RICHARDSON, Texas - The UT Dallas track & field teams will begin the outdoor season Friday at the TCU Alumni Invite in Fort Worth. 

 The 2026 Comets will also compete at the David Noble Relays in San Angelo, the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, the Trinity Invitational in San Antonio, the Bill Schmidt Invite in Denton, the SMU Invite in Dallas and finish the season with the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Canyon, Texas on May 7-9.
 
Head coach Danielle Kcholi, who started the program in 2021, and assistant Zach Richardson will have the deepest roster yet in year six.
 
The Comets return 14 student-athletes from the women's squad and the men's team has 16 back.
 
Freshmen E'Mon Mason (sprints), Saniya Bosby (jumps), sophomore Alex Bozhilov (distance) and junior Zachary Carroll (jumps/throws) were named to the LSC Athletes to Watch List.

Mason set the 400-meter school record in the indoor season and was the anchor for the 4x400 relay. Bosby broke the indoor records for high jump and long jump during indoor.

Bozhilov, who earned All-LSC honors in cross country in the fall, claimed a pair of school indoor records - the mile and 3,000 meters. Carroll holds the UTD outdoor record in the javelin and the indoor mark in long jump.

UTD women's outdoor record holders who return include Tia Billingsly (100, 4x100), Randi Beckham (200, 400, 4x100, 4x400), Abby Valdez (10,000), Rowen Hughes (100 hurdles, 400 hurdles), Mariah Gibson (4x100), Rhiana Johnson (4x400), Catriona Walker (4x400), Madison Avery (4x400), Chisom Mbah (shot put, discus) and Emma Foyt-Gade (heptathlon).

Outdoor record holders from the men's side include Frank Douglas (3,000), Ethan Turner (10,000), Matthew Oksanen (4x400), Rafe Premo (4x400), Nick Hofer (high jump, pole vault, decathlon) and Jackson Tucker (discus).