Landers Highlights Day Two of SEC Indoor Championships with Bronze in Heptathlon

Friday, February 27

College Station, Texas

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Alabama

SEC Indoor Championships

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Landers Highlights Day Two of SEC Indoor Championships with Bronze in Heptathlon

2/28/2026 1:28:00 AM | Track & Field, Cross Country

Day 2 Final Results (Web)Photo Gallery

Across the opening two days, the Crimson Tide saw three podium finishes from its pentathlon and heptathlon athletes, as four multis-competitors accumulated 23 points towards UA’s team standings

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Alabama track and field heptathlete John Landers captured bronze to headline the second day of the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships.

Landers' third-place finish (six points) was joined by Patrick Daves, who scored three points off a sixth-place finish in the event. Including the pentathlon, Alabama tallied 23 points and had three athletes podium in a multis-event, as Katelyn Adel (second, eight points) and Miracle Ailes (third, six points) medaled on Thursday.

On the track, Hamdani Benahmed (4:03.95, q) and Milicent Wafula (4:37.64, q) advanced to Saturday's event final in the men's and women's mile. A 2025 All-American and national champion, Samuel Ogazi clocked the fastest 400-meter time (45.30, q) in the men's preliminary round to advance to Saturday's event final.

At the end of the second day, the UA women lead the conference with 38 points, while the UA men sit in third with 24 points.

Up Next – Day Three Schedule of SEC Indoor Championships

Field events will begin at 2 p.m. CT
- Men's high jump – My'Kell Beck, Khristian Watson
Track events will start at 4:05 p.m.
- Women's mile – Milicent Wafula

Day One Scoring Finishes/Top Results

Heptathlon Day 1
- 60m Hurdles
  - 2^nd: Patrick Daves | 8.13, PR – 949 points
  - 4^th: John Landers | 8.38 – 888 points
- Pole Vault
  - 1^st: Landers | 4.80m (15-9) – 849 points
  - 8^th: Daves | 3.90m (12-9.50) – 590 points
- 1,000m
  - 2^nd: Landers | 2:33.09, season best – 952 points
  - 6^th: Daves | 2:45.22, PR – 816 points
- Final Point Total
  - 3^rd: Landers | 5,588 points
  - 6^th: Daves | 5,096 points – PR, No. 5 all-time at UA
  - DNF: Crosby
Mile (Prelims)
- 4^th: Milicent Wafula | women's | 4:37.64, q
- 10^th: Hamdani Benahmed | men's | 4:03.95, q
400m (Prelims)
- 1^st: Samuel Ogazi | men's | 45.30, q
High Jump
- 4^th: Miracle Ailes | women's | 1.87m (6-1.50) – tied PR