Founded in 1932, the SEC has grown from its 13 charter members to a 16-member powerhouse, with a reputation for excellence across a wide range of sports. Its track-and-field roots run even deeper, with championship meets dating back to 1896 under the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association — the precursor to the Southern Conference and, eventually, the SEC.
This rich competitive history has helped establish the SEC Indoor Championships as one of the premier collegiate events in the country. As the conference has evolved into a national leader in collegiate athletics, it has increasingly turned to facilities with Mondo’s high-performance, world-class track surfaces to support the fast, consistent, elite-level competition the SEC is known for.
As the sport evolved, so did the surfaces athletes competed on — and Mondo became the standard for programs seeking the fastest, most durable, and most technologically advanced tracks in the world. Today, Mondo Super X 720 surfaces anchor the SEC’s premier indoor venues, supporting the conference’s tradition of record-setting performances and championship-level competition.
No facility embodies the SEC–Mondo connection more than the Randal Tyson Track Center at the University of Arkansas. A World Athletics Certified Indoor Facility that has hosted numerous SEC and NCAA championships, the Tyson Center’s reputation is inseparable from its Mondo foundation.
The Randal Tyson Track Center has had Mondo tracks since 2000 and currently features a permanent banked track that was resurfaced in 2021 with the Mondo Super X 720 surface.
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The Tyson Center’s long-standing partnership with Mondo has helped cement its reputation as one of the fastest indoor tracks in the world and a venue where athletes expect, and often achieve, extraordinary performances.
Texas A&M’s Fasken Indoor Track & Field facility, debuting for the 2024 season, represents the next generation of SEC championship venues with a Mondo track. Before Fasken, the Aggies competed at the Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium, which featured a Mondo hydraulic banked track installed in 2009 and served as the host site for multiple SEC Championships. That reliance on Mondo surfaces laid the foundation for Texas A&M’s move to an even more advanced competition environment.
A state-of-the-art, World Athletics Certified Indoor Facility with a Mondo Super X 720 permanent banked track, Fasken has quickly become a centerpiece of the conference’s indoor schedule, tentatively scheduled to host the SEC Indoor Championships in 2026, 2028, 2030, 2032, and 2034.
With its cutting‑edge design and Mondo’s high-performance competition surface, Fasken is poised to deliver the same level of speed and consistency that has defined the Tyson Center for more than two decades — while building on Texas A&M’s own history of championship‑caliber performances on Mondo tracks.
The SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships remain one of the premier events in collegiate athletics, and Mondo tracks are central to that legacy. From Arkansas to Texas A&M, the conference’s most important venues rely on Mondo’s engineering to support fast times and unforgettable performances.
As the SEC looks ahead to future championships — many already scheduled on Mondo Super X 720 surfaces — the partnership between the conference and Mondo continues to elevate the sport and uphold the SEC’s relentless pursuit of excellence.