BATON ROUGE, La. — Outdoor postseason gets underway this week for Tennessee track & field as more than 40 UT athletes have traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for the 2023 SEC Outdoor Championships. The conference meet runs Thursday through Saturday, May 11-13 at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track & Field Stadium.
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The meet kicks off for Tennessee with junior Peyton Davis competing in the decathlon at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. Junior thrower Chandler Hayden will open the field events in the women’s hammer at 3:15 p.m. before running events start on the track at 6:30 p.m. with Joe Hoots and Will Mazur competing in the men’s 800-meter prelims. The first finals of the meet will take place Thursday night with the men’s and women’s 10,000-meter run at 8:40 and 9:15 p.m., respectively.
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Day two begins with the resumption of the men’s decathlon at noon before field events start with Ellison Colarossi, Kendall Ford and Sarah Schmitt in the women’s pole vault at 5 p.m. Running prelims continue in the evening, beginning at 6 p.m. with five Vols on the track for the men’s 110-meter hurdles which includes NCAA Division I leader and SEC favorite Devon Brooks.
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The conference championships will wrap up Saturday, starting at 3 p.m. with Tennessee graduate Israel Adesina representing UT in the men’s discus throw. Running finals start at approximately 6:05 p.m. with the men’s 4×100-meter relay and conclude with the women’s 4×400-meter relay at 9:40 p.m.
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First-year head coach Duane Ross leads Tennessee into battle with a pair of top-20 squads, with the Vols ranked fifth and the Lady Vols No. 20 in the latest release of the USTFCCCA national track & field rating index. The UT men are the fourth-highest rated team in the SEC, while the women are slotted ninth among conference teams.
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FOLLOW LIVE: The 2023 SEC Outdoor Championships will be streamed online all three days via SEC Network+, available at espn.com/watch or the ESPN app. Saturday’s evening session will be televised on SEC Network. The broadcast crew includes Dwight Stones, Dan O’Brien, Larra Overton and John Anderson.
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Live coverage will take place during the following windows:
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Thursday, May 11
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The meet kicks off for Tennessee with junior Peyton Davis competing in the decathlon at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday. Junior thrower Chandler Hayden will open the field events in the women’s hammer at 3:15 p.m. before running events start on the track at 6:30 p.m. with Joe Hoots and Will Mazur competing in the men’s 800-meter prelims. The first finals of the meet will take place Thursday night with the men’s and women’s 10,000-meter run at 8:40 and 9:15 p.m., respectively.
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Day two begins with the resumption of the men’s decathlon at noon before field events start with Ellison Colarossi, Kendall Ford and Sarah Schmitt in the women’s pole vault at 5 p.m. Running prelims continue in the evening, beginning at 6 p.m. with five Vols on the track for the men’s 110-meter hurdles which includes NCAA Division I leader and SEC favorite Devon Brooks.
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The conference championships will wrap up Saturday, starting at 3 p.m. with Tennessee graduate Israel Adesina representing UT in the men’s discus throw. Running finals start at approximately 6:05 p.m. with the men’s 4×100-meter relay and conclude with the women’s 4×400-meter relay at 9:40 p.m.
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First-year head coach Duane Ross leads Tennessee into battle with a pair of top-20 squads, with the Vols ranked fifth and the Lady Vols No. 20 in the latest release of the USTFCCCA national track & field rating index. The UT men are the fourth-highest rated team in the SEC, while the women are slotted ninth among conference teams.
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FOLLOW LIVE: The 2023 SEC Outdoor Championships will be streamed online all three days via SEC Network+, available at espn.com/watch or the ESPN app. Saturday’s evening session will be televised on SEC Network. The broadcast crew includes Dwight Stones, Dan O’Brien, Larra Overton and John Anderson.
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Live coverage will take place during the following windows:
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Thursday, May 11
Friday, May 12
Saturday, May 13
Additionally, live results will be provided throughout the weekend by Delta Timing.
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SEEDED VOLS AND LADY VOLS: Tennessee’s championship roster holds 23 top-8 marks in the SEC this season in their respective events entered at the conference…
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