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Women’s Track & Field Picked Third in Big South Outdoor Preseason Poll
3/12/2026 1:00:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced its Outdoor Track & Field preseason poll on Thursday afternoon, with the coaches choosing the Radford women's track & field team to place third out of the eight competing institutions.
Coming off a third-place finish at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Highlanders logically check in at third in the outdoor poll. All eight coaches voted for Radford to finish third place with 48 points, 10 more than Gardner-Webb with 38 points. High Point is the preseason favorite, taking seven out of eight first-place votes. Charleston Southern received one first-place vote and is picked second.
The women's team boasts two-time indoor 400-meter Big South champion Jeylah Hamrick, who looks to add more school and conference records to her name in the outdoor season. Other names to watch for on the team include seniors Raichelle Cornelius and Jordan Jackson, sophomore Mattie Flores, and freshman Jaelynn Joiner, who are on track to have a successful outdoor season.
The men's track & field team was picked eighth in the preseason poll, competing as a team for the first time since 2014.
The Highlanders begin outdoor season later this month at the Big South vs. SoCon Challenge Meet. The action begins on Friday, March 20 and concludes on Saturday, March 21 in Asheville, N.C.
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Coming off a third-place finish at the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Highlanders logically check in at third in the outdoor poll. All eight coaches voted for Radford to finish third place with 48 points, 10 more than Gardner-Webb with 38 points. High Point is the preseason favorite, taking seven out of eight first-place votes. Charleston Southern received one first-place vote and is picked second.
The women's team boasts two-time indoor 400-meter Big South champion Jeylah Hamrick, who looks to add more school and conference records to her name in the outdoor season. Other names to watch for on the team include seniors Raichelle Cornelius and Jordan Jackson, sophomore Mattie Flores, and freshman Jaelynn Joiner, who are on track to have a successful outdoor season.
The men's track & field team was picked eighth in the preseason poll, competing as a team for the first time since 2014.
The Highlanders begin outdoor season later this month at the Big South vs. SoCon Challenge Meet. The action begins on Friday, March 20 and concludes on Saturday, March 21 in Asheville, N.C.
STAY SOCIAL WITH RADFORD CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK & FIELD
For all the latest on Radford Cross Country and Track & Field, be sure to follow the team on X (@Radford TrackXC), Instagram (@radfordtrackxc), and "like" the team's official Facebook Page (Radford Cross Country and Track & Field).
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