Thursday, June 11
Eugene, Ore.
8:40 PM
Creighton University
at
NCAA Final Round
Trinity Shadd-Ceres
Photo by: Brendan Maloney
Shadd-Ceres Competes in NCAA Track & Field Finals on Thursday
6/7/2026 1:30:00 PM | Women's Cross Country / Track
OMAHA, Neb. -- Trinity Shadd-Ceres will become the first student-athlete in Creighton history to compete in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday, June 11th, when she participates in the Long Jump.
Shadd-Ceres' competition will take place inside Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and is scheduled for 8:40 p.m. Central. It will be streamed on ESPN+, with live results at https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor26.
Seeded 18th in the West Region entering the postseason, Shadd-Ceres placed sixth in the NCAA First Round with a season-best leap of 6.44 meters on May 28th in Fayetteville, Ark. That distance was the 10th-best mark in either the East or West Region during the NCAA First Round. Shadd-Ceres' leap of 6.44 meters ranks 17th-best of the 24 women who qualified for Eugene and she was also one of just three women nationally with multiple jumps over 6.36 meters during the NCAA First Round.
Making Shadd-Ceres' journey all the more unlikely is that up until May 2nd, the redshirt freshman from Ontario, Canada, hadn't competed in any track meets since June of 2024. After winning the Canadian Olympic Trails in the Long Jump but falling short of the Olympic standard to qualify for the Paris Games, Shadd-Ceres gave up the sport to pursue college volleyball at the University of Wisconsin. She played sparingly in two seasons with the Badgers, collecting 22 kills, 13 digs and five blocks in 13 appearances, before committing to Creighton Volleyball out of the transfer portal in December of 2025.
Shadd-Ceres spent the spring training with Creighton Volleyball, a proud program coming off back-to-back Elite Eight appearances and 12 straight regular-season BIG EAST titles. It was during a conversation with volleyball head coach Brian Rosen that Shadd-Ceres' track background was brought up. She would meet with track head coach Chris Gannon, a former jumper himself, and a plan was put in place for her return to the long jump pit once the spring volleyball campaign ended.
Shadd-Ceres made an immediate impact on the Taraflex, including a team-high 10 kills in Creighton's match against Nebraska on April 17th. Days after the final spring volleyball matches on April 25th, Shadd-Ceres turned her attention to track and began training with Gannon on a more regular basis. Her first collegiate track competition saw her win the Musco Twilight in Iowa City on May 2nd. Six days later she blew away the field at the Nebraska Spring Tune-Up in Lincoln by more than three feet with a jump of 6.40 meters that qualified her for the NCAA First Round and help her earn BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week honors.
She would carry that momentum to the BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where she leapt 6.36 meters to become Creighton Track's first BIG EAST champion and first female to earn All-BIG EAST honors in outdoor track. Her jump was the second-best distance by any woman at the BIG EAST Championships since 2013.
Shadd-Ceres' all-time best in the long jump is 6.49 meters, done in August of 2023. Stanford's Alyssa Jones leads the nation with a jump of 7.09 meters, but no other competitor has soared farther than 6.76 meters this spring, giving the Bluejay phenom a legitimate chance to earn All-America accolades if she continues her rapid return to form.
Get To Know Trinity Shadd-Ceres...
• Transferred from Wisconsin to Creighton in January to join a Bluejay Volleyball program that has made Elite Eight in back-to-back seasons.
• Did not compete in track and field at Wisconsin, nor during the Indoor 2026 season with Creighton, since she was training with CU's Volleyball program until late April.
• At the suggestion of volleyball coach Brian Rosen, Shadd-Ceres met with track coach Chris Gannon to discuss being a two-sport athlete at Creighton.
• Creighton's first track & field qualifier for the NCAA Finals in school history.
• Creighton Track's first student-athlete to win a BIG EAST title, doing so in the long jump.
• Creighton's first female to earn All-BIG EAST honors in outdoor track.
• Before May 2nd of this year, had not competed in any track meet since June 29, 2024.
• Has only competed in four meets with Creighton (May 2, May 8, May 19, May 28), winning three of those.
• Entered the NCAA First Round tied for 18th in the West Region, but placed sixth in the West Region and 10th among both regions with her leap of 6.44 meters.
• One of three long jumpers in either Region with multiple leaps of 6.36 meters or longer in the NCAA First Round.
• Was one of seven long jumpers in the West Region to attain a season-best distance at the NCAA First Round.
• BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week on May 12, 2026.
• Led Creighton Volleyball with 10 kills in a spring match against last year's No. 1 team, Nebraska.
• Her career-best distance in the long jump is 6.49 meters (21' 3.5"), done on August 5, 2023.
• Won the long jump in Canada's Olympic Trials in 2024 (6.14m), but did not reach minimum standard (6.86m) to qualify for Paris.
• Named Canada's Junior Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year in 2022 and Senior Female Athlete of the Year in 2023.
• Mother Crystal Shadd twice qualified for the Canadian Olympic Team in the triple jump and competed in track and field at both Eastern Michigan and Arkansas.
• Creighton dropped track after 1961, before returning to Creighton in the spring of 2022.
• Last name is pronounced Series.
Shadd-Ceres' competition will take place inside Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and is scheduled for 8:40 p.m. Central. It will be streamed on ESPN+, with live results at https://www.rtspt.com/ncaa/d1outdoor26.
Seeded 18th in the West Region entering the postseason, Shadd-Ceres placed sixth in the NCAA First Round with a season-best leap of 6.44 meters on May 28th in Fayetteville, Ark. That distance was the 10th-best mark in either the East or West Region during the NCAA First Round. Shadd-Ceres' leap of 6.44 meters ranks 17th-best of the 24 women who qualified for Eugene and she was also one of just three women nationally with multiple jumps over 6.36 meters during the NCAA First Round.
Making Shadd-Ceres' journey all the more unlikely is that up until May 2nd, the redshirt freshman from Ontario, Canada, hadn't competed in any track meets since June of 2024. After winning the Canadian Olympic Trails in the Long Jump but falling short of the Olympic standard to qualify for the Paris Games, Shadd-Ceres gave up the sport to pursue college volleyball at the University of Wisconsin. She played sparingly in two seasons with the Badgers, collecting 22 kills, 13 digs and five blocks in 13 appearances, before committing to Creighton Volleyball out of the transfer portal in December of 2025.
Shadd-Ceres spent the spring training with Creighton Volleyball, a proud program coming off back-to-back Elite Eight appearances and 12 straight regular-season BIG EAST titles. It was during a conversation with volleyball head coach Brian Rosen that Shadd-Ceres' track background was brought up. She would meet with track head coach Chris Gannon, a former jumper himself, and a plan was put in place for her return to the long jump pit once the spring volleyball campaign ended.
Shadd-Ceres made an immediate impact on the Taraflex, including a team-high 10 kills in Creighton's match against Nebraska on April 17th. Days after the final spring volleyball matches on April 25th, Shadd-Ceres turned her attention to track and began training with Gannon on a more regular basis. Her first collegiate track competition saw her win the Musco Twilight in Iowa City on May 2nd. Six days later she blew away the field at the Nebraska Spring Tune-Up in Lincoln by more than three feet with a jump of 6.40 meters that qualified her for the NCAA First Round and help her earn BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week honors.
She would carry that momentum to the BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where she leapt 6.36 meters to become Creighton Track's first BIG EAST champion and first female to earn All-BIG EAST honors in outdoor track. Her jump was the second-best distance by any woman at the BIG EAST Championships since 2013.
Shadd-Ceres' all-time best in the long jump is 6.49 meters, done in August of 2023. Stanford's Alyssa Jones leads the nation with a jump of 7.09 meters, but no other competitor has soared farther than 6.76 meters this spring, giving the Bluejay phenom a legitimate chance to earn All-America accolades if she continues her rapid return to form.
Get To Know Trinity Shadd-Ceres...
• Transferred from Wisconsin to Creighton in January to join a Bluejay Volleyball program that has made Elite Eight in back-to-back seasons.
• Did not compete in track and field at Wisconsin, nor during the Indoor 2026 season with Creighton, since she was training with CU's Volleyball program until late April.
• At the suggestion of volleyball coach Brian Rosen, Shadd-Ceres met with track coach Chris Gannon to discuss being a two-sport athlete at Creighton.
• Creighton's first track & field qualifier for the NCAA Finals in school history.
• Creighton Track's first student-athlete to win a BIG EAST title, doing so in the long jump.
• Creighton's first female to earn All-BIG EAST honors in outdoor track.
• Before May 2nd of this year, had not competed in any track meet since June 29, 2024.
• Has only competed in four meets with Creighton (May 2, May 8, May 19, May 28), winning three of those.
• Entered the NCAA First Round tied for 18th in the West Region, but placed sixth in the West Region and 10th among both regions with her leap of 6.44 meters.
• One of three long jumpers in either Region with multiple leaps of 6.36 meters or longer in the NCAA First Round.
• Was one of seven long jumpers in the West Region to attain a season-best distance at the NCAA First Round.
• BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week on May 12, 2026.
• Led Creighton Volleyball with 10 kills in a spring match against last year's No. 1 team, Nebraska.
• Her career-best distance in the long jump is 6.49 meters (21' 3.5"), done on August 5, 2023.
• Won the long jump in Canada's Olympic Trials in 2024 (6.14m), but did not reach minimum standard (6.86m) to qualify for Paris.
• Named Canada's Junior Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year in 2022 and Senior Female Athlete of the Year in 2023.
• Mother Crystal Shadd twice qualified for the Canadian Olympic Team in the triple jump and competed in track and field at both Eastern Michigan and Arkansas.
• Creighton dropped track after 1961, before returning to Creighton in the spring of 2022.
• Last name is pronounced Series.
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