TAMPA, FLA., January 29, 2026 - The University of South Florida track and field program opens the 2026 indoor season with athletes competing at two meets this weekend.

Select Bulls will compete Friday and Saturday at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational, while another group will compete Saturday only at the Legends of Alachua County Invitational.

Meet Format
At the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational, all running events except the 60m dash and 60m hurdles will be contested as sections against time finals. Sections for running events and the order of competition for field events will be seeded based on entry marks and NCAA guidelines, with the top-seeded flight in field events contested last.

The 200m and 400m will be divided into multiple sections based on entry marks, with the top-seeded section of the 400m contested on Saturday. The 800m will be run with seeded sections, with women competing slow to fast and men competing fast to slow. The 60m dash and 60m hurdles will include preliminary rounds, with the top eight advancing to finals later in the day.

At the Legends of Alachua County Invitational, all running events will be run as heats against time finals, except for the 60m dash and 60m hurdles. The fastest-seeded heat will run first. In the college horizontal jumps and throws, the top nine qualifiers will advance to the final, with seeding based on TFRRS marks from the 2023–26 seasons and final placement determined by meet management.

Meet Information & Details
 

Location/Venue	Louisville, Ky./ PNC Lenny Lyles
Date/Times	Saturday, January 31 ·         First Event: 9:00 a.m. Sunday, February 1 ·         First Event: 9:00 a.m.
Live Stats	PNC Lenny Lyles Live Stats Link

 

 
 



 

Location/Venue	Gainesville, Fl. / The Legends of Alachua County Invitational
Date/Times	Saturday, January 31 ·         First Event: 10:00 a.m. Sunday, February 1 ·         First Event: 10:00 a.m.
Live Stats	The Legends of Alachua County Invitational

Who Is Competing
At the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational, the Bulls will send 31 athletes, including 17 women and 14 men, competing in 36 individual events and two relays.

At the Legends of Alachua County Invitational, South Florida will be represented by 17 athletes, eight women and nine men, competing on the first day only.

A full breakdown of events and athlete entries for both meets is listed below.
 
PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational Field Events:

Events/Date - Time	Athletes Entered
Long Jump (W) / Jan. 30 – 10:00 a.m.	Tristen Evatt Kenniyah Guischard-Yearwood Nischa King
Long Jump (M) / Jan. 30 - 12:05 p.m.	Alesandro Cardoso-Williams Simone Menchini
High Jump (W) / Jan. 30 - 4:00 p.m.	Lilah Versluis
Triple Jump (W) / Jan. 31 – 10:30 a.m.	Nischa King Zay Roe
Triple Jump (M) / Jan. 31 – 10:30 a.m.	LaQuan Ellis
High Jump (M) / Jan. 31 – 2:20 p.m.	Alesandro Cardoso-Williams Simone Menchini

 
 
PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational Track Events:

Events/Time	Athletes Entered
400m Dash (M) / Jan. 30 - 12:45 p.m.	Devontie Archer Nathan Metelus Alexavier Metelus Shomari Pettigrew Kelsey Singleton Davien Worrels
800m (W) / Jan. 30 – 1:20 p.m.	Mercy Angaamchaab Sa'Nijah Houston Natasha Mosley Terren Peterson Sasha Salwonchuk Sydni Studesville
800m (W) / 2:20 p.m.	Madeline Abega Natasha Mosley Sasha Salwonchuk
800m (M) / Jan. 30 - 1:40 p.m.	Felix Levasseur
200m (W) / Jan. 30 – 1:55 p.m.	Tristen Evatt Kenniyah Guischard-Yearwood Gianna Hansen Malaysia Johnson Gabriella Keefer Doris Quainoo Lynette Scutari
200m (M) / Jan. 30 – 2:45 p.m.	Isaac Chandra Felix Levasseur Nathan Metelus Shomari Pettigrew Shevioe Reid Kelsey Singleton Davien Worrels
60m Hurdles (M) Prelims / Jan. 31 – 10:15 a.m.	Markel Jones
60m Hurdles (W) Prelims / Jan. 31 – 10:30 a.m.	Gianna Hansen Jada Wilson
60m Dash (M) Prelims / Jan. 31 – 10:45 a.m.	Isaac Chandra Shomari Pettigrew Davien Worrels
60m Dash (W) Prelims / Jan. 31 – 11:05 a.m.	Gabriella Keefer Doris Quainoo Lynette Scutari
4x400m Relay (W) / Jan. 31 – 2:30 p.m.	Everyone
4x400m Relay (M) / Jan. 31 - 3:00 p.m.	Everyone

 
 
The Legends of Alachua County Invitational Field Events:

Events/Time	Athletes Entered
Pole Vault (W) / 9:00 a.m.	Ella Dolce Madeline Dutz Sara Frey Ella Galloway Reese Wolfe
Pole Vault (M) / 12:00 p.m.	Andreas Kreiss Payton Pitts Nikodem Pochopien

 
The Legends of Alachua County Invitational Track Events:

Event – Starting at 9:00 a.m.	Athletes Entered
Mile (W)	Caroline Irvin Hailey Cohen Delaney Stephens
Mile (M)	Stephen Barbera Cole Stevens Andrew Marello Karim Belmahdi Nicolas Dovalovsky
600m (M)	Nicolas Dovalovsky Tanner Andrade-Brinsko Cole Stevens
5000m (W)	Hailey Cohen Delaney Stephens Caroline Irvin
5000m (M)	Andrew Marello Stephen Barbera
DMR (M)	Tanner Andrade-Brinsko, Karim Belmahdi, Stephen Barbera, Cole Stevens, Nicolas Dovalovsky, Andrew Marello

 

ABOUT USF TRACK AND FIELD
The USF men's track and field team captured back-to-back American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships in 2024 and 2025 and also claimed the 2024 AAC Outdoor Championship. This past season, 10 Bulls athletes earned All-America honors, including Shevioe Reid, Shaniya Benjamin, Gabriel Moronta, Nathan Metelus, Terren Peterson, Amenda Saint Louis, Abdul-Rasheed Saminu, Goodness Iredia, Zahria Allers-Liburd, and Tre'Sean Bouis. Additionally, Romaine Beckford represented USF by winning the 2023 NCAA indoor and outdoor national titles in the men's high jump.

The Bulls' achievements extended to individual accolades, with Saminu Abdul-Rasheed earning the 2025 Indoor Most Valuable Performer award and Nikodem Pochopien being named Freshman of the Year. The USF coaching staff also received high honors, earning the AAC Indoor Staff of the Year award in both 2024 and 2025. USF boasts a remarkable track record, with 56 All-America selections and at least one All-American honoree in 10 of the past 12 years. In 2021, eight athletes combined for 11 All-America distinctions. Tampa native Shaniya Benjamin set a program milestone by earning three All-America honors during the 2021 outdoor season, while triple jumper Matthew O'Neal, a 2016 graduate, became USF's first six-time NCAA All-American. Since 2013, USF has produced two NCAA runner-up finishes: O'Neal in the triple jump (2016) and Courtney Anderson in the high jump (2013). Head coach Erik Jenkins, who took over in July 2019, has played a key role in the program's success, guiding USF to seven program records and 40 top-10 all-time program marks during the 2021 outdoor season. USF has also hosted major track and field events at its USF Track & Field Stadium, including the 2018 NCAA East Preliminary and the AAC Outdoor Championships in 2021 and 2023.

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