LSU Track Sweeps No. 1 Rankings, Two Tigers Earn SEC Honors

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The U.S. Track & Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association released the first edition of the outdoor national ratings for the 2026 outdoor season on Tuesday. Both the LSU men and women open the year at No. 1 in the country.

The men and women open at No. 1 in the nation.#TheHomeofChampions x @USTFCCCA pic.twitter.com/VH6MjzLi1n

— LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) March 31, 2026

LSU has a total of 16 individuals and three relays ranked top 10 in the nation so far this outdoor season. Below is a list of those athletes and their current rank in the nation.

LSU Individual Top 10 National Rankings
No. 1 | Malachi Austin| 400m | 45.37
No. 1 | Glasgow, Buckmiller, Austin, Walker| 4×400 | 3:04.61
No. 1 | Princesse Hyman | DT | 59.90m (196-6)
No. 2 | Jaiden Reid | 100m | 10.10w
No. 2 | Athaleyha Hinckson | 100m | 11.25
No. 2 | Salieci Myles | 100h | 13.01
No. 2 | Hinckson, Williams, Bigam, Godbless| 4×100 | 43.13
No. 2 | Leah Acosta | DT | 56.93m (186-9)
No. 3 | Myles Thomas | 100m | 10.14
No. 3 | Joshua Caleb | 200m | 20.44w
No. 3 | Jack Larriviere | JT | 77.24m (253-5)
No. 4 | Matthew Sophia | 110h | 13.61
No. 4 | Thomas, Reid, Levan, Caleb| 4×100 | 39.06
No. 6 | Chad Hendricks | DT | 59.58m (195-6)
No. 7 | Aniyah Bigam | 100m | 11.36w
No. 8 | Adeyah Brewster | 100h | 13.20
No. 8 | Jeremiah Walker| 400m | 46.01
No. 9 | Ella Onojuvwevwo| 200m |22.93
No. 9 | Jillian Scully | DT | 55.63m (182-6)

2026 LSU Outdoor Rankings
LSU Men | No. 1 | March 31
LSU Women | No. 1 | March 31

LSU track & field’s Jaiden Reid and Athaleyha Hinckson were named with weekly honors by the Southeastern Conference on Tuesday afternoon.

Junior Jaiden Reid earned his first honors of the season after making his 100-meter debut last weekend at the Hurricane Invitational. This marks back-to-back weeks that a Tiger has claimed men’s runner of the week after freshman Malachi Austin did so at the LSU Opener.

Back-to-back weeks with the top men's runner in the conference.#TheHomeofChampions x @SEC pic.twitter.com/mcqhv2cu81

— LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) March 31, 2026

Reid clocked an SEC-leading and NCAA No. 2 time of 10.10 seconds (+2.8) to win in Coral Gables last week. The Caymanian holds a personal-best time of 10.02 seconds, which he will be looking to break this season.

The women’s freshman of the week honor went to none other than the indoor First Team All-American sprinter, Athaleyha Hinckson.

The All-American freshman earns her first weekly SEC honor.#TheHomeofChampions x @SEC pic.twitter.com/cbLJ8THr5C

— LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) March 31, 2026

Hinckson opened her individual season with a win and a time of 11.25 seconds in the 100 meter at the Hurricane Invitational. She ranks No. 2 in the NCAA and No. 1 in the SEC. The time was a Guyanese U20 national record, No. 3 U20 time in the world for 2026 and No. 4 time in South American U20 history.