Kingsville - The Texas A&M-Kingsville men's and women's track and field teams are sending their eight qualified athletes to the 2026 NCAA D2 Indoor National Championships in Virginia Beach, VA this weekend. 

The eight athletes, five men and three women, will compete in six events across the weekend. Events will take place across two days, with day one consisting primarily of prelims. 

On Friday, DaTavus Pope will run the men's 60m prelim, and Oneika Brissett will run the prelims for both the women's 400m and 200m. The day's only finals will come from Madison Ramos' competition in the women's high jump, where she will attempt to recreate (or top) last year's record-setting leap at the National meet that earned her First Team All-American.

Saturday will be all finals for the Hogs, with the day starting in the pole-vault pit, where Kenzie Kurdys will compete in the women's pole vault, looking to cap her first season in the blue and gold on the podium. Following that, Pope will attempt to do the same at the men's 60m finals, should he have qualified the previous day. Then Brissett, if she qualified, will have two races, the 400m followed by the 200m, within 45 minutes of each other, as she seeks the first individual All-American honor of her career.

The weekend will finish with the men's record-setting 4x400m relay crew of Joseph Mouaha, Tony Benitez, Darius Bouakel, Michael Samihamba. Though they have just one race together under their belts, it was enough for the squad to qualify for nationals and win the LSC Championship's gold medal. Now, they will be looking to close out Benitez and Samihamba's indoor careers on the podium.

Men's 60m - DaTavus Pope

Women's High Jump - Madison Ramos

Women's 400m & 200m - Oneika Brissett

Women's Pole Vault - Kenzie Kurdys

Men's 4x400m relay - Joseph Mouaha, Tony Benitez, Darius Bouakel, Michael Samihamba


Compiled Javelina Schedule:

Friday
2:15pm - Men's 60m prelims - DaTavus Pope
3:35pm - Women's High Jump Finals - Madison Ramos
3:45pm - Women's 400m prelims - Oneika Brissett
5:00pm - Women's 200m prelims - Oneika Brissett

Saturday
3:00pm - Women's Pole Vault Finals - Kenzie Kurdys
3:10pm - Men's 60m Finals - DaTavus Pope
4:10pm - Women's 400m Finals - Oneika Brissett
4:55pm - Women's 200m Finals - Oneika Brissett
5:45pm - Men's 4x400m Relay Finals - Joseph Mouaha, Tony Benitez, Darius Bouakel, Michael Samihamba

A full schedule of the weekend's events is available here.
Live stats for the weekend can be found here.