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Dylan Jacobs earns Indoor National Scholar Track Athlete of the Year honors

Tennessee’s Dylan Jacobs earns Indoor National Scholar Track Athlete of the Year honors.

Tennessee distance specialist and graduate student Dylan Jacobs was named 2023 National Indoor Scholar Athlete of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Jacobs is the first Vol to receive the honor.

Jacobs transferred to Tennessee from Notre Dame. He is pursuing a master’s degree in Business and Human Resources at the University of Tennessee.

Jacobs won three SEC championships and claimed the Vols’ first national title in the 5,000-meter run.

He announced intentions in competing professionally, signing with On Running. Jacobs will remain in Tennessee and train with Vols’ distance coach Sean Collins.

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Dylan Jacobs makes third appearance on The Bowerman watch list

Tennessee’s Dylan Jacobs makes third appearance on The Bowerman watch list.

Tennessee distance specialist Dylan Jacobs made his third consecutive appearance on The Bowerman award men’s watch list in an update from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA).

Jacobs, a graduate student and transfer from Notre Dame, is one of 10 NCAA Division I athletes in contention for the award, honoring the nation’s top male and female athletes.

He made his latest appearance on the watch list Thursday, one week after breaking Tennessee’s program record in the 10,000-meter run.

Christian Coleman was the last Vol to win the award. Coleman competed for Tennessee from 2014-17 and claimed the award during his final season.

Dylan Jacobs named to top-10 Bowerman Award watch list

Tennessee’s Dylan Jacobs named to the top-10 Bowerman Award watch list.

Tennessee men’s distance specialist Dylan Jacobs has been named to the top-10 for the Bowerman Award watch list.

The award is the highest award for a NCAA Division I track and field athlete and is given annually by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Jacobs, a graduate transfer from Notre Dame, makes his debut on the watch list after recording historically fast times in both the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter runs during the 2022-23 indoor season.

At the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships, he set a record in the 3K (7 minutes, 52.49 seconds). He won a gold medal in the conference championships as a member of the Vols’ distance medley relay team.

Other athletes on the watch list include: Mykolis Alekna (California, discus); Drew Bosley (Northern Arizona, distance); Cameron Crump (Mississippi State, jumps); Sean Burrell (LSU, hurdles); Anass Essayi (South Carolina, middle distance), Kyle Garland (Georgia, combined events); Elija Goodwin (Georgia, sprints); Sondre Guttormsen (Princeton, pole vault) and Ayden Owens-Delerme (Arkansas, combined events).

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Dylan Jacobs claims national, SEC weekly honors

Tennessee graduate student earns national and SEC weekly honors.

Tennessee graduate student and distance specialist Dylan Jacobs won two weekly awards Tuesday.

Jacobs, who transferred from Notre Dame, was named United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association M-F Athletic NCAA Division I Men’s National Athlete of the Week.

He was also named SEC Men’s Co-Runner of the Week after finishing with the second-fastest indoor time in the 3,000-meter run in history at the 115th Millrose Games in New York, New York.

He crossed the finish line of Saturday’s race in 7 minutes, 36.89 seconds against an elite field of Olympians and World Championship qualifiers.

Jacobs’ time in New York was 0.47 seconds short of the all-time record inย  the event.

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Dylan Jacobs records second fastest collegiate time in 3,000-meter

Tennessee’s Dylan Jacobs records the second fastest collegiate time in the 3,000-meter.

Tennessee graduate student and distance specialist Dylan Jacobs recorded the second fastest 3,000-meter race in collegiate history Saturday at the 115th Millrose Games in New York, New York.

Jacobs, a transfer from Notre Dame and native of Orland Park, Illinois, crossed the finish line in seven minutes, 36.89 seconds. His mark is 47 seconds off the record.

Jacobs’ performance Saturday comes two weeks after he set the American collegiate record in the 5,000-meter run.

Tennessee’s distance squad also had three student-athletes set personal records in the 5,000-meter event at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University Saturday.

Nate Kawalec finished the race in 13:46.76. Eli Nahom crossed the line in 13:57.50, recording the seventh fastest time in Vols’ history, while Karl Thiessen finished with a time of 14:07.17.

In the Music City Challenge, two Lady Vols set personal best times in their respective events.

Emma Kate Hamby finished the unseeded 3,000-meter run in 10:07.74, while Carolyn Barksdale crossed the finish line in the 800-meter run in 2:11.14.

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Dylan Jacobs named SEC runner of the week

Dylan Jacobs named SEC runner of the week.

Tennessee distance specialist Dylan Jacobs earned Southeastern Conference men’s runner of the week honors after a record-setting performance Jan. 27.

Jacobs, a graduate student and transfer from Notre Dame, set an American collegiate record in the 5,000-meter run at the John Thomas Terrier Classic hosted by Boston University.

In his debut with the Vols, Jacobs finished in 13 minutes, 11.01 seconds, setting an indoor record in the event.

Jacobs’ mark also broke a previous SEC mark, set by former Vol and three-time Olympian Todd Williams.

Williams set the previous record of 13:41.50 in 1991.

Tennessee will next compete in the Tiger Paw Invite from Feb. 10-11.

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Notre Dame’s Dylan Jacobs is national champion in 10,000 meters

Big moment for the Irish track team.

The national track and field championships have arrived, and Notre Dame already is bringing home some hardware. More specifically, senior distance runner [autotag]Dylan Jacobs[/autotag] is bringing it home. On the first day of the championships in Eugene, Oregon, Jacobs won the 10,000-meter championship in 28 minutes, 12.32 seconds. He’s the second athlete in program history to win the national championship in that event, and he understandably was thrilled:

Jacobs was one of four Irish representatives in the 10,000. Junior [autotag]Matthew Carmody[/autotag] set a personal best with a time of 28:34.28 while placing 16th. Sophomore [autotag]Joshua Methner[/autotag] was 21st in 28:57.31, and senior [autotag]Andrew Alexander[/autotag] finished last in the field at 24th in 29:09.02.

Jacobs also will compete in the 5,000 final later in the week. He’s one of only two Notre Dame athletes who will compete in two events during the championships. The other is [autotag]Tom Seitzer[/autotag], who is set to take part in the 3,000 and steeplechase.

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