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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Florida A&M Rattlers claimed the 2026 SWAC Women’s Indoor Track and Field title on Sunday marking the programs second championship in the past three seasons. 

Florida A&M amassed 131 total points to claim first place followed by Alabama State (124), and Southern (74) who claimed second and third place respectively.

Alabama A&M’s women’s 4x400 meter relay team capped off an impressive display of performances by the Lady Bulldogs (3:41.78) as they claimed first place in the event.

Florida A&M’s Garfield Ellenwood II was named the Women’s Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year for his efforts in leading the Rattlers to the title. Arkansas-Pine Bluff's Cornelia Watts tallied 18 total individual points as she was named Most Outstanding Field Performer while Florida A&M’s Tara Bert contributed 26 total individual points to claim the Most Outstanding Track Performer award. 

A total of three women’s all-time records were broken at this year’s event with Texas Southern’s Alyvia Brown (3000m), Southern’s Tashina Alase (60m Hurdles) and Alabama State’s Daedrian Beville (Triple Jump) setting new league marks.

A complete list of individual awards winners and event champions is listed below. 

2026 SWAC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Individual Awards 

Women’s Most Outstanding Field Performer
Cornelia Watts, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
 
Women’s Most Outstanding Track Performer
Tara Bert, Florida A&M
 
Women’s Coach of the Year
Garfield Ellenwood II, Florida A&M
 
2026 SWAC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Champions

Women’s 3000 Meters
Alyvia Brown, Texas Southern 
  
Women’s Weight Throw
Malayna Mallory, Jackson State
 
Women’s 60 Meters
Diandrenique Gaines, Florida A&M
 
Women’s 60 Meters Hurdles
Tashina Alase, Southern 
 
Women’s 200 Meters
Diandrenique Gaines, Florida A&M
 
Women’s 400 Meters
Laila Gaynor, Alabama A&M
 
Women’s 800 Meters
Aliyah Williams, Alabama State
 
Women’s 1 Mile
Aliyah Williams, Alabama State
 
Women’s 5,000 Meters
Laura Avila, Alabama A&M
 
Women’s High Jump
Camille Lewis, Southern
 
Women’s Pole Vault
Kennedi McCord, Alabama State
 
Women’s Shot Put
Cornelia Watts, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
 
Women’s Triple Jump
Daedrian Beville, Alabama State 
 
Women’s Long Jump
Arayana Ladson, Florida A&M
 
Women’s Pentathlon
Sanai Kintchen, Prairie View A&M
 
Women’s Distance Medley Relay
Alabama State
 
Women’s 4x400 Relay
Alabama A&M

About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.

Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
 
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