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And just like that the 2026 season comes to a close.

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Meagan scores the second most points in the heptathlon in program history (6,008) to take fifth and earn her first All-America honor!

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Resilient Rose 🌹🥈

She clears a season’s best 1.96m (6-5) to earn her sixth-career All-America honor!

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JaiCieonna's your highest heptathlon finisher in school history (third) with the new school record 6,010 points!

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With five All-Americans your women's squad takes eighth place with 27 points!

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🇺🇸 ALL-AMERICAN HUMPHRIES 🇺🇸

Meagan scores the second most heptathlon points in school history (6,008) to earn her first All-America honors!

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🥉 HEPTATHLON BRONZE FOR GERO-HOLT 🥉

JaiCieonna shatters the program record with 6,010 points to earn All-America honors and become the program’s highest finisher ever in the heptathlon!

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🥈NATIONAL RUNNER-UP YEBOAH 🥈

Rose clears a season’s best 1.96m (6-5) to earn the silver medal in the high jump for a second-straight outdoor season and earn her sixth-career All-America honor!

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Final meet day of the 2026 season.

Live Results: https://t.co/yYXnsWSXqA
Watch: https://t.co/jzxoGBKDmv

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JaiCieonna continues to climb the shot put top-10 list.

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A good start in the heptathlon from JaiCieonna and Meagan!

Gero-Holt currently leads with 3,745 points while Humphries is not far behind in third with 3,629 points.

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The start of the heptathlon and the men close out their season on day three.

Live Results: https://t.co/bh62T0jJbH
Watch: https://t.co/Pv0Qh1DMB1

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Two All-American record book updates.

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Sophia's now a four-time All-American long jumper after her fourth-place finish today, 6.57m (21-6 3/4)!

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Stellar season for the freshman Luuk Pelkmans 🥉

✅ First decathlete All-American in school history
✅ Program record 8,079 points
✅ Third-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships

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🇺🇸 ALL-AMERICAN BECKMON 🇺🇸

Sophia leaps 6.57m (21-6 3/4) to place fourth in the long jump to earn All-America honors for the second-straight outdoor season!

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🥉 DECATHLON BRONZE FOR PELKMANS 🥉

Luuk shatters the decathlon school record as a freshman with 8,079 points to become the first All-American decathlete in program history!

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No better time for a personal-best throw than one that makes you an All-American 🇺🇸

@JordanKoskondy threw 69.24m (227-2) to place fifth in the hammer throw and earn her first outdoor All-America honor.

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🇺🇸 ALL-AMERICAN KOSKONDY 🇺🇸

@JordanKoskondy throws the program's second-best hammer throw 69.24m (227-2) to finish fifth and become the school's second ever hammer throw All-American (Amber Simpson, 2024).

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Day two action ahead.

Live Results: https://t.co/bh62T0jJbH
Watch: https://t.co/Pv0Qh1DMB1

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