Gamecocks Primed for SEC Indoor Championship
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (Feb. 25, 2026) – South Carolina Track & Field has put the final touches on preparation for the 2026 SEC Indoor Championship in College Station, Texas.
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Ticket Information
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Meet Information
The fastest indoor meet in the country is officially here and boasts the top teams in the country. Nine of the 16 competing women’s teams are currently ranked inside the USTFCCCA Top 25, while 12 of the 15 men’s teams boast national rankings.
Last season, Arkansas women captured the SEC Indoor title with 117.5 points, while Texas A&M fended off Arkansas for the men’s title with 107.5 points. The Arkansas Razorback women have won 11 consecutive indoor conference titles following the 2025 result but do not enter the meet as the highest ranked SEC women’s team. Georgia comes to College Station as the highest ranked SEC women’s squad, sitting second overall with Arkansas sliding into fourth and the Gamecocks positioned in fifth. The SEC boasts three of the top five national teams on the men’s side in Arkansas (No. 1), Tennessee (No. 3) and Texas A&M (No. 5). South Carolina ranks 14th overall in the men’s standings.
The SEC Championships will be the first scored meet of the indoor season for the Gamecocks. The top eight scorers in each event will result in points for their teams in the following format (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1). Competitors who finish top three in events earn the title of All-SEC.
The three-day meet will begin on Thursday with the men’s heptathlon starting at 12:00 p.m. (ET) and the women’s pentathlon at 12:30 p.m. (ET). The first field event will be the women’s pole vault at 5 p.m. (ET), while the first track event will be the women’s 200m prelims at 6 p.m. (ET). For a full rundown of the meet schedule, please click here.
Trending Upwards
South Carolina has been a steady force all season long as both the women’s and men’s teams are well represented on the national leaderboard and in the event squad rankings. The Gamecocks are one of only four teams in the SEC to have both genders ranked inside the Top 15. South Carolina’s women’s team has seven different event groups ranked inside the Top 20, trailing only Texas A&M (8) for the most in the SEC. Meanwhile the men sit sixth in the SEC with three groups ranked inside the Top 20. The two squads have combined for 65 new Top 10 program marks this indoor season and nine new program records.
The men’s team has finished inside the Top 10 at the SEC Indoor Championship in each of Head Coach Tim Hall’s first two years and is looking to make in three in a row. The last time the Gamecock men recorded a top three finish was in 2003 when they finished third. As for the women, they are looking to build off last year’s seventh place finish and are in search of their first top three finish since 2006.
NCAA Marks
This weekend will be the final opportunity for the Gamecocks to secure NCAA Indoor Championship qualifying marks. To qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championship in Fayetteville, Ark., athletes must rank Top 16 in their own individual events while ranking Top 12 for relay qualifications. As it stands now, South Carolina will take a strong group of representatives to the NCAA Indoor Championship.
On the women’s side, the Gamecocks are qualified with 12 different marks. Individually, JaMeesia Ford in the 200m (22.61), Zaya Akins in the 400m (51.15) and Salma Elbadra in the 3K (8:41.76) lead the way by ranking third in their respective events. The 4×400 meter relay team of Akins, Maya Love, Akala Garrett, and Ford also sit third nationally with a time of 3:27.75. Additionally, your other qualifiers at this time are: Alexis Brown (6th in 60m), Elbadra (13th in the Mile), Joslyn Hamilton (14th in the 60mH), Akala Garrett (15th in the 60mH), Kyndall Harrington-Spain (15th in the 60mH), DMR (11th), Jathiyah Muhammad (7th in the pole vault) and Tristen Harris (16th in the long jump).
As for the men, there are six qualifying standards met at this time. The 4x400m relay squad of Josiah Wrice, Jasauna Dennis, Devan Crumpton and Andrew Salvodon lead the way after recording the second fastest time in collegiate history at 3:00.86. Individually, Tyson Williams is the highest ranked athlete at fourth overall in the 200m (20.47). Salvodon (45.44) and Wrice (45.55) sit sixth and 10th overall in the 400m, respectively. The final two qualifying marks belong to Logan Montgomery (10th in the shot put) and Jaouad Khchina (16th in the Mile).
