KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – More than 50 Tennessee track & field athletes are set to compete this weekend as the Big Orange will be represented at a pair of meets in the Carolinas. Sean Carlson‘s distance squad will head to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for the Wake Forest Invitational on Friday, while a subset of UT sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers travel to Columbia, South Carolina, for the USC Outdoor Open on Saturday.
The action begins Friday at approximately 7:47 a.m. ET with freshman Summer Schuster running Section 1 of the women’s 5,000-meter. Thirty-three Tennessee athletes will compete throughout the day at Kentner Stadium, and the meet will conclude at approximately 10:40 p.m. with Msgana Araya and Andie-Marie Jones in the women’s 10,000-meter.
At South Carolina, 18 Vols and Lady Vols are entered for the USC Open meet that runs all day Saturday. Competition begins at 11:45 a.m. with the men’s 4×100-meter relay, and the weekend will wrap up at approximately 5:25 p.m. with the men’s 4×400-meter relay.
Full meet schedules and start lists for both meets can be found on the official Tennessee track & field schedule page.
Live results for the Wake Forest Invitational will be provided by PrimeTime Timing, Inc., while live results for the USC Outdoor Open will be available via AdkinsTrak Timing Associates.
LAST TIME OUT: Tennessee had a pair of world-class performances last weekend at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida. Senior sprinter Jacious Sears was tabbed the USATF Athlete of the Week after clocking the second-fastest women’s 100-meter dash in collegiate history with a time of 10.77 seconds, which ranks No. 15 on the world all-time list and No. 7 in U.S. history. The Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, native holds the world lead for 2024 and is just the second woman to ever run sub-10.8 in the month of April.
On Friday in Gainesville, French hurdler Clement Ducos dipped well below the Paris 2024 Olympic standard for the 400-meter hurdles with a lifetime-best and school record mark of 48.26 seconds. His time ranks second in the world for 2024 and No. 5 on the list of all-time French performers in the event.
Lady Vol seniors Kyla Robinson-Hubbard and Dennisha Page made their mark on the UT all-time lists on Friday with impressive times in the 400-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash, respectively. Robinson-Hubbard’s mark of 55.98 ranks fourth in program history and fourth in the NCAA this…
The action begins Friday at approximately 7:47 a.m. ET with freshman Summer Schuster running Section 1 of the women’s 5,000-meter. Thirty-three Tennessee athletes will compete throughout the day at Kentner Stadium, and the meet will conclude at approximately 10:40 p.m. with Msgana Araya and Andie-Marie Jones in the women’s 10,000-meter.
At South Carolina, 18 Vols and Lady Vols are entered for the USC Open meet that runs all day Saturday. Competition begins at 11:45 a.m. with the men’s 4×100-meter relay, and the weekend will wrap up at approximately 5:25 p.m. with the men’s 4×400-meter relay.
Full meet schedules and start lists for both meets can be found on the official Tennessee track & field schedule page.
Live results for the Wake Forest Invitational will be provided by PrimeTime Timing, Inc., while live results for the USC Outdoor Open will be available via AdkinsTrak Timing Associates.
LAST TIME OUT: Tennessee had a pair of world-class performances last weekend at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida. Senior sprinter Jacious Sears was tabbed the USATF Athlete of the Week after clocking the second-fastest women’s 100-meter dash in collegiate history with a time of 10.77 seconds, which ranks No. 15 on the world all-time list and No. 7 in U.S. history. The Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, native holds the world lead for 2024 and is just the second woman to ever run sub-10.8 in the month of April.
On Friday in Gainesville, French hurdler Clement Ducos dipped well below the Paris 2024 Olympic standard for the 400-meter hurdles with a lifetime-best and school record mark of 48.26 seconds. His time ranks second in the world for 2024 and No. 5 on the list of all-time French performers in the event.
Lady Vol seniors Kyla Robinson-Hubbard and Dennisha Page made their mark on the UT all-time lists on Friday with impressive times in the 400-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash, respectively. Robinson-Hubbard’s mark of 55.98 ranks fourth in program history and fourth in the NCAA this…
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