SAN MARCOS, Texas— Texas State track & field will compete in its final Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championship on Feb. 23–24 in Birmingham, Alabama, at the Birmingham CrossPlex.

The two-day meet begins Monday at 10 a.m. with the heptathlon and continues Tuesday at 10 a.m. Competition throughout the championship will feature a combination of preliminary and semifinal track events alongside field event finals Monday, with Tuesday concluding remaining field events and all track finals.

The Texas State women enter as the defending Sun Belt indoor champions after scoring 108 points to claim last year's title. The men's team placed third in 2025 and is seeking its first conference indoor championship since 2016.

Entering the meet, 35 Bobcats rank inside the Sun Belt Conference top 10 in their respective events, including 22 athletes ranked among the conference's top five.

Six Texas State athletes currently lead the conference: Ja'Shaun Lloyd (60-meter and 60-meter hurdles), Tshephang Dankuru (high jump), Easton Hammond (heptathlon), Abigail Parra (mile), Melanie Duron (shot put) and Sophie Daugard (pentathlon).

According to the latest USTFCCCA Week 4 regional rankings, the Texas State men are ranked seventh in the South Central Region while the women sit ninth. Both squads rank first among Sun Belt Conference programs.

In the USTFCCCA EventSquad national rankings, Texas State's women's shot put group is ranked third nationally behind Nebraska and Michigan, while the men's 60-meter hurdles group ranks fifth nationally behind Arkansas, Texas Tech, Iowa State and Houston.

Live stats for the Sun Belt Indoor Championships will be available throughout both days, and the meet will be streamed on ESPN+.

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Bobcats Ranked in the Top 10 of the Sun Belt Conference

Women

• Paige Archer - Women's 60m - 7:49@ (No. 8)
• Paige Archer - Women's 200m - 24:05@ (No. 4)
• Kila Rodas - Women's 800m - 2:12.99 (No. 6)
• Kathryn Evans - Women's 800m - 2:14.10@ (No. 9)
• Abigail Parra - Women's Mile - 4:40.41 (No. 1)
• Alexia Tiscareno Macias - Women's Mile - 4:49.57@ (No. 3)
• Abigail Parra - Women's 3000m - 9:29.24 (No. 2)
• Alexia Tiscareno Macias - Women's 3000m - 9:42.15 (No. 5)
• Chinenye Uzoh - Women's High Jump - 1.73m (No. 4)
• Kendall Lemm - Women's High Jump - 1.70m (No. 8)
• Breanna Brandes - Women's Pole Vault - 3.70m (T-No. 9)
• Matilde Poli - Women's Pole Vault - 3.70m (T-No. 9)
• Melanie Duron - Women's Shot Put - 16.61m (No. 1)
• Sophia Haberer - Women's Shot Put - 15.77m (No. 2)
• Hannah Kemele - Women's Shot Put - 14.70m (No. 3)
• Stephanie Williams - Women's Shot Put - 13.91m (No. 7)
• Elisabet Runarsdottir - Women's Weight Throw - 19.64m (No. 4)
• Sophie Daugard - Pentathlon - 3807 Points (No. 1)
• Bostyn Baskin - Pentathlon - 3553 Points (No. 3)
• Brookins, Farrell, Evans, Amiadamen - Women's 4x400 Relay - 3:43.33 (No. 3)
• Parra, Rodas, Evans, Macias - Women's DMR - 11:52.73 (No. 2)

Men

• Ja'Shaun Lloyd - Men's 60m - 6.62@ (No. 1)
• Drew Donley - Men's 60m - 6.72s (No. 3)
• Drew Donley - Men's 200m - 21.03s (No. 2)
• Ja'Shaun Lloyd - Men's 200m - 21.19s (No. 4)
• Jack Deelman - Men's 3000m - 8:21.60 (No. 10)
• Ivan Guzman - Men's 5000m - 14:36.62 (No. 2)
• Omar Guzman - Men's 5000m - 14:37.78 (No. 3)
• Jack Deelman - Men's 5000m - 15:03.64 (No. 8)
• Ja'Shaun Lloyd - Men's 60m Hurdles - 7.71@ (No. 1)
• Joshua Taylor - Men's 60m Hurdles - 7.85@ (No. 3)
• Arveyon Davis - Men's 60m Hurdles - 7.94@ (No. 5)
• Tshephang Dankuru - Men's 60m Hurdles - 8.03s (No. 9)
• Aiden Hayes - Men's High Jump - 2.14m (No. 3)
• Tshephang Dankuru - Men's High Jump - 2.19m (No. 1)
• Caden Ohara - Men's Pole Vault - 5.10m (No. 5)
• Chris Preddie - Men's Long Jump - 7.59m (No. 3)
• Isaiah Kayembe - Men's Long Jump - 7.22m (No. 10)
• Damacio Hooks - Men's Triple Jump - 14.62m (No. 9)
• Henry Buckles - Men's Shot Put - 17.61m (No. 5)
• Manfred Mannamaa - Men's Weight Throw - 19.42m (No. 3)
• Easton Hammond - Heptathlon - 5337 Points (No. 1)
• David Richards - Hepthathlon - 4998 points (No. 4)
• Sheffield, Moffett, Lloyd, Lloyd - Men's 4x400 Relay - 3:13.46 (No. 3)