GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The Furman indoor track and field teams will compete at the 2026 Southern Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 27-28) at the Corps Physical Training Facility in Lexington, Va. The meet marks the 91st annual indoor track & field championship for the men and the 39th for the women.
Friday's running events will begin at 1:05 p.m. with the men's 3,000m, with Friday's final event, the women's distance medley relay, set to begin at 4:35 p.m. to cap the first day of competition. Saturday's running events begin at 11:45 a.m. with the men's 5,000m. The final event of the day, the women's 4x400m relay, is slated for 2:58 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony.
Saturday's events will air live on ESPN+. Live results, daily photos, and video highlights from the meet can be found on-line at http://www.soconsports.com. Daily recaps can be found on the SoCon website and at http://www.furmanpaladins.com.
The Paladins captured gold in nine events at last year's meet. Returning winners on this year's Paladin squad include Claire Cook, who took the title in the women's 800m, and Carly Wilkes, who won the women's 5,000m, marking Furman's 11th-consecutive win in the event. On the men's side, the Paladins took gold in each event from the 800m to the 5,000m. Returnee Evan Guzman won the 5,000m championship last season, while Chris Knight took the title in the 3,000m.
Both Furman DMR teams won gold last year. Zoie Lamanna, Claire Cook, Jais Ward, and Nysa Males crossed the line in 11:50.12 to win the Paladins' ninth-straight women's DMR title, while the Furman men's team, which included current Paladin team members Owen Delaney and Tripp Roemer posted a time of 10:02.18.
Furman leads the SoCon in seven events this season. Ward holds the top spot in the women's mile (4:40.61), while Sierra Bower leads the league in the women's 3,000m (9:24.65). Carly Wilkes is atop the league in the women's 5,000m at 16:08.55, and the Paladin DMR team of Ward, Cook, Delaney Vickers, and Camryn Wennersten leads the league at 11:24.01.
On the men's side, Bryn Woodall paces the field in the mile at 3:58.06 and in the 3,000m at 7:52.63, while Knight holds the best time in the 5,000m (13:55.56).
