COLUMBIA, S.C. -- For the second straight year, the Tuskegee outpaced the field in winning the 2026 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Track and Field Championship presented by Toyota.

Senior An'Janae Latchinson and junior Anaya Martin won multiple events, the Golden Tigerettes swept two podiums and brought home 10 first-place medals in finishing with 230 points, leaving Albany State (200), Clark Atlanta (93) and the rest of the SIAC in their wake at the Sheila and Morris Cregger Track at the University of South Carolina. 

Tuskegee got off to a strong start on Tuesday as Martin (41:38.38) won the 10,000-meter race and freshman Shaia Gallishaw (18'-5 3/4") took home the long jump crown. The Golden Tigerettes then racked up 25 points in the heptathlon, which started Tuesday and finished on Wednesday. Sophomore Kelsey Sawyer (4,093 points) won the event with freshman Mia Lindsey (4,011 points) placing second. Junior Amaya Broussard (fourth) and senior De'Shell Carr (seventh) also scored for TU.

A podium sweep in the 3,000-meter steeplechase by Martin (12:02.50), senior Akierah Walker and sophomore Taylor Franklin helped Tuskegee grab 28 points and create some separation from the competition heading into the final day.

Martin, again, finished in front of the field, this time in the 1500-meters (4:48.53) to start Wednesday. Then Atchinson helped put the finishing touches on the championship run. She won the 100-meter hurdles (14.10), the 400-meter dash (54.77) and headlined the podium sweep of the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.77), which saw Broussard (1:02.40) and sophomore Asia Nettles (1:03.13) join her in a 28-point effort.

The final nail in the collective coffin of the meet came as Martin (18:58.92) won the 5,000-meter race by nearly a minute before the women's 4X400 meter relay squad of Gallishaw, Nettles, freshman Aaysha Furlow and senior Jahkaya McBurney came in first (3:48.76) to close out the meet and seal the deal on the consecutive titles. Martin would be named Track Performer of the Year and head coach LaShaunda Easterling was selected women's Coach of the Year.

The men's team finished eighth (49 points). Malcolm Kibiwat finished second in the 10,000-meter run and fifth in the 5,000-meter run. Gabriel Carty had fifth-place finsihes in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 10,000-meter run and Aiden Bass was second in the pole vault among the top finishes for the Golden Tigers, who finished well behind champion Morehosue.