Friday, March 13
Fayetteville, AR
University of Louisville
at
NCAA Indoor Championships
Photo by: Edward Finan | Louisville Athletics
Cardinals Set for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
March 12, 2026 | Track & Field
KJ Byrd, Ashley Callahan, Elsingi Kipruto, and Iliana Triantafyllou will represent the Cards at the national championship meet.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Four University of Louisville track & field student-athletes are set to represent the program at the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships, which will take place on Mar. 13-14 at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
KJ Byrd, Ashley Callahan, Elsingi Kipruto, and Iliana Triantafyllou punched their tickets to the national championship meet by earning qualifying marks throughout the season that rank within the top 16 nationally in their respective events.
Live results for the meet can be found here, while a full schedule of events for the four Louisville-student athlete competing can be found below. The streaming schedule can also be found below as the duration of both days of competition will be streamed live on ESPN+.
The field in Fayetteville will feature 16 student-athletes in each event who earned their way to the national championship meet by virtue of posting qualifying marks over the course of the season that rank among the top 16 nationally in their respective events.
The top eight finishers in each event at the national championship meet will be recognized as First Team All-Americans, while those that finish ninth through 16th will be named Second Team All-Americans.
Byrd will return to the national championship meet in the men's heptathlon for the second consecutive season after finishing seventh in the event as a freshman last year to earn First Team All-American distinction.
The sophomore from Connelly Springs, N.C. will enter the competition ranked second nationally with a program-record score of 6,161 points that he set at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational on Jan. 30-31, where he also set an NCAA record for the best pole vault mark in a heptathlon with a mark of 5.47m (17-11.25).
In addition to his record-breaking performances in the heptathlon, Byrd won the ACC title in the men's pole vault at the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 26, clearing a program-record bar of 5.55m (18-2.5) to win the second conference title in his career after winning gold in the heptathlon in 2025.
Kipruto, the 2025 ACC Cross Country Freshman of the Year and an All-American on the cross country course, earned the first NCAA Indoor Championships qualification of his career, punching his ticket to the national championship meet in the men's 5000m.
The freshman from Mosoriot, Kenya posted the sixth-fastest time in the nation this season at the Husky Classic on Feb. 14, clocking a time of 13:15.74 that set a Louisville program record. Kipruto also set a program record in the men's 3000m this season, claiming the bronze at the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 28 with a time of 7:46.76.
Callahan & Triantafyllou also earned the first NCAA Indoor Championships berths of their careers, as the pair both earned qualifications in the women's pole vault with a matching program-record mark of 4.50m (14-9) that they both set at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational on Feb. 14 which ranks them in a tie for seventh nationally this season.
Callahan, a redshirt senior from San Diego, Calif., captured the first ACC title of her career in the event at the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 28 with a clearance of 4.50m (14-9) that equaled the program record, while Triantafyllou, a redshirt sophomore from Serres, Greece, finished fourth at the conference championship meet with a mark of 4.45m (14-7.25).
Friday Competition Schedule
12:00 p.m. ET | Men's 60m (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
12:40 p.m. ET | Men's Long Jump (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
1:50 p.m. ET | Men's Shot Put (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
3:00 p.m. ET | Men's High Jump (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
8:25 p.m. ET | Men's 5000m | Elsingi Kipruto
Saturday Competition Schedule
12:00 p.m. ET | Men's 60m Hurdles (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
12:50 p.m. ET | Men's Pole Vault (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
5:00 p.m. ET | Men's 1000m (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
5:00 p.m. ET | Women's Pole Vault | Ashley Callahan, Iliana Triantafyllou
ESPN+ Live Stream Links
Friday at 12:00 p.m. ET
Friday at 6:00 p.m. ET
Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET
Saturday at 5:00 p.m. ET
For the latest information on Louisville Cross Country/Track & Field, visit GoCards.com, or follow the team's Instagramand X account at @louisvilletfxc or on Facebook at facebook.com/LouisvilleTFXC.
KJ Byrd, Ashley Callahan, Elsingi Kipruto, and Iliana Triantafyllou punched their tickets to the national championship meet by earning qualifying marks throughout the season that rank within the top 16 nationally in their respective events.
Live results for the meet can be found here, while a full schedule of events for the four Louisville-student athlete competing can be found below. The streaming schedule can also be found below as the duration of both days of competition will be streamed live on ESPN+.
The field in Fayetteville will feature 16 student-athletes in each event who earned their way to the national championship meet by virtue of posting qualifying marks over the course of the season that rank among the top 16 nationally in their respective events.
The top eight finishers in each event at the national championship meet will be recognized as First Team All-Americans, while those that finish ninth through 16th will be named Second Team All-Americans.
Byrd will return to the national championship meet in the men's heptathlon for the second consecutive season after finishing seventh in the event as a freshman last year to earn First Team All-American distinction.
The sophomore from Connelly Springs, N.C. will enter the competition ranked second nationally with a program-record score of 6,161 points that he set at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational on Jan. 30-31, where he also set an NCAA record for the best pole vault mark in a heptathlon with a mark of 5.47m (17-11.25).
In addition to his record-breaking performances in the heptathlon, Byrd won the ACC title in the men's pole vault at the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 26, clearing a program-record bar of 5.55m (18-2.5) to win the second conference title in his career after winning gold in the heptathlon in 2025.
Kipruto, the 2025 ACC Cross Country Freshman of the Year and an All-American on the cross country course, earned the first NCAA Indoor Championships qualification of his career, punching his ticket to the national championship meet in the men's 5000m.
The freshman from Mosoriot, Kenya posted the sixth-fastest time in the nation this season at the Husky Classic on Feb. 14, clocking a time of 13:15.74 that set a Louisville program record. Kipruto also set a program record in the men's 3000m this season, claiming the bronze at the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 28 with a time of 7:46.76.
Callahan & Triantafyllou also earned the first NCAA Indoor Championships berths of their careers, as the pair both earned qualifications in the women's pole vault with a matching program-record mark of 4.50m (14-9) that they both set at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational on Feb. 14 which ranks them in a tie for seventh nationally this season.
Callahan, a redshirt senior from San Diego, Calif., captured the first ACC title of her career in the event at the ACC Indoor Championships on Feb. 28 with a clearance of 4.50m (14-9) that equaled the program record, while Triantafyllou, a redshirt sophomore from Serres, Greece, finished fourth at the conference championship meet with a mark of 4.45m (14-7.25).
Friday Competition Schedule
12:00 p.m. ET | Men's 60m (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
12:40 p.m. ET | Men's Long Jump (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
1:50 p.m. ET | Men's Shot Put (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
3:00 p.m. ET | Men's High Jump (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
8:25 p.m. ET | Men's 5000m | Elsingi Kipruto
Saturday Competition Schedule
12:00 p.m. ET | Men's 60m Hurdles (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
12:50 p.m. ET | Men's Pole Vault (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
5:00 p.m. ET | Men's 1000m (Heptathlon) | KJ Byrd
5:00 p.m. ET | Women's Pole Vault | Ashley Callahan, Iliana Triantafyllou
ESPN+ Live Stream Links
Friday at 12:00 p.m. ET
Friday at 6:00 p.m. ET
Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET
Saturday at 5:00 p.m. ET
For the latest information on Louisville Cross Country/Track & Field, visit GoCards.com, or follow the team's Instagramand X account at @louisvilletfxc or on Facebook at facebook.com/LouisvilleTFXC.
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