Reback was named the 2026 Empire 8 Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet at the Empire 8 Championship from the Golisano Training Center on the campus of Nazareth University on Feb. 27-28. She won both long-distance events, crushing the field by nearly 35 seconds in the 5,000-meter run on Friday night and coming back to win the 3,000-meters by 24 seconds in an Empire 8 Championship meet record time of 9:50.52 on Saturday, which moved her into the top 25 nationally in the event.