ABILENE, TX - McMurry University continues to lead heading into the final day of the 2026 SCAC Women's Track and Field Championship, which are being contested on the campus of McMurry. Official Website | Results | Photo Gallery
McMurry, who has 96 points and holds a 26-point lead over second place Texas Lutheran University, earned three golds on the day and have a meet-high five after two days of competition. The War Hawks have posted nine all-SCAC performances, which also leads the way at this year's championships.
On Saturday, finals were conducted in six more events, including the field events of the shot put, hammer, high jump and triple jump and track events in the 3,000 meter steeplechase and 10,000 meters. For just the second time in over a decade, the meet's field size precipiated the need for prelims in several track events, which were conducted throughout the afternoon.
The remaining track events during the afternoon session were all preliminaries (results found here), setting up an action packed day of finals in the 100-hurdles, 400 meters, 100 meters, 800 meters, 400 meter hurdles and 200 meters - in addition to the 5,000 meters, 1,500 meters and the two team relays (4x1 and 4x4).
DAY TWO STANDINGS
1. McMurry - 96
2. Texas Lutheran - 70
3. Colorado College - 58
4. Hendrix - 22
5. LeTourneau - 19
6. St Thomas - 17
7. Concordia (Texas) - 12
8. Ozarks - 6
9. Schreiner - 5
10. Centenary - 3
11. Dallas - 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Senior Savanna Danner defended her title in the 3,000 steeplechase, hitting the tape in a time of 11:42.17.
- A year after settling for silver, junior Tori Colman took one step up the awards podium to earn gold in the hammer throw with a toss of 44.38 meters (145' 7").
- Junior Kendra Humphries defended her title in the shot put, earning gold with a toss of 13.39 meters (43' 11 1/4") - the longest throw in SCAC meet history. She had tied the conference mark (42' 10 3/4") last year before taking sole ownership of the record this year. She is the first woman in SCAC history to achieve a 43 foot or longer toss in the shot put at the conference meet. Teammate Tori Colman was second with a throw of 11.84 meters (38' 10 1/4").
UP NEXT
- The final day of competition resumes tomorrow with the men's 5,000-meter final at 8:00 a.m., followed by the women's event at 8:30 a.m. A complete schedule of events can be found here.
