PEORIA, Ill. – Bradley Track & Field will compete in its final meets before the Missouri Valley Conference Championships, as six athletes will compete across two days in the Arkansas Qualifier and Alex Wilson Invitational.

ARKANSAS QUALIFIER
Where: Randal Tyson Track Center - Fayetteville, Ark.
Dates: February 20, 2026
Live Timing: Flash Results

ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL
Where: Loftus Sports Center - Notre Dame, Ind.
Dates: February 21, 2026
Live Timing: Endurance Race Timing

Jamie Phillips will be the lone Brave competing in Fayetteville on Friday night. The sophomore, who is coming off a record-setting 800m performance at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational last weekend, will compete in the 800m race at 5:40 p.m.

Saturday will see the team of Trixie Wraith, Carolina Martinez, Abigail Hancock and Kaitlyn Sheppard run in the women's Distance Medley Relay at 12:15 p.m. EST. At 2:00 p.m. EST, David Locke and Jamie Phillips will run in the 800m race at , with Phillips running his second race in as many days.

LAST TIME OUT
Bradley competed at the DePaul Blue Demon Alumni Classic and the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Chicago and Boston last weekend. Jamie Phillips ran 1:47.22 in the Men's 800m Invite in Boston, breaking his own program record and setting the fastest time in the MVC and Midwest in the process. In total, 12 top 10 times were set by Braves over the weekend, which included Nadia Potgieter's 16:12.81 in the women's 5000m – a personal best by over one minute. 

LAST TIME AT THE ALEX WILSON INVITATIONAL
The Braves fielded a men's and women's team in the Distance Medley Relay team at the Alex Wilson Invitational in 2025. The women's DMR team of Trixie Wraith, Amiyah Davis, Abigail Hancock and Kaitlyn Sheppard broke the conference record in the event, running the relay in 11:14.28. Meanwhile, the men's DMR team of Jamie Phillips, Kaden Kingsmith, Jaxson Copelin and Jack Crull ran 9:41.31 for the program's second-fastest time.

COMING UP…
Bradley will travel to the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis for the 2026 MVC Indoor Championships on Sunday, March 1, and Monday, March 2.