Track Central: 2026 SEC Outdoor Championships

Thursday, May 14

Auburn, Ala.

University of Tennessee

SEC Outdoor Championships

May 13, 2026 | Track & Field

Meet Schedule Live Results Watch (SECN/SECN+)

AUBURN, Ala. — Outdoor postseason gets underway this week for Tennessee track & field as more than 50 UT athletes travel to Auburn, Alabama, for the 2026 SEC Outdoor Championships. The conference meet runs Thursday through Saturday, May 14-16 at Auburn University's Hutsell-Rosen Track.

The meet kicks off for Tennessee with sophomores Aidan Ifkovits and Igor Olaru competing in the men's hammer throw at 3:15 p.m. ET on Thursday. Running events start on the track at 6:30 p.m. with Ka'Myya Haywood competing in the women's 800-meter prelims. The first running finals of the meet will take place Thursday night with Andie-Marie Jones entered in the women's 10,000-meter at 8:40 p.m.

Day two begins at 5:00 p.m. with Endia Smith in the women's long jump. Running prelims continue in the evening, beginning at 6:30 p.m. with three Vols on the track for the men's 110-meter hurdles. The women's 3,000-meter steeplechase final is set for Friday at 9:00 p.m., featuring Lady Vol grad student Amelia Wills who leads the SEC this season with a school-record mark of 9:52.51.

The conference championships will wrap up Saturday, starting at 2:30 p.m. with Tennessee school record holder Cedricka Williams representing UT in the women's discus throw. Running finals start at approximately 6:05 p.m. with the women's 4x100-meter relay and conclude with the men's 4x400-meter relay at 9:40 p.m.

Fourth-year head coach Duane Ross leads Tennessee into battle with a pair of top-15 squads, with the Vols ranked sixth and the Lady Vols No. 13 in Tuesday's release of the USTFCCCA national track & field rating index. Additionally, the UT men are slotted No. 2 in the most recent coaches' association SEC power index.

FOLLOW LIVE: The 2026 SEC Outdoor Championships will be streamed online all three days via SEC Network+, available at espn.com/watch or the ESPN app. Saturday's evening session will be televised on SEC Network. The broadcast crew includes Dwight Stones, Dan O'Brien, John Anderson and Larra Overton.

Live coverage can be viewed at the links below:

Thursday, May 14

Friday, May 15

Saturday, May 16

Additionally, live results will be provided throughout the weekend by Xpress Timing.

SEEDED VOLS AND LADY VOLS: Tennessee's championship roster holds 24 top-8 marks in the SEC this season in their respective events entered at the conference meet.

Men

Traunard Folson – 100m – 10.05 (No. 6)
Davonte Howell – 100m – 10.08 (No. 8)
Traunard Folson – 200m – 20.36 (No. 7)
Marc Anthony Ibrahim – 400m Hurdles – 49.53 (No. 5)
Men's 4x100m Relay – 38.97 (No. 6)
Ismaila Sawaneh – Pole Vault – 5.72m / 18-9.25 (No. 1)
Cade Gray – Pole Vault – 5.66m / 18-6.75 (No. 2)
Clarke Byram – Pole Vault – 5.51m / 18-1 (No. 3)
Blake Sifferlin – Pole Vault – 5.51m / 18-1 (No. 3)
Evan Puckett – Pole Vault – 5.40m / 17-8.5 (No. 8)
JL Van Rensburg – Shot Put – 19.76m / 64-10 (No. 3)
Aron Alvarez Aranda – Discus – 60.51m / 198-6 (No. 5)
Igor Olaru – Hammer – 73.05m / 239-8 (No. 2)
Aidan Ifkovits – Hammer – 66.00m / 216-6 (No. 7)

Women

Javonya Valcourt – 400m – 50.86 (No. 6)
Ka'Myya Haywood – 800m – 2:01.97 (No. 5)
Mary Nyaboke Ogwoka – 1,500m – 4:08.86 (No. 4)
Amelia Wills – 3,000m Steeplechase – 9:52.51 (No. 1)
Tula Fawbush – 3,000m Steeplechase – 10:10.18 (No. 7)
Women's 4x100m Relay – 43.01 (No. 4)
Women's 4x400m Relay – 3:24.96 (No. 6)
Hannah Grace – Pole Vault – 4.52m / 14-10 (No. 1)
Skye Tolbert – Pole Vault – 4.42m / 14-6 (No. 2)
Cedricka Williams – Discus – 60.76m / 199-4 (No. 3)

UP NEXT: Tennessee athletes that post top-48 marks on the NCAA Division I East Region qualifying list will travel to Lexington, Kentucky, for the 2026 NCAA East Preliminary Rounds. The four-day contest will take place at the University of Kentucky Outdoor Track & Field Facility May 27-30.