Arkansas and Georgia win
The 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships wrapped this weekend with Arkansas taking the men's team title and Georgia winning the women's crown — the meet ran March 13–14 and crowned eight men’s champions on the final day NCAA live updates and recap.
Arkansas totaled 73.5 points (arkansasrazorbacks.com), marking the Razorbacks’ 22nd NCAA indoor championship and the program’s 52nd NCAA team title overall while 3,584 fans watched at the Randal Tyson Track Center. (arkansasrazorbacks.com) A 1‑2 finish in the men’s 800 — Tyrice Taylor (1:46.00) and Rivaldo Marshall (1:46.12) — delivered 18 points that swung the meet in Arkansas’ favor. (arkansasrazorbacks.com) Jelani Watkins led the team individually with 14 points after placing second in the 60 (6.48) and third in the 200. (arkansasrazorbacks.com) Georgia scored 53 points to finish ahead of Oregon (44) and Illinois (42) for the women’s crown, a program mark that represents Georgia’s second NCAA indoor team title and its first since 2018. (georgiadogs.com) Freshman Adaejah Hodge won the women’s 200 in 22.22 (a facility/personal‑best performance listed as NCAA#4 all‑time), and Dejanea Oakley clocked 50.47 to win the 400 (listed as a personal best on the official results). (flashresults.ncaa.com) USC’s Garrett Kaalund became the first collegian to break 20 seconds indoors with a 19.95 in the men’s 200, recorded as both an NCAA and American indoor record. (world-track.org) Auburn’s Ja’Kobe Tharp ran 7.32 to erase the previous collegiate 60m‑hurdles mark and register one of the fastest times in world history for the event. (worldathletics.org) Alabama’s Samuel Ogazi won the men’s 400 in 44.57, a mark recorded as a Nigerian and African indoor record and placing him among the top times on the world indoor list, while BYU’s Carter Cutting took the men’s mile in 3:58.94 and BYU’s Jane Hedengren set a meet record of 8:36.61 to cap a two‑title weekend. (flashresults.ncaa.com) First‑year Arkansas coach Doug Case noted the team’s plan to build on indoors and “try to have a great year outdoors,” a sentiment he tied directly to the Razorbacks’ sweep of SEC and NCAA indoor crowns this season, and Georgia’s head coach Caryl Smith‑Gilbert collected her first NCAA indoor team title. (arkansasrazorbacks.com)
