University of Tennessee Athletics
Track & Field Central: SEC Relays
April 26, 2017 | Track & Field
Live Results | Schedule of Events | Heat Sheets | Men's Stats | Women's Stats
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee track and field heads to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the two-day SEC Relays at Bernie Moore Track on the campus of LSU on Friday and Saturday.
Field events begin at 3 p.m. on Friday with the women's discus while the track opens at 5:30 p.m. Saturday's schedule kicks off with the men's hammer throw at 10:30 a.m. The meet will be a combined score based on men's and women's relays in nine different events including a jumps and a throws relay.
"We're headed south to LSU and are looking forward to the first-ever Southeastern Conference Relays. LSU is a great host and they offer a competitive environment on the Bernie Moore Track. We're approaching this weekend, running the traditional relays, but we are also thrilled to have our field events count in relay scoring and also be participating in a few open results. Mostly though, we are thrilled to see our conference competitors a little bit early to give us some time to gear up for the battle that is the SEC Championships. We look forward to this trip to see what we will be expecting in a few weeks at the SEC Championships."
Competing Teams
No. 21/23 Tennessee, no. 1/1 Texas A&M, no. 6/4 LSU, No. 5/10 Alabama, No. 15/3 Arkansas, no. 20/8 Kentucky, no. 17/17 Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt.
Last Time Out
This past weekend the Vols split the squad with the majority of the team competing at the USC Open. Tennessee entered competitors in 22 different events and claimed a first or second place finish in 21 of those including 15 event wins. The Vols also notched 30 top three performances and set 10 personal bests at the USC Open. Tennessee sent a distance crew to the Virginia Challenge.
Coleman claimed a pair of first place finishes for the Vols as he won the 100m and 200m dashes. He recorded his 100m time of 10.30 while running into a -1.4 headwind. He defeated Walter Dix and Ncincilili Titi. Coleman, opening his outdoor season in the 200m, recorded the fifth-fastest time in the NCAA this year. Elion took fifth (21.40) as he won the second heat and Strother finished in sixth (21.47).
Strother won the men's 400m in 46.22 while Ari Cogdell took second in 46.92. Marcellus Fletcher and Weldon Wright finished first and third in the triple jump. Fletcher finished in first with a leap of 14.43m (47-4.25) while Wright jumped 14.30m (46-11) to take third. Tristan Slater earned another Tennessee victory as he cleared 5.05m (16-6.75) on his third attempt.
Seth Whitener and Cameron Brown took second and third overall and finished as the top two collegians in the men's hammer throw. Whitener recorded the fourth-best throw in school history with a new personal best of 65.74m (215-8). Brown posted a throw of 65.66m (215-5). Matthew Zajac claimed the Vols' 15th win of the day as he claimed the discus crown. Zajac notched a throw of 57.48m (188-7).
The women's 4x100m relay team claimed the eight-fastest time in the country. The group of Cidae'a Woods, Shania Collins, Lenysse Dyer and Maia McCoy posted a time of 43.96 to win the competition and record the 11th-fastest mark in school history and the ninth-ranked school in the NCAA.
Tennessee dominated the women's sprints as the Vols swept the top three places in the 200m and took three of the top five spots in the 100m. Collins recorded the eighth best 200m time in school history when she crossed the line in 22.99. That mark ranks in the 23rd in the NCAA this year. Dyer tied her career best mark with a time of 23.36 and took second place. McCoy set a new personal best of 23.58 and took third. In the 100m, Collins won with a time of 11.67 while McCoy finished in fourth (12.00) and Dyer took fifth (12.03).
Domonique Turner took second place in the 100m hurdles and was first among collegians with a time of 13.76. That mark was a season best for Turner and .02 seconds from the school's all-time top 10 list. Maya Neal won the second heat as she recorded a personal best of 14.08 seconds and took fifth place overall.
The Vols swept the shot put podium as Cassie Wertman, Scarvelis and Crockett earned the top three places. Wertman won her second event of the season with a mark of 16.26m (53-4.25). Scarvelis took second with a top throw of 16.20m (53-1.75) while Crockett posted a third-place throw of 14.86m (48-9).
Chelsea Blaase opened her 2017 outdoor season in the 10,000m competition at the Virginia Challenge. She claimed a third place finish with a time of 34:17.68. That mark ranks 26th in the East Region so far this season.
SEC Relays
Women's Competitors
100m: Cidae'a Woods, Domonique Turner
200m: Shania Collins, Lenysse Dyer, Maia McCoy, Layla White, Maya Neal, Domonique Turner
400m: Layla White
100m Hurdles: Domonique Turner, Maya Neal
400m Hurdles: Brooklynn Broadwater
4x100m Relay: Tennessee
4x400m Relay: Tennessee
Long Jump:Cidae'a Woods, Maya Neal
Triple Jump:Cidae'a Woods, Brielyn Rogers
Hammer: Stamatia Scarvelis, Savannah Marlow, Candice Butler
Shot Put: Cassie Wertman, Stamatia Scarvelis, Tamia Crockett
Discus: Stamatia Scarvelis, Tamia Crockett
Men's Competitors
100m: Christian Coleman, Malik Elion
200m: Mustaqeem Williams, Malik Elion, Nathan Strother, Ari Cogdell, Darryl Harris
400m: Darryl Harris
1500m: Zach Long, Drew Kelley, Adam Johnston
400m Hurdles: Joshua McLemore
4x100m Relay: Tennessee
4x400m Relay: Tennessee
1600m Sprint Medley Relay: Tennessee
Pole Vault: Tristan Slater
High Jump: Darryl Sullivan
Long Jump: Bruce DeGrilla
Hammer: Seth Whitener, Cameron Brown, Matthew Zajac
Discus: Matthew Zajac
Javelin: Nick Hassler
