Kentucky traveled down to College Station, Texas, for the SEC Indoor Championships this past weekend.

The Wildcats sent 50 athletes to compete across 25 events during the three-day meet.

In the team finals standings, the women finished fourth with 63 points, the team’s highest placement at the Indoor championships since 2022.

The men finished 12th with 18 points.

The Wildcats left the championships with three gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.

The weekend competition kicked off with junior Julia Gunnell in the women’s pentathlon, finishing in sixth place with a career-best time of 8.48 seconds in the 60m hurdles.

Gunnell also threw a career-best in shot put with a mark of 13.00m and then ran a career-best in the women’s 800m with a time of 2:14.49.

Gunnell ended up finishing sixth overall in the pentathlon standings with a total of 4,155 points, which is her career-best and the fourth-highest total in Kentucky history.

Gunnell’s previous best was 3,678, which ranked her sixth on the Kentucky all-time performance list.

Senior Annie Murphy claimed the first medal of the 2026 SEC Indoor Championships for the Wildcats and the first-ever medal of her college career in the women’s pole vault event.

Murphy finished third to claim the bronze medal with a final mark of 4.15m (13-7.25).

This year she has had a lot of improvement in the pole vault event, with last year at the SEC championships Murphy placed 15th in the women’s pole vault with a mark of 3.96m (12-9).

After the field events, it was time for the women’s 200-meter event. Sophomore Sharmelle Holmes ran a time of 23.16, which moved her into No. 8 on the Kentucky all-time leaderboard.

Holmes has made a name for herself ever since last year as a freshman, holding the Kentucky freshman record in the 60m with a time of 7.24.

Two more Wildcats had a career-best in the women’s 200m, with freshman Briana St. Louis, who ran a time of 23.48 and sophomore Stacey Onyequnuka with a time of 23.53.

In the men’s 200m, junior Denzel Simusialela placed third with a time of 20.50 to qualify for the men’s 200m final. Simusialela ran the fourth-fastest time in Kentucky history.

The Zimbabwe native Simusialela has received numerous awards while being a Wildcat, including being both the 2025 NJCAA indoor and outdoor 200m National Champion and the 2025 NJCAA 100m outdoor National Champion.

Freshman Ann Lemirisho broke the Kentucky women’s 500m freshman record in her first collegiate race in the event, placing 16th with a final time of 16:11.62. Lemirisho is now the third-fastest time in Kentucky history.

With Lemirisho just being a freshman, she had a successful cross country season this past fall, with being the second women’s NCAA qualifier in program history, where she ran a career-best time of 19:47.4 in the women’s 6K.

The final event of the day was both the men’s and women’s DMR teams. The women ran the sixth-fastest time in Kentucky history with a time of 11:00.46, placing sixth. The men’s team ran a time of 9:38.30.

Day two of the meet started with both Kate Powers and Meagan Ewers finishing in the top eight in the women’s weight throw. Junior Powers placed fifth with a final mark of 21.43m and freshman Ewers placed eighth with a mark of 20.2m.

In the women’s high jump final, freshman Kemarah Howard earned the first gold medal of this year’s SEC Championship. Kemarah cleared a final distance of 1.87m, which made her the Kentucky freshman record holder and placed her as the second-best mark in Kentucky history.

Continuing throughout the day, four Wildcats qualified for the final in their events, with freshman Doricah Minsari Isoe in the women’s mile with a time of 4:41.65. Sharmelle Holmes in the women’s 60m, A’Laji Bradley and Hannah Douglas both in the women’s 400m event.

In the women’s and men’s 800m event, both Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera and Partrick Faust advanced to the 800m final, with times of 2:03.42 and 1:49.20.

The last event of day two was the women’s and men’s 60m hurdles. Emmi Scales placed third with a time of 7.92, which qualified her for the women’s 60m hurdles final.

Sophomore Rukia Nusra Omulisia and junior Camden Bentley both ran career-best times of 8.13 and 8.19. Both Nusra and Bentley are ranked in the top 10 for Kentucky all-time, with Omulisia ranked fifth and Bentley ranked No. 10.

In the men’s 60m hurdles, sophomore Anthony Waterman ran a career-best time of 7.75, which ranks him No. 6 for Kentucky all-time.

Starting off the evening on the last day of the SEC Championships was the women’s mile, with freshman Doricah Minsari Isoe running a career-best time of 4:35.71, running the second-fastest time in Kentucky history and ranking her No. 2 Kentucky all-time.

In the women’s 60m finals, Sharmelle Holmes ran a career-best time of 7.14, which earned her the silver medal and tied the third-best No. 3 Kentucky all-time mark.

Theo Mudzengerere won gold in the men’s triple jump, jumping a career-best of 16.71m, which ranks him No. 2 in Kentucky all-time.

Both Hannah Douglas and Vanice Kerubo Nyagisera won bronze medals. Douglas ran a career-best in the women’s 400m with a time of 51.41, ranking her at No. 3 in Kentucky all-time.

Another career-best was performed by freshman Nyagisera in the women’s 800m with a time of 2:01.40.

Emmi Scales came back out for the women’s 60m finals, receiving the gold medal with a time of 7.85, just off her career-best. Scales claimed her first career SEC Championship title in the women’s 60m hurdles.

Just last week, Scales was named the 2026 SEC Women’s Indoor Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Wildcat Scales has been making a name for herself with being ranked No. 1 hurdler in the NCAA rankings in the women’s 60m event.

In the men’s 200m final, junior Denzel Simusialela ran a career-best time of 20.47, putting him at No. 4 on Kentucky’s all-time mark.

Closing out the SEC Championships weekend was the men’s 4x400m relay; the men’s team finished with a time of 3:07.34.

Next up for the Wildcats is the NCAA Championships on March 13-14 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.