CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: SCSU Women's Indoor Track & Field Set to Compete at NCAA DII National Championships

Women's Track & Field 3/9/2026 1:18:00 PM

CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: SCSU Women's Indoor Track & Field Set to Compete at NCAA DII National Championships

Southern Connecticut Women's Indoor Track & Field will send four athletes to the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, hosted at the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va.

Hannah Caiola qualified in the 400m Dash, and will run in the preliminaries on Friday, March 13th at 4:45 p.m. The 400m finals are set to take place on Saturday, March 14th at 5:10 p.m.

The Owls' 4x400m Relay team also qualfied, comprised of Caiola, Avery Winters, Patrica Mansfield, and Djamilla Toukour. The 4x400m Relay is the final event of the championships, will take place on Saturday at 7:00 p.m..

Click here to view the full schedule of events and live results for the meet. The Championships will be livestreamed for free on NCAA.com.

Caiola will compete in her third-consecutive Indoor National Championships, running the 4x400 and the 400m Dash. Caiola was dominant this season, running the 11th fastest 400m and 200m in all of Division II. She was named Northeast 10 Runner of the Week twice, and was poised to repeat as NE10 400m Champion before injury held her out of the finals. The selection marks Caiola's fifth overall time competing at Indoor or Outdoor National Championships, and she is coming off All-American honors after finishing sixth in the 400m at last year's outdoor championships.

Avery Winters will head to Nationals for the second time in her decorated career after running the 4x400 in 2023. She is coming off her first NE10 Indoor 400m title after dominating in the 200m, 400m, and 4x400m over the past four seasons. In 2023, Southern's 4x400 team, which included Winters and Caiola, finished 12th with a time of 3:49.35.

Patrice Mansfield will compete in her first National Championships after a historical indoor season. She set the program record in the 55m Hurdles and ran . She took home NE10 Runner of the Week honors twice, and won gold in the 60m hurdles at the NE10 Championships. She was also up for selection in the 60m Hurdles, where her time ranked 26th in the nation and second in program history.

Djamilla Toukour caps off her debut indoor season with an appearance at the National Championships. A one-time NE10 Rookie of the Week selection, Toukour dominated in the 200m and 400m in her freshman year with the Owls. Her 400m time ranked third in the conference behind Caiola and Winters, and she ran the 200m, 400m, and 4x400 at the NE10 Indoor Championships, scoring points in the 400m.

The Owls will head to the Virginia Beach Sports Center in Virginia Beach, Va. for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championships on Friday, March 13th and Saturday, March 14th.

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