken ’38 Indoor Track & Field facility Saturday with field events starting at 2 p.m. and track events at 4 p.m.
 
The Aggies are coming off a historic 2025 campaign, as the men’s team captured the programs 10th national title after winning the NCAA Outdoor National Championships, as well as the men’s teams first SEC indoor title. On the women’s side they carry plenty of momentum into this season after placing third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and seventh at the indoor championships.
 

Texas A&M returns three individual national champions to this year’s roster, including Jaiya Covington who was the first Aggie ever to win the women’s indoor 60m hurdles title, Winny Bii who also secured a program first national crown this time in the outdoor triple jump and finally Aleksandr Solovev for the men won the outdoor pole vault.
 

The Maroon & White also returned an abundance of production on the conference level, as the men have three individual conference champions back and four members of title-winning relay teams. The women also bring back two gold-medal winners from the field, in Sofia Yakushina in the outdoor heptathlon and Bii in the indoor triple jump.
 

Four programs will join Texas A&M in Aggieland for Saturday’s meet, including Abilene Christian, Sam Houston, SMU and UTSA.
 
Fans can follow the meet on SEC Network+ or keep track of live results at the event through Flash Results. 
 
TICKETS & PARKING

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• Parking for the meet will be in lots 100J and 100G.

 
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Waterville, Maine – The Colby Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams are ready to kickoff the 2025-26 indoor season hosting the Elm City Classic beginning Friday, December 4th and concluding the following day Saturday, December 5th. On top of the two-day event, distance runners will also compete at Boston Univerisity’s Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on that Saturday. 

In the Elm City Classic, the Mules will compete alongside Thomas, UMaine – Farmington, and Saint Joseph’s with some individuals from the University of Southern Maine. 

Head Track & Field Coach Dave Cusano will once again lead the team now entering his 11th season with the Mules. He is assisted by Troy Irvine who has been with the team since the 2019-2020 season. The Track & Field distance runners will be led by Head Coach Jared Beers ’01 in his 21st season coming off an excellent cross country campaign. Beers is assisted by Seth Hasty who joined the program this fall. 

Colby Track & Field is coming off a historic year, claiming two NCAA Division III National Championship titles with the women’s indoor 4x400m relay and Levi Biery’s outdoor 400m hurdles performance. 11 individuals were added to the All-American board combined from the indoor and outdoor seasons. As a group the Mules totaled a whopping 22 new school records which they will look to break once again this season. 

The annual Elm City Classic will begin at 4:00pm Friday afternoon and continue on Saturday starting at 10:00am. Fans can follow alongside the action using the live video (Saturday only) and live results links as well as check out the schedule tab to catch the Mules when they come to a location near you.

 

MINOT, N.D. – The Minot State women’s track and field team was picked to finish 11^th at the NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships later this winter, as the NSIC released its 2025-26 NSIC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll today.

The NSIC also named its Preseason Track and Field Athletes of the Year, and highlighted track and field athletes to watch this season from each team, with Minot State sisters Bailey and Afton Wride being named the Beavers’ track and Beavers’ field athletes to watch, respectively.

“The women’s team should have a nice balance across the sprints, middle distance, jumps, and throws to be competitive at the conference level,” Minot State head coach Jordan Aus said. “We have some upperclassmen with a lot of experience that should be competing at the top of the conference in their respective events.

“I look forward to watching the hard work pay off for this group.”

Minot State, which received 64 points in the poll, opens the indoor season this weekend, competing Saturday at the Mike Thorson Open hosted by the University of Mary. The NSIC Indoor Track and Field Championships will be hosted by Minnesota State, Mankato, on February 28 and March 1.

The host Mavericks were picked to win their 7^th straight indoor title.

Two-time NSIC indoor champion Bailey Wride was named the track athlete to watch for the Beavers as the junior from Kalispell, Montana, won the 600 meters in 2024, and the 1,000 meters in 2025.

“Bailey is the returning indoor conference champ in the 1,000 meters, and she will look to continue to be at the top of the conference in the middle-distance events,” Aus said. “Bailey has put in the work this fall and she is ready to have another strong season in the middle-distance events.”

Her younger sister, Afton, a sophomore, was named the Beavers’ field athlete to watch and comes in holding the No. 2 mark in Minot State’s NCAA era in the indoor triple jump (35 feet, 11.25 inches). Afton also was ninth in the triple jump at the NSIC Outdoor Championships last spring with a mark of 37-0.5.

“Afton is coming off a strong outdoor track season in which she made the finals in the triple jump at the conference meet,” Aus said. “She should continue to build off of her strong freshman season and should look to be very competitive at the conference level in the triple jump.”

While the Mavericks were a heavy favorite to win the NSIC title with 14 first-place votes and 196 points, Mary was picked 2^nd with one first-place vote and 181 points.

Augustana was picked 3^rd with 164 points, Winona State 4^th with 150 points, Sioux Falls 5^th with 147 points, Northern State 6^th with 135 points, Minnesota Duluth 7^th with 125 points, Minnesota State Moorhead 8^th with 92 points, Southwest Minnesota State 9^th with 79 points, Concordia-St. Paul 10^th with 68 points, Minot State 11^th with 64 points, Bemidji State and Wayne State tied for 12^th with 56 points, Jamestown was 14^th with 37 points, and St. Cloud State was 15^th with 27 points.

Minnesota State’s senior sprinter and hurdler Ashanti Harvey, an NCAA All-American in the 100-meter hurdles outdoors last season, was named the NSIC Track Preseason Athlete of the Year, and the Mavericks’ senior All-American pentathlete, Miranda Lauvstad, was named the NSIC Field Preseason Athlete of the Year.

 

2025-26 NSIC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches’ Poll

RANK	TEAM	POINTS
1	Minnesota State (14)	196
2	Mary (1)	181
3	Augustana	164
4	Winona State	150
5	Sioux Falls	147
6	Northern State	135
7	Minnesota Duluth	125
8	Minnesota State Moorhead	92
9	Southwest Minnesota State	79
10	Concordia-St. Paul	68
11	Minot State	64
t12	Bemidji State	56
t12	Wayne State	56
14	Jamestown	37
15	St. Cloud State	27

COMMERCE – East Texas A&M University has released the 2025-26 track and field schedule on Thursday morning, the first season for the Lions as full members of NCAA Division I.
 
The Lions are slated to take part in four indoor meets before the Southland Conference Championships and then take part in the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time in the Division I era. The outdoor season sees the Lions participate in six meets prior to the postseason, which includes the SLC Championships, the NCAA West Regional Championships, and the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
The first meet of the year comes on January 16 at the Owen Hewett Invitational in Norman, Oklahoma, hosted by Oklahoma. The next two meets for the Lions are in College Station with the Ted Nelson Invitational on January 23-24 and then Charlie Thomas Invitational on February 6-7.
 
The final meet before the conference championships during the indoor portion of the schedule is the Arkansas Qualifier in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on February 25.
 
The Southland Indoor Championships return to Birmingham, Alabama, on February 25-26. The top qualifiers around the country will advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships, which take place on March 13-14 in Fayetteville.
 
The Lions begin the outdoor season on March 20-21 at the TCU Alumni Invite in Fort Worth. The annual trip down I-35 is next as the Texas Relays take place in Austin on April 1-4 and the Bobcat Invitational is held in San Marcos on April 2-4.
 
Another trip down to College Station is next for the 44 Farms Team Invitational on April 9-11, followed by the J. Fred Duckett Twilight on April 25 in Houston, and the final regular season outdoor meet comes on May 8 at the Arkansas Twilight in Fayetteville.
 
The Southland Outdoor Championships are hosted by SFA in Nacogdoches this year on May 14-16.
 
Top qualifiers in the western half of the country following the conference championships will advance to the NCAA West Regional Championships in Fayetteville on May 27-30, with the best performers punching their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at the historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, on June 10-13.
 
2025-26 LION TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE

DATE	MEET	LOCATION	HOST INSTITUTION
Jan. 16	Owen Hewett Invitational	Norman, Okla.	Oklahoma
Jan. 23-24	Ted Nelson Invitational	College Station	Texas A&M
Feb. 6-7	Charlie Thomas Invitational	College Station	Texas A&M
Feb. 20	Arkansas Qualifier	Fayetteville, Ark.	Arkansas
Feb. 25-26	SLC Indoor Championships	Birmingham, Ala.	Southland Conference
March 13-14	NCAA Indoor Championships	Fayetteville, Ark.	NCAA
March 20-21	TCU Alumni Invite	Fort Worth	TCU
April 1-4	Texas Relays	Austin	Texas
April 2-4	Bobcat Invitational	San Marcos	Texas State
April 9-11	44 Farms Team Invitational	College Station	Texas A&M
April 25	J. Fred Duckett Twilight	Houston	Rice
May 8	Arkansas Twilight	Fayetteville, Ark.	Arkansas
May 14-16	SLC Outdoor Championships	Nacogdoches	Southland Conference
May 27-30	NCAA West Regional Championships	Fayetteville, Ark.	NCAA
June 10-13	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Eugene, Ore.	NCAA

 

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