LEXINGTON, Ky. – Junior Gladys Chepngetich punched her ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship with a program-record 1:59.09 time in the women’s 800m, while Clemson finished with five individual and two relay qualifiers on the final day of competition at the NCAA East First Round. Senior Shantae Foreman (triple jump), senior Oneka Wilson (100m hurdles), junior Judy Kosgei (800m) and freshman Nancy Cherop (5000m) joined Chepngetich as individual qualifiers, while the squads of Aleksandra Stoilova, Aniyah Kitt, McKenzie Calloway and Briana Campbell, and Shanque Williams, Kitt, Brynn Buelow and Chepngetich qualified the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, respectively, for semifinals in Eugene.
The Tigers bookended the final day of regionals with the 4x100 meter relay team of Stoilova, Kitt, Calloway and Campbell punching their ticket to Eugene with a final time of 42.89 for a fifth overall finish. The relay team of Williams, Kitt, Buelow and Chepngetich concluded the day with a time of 3:30.61 in the 4x400 meter relay. The 2026 season marked the third-straight year that both relays have advanced to Eugene.
Joining the relays was Wilson who automatically qualified for the semifinals in the 100m hurdles with a final time of 12.88. She finished second in her heat and fifth overall to make her third trip to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the event after previously qualifying in both 2024 and 2025.
Clemson will have two individuals compete in the semifinals of the 800m at nationals after Chepngetich, the reigning indoor national champion, finished second in the field with her program-best time. The junior will be joined by Kosgei, who qualified for her first outdoor championships, with a final time of 2:01.16 to finish 10th in the field.
Foreman qualified for her second field event of the year with a final jump of 13.49m (44 feet 3 ¼ inches) in the triple jump. The senior finished third in the field to mark the third-straight year she has qualified in the event and joined her qualification from Thursday in the long jump as her second of the year.
Rounding out the individual qualifiers was Cherop in the 5000m. The freshman finished third in her heat, fourth overall, with a time of 15:31.22 to qualify for her first NCAA Outdoor Championships.
In total, Clemson will send seven individual qualifiers on the women’s side, which tied for the most since 2018. With qualifiers in the hammer throw, long jump, triple jump, 100m hurdles, 5,000m, two 800m entries, and both relay squads, Clemson's women have the potential to field nine point-scoring entries at the NCAA Outdoor Championships — the program's highest total since 2012.
QUALIFIERS FOR NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Men
- Divine Aniamaka (Triple Jump)
- Jalen Johnson (200m)
- Sharvis Simmonds (110m Hurdles)
- 4x100m Relay
Women
- Chepngetich (800m)
- Cherop (5000m)
- Kendra Dye (Hammer Throw)
- Foreman (Long Jump, Triple Jump)
- Kosgei (800m)
- Wilson (100m Hurdles)
- 4x100m Relay
- 4x400m Relay
NCAA EAST FIRST ROUND RESULTS | DAY FOUR
Women’s 100m Quarterfinals
- 15th Place | Kitt – 11.17 seconds
Women’s 100m Hurdles Quarterfinals
- Fifth Place | Wilson – 12.88 seconds (Qualified for semifinals in Eugene, Ore.)
- 19th Place | Campbell – 13.20 seconds
Women’s 800m Quarterfinals
- Second Place | Chepngetich – 1:59.09 (Qualified for semifinals in Eugene, Ore.; School Record)10th Place | Kosgei – 2:01.16 (Qualified for semifinals in Eugene, Ore.)
Women’s 5000m Semifinals
- Fourth Place | Cherop – 15:31.22 (Qualified for finals in Eugene, Ore.)
Women’s 4x100m Quarterfinals
- Fifth Place | Clemson (Stoilova, Kitt, Calloway & Campbell) – 42.89 seconds (Qualified for semifinals in Eugene, Ore.)
Women’s 4x400m Relay Quarterfinals
- 10th Place | Clemson (Williams, Kitt, Buelow & Chepngetich) – 3:30.61 (Qualified for semifinals in Eugene, Ore.)
Women’s High Jump First Round
- T-21st Place | Daneille Noble – 1.76m / 5’ – 09.25”
Women’s Triple Jump First Round
- Third Place | Shantae Foreman – 13.49m / 44’ - 03.25” (Qualified for Nationals in Eugene, Ore.)
- 34th Place | Sophia Curtis – 12.43m / 40’ - 09.50”
NCAA EAST FIRST ROUND RESULTS | DAY THREE
Men’s 100m Quarterfinals
- 16th Place | I. Johnson – 10.22 seconds
Men’s 110m Hurdles Quarterfinals
- Seventh Place | Simmonds – 13.39 seconds (Qualified for semifinals in Eugene, Ore.)
- 16th Place | Khailan Vitalis – 13.71 seconds
Men’s 200m Quarterfinals
- 12th Place | J. Johnson – 20.46 seconds (Qualified for semifinals in Eugene, Ore.)
- T-14th Place | I. Johnson – 20.54 seconds
Men’s 4x100m Relay Quarterfinals
- Eighth Place | Clemson (Kidd, I. Johnson, Collins & J. Johnson) – 38.85 seconds (Qualified for semifinals in Eugene, Ore.; Remains fourth on Clemson’s All-Time Top 5 list)
Men’s High Jump First Round
- T-17th Place | Brandon Pottinger – 2.11m / 6’ – 11.00”
- T-27th Place | Shyhiem Scotland – 2.11m / 6’ – 11.00”
Men’s Triple Jump First Round
- Fourth Place | Aniamaka – 16.13m / 52’ – 11.00” (Qualified for Nationals in Eugene, Ore.; School Record)
NCAA EAST FIRST ROUND RESULTS | DAY TWO
Women’s 100m First Round
- Eighth Place | Kitt – 11.17 seconds (Qualified for quarterfinals)
Women’s 100m Hurdles First Round
- Fourth Place | Wilson – 12.79 seconds (+3.0) (Qualified for quarterfinals)
- 16th Place | Campbell – 13.10 seconds (Qualified for quarterfinals, PR, Ninth on Clemson’s All-Time Top 10 list)
Women’s 400m First Round
- 34th Place | Shanque Williams – 52.77 seconds
Women’s 400m Hurdles First Round
- 39th Place | Curtis – 59.66 seconds
Women’s 800m First Round
- Third Place | Kosgei – 2:01.85 (Qualified for quarterfinals)
- 10th Place | Chepngetich – 2:03.14 (Qualified for quarterfinals)
- 32nd Place | Shaneal Clarke Giddings – 2:05.84
Women’s Long Jump First Round
- Second Place | Foreman – 6.47m / 21’ – 02.75” (Qualified for Nationals in Eugene, Ore.; PR; moved into third on Clemson’s All-Time Top 10 list)
Women’s Hammer Throw First Round
- Seventh Place | Dye – 63.03m / 206’ – 09.00” (Qualified for Nationals in Eugene, Ore.; PR; remains fourth on Clemson’s All-Time Top 10 list)
- 27th Place | Ella Brooks – 58.89m / 193’ – 02.00” (PR, remains sixth on Clemson’s All-Time Top 10 list)
Women’s Shot Put First Round
- 13th Place | Kimeka Smith – 16.74m / 54’ – 11.25”
NCAA EAST FIRST ROUND RESULTS | DAY ONE
Men’s 100m First Round
- 21st Place | I. Johnson – 10.26 seconds (Qualified for quarterfinals)
- 36th Place | Collins – 10.39 seconds
Men’s 110m Hurdles First Round
- 14th Place | Simmonds – 13.64 seconds (Qualified for quarterfinals)
- 19th Place | Vitalis – 13.76 seconds (Qualified for quarterfinals)
Men’s 200m First Round
- 10th Place | I. Johnson – 20.44 seconds (Qualified for quarterfinals)
- 11th Place | J. Johnson – 20.46 seconds (Qualified for quarterfinals)
- 28th Place | Collins – 20.81 seconds
Men’s 400m First Round
- 42nd Place | Grant Holliday – 46.65 seconds
Up Next
Clemson will send a total of 13 potential point-scoring entries between the men’s and women’s programs to Eugene, Ore. to compete in the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship. Action is slated to get underway at Hayward Field on Wednesday, June 10 for the men and on Thursday, June 11 for the women with the complete four-day schedule of events available here.
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