Wildcats Set for 2026 SEC Indoor Championships

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Wildcats are set to open postseason competition this week with the start of the 2026 SEC Indoor Championships at the Fasken Indoor Track and Field Facility in College Station, Texas.

In their last time out, Kentucky totaled 26 personal best marks, six program top 10 marks and two school records at the Tiger Paw Invitational and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Feb. 13-14. Emmi Scales, Ed Bird and Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera highlights the Wildcats’ weekend with Scales reclaiming the NCAA lead and the No. 2 time in UK history in the women’s 60m hurdles with a time of 7.83. Bird and Kerubo Nyagisera knocked down a few program records in the men’s 3000m and the women’s 800m with times of 7:49.99 and 3:03.21, respectively.

This weekend, the Wildcats are sending 50 total athletes to College Station for this year’s championships to compete across 25 total events during the three-day meet.

Thursday’s event schedule for the Cats consists of 13 events, starting with the women’s pentathlon, and featuring the women’s pole vault, men’s long jump, men’s and women’s 200m and 5000m, and concluding with the men’s and women’s distance medley relay.

Friday’s event schedule will consist of the remainder of the preliminary rounds for the track events, as well as the men’s and women’s weight throw and the women’s high jump.

To close out the championship schedule, Saturday’s events will start at 3:00 p.m. ET with the men’s high jump, followed by the men’s and women’s shot put, men’s pole vault and men’s triple jump. The final day in College Station will also feature each of the final rounds for each of the track events.

Day one of the 2026 SEC Indoor Championships are set to kick off tomorrow afternoon at 12:30 p.m. ET with Julia Gunnell competing for the Wildcats in the women’s pentathlon 60m hurdles event.

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Event Schedule