CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: 2026 U SPORTS Track & Field Championships

SASKATOON, Sask. - This weekend at the James Daly Fieldhouse in Winnipeg, the University of Saskatchewan Huskies will go toe-to-toe with the best track & field teams and athletes in the nation, as they look to cap of a remarkable season and bring home their first national banner since 2004-05.

2026 U SPORTS Track & Field Championships

Thursday, March 4 - Saturday, March 6, 2026
James Daly Fieldhouse, Winnipeg, Man.

EVENT SCHEDULE/RESULTS | STREAM (CBCSports)

Following arguably the greatest single weekend in Huskie Track & Field history at the 2026 Canada West Championships, the Saskatchewan women enter nationals as one of three main contenders for the U SPORTS banner, along with the Guelph Gryphons and Western Mustangs.

The Huskies, Gryphons and Mustangs have traded places all season in the top-3 of the national rankings, with Saskatchewan initially opening the season as the top-ranked team. In last week's final edition of the U SPORTS Top-10 the Gryphons held the top spot followed by the Mustangs and Huskies.

Saskatchewan boasts 11 student-athletes ranked among the top-5 in their respective events and enter the weekend with perhaps the strongest group of short-distance runners in the nation. Following a clean-sweep of the conference podium two weeks ago in the 60m, both Kailee Woitas and Hannah Hagerty are set to threaten for national medals with Kendyl Dziadyk and Selena Keyowski following closely behind. In the 300m, rookie sensation Hailee Woodhouse has a chance to cap off a remarkable first season in green and white, owning the second-fastest time in U SPORTS. In the 60m hurdles the program once again features a talented duo in Canada West record holder Nicole Ostertag and Timi Adelugba, ranked 2nd and 4th respectively.

In the field events, veteran triple jump specialist Olamide Olaloku enters as the student-athlete to beat, currently owning the best jump in the nation at 12.73m.

In the relay's, Saskatchewan has put together the fastest 4x200m relay time in not just U SPORTS, but the history of Canadian athletics after setting a new national record at the Canada West Championships with a time is over two seconds faster than the next closest team. The Dogs will also look to challenge in the 4x400m relay having recorded the second-fastest time this season behind only Guelph.

On the men's side, the Huskies enter the weekend looking to build off a strong week at the conference championships which featured nine medal finishes.

A Canada West gold medalist in the shot put, Nathan Pinno will look to challenge for a podium in Winnipeg as he enters ranked second in the nation with a season's best throw of 17.41m. Also ranked among the top-5 in his respective event is freshman Niklos Irwin, who ranks fifth in the 600m. In the 60m, Williams Ogunnubi sits in a tie for the fifth-fastest time this season at 6.74 seconds which he ran at the conference championships to take home silver.

Action gets underway Thursday (Mar. 5) at 1:00 PM from the James Daly Fieldhouse.

Huskie Athletes Competing at the 2026 U SPORTS Championships

Women	Event(s)	Men	Event(s)
Timi Adelugba Kianna Cadman Megan Deere Kendyl Dziadyk Emma Egert Hannah Hagerty Grace Igbiki Selena Keyowski Anya Krueger Alyssa Mathieson Jaedyn McLaughlin Olamide Olaloku Nicole Ostertag Natalie Thompson Hailee Woodhouse Kailee Woitas	60m Hurdles, Pentathlon High Jump Pole Vault 60m, 60m Hurdles 300m, 4x200m, 4x400m Long Jump, 60m, 4x200m, 4x400m 300m, 4x200m, 4x400m 60m Hurdles, 4x200m Pentathlon High Jump 300m, 4x200m, 4x400m Triple Jump 60m Hurdles, Shot Put Pentathlon 300m, 4x200m, 4x400m 60m, 4x200m	Kyle Conteh Tiago Dimande Niklos Irwin Alexander Isbister Parker Lavoie Frank Magdich Williams Ogunnubi Liam Oster Nathan Pinno Geovanne Powell Rowan Reimer Brodie Steeves Drew Sundberg Joshua Tam	60m, 4x200m 60m Hurdles, 4x200m 600m, 4x400m, 4x800m 4x400m Weight Throw 4x200m, 4x400m 60m, 4x200m 60m Hurdles, 4x200m Shot Put 4x200m 4x400m 4x400m Long Jump, 4x200m Pole Vault, Heptathlon