Season Review: 2026 Michigan Women's Track and Field
7/21/2026 2:25:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Big Ten Indoor Championships: T10th of 18 (25 points)
NCAA Indoor Championships: T54th of 58 (1)
Big Ten Outdoor Championships: 12th of 18 (24)
NCAA Outdoor Championships: T63rd of 68 (2)
The University of Michigan women's track and field team concluded the 2026 season earning a pair of Big Ten medals and five first- and second-team All-America citations.
Individual Highlights
• Amare Harlan earned points in a pair of events at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a third-place finish in the long jump and an eighth-place finish in the 60-meter dash. Samantha Hastie finished fifth in the mile finals to pick up four points, while grad transfer Chyler Turner placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles. Elizabeth Tapper landed on the shot put podium for the second year in a row with a fourth-place finish and Kourtney Rathke finished eighth in the pole vault in her postseason debut.
• Tapper qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the shot put as Michigan's lone representative, earning her first career first team All-America citation with an eighth-place finish.
• A pair of freshmen broke program records, with Emmry Ross setting the indoor 800-meter run standard (2:02.31) and Keyanna O'Tey setting the 200-meter dash record (23.00 seconds).
• Sidney Green took silver in the 400-meter hurdles for the second straight year at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships. Ross placed fourth in the 800-meter run, while Hannah Pricco placed fourth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
• Michigan qualified 14 individuals and two relays for the NCAA East First Round, setting one program record and punching four individual tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The 4x100-meter relay team of Alyssa Bean, Harlan, Myla Wilkes and O'Tey set a new program standard of 43.83 for a 16th-place finish.
• Abigail Russell and Tapper advanced to the NCAAs for the second straight year in the shot put, while Harlan earned a championship berth in the long jump for the first time in her career. Green made her individual NCAA debut in the 400-meter hurdles.
• Tapper finished seventh and Russell finished 13th, improving upon their 14th- and 21st-place finishes from 2025. Harlan placed 13th in the long jump, and Green placed 22nd in the 400-meter hurdles. Tapper earned first team All-America honors while Russell and Harlan earned second team All-America honors.
Honors and Awards
Sidney
Green
Amare
Harlan
Abigail
Russell
Elizabeth
Tapper
NCAA
All-America (First Team): Elizabeth Tapper (indoor shot put, outdoor shot put)
All-America (Second Team): Amare Harlan (outdoor long jump), Abigail Russell (outdoor shot put)
All-America (Honorable Mention): Sidney Green (outdoor 400m hurdles)
Big Ten Conference
All-Big Ten (Second Team): Sidney Green (outdoor)
All-Freshman Team: Emmry Ross (outdoor)
USTFCCCA
Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year: Elizabeth Tapper (outdoor)
College Sports Communicators
Academic All-District: Amare Harlan, Samantha Hastie, Kourtney Rathke, Elizabeth Tapper
Big Ten Distinguished Scholars
Maya Anderson, Jr., Sport Management
Alyssa Bean, Gr., Master of Social Work
Emily Cescon, So., Civil Engineering
Haley Deighan, Sr., Psychology
Coraline Haggarty, So., Political Science
Amare Harlan, Jr., Secondary Education
Samantha Hastie, Gr., Applied Data Science
Leah Hill, Sr., Organizational Studies
Brooke Johnston, Jr., Psychology
Lisa Luecke, Sr., International Studies; Spanish
Clare McNamara, Gr., Social Work
Gabbie Michael, Gr., Chemical Biology
Kourtney Rathke, So., Industrial & Operations Engineering
Rylee Tolson, Sr., Anthropology
Chyler Turner, Gr., Master of Social Work
Emma Yungeberg, Sr., Communication and Media
Academic All-Big Ten
Maya Anderson, Jr., Sport Management
Alyssa Bean, Gr., Children, Youth & Families MSW
Stephanie Bertram, So., Applied Exercise Science
Emily Cescon, So., Civil Engineering
Sophie Cloutier, So., LSA Undeclared
Haley Deighan, Sr., Psychology
Iliana Downing, So., History of Art
Trinity Franklin, Sr., Psychology
Penelopea Gordon, Sr., Psychology
Sidney Green, Jr., Political Science
Coraline Haggarty, So., LSA Undeclared
Amare Harlan, Jr., Secondary Education
Samantha Hastie, Gr., Big Data Analytics
Trinity Henderson, Sr., Business Administration
Leah Hill, Sr., Organizational Studies
Brooke Johnston, Jr., Psychology
Alyna Lewis, Sr., History
Mara Longenecker, Sr., Movement Science
Lisa Luecke, Sr., International Studies and Spanish
Clare McNamara, Gr., Social Work
Gabbie Michael, Gr., Chemical Biology MS
Gabriella Newman, Sr., History and Political Science
Chiamaka Odenigbo, Gr., Mechanical Engineering MSE
Hannah Pricco, Jr., Psychology and Sociology
Kourtney Rathke, So., Industrial & Operations Engineering
Abigail Russell, So., Movement Science
Hannah Smith, Gr., Social Work
Payton Smith, So., Communication and Media
Elizabeth Tapper, Jr., Biomolecular Science
Emma Thomas, So., Business Administration
Rylee Tolson, Sr., Anthropology
Emily Tomes, So., Statistics
Chyler Turner, Gr., Community Change MSW
Natalie VanOtteren, So., LSA Undeclared
Katelyn Watkins, So., Biology and Spanish
Myla Wilkes, So., LSA Undeclared
Emma Yungeberg, Sr., Communication and Media
Jadyn Zdanavage, Jr., Philosophy, Politics & Economics
