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Pitt Caps ACC Outdoor Championships with School Record, Two Podium Finishes
5/16/2026 11:38:00 PM | Track & Field
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Pittsburgh men's and women's track & field programs closed the 2026 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at Louisville, rewriting one of the program's longest-standing relay records, claiming two podium finishes and adding points across the track and field events. The Panther men finished ninth in the team standings with 33 points, while the women tied for 14th with 26.
The day's signature performance came from the women's 400 relay. The quartet of Maliah Edwards, Somiyah Braggs, Alma Evuna Eki and Faith Dennis crossed the line in 44.09 to place sixth — and in doing so erased a school record that had stood for 15 years, eclipsing the previous mark of 44.24 set in 2011.
Senior Eva Baldursdottir provided the program's highest individual finish of the meet, clearing 5-10.75 (1.80m) to repeat as ACC runner-up in the women's high jump for the second consecutive season. Classmate Alesia Rengle added a season-best clearance of 5-8.5 (1.74m) to place seventh.
The men's 1600 relay continued the day's relay theme with a runner-up finish of its own. Cole Strother, Malachi Williams, Darren McQueen Jr. and Colin Kravitz combined to clock 3:07.03, a time that now ranks No. 9 on Pitt's all-time outdoor list. The men's 400 relay unit of McQueen Jr., Che Nwabuko, Jaden Shelton and Williams was also in the mix, taking fifth in 39.67, tied for the second-fastest time in program history. The women's 1600 relay of Alexandria Scott, Eki, Jana Bruses and Dennis closed the meet in 3:39.61 for eighth.
Scott followed her Day 1 PR with another in the women's 400 hurdles final, slicing her lifetime best to 57.53 to take fourth, a mark that now sits No. 4 in program history. Bruses placed eighth in 59.01. On the men's side, Josue Richardson Salazar finished seventh in the 400 hurdles in 51.73 to score two points for the Panthers.
The sprints and hurdles continued to deliver across the afternoon. McQueen Jr. took fifth in the men's 100 in 10.24, his fastest wind-legal time since last year's ACC Championships, and Braggs placed seventh in the women's 100 in 11.49. Shelton added two points with a seventh-place finish in the men's 110 hurdles in 13.85.
In the field, Uri Arnon scored two points in the men's triple jump with a leap of 51-5.5 (15.68m) — just three centimeters shy of his personal best — to take seventh. Luke Simpson placed 10th in the men's 1500 final in 3:43.76. Emeka Ugwu rounded out his weekend with a mark of 152-4 (46.44m) for 17th in the men's discus, while Niya Crawford (140-5/42.81m) and Jaydon Isham (140-0/42.68m) placed 15th and 16th, respectively, in the women's discus.
UP NEXT
The Panthers turn their attention to the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round, set for May 27-30 in Lexington, Ky., with the University of Kentucky serving as host.
ACC Track & Field Outdoor Championships
Men: Virginia 110, Florida State 96, Virginia Tech 88, Clemson 84, Duke 78, Louisville 74, Miami 53, NC State 39, Pitt 33, Notre Dame 31, Cal 30, Wake Forest 27, North Carolina 26, Syracuse 22, Georgia Tech 11, Stanford 11, Boston College 5
Women: Clemson 99, Duke 96, Stanford 85, Florida State 68, Virginia 62, Louisville 59, Miami 55, North Carolina 49, Virginia Tech 44, Notre Dame 34, Wake Forest 33, NC State 32, SMU 30, Cal 26, Pitt 26, Boston College 20, Georgia Tech 1
Pitt Results (Saturday)
Men's 100 – 5. Darren McQueen Jr. 10.24
Women's 100 – 7. Somiyah Braggs 11.49
Men's 1500 – 10. Luke Simpson 3:43.76
Men's 110 hurdles – 7. Jaden Shelton 13.85
Men's 400 hurdles – 7. Josue Richardson Salazar 51.73
Women's 400 hurdles – 4. Alexandria Scott 57.53, 8. Jana Bruses 59.01
Men's 400 relay – 5. Darren McQueen Jr., Che Nwabuko, Jaden Shelton, Malachi Williams 39.67
Women's 400 relay – 6. Maliah Edwards, Somiyah Braggs, Alma Evuna Eki, Faith Dennis 44.09
Men's 1600 relay – 2. Cole Strother, Malachi Williams, Darren McQueen Jr., Colin Kravitz 3:07.03
Women's 1600 relay – 8. Alexandria Scott, Alma Evuna Eki, Jana Bruses, Faith Dennis 3:39.61
Men's discus – 17. Emeka Ugwu 152-4 (46.44m)
Women's discus – 15. Niya Crawford 140-5 (42.81m), 16. Jaydon Isham 140-0 (42.68m)
Men's triple jump – 7. Uri Arnon 51-5.5 (15.68m)
Women's high jump – 2. Eva Baldursdottir 5-10.75 (1.80m), 7. Alesia Rengle 5-8.5 (1.74m)
