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January 31, 2001 | Men's Track
Adrian
Wheatley
Junior, 400/800/400 Hurdles
5-11 155
Worthington, Ohio
2000-Outdoor- Redshirted...Served as a team captain for the 2000 season.
Indoor- Posted best 400M dash time of season (48.35) at the SEC Quad (Jan. 22) to finish second and contribute points for the Vols...Ran a season-best 1:51.64 in the 800M run at the Kroger Invitational (Feb. 12) to finish fifth...Finished 20th in the 800M run preliminaries at the SEC Indoors with a time of 1:53.41...Ran the anchor on Tennessee's second-place 4x400M relay team that clocked in at 3:16.36 at the Sprint Invitational...Opened the season on a strong note by winning the 800M run in 1:55.23 and running the third leg of Tennessee's winning 4x400M relay (3:16.04) at the Virginia Tech Invitational...Also ran the second leg of Tennessee's two fastest 4x400M relays of the indoor season--a sixth-place, 3:12.65 at the SEC Indoors and a second-place, 3:13.41 at the Kroger Invitational.
1999- A versatile athlete who can help the Vols in many different areas...Established three career marks in 1999...Named the Most Imporved Track Athlete at Tennessee's track banquet...Stands atop the list of current Vols in the 800M run..Stands 10th all time among Vols in the 500M run with a 1:05.46...Indoors, he finished seventh in the 400M in an indoor-best time of 50.20 at the Virginia Tech Invitational...Took sixth in the 600M after running a 1:32.16 at the Tennessee/Indiana/Ohio State three-way meet...Competed in the 800M at the Cannon IV Classic posting an indoor season-best 1:55.99...Member of the distance medley relay team that ran a second-place, 10:05.69 at the IKON Invitational in Johnson City...Outdoors, ran fastest split of 45.9 on 4x400M relay team that produced a 3:06.82 to provisionally qualify for nationals...Ran anchor on Tennessee's fourth-place 4x400M relay team that finished in 3:09.88 at the SEC Outdoors...Covered the 400M hurdles in a career-best 53.46, to stand second on the Vols' top times chart in the event, at the Sea Ray Relays...Tennessee's top 800M runner with career-best mark of 1:48.78 at the Georgia Tech Invitational to take fifth-place and provisionally qualify for nationals...Stood second on UT's 1999 400M dash list with top effort of 47.83, Wheatley's career best, at the Raleigh Relays...Ran to a third-place, 1:49.60 finish in the 800M run at the SEC Outdoors.
1998- Took second-place at Indiana Indoor Meet in the 600M with a time of 1:21.03...Finished fourth in the Virginia Tech Invitational in 500M run with mark of 1:05.46...With VT 500M time, moved into 10th on UT's All-Time Top-10 list...Ran the 800M at the Knoxville Invitational...Finished sixth in 400M at Gatorade Track Classic...Part of a successful Distance Medley Relay team...Ran the 400M at the Cannon IV Invitational...Ran in the 400M finals at Sea Rays...Finished fifth in 400M hurdles at LSU Relays.
Cross Country 1998- Squad member.
HIGH SCHOOL- Ran on teams that won league, district and regional championships during his prep career...Played on his school's soccer team that carried a 19-1 record during his senior year and a national ranking...Selected to All-League, All-Region, All-District and All-Ohio squads...Was the state champion in the 4x800M...Holds the school record in the 4x4000M...Was elected the team's co-captain his junior and senior years...Posted career marks in the 200M in a time of 22.0, the 400M in 48.3 and the 800M in a time of 1:57.0.
