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Dick Taylor Challenge
Dick Taylor Challenge Returns To Chapel Hill
January 15, 2026 | Track & Field
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Carolia track and field is set to host its lone home meet of the season at the Eddie Smith House on Jan. 16 and 17. The meet is named in honor of Richard "Dick" Taylor (UNC Class of 1950), who passed away in 2022. Taylor was an NCAA Division I hurdles record holder as a Tar Heel and later a member of the UNC System Board of Governors. Fans can follow along with the live stats on Durham Striders Timing.
Last time out: Vera Sjöberg (8:43.06) is now the eighth fastest 3k athlete in NCAA history as she shattered the twenty-two-year-old school record held by Shalane Flanagan in the women's 3000m. Sjöberg is not only the first woman in school history to run a sub-nine-minute 3k, but she also broke the record by 17 seconds, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Track Athlete of the Week.
Friday's events:
Men's Weight Throw - 4:00 PM (Women's Weight Throw to Follow)
Men's High Jump - 4:00 PM (Women's High Jump to Follow)
Saturday's Events:
Women's Long Jump - 11:00 AM
Men's Long Jump - 30 minutes after conclusion of Women's Long Jump
Women's Triple Jump - 30 minutes after conclusion of Men's Long Jump
Men's Triple Jump - 30 minutes after conclusion of Women's Triple Jump
Men's Pole Vault - 11:30 AM (Women's Pole Vault to Follow)
Men's Shot Put - 12:00 PM (Women's Shot Put to Follow)
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles - 12:15 PM
Men's 60-Meter Hurdles - 12:35 PM
Women's 60-Meters - 12:45 PM
Men's 60-Meters - 1:00 PM
Women's 300-Meters - 1:15 PM
Men's 300-Meters - 1:35 PM
Women's 1000-Meters - 1:55 PM
Men's 1000-Meters - 2015 PM
Women's 60-Meter Hurdles - 2:20 PM
Women's 60-Meters -2:45 PM
Men's 60-Meters - 2:30 PM
Women's 500-Meters - 2:40 PM
Men's 500-Meters - 2:50 PM
Women's Mile - 3:05 PM
Men's Mile - 3:25 PM
Women's 4x400 Meter Relay - 3:45 PM
Men's 4x400 Meter Relay - 4:00 PM
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