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PREDICTIONS: 2026 BIG East Indoor Championships

Writer: Admin (Garrett Zatlin)
Admin (Garrett Zatlin)
Feb 26
2 min read

Rejoice! We have finally reached the postseason for the 2026 indoor track season. And what better way to kick-off the onslaught of championship races than with TONS of conference meets taking place all around the country?


Below, we offered our predictions (top-five) for the BIG East Indoor Championships. However, because we are trying to pump out as many sets of pre-race predictions as we can for this weekend (for the meets that we have entries for), we won't be offering any analysis.


Here is who The Stride Report has thriving at the BIG East Indoor Championships in the coming days...

2026 BIG East Indoor Championships: Final Predictions

*Denotes that a collegian is also entered in another individual event. It is not clear which athletes will be contesting the DMR this weekend.


Women’s 800 Meters

  1. Maeve O'Neill (Providence) -- 2:03

  2. Nora Haugen (St. John's) -- 2:05

  3. Naiara Garcia Moreno (St. John's) -- 2:06

  4. Kiera Hall (Providence) -- 2:08

  5. Sophia McInnes (Villanova) -- 2:08


Men’s 800 Meters

  1. Tinoda Matsatsa (Georgetown) -- 1:46

  2. Dan Watcke (Villanova) -- 1:46

  3. Gabriele Angiono (Georgetown) -- 1:48

  4. Nick Medeiros (Georgetown) -- 1:49

  5. Ryan Elston (Butler) -- 1:50



Women’s Mile

  1. Charlotte Tomkinson (Georgetown) -- 4:36

  2. Isabelle Walsh (Villanova) -- 4:38

  3. Nicole Vanasse (Villanova) -- 4:39

  4. Cara Laverty (Providence) -- 4:44

  5. Luci Lambert (Georgetown) -- 4:47


Men’s Mile

  1. Jesse Hamlin (Butler)* -- 4:05

  2. Austin Gabay (Butler) -- 4:06

  3. Sean Donoghue (Villanova) -- 4:06

  4. Mohamed Abdullahi (DePaul) -- 4:06

  5. Ben Thomas (Villanova) -- 4:06



Women’s 3k

  1. Barrett Justema (Georgetown) -- 9:09

  2. Brooke Strauss (UConn) -- 9:12

  3. Sadie Sigfstead (Villanova)* -- 9:13

  4. Almi Nerurkar (Georgetown) -- 9:14

  5. Tilly O'Connor (Villanova) -- 9:16


Men’s 3k

  1. Marco Langon (Villanova) -- 7:53

  2. David Slapak (Butler) -- 8:00

  3. Elliott Pugh (Providence) -- 8:01

  4. Will Zegarski (Butler)* -- 8:01

  5. Jack Fenlon (Villanova) -- 8:03



Women’s 5k

  1. Sadie Sigfstead (Villanova)* -- 15:49

  2. Margaret Carroll (Villanova)* -- 15:55

  3. Gabby Schmidt (Providence) -- 16:07

  4. Chloe Trudel (UConn)* -- 16:16

  5. Zoe Mosher (Villanova) -- 16:22


Men’s 5k

  1. Birhanu Harriman (Georgetown)* -- 13:53

  2. William Zegarski (Butler)* -- 13:53

  3. Jesse Hamlin (Butler)* -- 13:54

  4. Charlie Moore (Villanova)* -- 14:07

  5. Quinn Parrish (Georgetown)* -- 14:11



Women’s 4x800-Meter Relay

  1. Villanova Wildcats -- 8:41

  2. Providence Friars -- 8:43

  3. Georgetown Hoyas -- 8:48

  4. St. John's Red Storm -- 8:53

  5. DePaul Blue Demons -- 8:57


Men’s 4x800-Meter Relay

  1. Butler Bulldogs -- 7:30

  2. Georgetown Hoyas -- 7:32

  3. DePaul Blue Demons -- 7:34

  4. Villanova Wildcats -- 7:36

  5. Providence Friars -- 7:38



Women’s DMR

  1. Villanova Wildcats -- 10:54

  2. Georgetown Hoyas -- 11:09

  3. Providence Friars -- 11:15

  4. UConn Huskies -- 11:22

  5. DePaul Blue Demons -- 11:29


Men’s DMR

  1. Villanova Wildcats -- 9:40

  2. Butler Bulldogs -- 9:40

  3. Providence Friars -- 9:46

  4. Georgetown Hoyas -- 9:54

  5. Creighton Bluejays -- 10:02



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