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Canaan Anderson sets Tennessee school record at Vanderbilt Invitational

Canaan Anderson sets Tennessee school record at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

Redshirt sophomore Canaan Anderson set a University of Tennessee school record in the Vanderbilt Invitational Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee.

Anderson set the Vols’ record in the indoor mile run (4:00.13). The previous record was set by John Wright in 1977 (4:02.4).

Anderson’s four-minute mile is the fourth in the Southeastern Conference this season and 18th nationally.

His effort Saturday also eclipses the Vols’ outdoor record in the event of 4:00.19. Ken Barbee set the record in 1986.

Tennessee freshman Yordanos Zelinski, competing in his first collegiate indoor meet, completed the one-mile run in 4:05.66. His mark broke Anderson’s record of 4:05.88. The time was set last season.

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Tennessee sweeps 200-meter events at Carolina Challenge

Tennessee sweeps 200-meter events at the Carolina Challenge.

The Carolina Challenge is taking place Jan. 20-21 in Columbia, South Carolina.

The Vols and Lady Vols were victorious in 200-meter indoor competition Friday at the Carolina Challenge.

Lady Vols’ Kyla Robinson-Hubbard finished with a winning time of 24.37 seconds, a career indoor best. She recorded a career best in 60-meter hurdle competition (8.54).

Freshman Aidan McDuffie recorded a winning time of 21.84 for the Vols.

Freshman T’Mars McCallum finished second in long jump competition (7.01 meters, 23 feet).

Four Tennessee student-athletes, including Robinson-Hubbard, recorded personal best marks Friday: Isaiah Monroe (6.97 seconds, men’s 60-meter dash), Dylan Scarnato (7.07 seconds, men’s 60-meter dash), Tairah Johnson (8.63 seconds, 60-meter hurdles).

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Two Lady Vols earn All-America honors

Lady Vols earn All-America honors at outdoor championships.

Two Lady Vols earned All-America honors Saturday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Joella Lloyd achieved All-America accolades in two events on the final day of the championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Lloyd finished ninth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.29 seconds. Her effort netted second-team honors.

Lloyd, a native of St. John’s Antigua and Barbuda, earned first-team All-America honors in the 200-meter dash, finishing eighth (22.80 seconds).

Senior distance specialist Sydney Seymour earned second-team All-America honors in the 5,000-meter run.

She finished 13th with a time of 15:51.50. The performance netted Seymour the first All-America recognition of her career.

Tennessee finishes third in NCAA Outdoor Championships

Tennessee finishes third in NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Tennessee’s men’s track team finished third in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Park in Eugene, Oregon.

Third place is the Volunteers’ best finish since 2002 and the first top-10 result since 2017.

The Vols completed in the event with 16 All-American athletes during the three-day competition.

Florida won the national championship with 54 points. Texas was second (38) and the Vols totaled 34 points.

On day No. 3, Tennessee’s Favour Ashe finished second in the 100-meter dash (10.08 seconds). His time netted him first-team All-America status.

Ashe also teamed with Wayne Pinnock, Carey McLeod and Emmanuel Bynum to finish fourth in the 4×100-meter relay with a time of 38.83

Tennessee’s 4×400-meter relay team of Rasheeme Griffith, Jakwan Hale, Bynum and Christopher Bailey earned second-team All-America accolades.

Jalen Tate earned second-team All-America status as he finished ninth in the triple jump with a mark of 16.05 meters (52 feet, 8 inches).

Latavia Maines, Yariel Soto receive All-America honors

Latavia Maines and Yariel Soto receive All-America honors.

Lady Vols’ track and field athlete Latavia Maines finished 12th in the shot put competition at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday.

The women were in the spotlight Thursday at the University of Oregon’s  Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Maines’ effort of 16.96 meters (55 feet, 7.75 inches) netted her second-team All-America honors.

Tennessee’s women’s 4×400 relay team of Uchechi Nwogwugwu, Allison Rand, Kyla Robinson-Hubbard and Mia O’ Neil received honorable mention All-America accolades.

Lady Vols’ sprinter Joella Lloyd advanced to the finals of the 100-meter and 200-meter events.

For the men, Yariel Soto finished 10th in the decathlon and earned second-team All-America honors. He scored 7,668 points and posted personal best times in the 110-meter hurdles (15.28 seconds) and 1,500-meter run (4:27.48).

Wayne Pinnock wins long jump national championship

Tennessee’s Wayne Pinnock wins the long jump national championship.

Tennessee freshman Wayne Pinnock won the long jump national title Wednesday at the 2022 NCAA outdoor track and field national championships.

The University of Oregon serves as the hosting site at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

The national championship is Pinnock’s second. He won the indoor national championship earlier this year.

Pinnock, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, claimed the outdoor championship with a leap of 8.00 meters (26 feet, 3 inches) on his sixth and final attempt.

With his championship, Pinnock receives first-team All-America honors.

He was one of three Tennessee long jumpers to post a podium finish.

Carey McLeod finished fourth with a mark of 7.90 meters (25-11) and Anthony Riley came in eighth with a leap of 7.80 meters (25-7.25).

Both McLeod and Riley achieved All-America status.

Jordan West finished fourth in the shot put with an effort of  20.28 meters (66-6.25). He is also an All-American.

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Beth Alford-Sullivan leaves track and cross country programs

Beth Alford-Sullivan leaves Tennessee’s track and cross country programs.

Tennessee has agreed to mutually part ways with its director of track and field/cross country Beth Alford-Sullivan.

Vice chancellor/director of athletics Danny White announced Thursday Alford-Sullivan would leave the program effective immediately.

Assistant coach Ken Harnden will oversee the program while the school undertakes a comprehensive search for Alford-Sullivan’s permanent replacement.

Alford-Sullivan departs the UT program after leading the men’s and women’s track and field teams for eight seasons.

In 2014, she became the first woman in the Southeastern Conference to oversee a men’s program in any sport.

Under Alford-Sullivan’s direction, Tennessee has set many individual records.

She coached five-time NCAA champion Christian Coleman, a winner of the Bowerman Award in 2017.

Throughout its tradition-rich track and field history, the Volunteers and Lady Vols have won a combined eight national team titles with four coming since 2000.

UT has also produced 45 Olympians, 18 of which have medaled. Vols and Lady Vols athletes have won 10 gold medals.

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Longhorn signee Brenen Thompson shows off blazing speed at Texas state track meet

Speeeeeeed.

There has been many differences in the ways Tom Herman and Steve Sarkisian recruited the wide receiver position.

The disparity is evident in Sarkisian’s first class of recruits and transfers, as he values blazing track speed that translates to the field regardless of how big the pass catcher is. One of the two receivers that the Longhorns are bringing in as member of their 2022 recruiting class, Brenen Thompson, is the fastest player in Texas.

Thompson showed off his speed that will be on campus in fall, as he won the 3A 100m gold and 200m gold.

Thompson’s speed could easily help him see the field in 2022, even with all of the talent in front of him.

His 200m championship marks his second of his high school career as he won last year as well, and the 100m championship avenges his second place finish that he had in last year’s race as well.

Wayne Pinnock, Jordan West win SEC track championships

Wayne Pinnock and Jordan West win SEC track championships.

Two Tennessee athletes won conference titles Friday at the Southeastern Conference outdoor track and field championships in Oxford, Mississippi.

Freshman Wayne Pinnock won a title in the men’s long jump. Senior Jordan West claimed a championship in men’s shot put.

Day No. 2 of the meet was delayed more than five hours due to inclement weather.

Pinnock, who won the indoor long jump national championship in March, claimed a conference outdoor title with a leap of 8.05 meters (26 feet, 5.00 inches).

The Volunteers swept the top two spots in the long jump as Carey McLeod finished second with a mark of 7.91 meters (25-11.5).

West claimed a shot put title with an effort of 20.28 meters (66-6.50).

Alex Crigger won a bronze medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as he finished the race with a season-best time of 8:52.31.

Yariel Soto earned a bronze medal in the decathlon as he scored 7,600 points.

The Lady Vols medaled in the women’s shot put as Latavia Maines earned a bronze with a season-best mark of 17.86 meters (58-7.25).

Georgios Korakidis wins bronze in hammer throw

Georgios Korakidis wins bronze in hammer throw.

Tennessee senior track and field athlete Georgios Korakidis captured the school’s first medal at the Southeastern Conference outdoor championships Thursday in Oxford, Mississippi.

Korakidis, a senior for the Volunteers, won a bronze medal in the men’s hammer throw at the Ole Miss Track and Field Complex.

His best throw of the day was an effort of 69.64 meters (228 feet, 5 inches). Three throws surpassed 64 meters.

His teammate with the Vols, Karl Thiessen, posted a fourth-place finish in the 10,000-meter run as he crossed the finish line in 29 minutes, 32.36 seconds.

For the Lady Vols, Sydney Seymour came in fourth in the women’s 10,000-meter run. She finished the race in 34:39.37. The mark represents the best time of her career and ranks fifth in UT history.