FAYETTEVILLE – Razorback senior Sanu Jallow-Lockhart has been named as one of four finalist for the 2026 Honda Sport Award for track and field as revealed by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards (CWSA) on Monday.
Joining Jallow-Lockhart among the four finalists are Georgia teammates Adaejah Hodge and Dejanea Oakley along with Axelina Johansson of Nebraska.
The extraordinary exploits delivered by Jallow-Lockhart this season made her an easy selection to be a finalist for the award. She opened her 2026 campaign with an indoor collegiate record in the 600m and finished the outdoor college season with a collegiate record in the 800m to win the NCAA title.
The announcement comes during a landmark moment for the organization, as the CWSA celebrates its 50th anniversary during the 2025-26 collegiate athletics season. For five decades, the Honda Sport Award has honored the nation’s top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports, symbolizing “the best of the best in collegiate athletics.”
The recipient will become a finalist for the prestigious Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year and the Class of 2026 Honda Cup, to be presented live on Monday, July 27, at 6 p.m. CT on CBS Sports Network.
The track & field finalists were selected by a panel of experts and coaches from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Honda Sport award winner for track & field will be announced later this week after voting by administrators from over 1,000 NCAA member schools.
A seven-time first team All-America with the Razorbacks, Jallow-Lockhart secured her first SEC title in the 800m after previously placing second on five occasions and totaled 50 points in six conference 800m races during her collegiate career.
Her initial SEC 800m title included a meet record performance with a then career best of 1:58.82.
Racing in the NCAA West First Rounds at John McDonnell Field a final time in an Arkansas uniform, Jallow-Lockhart produced a time of 1:57.74 to come within 0.01 of a second of the 800m collegiate record.
Moving onto Eugene for the NCAA Championships, Jallow-Lockhart generated the fastest semifinal time with a 1:58.89 effort. In the final, leading the field from the start of the race, Jallow-Lockhart shattered the collegiate record with a 1:56.86 convincing victory.
Texas A&M’s Athing Mu set the previous record of 1:57.73 in 2021 and Jallow-Lockhart also claimed the meet record in bettering the 1:58.13 set by Roisin Willis of Stanford in 2025.
Jallow-Lockhart posted a time of 2:00.54 as the 2026 NCAA Indoor runner-up and ran 2:01.12 as the 2026 SEC Indoor runner-up.
Racing in the 600m to start the indoor season, Jallow-Lockhart won in 1:24.19 to break the collegiate record of 1:25.16 set by Razorback Britton Wilson in 2023. Jallow-Lockhart is the lone athlete to have three marks rank among the top seven performances on the collegiate all-time list.
Anchoring the Arkansas 4 x 400m an hour after her 800m collegiate record at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Jallow-Lockhart finished of a 3:18.88 victory by the Razorbacks with a 49.01 split, the fifth fastest ever at the NCAA Championships.
During the outdoor season, Jallow-Lockhart anchored Arkansas to five victories in which the Razorbacks bettered meet and facility records at Baylor, Texas A&M, LSU, Auburn (SEC Championships), and John McDonnell Field (NCAA West).
Behind the collegiate record of 3:17.96 that Arkansas established in 2024, the 2026 Razorbacks registered times that rank as No. 2 (3:18.88), No. 3 (3:20.04), No. 5 (3:21.83), No. 6 (3:21.90), and No. 10 (3:22.06) performances on the all-time collegiate list.
