Alyvia Brown Sets SWAC 3,000 Record As Texas Southern Women Finishes Indoor Season

The Texas Southern distance runner will continue her personal-best in the 3,000 during the outdoor season competition.

Published on Feb. 23, 2026

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The Texas Southern University women's track and field team placed sixth overall at the SWAC Indoor Track & Field Championship in Birmingham, Alabama. Alyvia Brown set a SWAC and personal-best record of 9:58.27 to win the 3,000 and finished second in the 5,000 with a time of 17:50.54. The team had several other strong performances, including a fourth-place finish in the distance medley relay and a fourth-place finish for Brown in the mile.

Why it matters

The strong performances by the Texas Southern women's track and field team, especially Alyvia Brown's record-setting 3,000 meter run, demonstrate the program's competitiveness within the SWAC conference. The team's success in the indoor season sets them up well for the upcoming outdoor season.

The details

Alyvia Brown set a SWAC and personal-best record of 9:58.27 to win the 3,000 meters. She also finished second in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:50.54. The 4x400 meter relay team of Kennedy Mosley, Desirae Roberts, Bayli George and Cesley Williams ran a season-best 3:44.73 to place fourth overall. Other strong performances came from Ryan Richards, who placed fourth in the pole vault, and A'Keela McMaster, who scored a personal-best 3,376 points in the pentathlon to place fourth.

  • The SWAC Indoor Track & Field Championship took place on Sunday, February 23, 2026 in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Alyvia Brown set the SWAC and personal-best record of 9:58.27 in the 3,000 meters during the championship meet.

The players

Alyvia Brown

A distance runner for the Texas Southern University women's track and field team who set a SWAC and personal-best record in the 3,000 meters.

Texas Southern University

The university that the women's track and field team competes for, which placed sixth overall at the SWAC Indoor Track & Field Championship.

SWAC

The Southwestern Athletic Conference, the collegiate athletic conference that the Texas Southern women's track and field team competes in.

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What’s next

The Texas Southern women's track and field team will return to action in March to begin their outdoor season competition.

The takeaway

Alyvia Brown's record-setting performance in the 3,000 meters and the overall strong showing by the Texas Southern women's track and field team at the SWAC Indoor Championship bodes well for their upcoming outdoor season.