Track & Field | 3/24/2026 2:15:00 PM
GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T kicked off its Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) outdoor track and field campaign in sensational style, collecting its first three weekly honors of the season on Tuesday. Senior sprinter
Makenna Urbanek's speed highlighted the weekend at High Point University's Bob Davidson Team Challenge at Vert Stadium, earning her CAA Women's Track Athlete of the Week. Sophomore middle distance runner
Elijah Thomas secured CAA Men's Track Athlete of the Week, and junior jumper
Xavier Partee won CAA Men's Field Athlete of the Week.
Urbanek exploded onto the outdoor season. She sped to victory in the women's 100 meters at HPU, clocking a personal record 11.50. Her stellar run catapulted her to No. 1 in the CAA and 12th nationally. Urbanek teamed up with senior
Zamia Stelly, freshman
Khamoni Rockeymore-Crews, and freshman
Journey Cole in the 4x100-meter relay, racing to an impressive second-place finish behind Akron (44.68) with a fiery 45.12.
The relay team's 45.12 is the fastest CAA women's relay time this season. Urbanek's performance as a short sprinter remained strong as she placed second in the 200m, setting a personal record with a 24.05. This ranks her third among CAA sprinters, behind Hampton's Brianna Charles (23.61) and Northeastern's Savannah Blair (23.79). Urbanek earned her first career weekly honor.
Thomas earned his first career weekly honor with an impressive day on the track. He won the men's 800m, running a personal record 1:50.21 at HPU. It is the fastest time in the CAA this season and ranks 17th nationally among 800m runners. The Bob Davidson Team Challenge was Thomas's third time racing the outdoor 800m. His previous highest finish was 25th at the Drake Relays in 2025.
Partee is the defending CAA outdoor champion and an honorable mention outdoor All-American in his event. He opened his 2026 outdoor season by winning the triple jump at HPU with a leap of 48 feet, 10 ¼ inches. Partee holds the conference's second-best outdoor jump and the 39th-best mark nationally among triple jumpers. He has now secured his second career weekly outdoor honor.
The Aggies return to action this week when they travel to Raleigh to participate in the North Carolina State University's Raleigh Relays, March 26-28.
