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Thursday, February 26
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ACC Championships
Track and Field Opens Postseason at ACC Championships
5/13/2026 12:00:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State track and field teams are set to compete at the ACC Championships, scheduled for May 14-16 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Cardinal Track Stadium.
In his second year at the helm, Matt Kane is looking to build on the success of the indoor season coming off his first ACC title as head coach and the men's team 15th trophy in program history. The women finished fourth, while the men placed fifth at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Championships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
MEET NOTES:
The three-day meet will begin on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. with the women's javelin throw that will feature Alexa Schwartz. The running events will start at 5:35 p.m. with the men's 200-meters. Expanded coverage will air through the ACC Network Extra and can be accessed at Seminoles.com. Flash Results will also be available.
Florida State has won a combined 21 ACC Championships, the second most of any ACC team. FSU's most recent titles came during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
The podium finishers in each individual event and the top relay team will earn an All-ACC First Team distinction, while the athletes who finish fourth through sixth in each individual event and the second and third place relay team will be honored as second team.
The women's team holds six times and marks that are seeded within the top eight, including 11 all-time performances this season, while the men enter the meet with 10 top-eight times and marks.
Florida State has won six titles in the 110-meter hurdles, led by Trey Cunningham who won the Bowerman Award in 2022. Andre Korbmacher will look to repeat as the ACC Champion in the event after claiming his first outdoor individual title last year with a time of 13.47. Korbmacher recently set a new personal-best of 13.35 at the LSU Invite to close out the regular season.
Shamar Reid will look to be crowned FSU's first discus throw champion since 2023 after being projected to finish first in the ACC since the outdoor season began at the Terry Long FSU Relays. Reid recently tossed a personal best and remained second all-time in the event after throwing a mark of 63.10 meters at the Tom Jones Memorial Invite.
Shenese Walker is the favorite to defend her titles in the 4x100, 100 and 200 after accumulating 30 points at last year's ACC Outdoor Conference Championship. Walker has made noise in her final collegiate season after being crowned the Indoor 60 and 200 ACC Champion before winning her first NCAA Indoor National title in the 60. The Jamaican native competed at the Tom Jones Invitational, placing second behind a massive personal best at 10.80 which stands as the second-fastest time in the world and NCAA this season. Walker's time also sets both a new program and ACC record, while also ranking fifth all-time in collegiate history and eighth in Jamaican history.
True freshmen Schwartz is set to compete in her first postseason championship in the women's javelin throw, currently standing first in the conference. Schwarz opened her season at the Terry Long FSU Relays on March 26, placing first overall with the third-furthest throw in program history at 55.17 meters.
Nafy Thiam launched a new school record in the women's shotput at the Tom Jones Memorial Invite on April 17 with a new personal best of 17.30 meters, breaking the eight-year-old mark set by Gleneve Grange in 2017. Thiam also improved on her U20 Belgium National record that she set on March 27 at the Terry Long FSU Relays.
Rylee Blade became the second freshman this season to set a new school record, after claiming the top spot in Florida State's history book in the women's 5,000 with a personal best time of 15:29.45. Blade erased the time that was set by Lauren Ryan in 2022 at 15:30.00. She now leads the ACC and ranks 15th in the NCAA.
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In his second year at the helm, Matt Kane is looking to build on the success of the indoor season coming off his first ACC title as head coach and the men's team 15th trophy in program history. The women finished fourth, while the men placed fifth at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Championships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
MEET NOTES:
The three-day meet will begin on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. with the women's javelin throw that will feature Alexa Schwartz. The running events will start at 5:35 p.m. with the men's 200-meters. Expanded coverage will air through the ACC Network Extra and can be accessed at Seminoles.com. Flash Results will also be available.
Florida State has won a combined 21 ACC Championships, the second most of any ACC team. FSU's most recent titles came during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
The podium finishers in each individual event and the top relay team will earn an All-ACC First Team distinction, while the athletes who finish fourth through sixth in each individual event and the second and third place relay team will be honored as second team.
The women's team holds six times and marks that are seeded within the top eight, including 11 all-time performances this season, while the men enter the meet with 10 top-eight times and marks.
Florida State has won six titles in the 110-meter hurdles, led by Trey Cunningham who won the Bowerman Award in 2022. Andre Korbmacher will look to repeat as the ACC Champion in the event after claiming his first outdoor individual title last year with a time of 13.47. Korbmacher recently set a new personal-best of 13.35 at the LSU Invite to close out the regular season.
Shamar Reid will look to be crowned FSU's first discus throw champion since 2023 after being projected to finish first in the ACC since the outdoor season began at the Terry Long FSU Relays. Reid recently tossed a personal best and remained second all-time in the event after throwing a mark of 63.10 meters at the Tom Jones Memorial Invite.
Shenese Walker is the favorite to defend her titles in the 4x100, 100 and 200 after accumulating 30 points at last year's ACC Outdoor Conference Championship. Walker has made noise in her final collegiate season after being crowned the Indoor 60 and 200 ACC Champion before winning her first NCAA Indoor National title in the 60. The Jamaican native competed at the Tom Jones Invitational, placing second behind a massive personal best at 10.80 which stands as the second-fastest time in the world and NCAA this season. Walker's time also sets both a new program and ACC record, while also ranking fifth all-time in collegiate history and eighth in Jamaican history.
True freshmen Schwartz is set to compete in her first postseason championship in the women's javelin throw, currently standing first in the conference. Schwarz opened her season at the Terry Long FSU Relays on March 26, placing first overall with the third-furthest throw in program history at 55.17 meters.
Nafy Thiam launched a new school record in the women's shotput at the Tom Jones Memorial Invite on April 17 with a new personal best of 17.30 meters, breaking the eight-year-old mark set by Gleneve Grange in 2017. Thiam also improved on her U20 Belgium National record that she set on March 27 at the Terry Long FSU Relays.
Rylee Blade became the second freshman this season to set a new school record, after claiming the top spot in Florida State's history book in the women's 5,000 with a personal best time of 15:29.45. Blade erased the time that was set by Lauren Ryan in 2022 at 15:30.00. She now leads the ACC and ranks 15th in the NCAA.
Follow Florida State track and field and cross country on X and Instagram (FSU_Track)
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