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Collegiate Record For Hodge Highlight NCAA Tournament T&F Day Two
June 12, 2026 | Track & Field
EUGENE, Ore. --- Georgia redshirt freshman Adaejah Hodge set the collegiate record in the 100-meter dash semifinal to highlight day two of the NCAA Outdoor Championships Thursday.
Hodge also accounted for a qualifying spot in the 200m semifinal and ran on the qualifying 4x100m relay. The Bulldogs had a scorer in junior Nina Ndubuisi (shot put) and a total of six more qualifiers for finals on Saturday.
Hodge, who was No. 2 on the all-time collegiate 100m list coming into the meet, took control of the collegiate record with her winning time of 10.63 out of the opening heat. This topped LSU's Sha'Carri Richardson (10.75) from 2019 and put Hodge as the fifth-fastest performer in the 100m in world history. This also passed Richardson's meet records at the same time. Hodge returned to have the fastest qualifying time in the 200m to give her the No. 6 all-time collegiate performance in the 200m and also gave her a tie for the fastest single day 100m/200m double in history (Merlene Ottey, 1990).
In the women's 4x100m relay semifinal, the Georgia foursome topped the school record for the fourth time this season (last time was NCAA East Prelims) and became the No. 3 all-time collegiate performer with a 42.00, which was just behind USC's 41.96 in the second heat,
Team Scores: Washington (18), Iowa State (15) and Nebraska (14) are currently the top three on the women's side while Georgia is in a tie for 26th with three points.
On the men's side, the scores were altered with the end of the decathlon. Nebraska (28), Kansas State (20) and Oregon (18) make up the top three while Georgia is eighth with 11 points.
What Bulldogs Scored On Day Two: The Bulldogs had one scorer on Thursday: Nina Ndubuisi – shot put, 6th.
Ndubuisi, who transferred to Georgia this season, scored twice at Texas giving her three First Team All-America certificates at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
On Wednesday, Georgia had three scorers: Jordan Davis – javelin, 4th; Nick Reynolds – javelin, 5th; Jayden Keys – long jump, 7th.
What Bulldogs Qualified On Day Two: Georgia had the following Lady Bulldogs qualify for event finals on Thursday: women's 4x100m relay, 2nd; Hodge – 100m, 1st; Dejanea Oakley – 400m, 1st; Michelle Smith – 400m hurdles, 9th; Hodge – 200m, 1st; women's 4x400m relay, 2nd.
On day one, the Bulldogs had three qualifiers: Sidi Njie – 400m, 2nd; men's 4x400m relay, 3rd; Jonathan Simms - 400m, 6th.
Meet Breakdown: Other than the decathlon running Wednesday-Thursday and the heptathlon going Friday-Saturday, the meet is set up to be a men's competition on Wednesday and Friday and a women's competition on Thursday and Saturday.
Day 2 In The Multis: Sophomore Maximus Tucker had bookend personal bests on his second day in the decathlon and finished 11th for expected Second Team All-America honors with his score of 7,727 points. Her performance in the 1500m put him No. 3 on the all-time decathlon list in the event for Canadians.
Tucker started his day one competition on Wednesday with a personal record and ended with another during the first five events of the decathlon. He scored 4,204 points through five events to move to fifth.
When Do The Bulldogs Start Day 3: Senior Ella Rush will begin the heptathlon on Friday with the first four events (100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m) at 2:45 p.m. ET. The open events will begin for UGA in the men's high jump with Kimani Jack, Brion Stephens and Riyon Rankin at 7:30 p.m. Georgia's first event on the track on day three will be Simms and Njie in the 400m final at 9:02 p.m.
Where To Catch The NCAAs: ESPN has exclusive rights to broadcast the meet and will feature the Nationals on ESPN and ESPN2 this week:
Friday: 8 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday: 8 p.m., ESPN2
Live Results: To check out live results throughout the four-day season finale, please check: https://gado.gs/evp
The Lowdown: Georgia competed in six events, two relays and the final five events of the decathlon on Thursday.
Ndubuisi, who is a native of Germany, put herself in the final with an opening toss of 17.61 meters/57 feet, 9 ½ inches and then bettered that mark to 17.67m/57-11.75 in the first round of the final. A bronze medalist for the Longhorns last year, she was also eighth to score at the 2024 NCAA meet.
Hodge, a native of Douglasville, Ga., came out of the opening heat and blasted the existing collegiate record to punch her ticket to Saturday's finale at 8:52 p.m. Hodge had a 10.77 earlier this season to move to No. 2 on the all-time NCAA list and then leapt past Richardson with her record-breaking run on Thursday.
Four events later, Hodge trotted back onto the Hayward Field track and promptly won the 200m semifinal with the second-fastest time of her career. She ran out of the third heat and shut it down in the final meters for a 21.96 victory. Her time, which is the No. 6 all-time collegiate performance, puts her in the 200m final on Saturday at 9:37 p.m.
Kaila Jackson, Hodge, Reign Redmond and Jassani Carter took the track in the 4x100m relay semifinal and UGA finished with its fourth school record in the event of the year. Jackson passed the baton to Hodge amongst the race leaders before Hodge gave the Lady Bulldogs a lead by themselves. Redmond was the third leg before Carter went head-to-head with USC to finish second in the heat by just .04. Georgia will race in the final at 8:52 p.m. Saturday.
Oakley was the 2025 NCAA 400m runner-up to teammate Aaliyah Butler and finished this year's semifinal in as the top finisher. Oakley quickly made up the stagger during her lap and surged half a second ahead of the nearest competitor with a 49.93. She will take the track in the 400m final at 9:02 p.m.
Smith, who earned a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles as a freshman in 2025, was second in the first heat to automatically qualify for the final on Thursday. She will race in the final at 9:27 p.m. on the meet's fourth day.
Both Oakley and Smith teamed with Vimbayi Maisvorewa and Tianna Springer to punch their ticket in the 4x400m relay with the second fastest time of the day. Maisvorewa handed to Smith and Georgia was in second in its heat through two legs. Springer, a freshman at her first Nationals, ran the second-fastest split of the semifinal (50.28) to pull the Lady Bulldogs into the lead. Oakley then took the stick and went 50.74 to win the heat by more than a second and a half.
Similarly to how he started the dec on Wednesday, Tucker went for a dec personal best in the 110m hurdles with a 15.81, leaving his previous PB of 15.94 from the 2025 SEC Outdoor Championships far behind. The 15.81 matched his PB in the open hurdles set at this year's Torrin Lawrence Memorial. Tucker finished 22nd in the event and was in seventh overall in the day's first event.
Tucker's best effort of 37.05m/121-6 came on his first discus toss, giving him 23rd in the event and dropping him into 13th overall. In the pole vault, he had a third miss changed to a clearance because the pole knocked the bar off. Tucker went on to clear 4.21m/13-9.25 on yet another third attempt and finished 20th in the event.
When the javelin arrived, Tucker improved nearly 20 feet on his third try from his first two attempts. He sent the javelin a season best 49.86m/163-7 to take 15th and position himself 340 points away from a top eight scoring spot.
Tucker took off from the pack immediately in the 1500m and won the race by 11 seconds. He clocked a personal best 4:07.25 to vault him from 15th to 11th in the final standings. His time made him the No. 8 all-time American in the decathlon 1500m.
Senior Kelsie Murrell-Ross also lined up in the women's shot put and earned expected Second Team All-America honors. She followed a foul with a third attempt mark of 17.02m/55-10.25 and finished 11th place.
Freshman Taylor Cox had her first experience at NCAAs, running in the 100m semifinal. She registered a 12.89 to finish eighth for expected Second Team All-America honors, missing the final by one spot.
Seniors Kaila Jackson and Jassani Carter joined Hodge in the next 100m heats after Hodge and finished 12thand 24th, respectively. Jackson went 11.13 to be fourth in the third heat while Carter had an 11.38 for eighth in the second group. In the 200m semifinal, Jackson missed the final by one spot with a 22.64 and Carter was 22nd (23.40).
How To Keep Up With The Dogs: Results and recaps from the NCAA Outdoor Championships will be found at georgiadogs.com. News and updates from Georgia's track and field and cross country teams are always located on X/Instagram at @UGATrack.
Hodge also accounted for a qualifying spot in the 200m semifinal and ran on the qualifying 4x100m relay. The Bulldogs had a scorer in junior Nina Ndubuisi (shot put) and a total of six more qualifiers for finals on Saturday.
Hodge, who was No. 2 on the all-time collegiate 100m list coming into the meet, took control of the collegiate record with her winning time of 10.63 out of the opening heat. This topped LSU's Sha'Carri Richardson (10.75) from 2019 and put Hodge as the fifth-fastest performer in the 100m in world history. This also passed Richardson's meet records at the same time. Hodge returned to have the fastest qualifying time in the 200m to give her the No. 6 all-time collegiate performance in the 200m and also gave her a tie for the fastest single day 100m/200m double in history (Merlene Ottey, 1990).
In the women's 4x100m relay semifinal, the Georgia foursome topped the school record for the fourth time this season (last time was NCAA East Prelims) and became the No. 3 all-time collegiate performer with a 42.00, which was just behind USC's 41.96 in the second heat,
Team Scores: Washington (18), Iowa State (15) and Nebraska (14) are currently the top three on the women's side while Georgia is in a tie for 26th with three points.
On the men's side, the scores were altered with the end of the decathlon. Nebraska (28), Kansas State (20) and Oregon (18) make up the top three while Georgia is eighth with 11 points.
What Bulldogs Scored On Day Two: The Bulldogs had one scorer on Thursday: Nina Ndubuisi – shot put, 6th.
Ndubuisi, who transferred to Georgia this season, scored twice at Texas giving her three First Team All-America certificates at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
On Wednesday, Georgia had three scorers: Jordan Davis – javelin, 4th; Nick Reynolds – javelin, 5th; Jayden Keys – long jump, 7th.
What Bulldogs Qualified On Day Two: Georgia had the following Lady Bulldogs qualify for event finals on Thursday: women's 4x100m relay, 2nd; Hodge – 100m, 1st; Dejanea Oakley – 400m, 1st; Michelle Smith – 400m hurdles, 9th; Hodge – 200m, 1st; women's 4x400m relay, 2nd.
On day one, the Bulldogs had three qualifiers: Sidi Njie – 400m, 2nd; men's 4x400m relay, 3rd; Jonathan Simms - 400m, 6th.
Meet Breakdown: Other than the decathlon running Wednesday-Thursday and the heptathlon going Friday-Saturday, the meet is set up to be a men's competition on Wednesday and Friday and a women's competition on Thursday and Saturday.
Day 2 In The Multis: Sophomore Maximus Tucker had bookend personal bests on his second day in the decathlon and finished 11th for expected Second Team All-America honors with his score of 7,727 points. Her performance in the 1500m put him No. 3 on the all-time decathlon list in the event for Canadians.
Tucker started his day one competition on Wednesday with a personal record and ended with another during the first five events of the decathlon. He scored 4,204 points through five events to move to fifth.
When Do The Bulldogs Start Day 3: Senior Ella Rush will begin the heptathlon on Friday with the first four events (100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m) at 2:45 p.m. ET. The open events will begin for UGA in the men's high jump with Kimani Jack, Brion Stephens and Riyon Rankin at 7:30 p.m. Georgia's first event on the track on day three will be Simms and Njie in the 400m final at 9:02 p.m.
Where To Catch The NCAAs: ESPN has exclusive rights to broadcast the meet and will feature the Nationals on ESPN and ESPN2 this week:
Friday: 8 p.m., ESPN2
Saturday: 8 p.m., ESPN2
Live Results: To check out live results throughout the four-day season finale, please check: https://gado.gs/evp
The Lowdown: Georgia competed in six events, two relays and the final five events of the decathlon on Thursday.
Ndubuisi, who is a native of Germany, put herself in the final with an opening toss of 17.61 meters/57 feet, 9 ½ inches and then bettered that mark to 17.67m/57-11.75 in the first round of the final. A bronze medalist for the Longhorns last year, she was also eighth to score at the 2024 NCAA meet.
Hodge, a native of Douglasville, Ga., came out of the opening heat and blasted the existing collegiate record to punch her ticket to Saturday's finale at 8:52 p.m. Hodge had a 10.77 earlier this season to move to No. 2 on the all-time NCAA list and then leapt past Richardson with her record-breaking run on Thursday.
Four events later, Hodge trotted back onto the Hayward Field track and promptly won the 200m semifinal with the second-fastest time of her career. She ran out of the third heat and shut it down in the final meters for a 21.96 victory. Her time, which is the No. 6 all-time collegiate performance, puts her in the 200m final on Saturday at 9:37 p.m.
Kaila Jackson, Hodge, Reign Redmond and Jassani Carter took the track in the 4x100m relay semifinal and UGA finished with its fourth school record in the event of the year. Jackson passed the baton to Hodge amongst the race leaders before Hodge gave the Lady Bulldogs a lead by themselves. Redmond was the third leg before Carter went head-to-head with USC to finish second in the heat by just .04. Georgia will race in the final at 8:52 p.m. Saturday.
Oakley was the 2025 NCAA 400m runner-up to teammate Aaliyah Butler and finished this year's semifinal in as the top finisher. Oakley quickly made up the stagger during her lap and surged half a second ahead of the nearest competitor with a 49.93. She will take the track in the 400m final at 9:02 p.m.
Smith, who earned a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles as a freshman in 2025, was second in the first heat to automatically qualify for the final on Thursday. She will race in the final at 9:27 p.m. on the meet's fourth day.
Both Oakley and Smith teamed with Vimbayi Maisvorewa and Tianna Springer to punch their ticket in the 4x400m relay with the second fastest time of the day. Maisvorewa handed to Smith and Georgia was in second in its heat through two legs. Springer, a freshman at her first Nationals, ran the second-fastest split of the semifinal (50.28) to pull the Lady Bulldogs into the lead. Oakley then took the stick and went 50.74 to win the heat by more than a second and a half.
Similarly to how he started the dec on Wednesday, Tucker went for a dec personal best in the 110m hurdles with a 15.81, leaving his previous PB of 15.94 from the 2025 SEC Outdoor Championships far behind. The 15.81 matched his PB in the open hurdles set at this year's Torrin Lawrence Memorial. Tucker finished 22nd in the event and was in seventh overall in the day's first event.
Tucker's best effort of 37.05m/121-6 came on his first discus toss, giving him 23rd in the event and dropping him into 13th overall. In the pole vault, he had a third miss changed to a clearance because the pole knocked the bar off. Tucker went on to clear 4.21m/13-9.25 on yet another third attempt and finished 20th in the event.
When the javelin arrived, Tucker improved nearly 20 feet on his third try from his first two attempts. He sent the javelin a season best 49.86m/163-7 to take 15th and position himself 340 points away from a top eight scoring spot.
Tucker took off from the pack immediately in the 1500m and won the race by 11 seconds. He clocked a personal best 4:07.25 to vault him from 15th to 11th in the final standings. His time made him the No. 8 all-time American in the decathlon 1500m.
Senior Kelsie Murrell-Ross also lined up in the women's shot put and earned expected Second Team All-America honors. She followed a foul with a third attempt mark of 17.02m/55-10.25 and finished 11th place.
Freshman Taylor Cox had her first experience at NCAAs, running in the 100m semifinal. She registered a 12.89 to finish eighth for expected Second Team All-America honors, missing the final by one spot.
Seniors Kaila Jackson and Jassani Carter joined Hodge in the next 100m heats after Hodge and finished 12thand 24th, respectively. Jackson went 11.13 to be fourth in the third heat while Carter had an 11.38 for eighth in the second group. In the 200m semifinal, Jackson missed the final by one spot with a 22.64 and Carter was 22nd (23.40).
How To Keep Up With The Dogs: Results and recaps from the NCAA Outdoor Championships will be found at georgiadogs.com. News and updates from Georgia's track and field and cross country teams are always located on X/Instagram at @UGATrack.
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