CAA Well Represented at 2026 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championship
Ben Kane
EUGENE, Ore. (June 10, 2026) – Seven individuals will head out west alongside two relay teams to compete in the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championship in Eugene, Oregon, between June 10 and 13.
North Carolina A&T will have the most representatives with senior jumper
Olivia Dowd, senior hurdler and sprinter
Jason Holmes, graduate student jumper
Spirit Morgan, junior jumper
Xavier Partee, junior hurdler and sprinter
Isaiah Taylor, and junior hurdler and sprinter
Xzaviah Taylor punching their tickets through the regional meet. Monmouth’s graduate student javelin thrower
Evan Niedrowski will join two Aggie relay teams (men’s 4x100m and men’s 4x400m) in Oregon.
Dowd heads to the NCAA's after leaping a program-record 13.32m in the triple jump for eighth in the quarterfinals. She earned second-team All-American honors in the event just a year ago.
Holmes will compete in the 110m hurdles for the first time in two years after a 13.40 finish in the qualifying rounds. The graduate student was an honorable mention All-American for the event in his last appearance.
Morgan, the program’s top high jumper, aims to add to her resume after leaping 1.82m in the regional meet. The graduate student holds six of the program’s seven best high jumps.
Partee heads to Eugene for the second consecutive season after earning All-American honors last season in the triple jump. The junior toppled an 11-year program record at the NCAA East Regional Round with a 16.26m leap to earn his place in Eugene.
Niedrowski will appear in his third NCAA Championship in the past five years. The graduate student threw a season-best 71.87m mark in the javelin at the CAA Championship to win the event and claim the top mark in the conference this season.
Isaiah Taylor dominated to punch his ticket, running a program-record 48.71 seconds in the 400m hurdles, while Xzaviah Taylor won his heat with a 48.82 finish. The Taylor brothers now own the program’s five fastest times in the event, with Isaiah at No. 1 and No. 4 (49.753) and Xzaviah at No. 2 (48.82), No. 3 (49.18), and No. 5 (49.756).
The Aggies' 4X100 relay squad earned a spot in the NCAA's after setting a season-best time of 38.84 seconds at the NCAA East Regional, while the 4X400 team turned in a season-best time of 3:01.22 to qualify.
Action from the NCAA Track & Field Championship will air on ESPN and ESPN2.
Olivia Dowd (N.C. A&T) – Women’s Long Jump: Thursday, June 11 at 9:40 p.m. (ET)
Jason Holmes (N.C. A&T) – Men’s 110m Hurdles Semifinals: Wednesday, June 10 at 9:08 p.m. (ET)
Spirit Morgan (N.C. A&T) – Women’s High Jump: Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. (ET)
Xavier Partee (N.C. A&T) – Men’s Triple Jump: Friday, June 12 at 5:10 p.m. (ET)
Isiah Taylor and Xzaviah Taylor (N.C. A&T) – Men’s 400m Hurdles Semifinal: Wednesday, June 10 at 10:14 p.m. (ET)
Evan Niedrowski (Monmouth) - Men’s Javelin Throw: Wednesday, June 10 at 9:15 p.m. (ET)
Men’s 4x100m Relay Semifinals (N.C. A&T) – Wednesday, June 10 at 8:05 p.m. (ET)
Men’s 4x100m Relay Semifinals (N.C. A&T) – Wednesday, June 10 at 11:36 p.m. (ET)