Music City Outdoor Challenge 2026
View the info - results, entry lists and meet schedule for the 2026 Music City Outdoor Challenge.
The 2026 Music City Outdoor Challenge will take place from May 1–2 at the Vanderbilt Outdoor Track Complex in Nashville, bringing together a strong lineup of collegiate athletes for one of the final meets of the NCAA regular season.
Hosted by Vanderbilt University, the two-day competition features a full schedule of track and field events, including sprints, middle-distance and distance races, relays, and field disciplines. The meet typically attracts NCAA Division I programs from across the region, offering a competitive platform for athletes to test form and chase late-season marks.
Schedule
Friday, May 1, 2026
Field Events
- 10:00 AM – Men’s Javelin
- Women’s Javelin (Invite section, then open)
- 2:00 PM – Women’s Long Jump (Invite, then open)
- 2:45 PM – Women’s Pole Vault
- 5:00 PM – Men’s Long Jump (Women follow)
- 5:00 PM – Women’s Discus (Men follow)
Running Events
- 5:00 PM – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Invite Prelims)
- 5:15 PM – Men’s 110m Hurdles (Invite Prelims)
- 5:30 PM – Women’s 100m (Invite Prelims)
- 5:40 PM – Men’s 100m (Invite Prelims)
- 5:55 PM – Women’s 3000m
- 6:10 PM – Men’s 3000m
- 6:25 PM – Women’s 3000m Steeplechase
- 6:50 PM – Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
- 7:10 PM – Women’s 200m
- 7:25 PM – Men’s 200m
- 7:40 PM – Women’s 1500m
- 8:05 PM – Men’s 1500m
- 8:25 PM – Women’s 5000m
- 9:05 PM – Men’s 5000m
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Field Events
- 9:30 AM – Men’s Hammer Throw (Women follow)
- 10:00 AM – Men’s High Jump
- 10:00 AM – Women’s High Jump
- 11:30 AM – Men’s Pole Vault
- 1:30 PM – Women’s Triple Jump (Men follow)
- 2:30 PM – Men’s Shot Put (Women Invite, then open follow)
- Discus Throw (Women then Men, time aligned with field rotation)
Running Events
- 12:30 PM – Senior Recognition
- 2:00 PM – Women’s 4×100m Relay
- 2:10 PM – Men’s 4×100m Relay
- 2:20 PM – Women’s 400m
- 2:35 PM – Men’s 400m
- 2:45 PM – Alumni Recognition
- 3:30 PM – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Invite Finals)
- 3:40 PM – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Open Prelims)
- 3:45 PM – Women’s 100m (Invite Finals)
- 3:50 PM – Men’s 100m (Invite Finals)
- 3:55 PM – Women’s 100m (Open Prelims)
- 4:05 PM – Men’s 100m (Open Prelims)
- 4:20 PM – Women’s 400m Hurdles
- 4:35 PM – Men’s 400m Hurdles
- 4:55 PM – Men’s 110m Hurdles (Invite Finals)
- 5:00 PM – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Open Finals)
- 5:10 PM – Women’s 100m (Open Finals)
- 5:15 PM – Men’s 100m (Open Finals)
- 5:25 PM – Women’s 800m
- 5:45 PM – Men’s 800m
- 6:00 PM – Women’s 4×400m Relay
- 6:10 PM – Men’s 4×400m Relay