ROCK HILL, S.C. — Tusculum University senior sprinter Jahzara Hart has been named the 2026 South Atlantic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Voting was conducted by the league’s head coaches.
Hart was tabbed the NCAA Division II Southeast Region Athlete of Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) earlier this week.
She won two national championships and had a third-place finish to earn the NCAA High Point Award at nationals.
Hart won the 100 meters with a time of 11.30 seconds and was the anchor leg of the winning 4×100-meter relay that set a Welch Stadium record with a time of 44.05 seconds. Hart took third place in the 200 meters at 23.46 seconds in her sixth race of the three-day meet to collect her third All-America honor of the outdoor season.
Hart was named the Tusculum Female Athlete of the Year for a second consecutive season. She earned All-America honors in bot the 60 and 200 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field National Championship. She also swept gold in the 60 and 200 meters at the SAC Indoor Championship.
The Raleigh, North Carolina native was a nine-time All-American (six outdoor, three indoor) in only two seasons of competition for the Pioneers, earning seven first-team All-America awards. She was the 2026 SAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet after winning three gold medals in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4×100 relay, and is an 11-time USTFCCCA All-Region recipient (seven outdoor, four indoor).
The Tusculum women claimed fifth place team honors at last month’s NCAA II Outdoor National Championship, its highest finish in program history.
