Track & Discipline Unveils 2026 Schedule – UCF Athletics

ORLANDO – Set for its third go-around as a member of the Big 12 Conference, the UCF monitor and subject crew has formally introduced its 2026 schedule.

Both the indoor and out of doors seasons will culminate in a visit to the Big 12 Championships, the place head coach Dana Boone and her squad purpose to construct on final yr’s success. The Knights introduced house a haul of medals final season, highlighted by an indoor-outdoor sweep of the 4x400m relay.

Additionally, the squad is happy to announce it is going to begin the out of doors marketing campaign with back-to-back house meets. The Knights will host the Black and Gold Invitational from March 20-21, adopted by the Knights Invite from March 27-28, the fifth version of the paired occasions, not together with the canceled 2020 season.

Indoor
The Knights will open the indoor season on the Rod McCravy Invitational on Jan. 9-10  in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier than the space squad loops again to Florida on Jan. 16 to race on the Jimmy Carnes Invitational for the fourth consecutive season. 

A pair of meets awaits the Black and Gold the next week because the sprints and jumps squad makes a visit to the Lone Star State for the Red Raider Invite on Jan. 23, whereas the space crew packs their luggage for Clemson to race within the Orange and Purple Invitational.

From Feb. 7-8, the Black and Gold return to the Charlie Thomas Invitational in College Station for the primary time since 2022—a yr wherein the Knights’ dash squad dominated the sector, bringing house a number of medals, together with a first-place 60m end from former Knight Rayniah Jones.

The ultimate regular-season weekend sends the Knights to Fayetteville, Ark., for the Tyson Invitational on the Randal Tyson Track Center, the identical venue they’ll return to later within the postseason for the NCAA Indoor Championships. 

Postseason motion begins on Feb. 28, sending the Knights to Lubbock, Texas, for the Big 12 Championships for the third straight yr, the place they’ll purpose to uphold their sturdy normal on the meet. At final yr’s Big 12 Indoor Championship, the Knights made their presence felt throughout the rostrum, highlighted by a program-best heptathlon from then-Knight Natalia Madison, who secured a fourth-place end. The weekend was capped by a historic run from the 4x400m squad, who introduced house this system’s first-ever Big 12 gold.

The Black and Gold will discover themselves again in Fayetteville on the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 13-14, the place Boone and her employees will look to construct on their All-American legacy and proceed UCF’s streak of qualifying a minimum of one athlete for the fourth consecutive yr.