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Coleman, Blaase Earn Co-MVPs at SEC Indoors
February 27, 2016 | Track & Field
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Tennessee's Christian Coleman and Chelsea Blaase were named co-winners of the men's and women's Cliff Harper Awards, capping an impressive showing by UT on Saturday at the 2016 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships at Randal Tyson Track Center.
SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Men - Team Finishes
1. Arkansas (109)
2. Texas A&M (85.83)
3. Ole Miss (80.50)
4. Florida (64.33)
5. Georgia (52)
6. Alabama (49)
6. LSU (49)
8. Tennessee (47)
9. South Carolina (35.33)
10. Missouri (33)
11. Kentucky (32)
12. Auburn (24)
Women - Team Finishes
1. Arkansas (110)
2. LSU (67)
3. Georgia (65)
4. Tennessee (64)
4. Florida (64)
6. Kentucky (48)
7. Texas A&M (44)
8. Alabama (43)
9. Mississippi State (42)
10. Auburn (33)
11. South Carolina (26)
12. Vanderbilt (24)
13. Missouri (17)
14. Ole Miss (16)
The Cliff Harper Award is given to the athletes who score the most points at the SEC Championships. On the men's side, Coleman totaled 20 points to tie Ole Miss' Ryan Walling. Coleman took gold in the men's 60 meters and silver in the 200 meters and 4x400-meter relay. Blaase tallied 20 points, tying LSU's Mikiah Brisco. Blaase took gold in both the 3000 meters and the 5000 meters.
Arkansas swept the SEC team titles, winning the men's crown with 109 points and the women's with 110.
The Tennessee women finished tied for fourth place with 64 points and tallied four gold medals (200 meters, 3000 meters, 5000 meters, 4x400 relay) and one silver (shot put). Like Blaase, Felicia Brown was a two-time gold medalist, winning the 200 meters in a school record and world-leading 22.45 and running anchor on UT's school-record setting 4x400 (3:30.56).
Lenysse Dyer, Felecia Majors and Layla White joined Brown on the winning 4x400m relay.
The UT men placed eighth, scoring 47 points. The men collected two golds (60 meters, weight throw), two silvers (200 meters, 4x400 relay) and one bronze (pole vault). Cameron Brown took gold in the weight throw with a throw of 22.28m (73-1.75)
Ari Cogdell, Antonio Carter and Nathan Strother joined Coleman on the 4x400 relay.
ESPN will air a re-broadcast of the 2016 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET.
Tennessee shifts its focus to the 2016 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, which will be held March 11-12 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala.
Stay tuned to UTSports.com for more updates to this recap!
Tennessee Men
SATURDAY
60m Final: 1. Christian Coleman, 6.56
200m Final: 2. Christian Coleman, 20.54!
5000m Final: 4. Austin Whitelaw, 14:02.87
DMR: 11. Tennessee (Zach Long, Darryl Harris, Tyler Woodrome, Austin Whitelaw), 9.57.42
4x400m: 2. Tennessee (Ari Cogdell, Christian Coleman, Antonio Carter, Nathan Strother), 3:07.07
Triple Jump Final: 14. Weldon Wright, 13.98m (45-10.50)
Weight Throw Final: 1. Cameron Brown, 22.28m (73-1.25); 12. Matthew Zajac, 19.31m (63-4.25); Seth Whitener, foul
FRIDAY
60m Prelims: 3. Christian Coleman, 6.63Q (1st in Heat 2)
200m Prelims: 3. Christian Coleman, 20.76Q (1st in Heat 2)
400m Prelims: 10. Nathan Strother, 46.85 (1st in Heat 3)
800m Prelims: 13. Antonio Carter, 1:49.45 (4th in Heat 3)
Mile Prelims: 19. Tyler Woodrome, 4:13.60 (10th in Heat 1); 21. Zach Long, 4:14.53! (10th in Heat 2)
3000m Final: 15. Jack Little, 8:26.96! (4th in Heat 1); 18. Austin Whitelaw, 8:31.86 (14th in Heat 2)
High Jump Final: 10. Wesley Edwards, 2.02m (6-7.50)
Long Jump Final: 9. Mustaqeem Williams, 7.33m! (24-0.75)
Pole Vault Final: 3. Jake Blankenship, 5.30m (17-4.50); 11. Ocean Walters-Carlson, 5.00m! (16-4.75); Nate Harper, nh
Shot Put Final: 11. Matthew Zajac, 16.42m! (53-10.50)
Tennessee Women
SATURDAY
60m Final: 5. Felicia Brown, 7.28
200m Final: 1. Felicia Brown, 22.45!sr; 6. Felecia Majors, 23.36
400m Final: 4. Felecia Majors, 52.49
5000m Final: 1. Chelsea Blaase, 16:22.32
4x400 Final: 1. Tennessee (Lenysse Dyer, Felecia Majors, Layla White, Felicia Brown), 3:30.56sr
Pole Vault Final: 5. Kristen Denk, 4.22m! (13-10.00)
Triple Jump Final: 11. Cidae'a Woods, 12.55m! (41-2.25); 15. Brielyn Rogers, 12.24m (40-2.00)
Weight Throw Final: 15. Savannah Marlow, 17.18m (56-4.50)
FRIDAY
60m Prelims: 1. Felicia Brown, 7.23Q! (1st in Heat 3); 10. Kali Davis-White, 7.39 (2nd in Heat 1)
200m Prelims: 1. Felicia Brown, 22.73Q! (1st in Heat 6); 6. Felecia Majors, 23.38Q (1st in Heat 9); 13. Kali Davis-White, 23.60 (2nd in Heat 8); 31. Maia McCoy, 25.17 (4th in Heat 5)
400m Prelims: 3. Felecia Majors, 52.73Q (1st in Heat 1); 17. Layla White, 54.12 (3rd in Heat 4); 23. Lenysse Dyer, 55.00 (2nd in Heat 6)
3000m Final: 1. Chelsea Blaase, 9:20.57 (1st in Heat 2); 20. Jessica Rizor, 10:06.98 (6th in Heat 1)
Long Jump Final: 9. Cidae'a Woods, 6.09m (19-11.75); 20. Chyna Ries, 5.65m (18-6.50)
Shot Put Final: 2. Cassie Wertman, 17.24m! (56-6.75)
! - Personal Best, $ - SEC Record, a - American Record, b - Banked Track, c - Collegiate Record, adv. - Advanced, dna - Did Not Advance, dnf - Did Not Finish, dnr - Did Not Run, dns - Did Not Score, dq - Disqualified, F - Foul, f - Facility Record, fr - Freshman Record, fr* - Tied Freshman Record, fs - False Start, H - Heptathlon, h - Hand-Timed, mr - Meet Record, nh - No Height, nm - No Mark, P - Pentathlon, sr - School Record, u - Undersized Track, w - wind-aided, wr - World Record
