NCAA West T&F First Round Qualifiers announced

Alyssa Colbert getting ready to leadoff the first leg of the 4x100 at the Big 12 Championships

NCAA West T&F First Round Qualifiers announced

May 23, 2026 | Track and Field

The four-day competition will take place at John McDonnell Field

LUBBOCK, Texas – Official qualifiers for the NCAA West First Round Championships have been announced for next week's competition in Fayetteville, Ark.

Men

100m - Kimarlie Stewart, John Sherman

200m – Shaemar Uter, Kimarlie Stewart, Johnathan Crawford

400m – Brian Tinega, Desean Boyce, George Garcia

800m – Kyzer Dunbar, Stephen Mutai

3k steeplechase – Titus Kimaru

10k – Victor Kipkoech

110mH – Malachi Snow, Joel Nyatusah, Daniel Clarke

400mH – Sean Dixon

4X100 – Braylin Byrd, Johnathan Crawford, Josiyah Taylor, Kimarlie Stewart, Kamron Neal, John Sherman, Malachi Snow

4x400 – George Garcia, Shaemar Uter, Elijah Ferguson, Desean Boyce, Josh Bour, Johnathan Crawford, Kyzer Dunbar

High jump – B.J. Jennings, Sam Hurley

Pole vault – Sean Gribble, Jackson Bragg, Sam Hurley

Long Jump – Zaid Latif

Triple Jump – Jonathan Seremes, Soumaila Sabo

Shot put – Trey Wilson III

Javelin – Isaac Woodward

Women

100m – Alyssa Colbert, Olayinka Olajide, Brianna Howard

200m - Olayinka Olajide, Brianna Howard, Mekenze Kelley, Anita Afrifa

400m – Collinique Farrington, Mekenze Kelley

800m – Fanny Arendt

3k steeplechase – Lily Mather

100mH – Tonie-Ann Forbes, Symoria Adkins, Auceane Bouijoux, Siiri Siirtola

400mH – Vanessa Balde, Lovina Ewusi

4x100 – Alyssa Colbert, Olayinka Olajide, Anita Afrifa, Brianna Howard, Symoria Adkins, Adriane Nwonumah

4x400 – Collinique Farrington, Mekenze Kelley, Vanessa Balde, Lovina Ewusi, Anita Afrifa, Olayinka Olajide

High jump – Temitope Adeshina, Claire Lowrey, Evelyn Lavielle

Pole vault – Kashlee Dickinson

Long jump – Tamiah Washington

Triple jump - Tamiah Washington, Olga Szlachta, Grace Oshiokpu

Shot put – Amori Pierson

Discus – McKenzie Davis, Amori Pierson

Javelin – Leah Howard

The four-day competition features alternate days of competition for each gender as the men compete on Wednesday and Friday, while the women go on Thursday and Saturday. A majority of the running events feature a first round followed by a quarterfinals on the second day for each gender. Athletes who make the cut to the quarterfinals day, will need to finish in the top-12 to secure their spot in the 2026 Outdoor Championship meet in Eugene, Oregon (June 10-13). Meanwhile, in throwing/field events, athletes are only allowed three attempts to secure a top-12 spot. In distance races like the 3k steeplechase, 5k and 10k, athletes will only run them once this week with the top-12 moving on to Eugene.