GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The Furman outdoor track and field teams will compete at the 2026 Southern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships this Monday and Tuesday at Western Carolina's Catamount Athletic Complex in Cullowhee, N.C. The two-day meet marks the 101st championship for the men and the 39th for the women.
The championships will air live on ESPN+ on Tuesday, with coverage starting at 1:30 p.m. Monday's finals will be interspersed into the Tuesday broadcast. Live results, daily recaps, photos and video highlights can be found at www.SoConSports.com.
Monday's schedule gets underway with the start of the decathlon at 9:30 a.m., followed by the start of the pentathlon at 10 a.m. The men's hammer throw final gets the field events started at 12:30 p.m., with the first track event, the preliminaries of the men's 1,500m, slated to begin at 4 p.m. In all, 12 champions will be crowned on the first day of competition – four on the track and eight in field events.
Tuesday's schedule opens with resumption of the decathlon at 9:15 a.m., with the heptathlon resuming at 9:30 a.m. Field events begin with the men's discus at 11:30 .m. and the men's 4x100m relay gets the track events started at 2 p.m. The day concludes with the women's and men's 4x400m relays at 5:25 and 5:35 p.m., respectively, followed by the awards ceremony. Thirty events will crown champions on the final day of the meet.
Last season, the Paladin men finished third with 110 points, while the Furman women placed fifth with 85 points. The Furman men won every event from the 800m to the 10,000m, including the 3,000m Steeplechase, for the first time since 2021, including winning their ninth-straight 5,000m championship in 2025.
The Paladins hold the conference lead in six events. Graduate student Bryn Woodall leads the league in the men's 1,500m (3:39.91), while graduate student Albert Velikonja boasts the fastest time at 13:40.11 in the men's 5,000m. Sophomore Rives Boltwood is atop the leader board in the men's 10,000m (29:40.21), and senior Colton Kempney leads the SoCon with a time of 9:15.87 in the men's 3,000m Steeplechase. On the women's side, senior Camryn Wennersten holds the top time at 4:14.56 in the 1,500m, and freshman Annie Miller ran 10:13.12 in the 3,000m Steeplechase to lead the league.
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