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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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31 Tennessee athletes to compete at NCAA East Regional preliminary rounds

31 Tennessee student-athletes to compete at NCAA East Regional preliminary rounds.

Tennessee’s men’s and women’s track and field teams will have 31 student-athletes compete in the NCAA East Regional preliminary round in Jacksonville, Florida.

The NCAA East Regional preliminary round will be contested May 24-27 at Hodges Stadium and hosted by the University of North Florida.

Tennessee’s student-athletes who qualified for the regional preliminaries are listed below.

Men (19 athletes, 25 entries)

100m: 18. Javonte Harding (10.13), 30. T’Mars McCallum (10.21)
200m: 4. Javonte Harding (20.12), 21. Nigel Green (20.44)
400m: 3. Emmanuel Bynum (44.58)
800m: 31. Joe Hoots (1:48.54)
1,500m: 41. Canaan Anderson (3:42.26)
5,000m: 10. Dylan Jacobs (13:36.93), 20. Yaseen Abdalla (13:44.16), 29. Nate Kawalec (13:48.74)
10,000m: 2. Dylan Jacobs (28:01.53), 32. Karl Thiessen (29:04.26), 41. Nate Kawalec (29:20.92)
110mH: 1. Devon Brooks (13.26), 7. Rasheem Brown (13.43), 13. Leonard Mustari (13.51), 14. Jesse Henderson (13.54), 40. Sam McLendon (13.88)
400mH: 3. Jakwan Hale (49.18), 6. Rasheeme Griffith (49.33), 8. Clement Ducos (49.68)
4x100m Relay: 5. Tennessee (38.85)
4x400m Relay: 6. Tennessee (3:02.89)
Long Jump: 13. Leonard Mustari (7.78m/25-6.25)
Triple Jump: 29. Garison Breeding (15.44m/50-8)

Women (12 athletes, 16 entries)

100m: 3. Jacious Sears (10.96)
200m: 3. Jacious Sears (22.45), 45. Jonah Ross (23.42)
400m: 20. Javonya Valcourt (52.47)
5,000m: 46. Rachel Sutliff (16:15.70)
10,000m: 29. Rachel Sutliff (33:54.26)
100mH: 6. Charisma Taylor (12.84)
400mH: 13. Kyla Robinson-Hubbard (56.81)
4x100m Relay: 8. Tennessee (43.48)
4x400m Relay: 6. Tennessee (3:29.57)
High Jump: 3. Cheyla Scott (1.85m/6-0.75)
Pole Vault: 31. Sarah Schmitt (4.10m/13-5.25)
Long Jump: 8. Charisma Taylor (6.51m/21-4.25)
Triple Jump: 3. Charisma Taylor (13.99m/45-10.75), 48. Suzan Ogunleye (12.67m/41-7)
Hammer Throw: 16. Chandler Hayden (63.32m/207-9)

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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.

Tennessee athletes post top marks at indoor championships

Tennessee athletes post top marks at the indoor championships.

Lady Vols’ graduate student Charisma Taylor earned a pair of medals at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Taylor posted a second-place finish in the women’s triple jump with a leap of 14.88 meters (48 feet, 10 inches).

The effort earned her a silver medal and is the second highest mark in NCAA history. She also ranks second on the world list in 2023.

Jacious Sears finished third in the finals of the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.10.

Distance specialist Dylan Jacobs finished sixth in the men’s 3,000-meter run as he completed the race in 7:52..25.

Jacobs, a graduate student, won the national championship in the 5,000-meter run Friday.

Sprinter Emmanuel Bynum set a school record in the 400-meter dash, breaking his own mark in the event (45.30).

Bynam teamed with Clement Ducos, Jakwan Hale and Rasheeme Griffith to finish tenth in the 4×400 relay, posting a time of 3:08.61 for the Vols.

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Five Tennessee track athletes receive All-America honors

Five Tennessee track athletes receive All-America honors.

Tennessee graduate student and distance specialist Dylan Jacobs is a national champion.

Jacobs, who transferred from Notre Dame, won the national championship in the 5,000-meter run Friday as he crossed the finish line in 13 minutes, 37.59 seconds at the NCAA Indoor Championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

He is Tennessee’s first 5,000-meter champion in program history.

In the women’s weight throw, Lady Vols’ redshirt junior Chandler Hayden achieved second-team All-America honors as she finished ninth with a mark of 22.9 meters (73 feet, 1-75 inches).

She was one of four Tennessee athletes to earn All-America recognition Friday.

Senior Jacious Sears finished ninth in the in the 200-meter dash to receive the first All-America certificate of her career as she posted a personal-best time of 22.80.

Redshirt junior Jesse Henderson recorded a ninth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles as he crossed the finish line in 7.69 seconds.

Henderson, a transfer from Mississippi State, earned his third All-America certificate and first with the Vols.

Javonte Harding finished ninth in the 200-meter dash as he posted a time of 20.52. The North Carolina A&T transfer earned his eighth All-America certificate and first for Tennessee.

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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 in  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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Jacious Sears breaks school record in 60-meter dash

Jacious Sears breaks a Tennessee school record in the 60-meter dash.

Lady Vols’ redshirt senior Jacious Spears broke the school record in the 60-meter dash Friday at the Tiger Paw Invitational. The event was held at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex in Clemson, South Carolina.

Spears’ record-breaking time of 7.12 seconds was posted in the semifinals of the event.

The previous indoor record in the event was held by both Joella Lloyd and and Courtney Champion (7.15 seconds).

Spears’ time Friday was also a facility record and is the top time posted in the SEC this season.

Lloyd won the championship heat of the 60-meter dash (7.17), her best effort of the season. She is fourth in the conference and seventh nationally this season.

In the 60-meter hurdles, Lady Vol Charisma Taylor had a season-best time of 8.06 in the semifinals before posting an 8.08 in the finals to finish second in the event.

In the women’s pole vault, Tennessee had a pair of athletes set personal records. Sarah Schmitt posted a mark of 4.00 meters (13 feet, 1.5 inches) and Kendall Ford had a vault of 3.95 meters (12-11.5).

The Lady Vols also had a pair of sprinters post top times in the 400-meter run. Javonya Valcourt crossed the finish line in 53.33, while Alanna Smith posted a time of 55.97.

Mikele Vickers set a personal-best in the women’s long jump, recording an effort of 6.30 meters (20-8).

Emmanuel Bynum crossed the finish line in 45.67 seconds, setting a personal record.

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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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