Live updates: 2026 DI men’s and women’s indoor track and field championships

The men’s heptathlon is underway to begin Day 2 of action! The 60 meter hurdles got things started as the crowd begins to slowly trickle in. It’s not a packed house yet, but fans are still here supporting some of the top athletes in all of college sports.

The 60 meter hurdles saw Texas A&M’s Blake Harris run a big personal-best of 7.81 seconds to lead all competitors. Oregon’s Peyton Bair ran the second-fastest time in 7.86 seconds and BYU’s Ben Barton and Oregon’s Aiden Carter ran 7.96 seconds as the third-fastest runners in the event. Click or tap here for complete heptathlon 60 hurdles results

How did those performances impact the standings?

Barton’s hurdles performance bumped him up to second with two events to go, while Blake Harris and Aiden Carter each moved into scoring position at seventh and eighth, respectively, in the overall standings. 

Meanwhile, Bair holds on to first place through five events with 4692 points. After yesterday’s performance that had him among some of the men’s heptathlon’s all-time greats, Bair is still on pace for No. 2 all-time. Through five events, Georgia’s Kyle Garland scored 4,821 points in 2023. While Bair trails Garland, he leads Arkansas’ Ayden Owens-Delerme’s 4,669 from 2023 and Oregon’s Ashton Eaton’s 4,601 points from 2010.

Can Bair catch Garland? Well the final two events are the pole vault and 1000 meters. Bair has a pole vault personal-best of 5.05 meters and a 1000 meter personal-best of 2:41.02 from back in January. Those scored him 926 points and 862 points — 1,824 points. In Garland’s collegiate record heptathlon, he combined for 1,818 points across the final two events. That’s a six point difference.

Bair currently is 129 points behind Garland’s pace, so he’ll need to make up 123 points with new personal bests across the final two events.

Click or tap here for full heptathlon scoring

The pole vault gets underway at 11:50 a.m. CT/12:50 p.m. ET.