AUBURN, Alabama—After a successful indoor season, the Auburn track and field team will begin the outdoor season this weekend at the Yellow Jacket Invitational in Atlanta. The meet will be held Friday and Saturday at the George C. Griffin Track and Field facility on the Georgia Tech campus.
Auburn wrapped up the indoor campaign last weekend at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the men finished tied for fourth and the women tied for 22nd in the team standings. Eight men and women earned All-America honors, including Ja’Kobe Tharp and Kayinsola Ajayi, who won national championships in the 60m hurdles and 60m dash, respectively.
“This weekend will be a bit of a rust buster for the athletes who have not competed since the SECs and even some before then,” Auburn head coach Leroy Burrell said. “Obviously, you won’t see most of our athletes that competed at indoor nationals last week. We’ll have some of the other familiar names from nationals last year and a couple of new kids competing this weekend.”
The Tigers will have 45 athletes competing including 27 women and 18 men. Auburn’s group will include 34 runners and 11 field athletes making their 2026 outdoor debuts.
“We’ll put a relay on the track on the men’s side and then we’ll prepare a women’s team over the next couple of weeks to get on the track probably in Florida,” Burrell said. “But we’re just trying to build a few more groups to be able to compete for us and buy for bigger and better trophies come the outdoor season.”
Friday’s action will start at 10:30 a.m. CT with the women’s hammer throw with running events beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the women’s and men’s 100m dash. Live results can be found here.