Charisma Taylor earns three All-America certificates

Charisma Taylor earns three All-America certificates.

Tennessee graduate student Charisma Taylor earned three All-America certificates Thursday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.

Taylor achieved first-team All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the women’s long jump with a leap of 6.41 meters (21 feet, 0.5 inches).

Taylor also achieved second-team All-America status in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.94. She finished in tenth place and failed to qualify for the finals.

Taylor, Jacious Spears, Nicole Sreenan and Jonah Ross finished tenth in the 4X100-meter relay, completing the race in 42.35 seconds.

Sears, a senior, qualified for the finals of both the 100-meter and 200-meter events. She posted a time of 11.06 seconds in the 100-meter and finished the 200-meter in 22.49 seconds.

Lady Vol Chandler Hayden made her debut in the national championships. She finished 19th in the hammer throw with a mark of 61.47 meters.

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Javonte Harding, Rasheeme Griffith highlight NCAA outdoor championships opening night

Tennessee’s Javonte Harding and Rasheeme Griffith highlight NCAA outdoor championships opening night.

Tennessee competed at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Wednesday at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.

Junior Javonte Harding finished fifth in the men’s 200-meter semifinals (19.88 seconds), joining Justin Coleman and Justin Gatlin as the only Tennessee sprinters to record a sub-20 second time in the event.

Harding will compete in Friday’s final at 10:37 p.m. EDT.

He also competed in the 100-meter dash, finishing 17th and recording a time of 10.12 seconds.

In the 400-meter semifinals, junior Rasheeme Griffith finished in third place (49.00 seconds). He advances to Friday’s final at 10:27 p.m. EDT.

Tennessee graduate student Rasheem Brown recorded a personal best time in the 110-meter hurdles semifinals (13.53).

Brown advances to the finals on Friday at 9:42 p.m. EDT.

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