University of Illinois
NCAA Outdoor Championships
Gero-Holt Leads Heptathlon on Day Three of NCAA Championships
June 12, 2026 | Women's Track & Field, Men's Track & Field
RECAP
Full Results
EUGENE, Ore. – The Illinois men's and women's field teams completed the third day of the NCAA Outdoor Championships on Friday (June 12) from Hayward Field. JaiCieonna Gero-Holt leads the heptathlon field after the first four events with 3,745 points while her teammate Meagan Humphries is in third with 3,629 points.
Gero-Holt's day was highlighted by her event win in the shot put where she threw the program's seventh-best mark of 14.98m (49-1 3/4). She also won the high jump with a clearance of 1.81m (5-11 1/4). Humphries sprinted to the event crown in the 200m (23.27) beating the rest of the field by nearly half a second.
Viktor Morozov finished in 13th place in the triple jump today to close out his Illini career, 15.98m (52-5 1/4). His season was highlighted by winning the gold medal in the triple jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships and he ends as a four-time NCAA Championships qualifier and two-time Big Ten Champion. The men's team finished in 35th place with seven points while the women sit in eighth place with nine points.
UP NEXT
The heptathletes finish their heptathlons tomorrow starting at 4:30 p.m. and the final field events of the 2026 season begin at 6:30 p.m. CT
NOTES
- Viktor Morozov placed 13th in the triple jump, 15.98m (52-5 1/4)
- Jonathan Kapitolnik placed 16th in the high jump, 2.11m (6-11)
HEPTATHLON
JaiCieonna Gero-Holt – First (3,745 points)
- Won shot put on school's seventh-best throw, 14.98m (49-1 3/4)
- Won the high jump, 1.81m (5-11 1/4)
- Placed 10th in the 100mH (13.80)
- Placed 18th in the 200m (25.00)
Meagan Humphries – Third (3,629 points)
- Won the 200m (23.27)
- Placed eighth in the high jump, 1.75m (5-8 3/4)
- Placed ninth in the 100mH (13.74)
- Placed 16th in the shot put, 11.77m (38-7 1/2)
