Lady Vols Top Hoosiers in Tennessee-Indiana Duals

Saturday, January 11

Bloomington, IN

12:00 PM

University of Tennessee

Tennessee-Indiana Duals

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January 11, 2020 | Track & Field

Full Results

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Tennessee women's track & field team opened its indoor season with a dual meet victory over Indiana Saturday afternoon, as the Lady Vols topped the Hoosiers by a score of 71-51 at the Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse. UT came up just short on the men's side as No. 5 Indiana defeated No. 21 Tennessee 64-58.

"It was a big day for the Lady Vols," Tennessee director of track & field Beth Alford-Sullivan said following the meet. "A 20-point win and a great, full-team effort. Our entire team competed hard and we are fit, healthy and ready for 2020. I am excited to see how far these women can go this season.

"Our men also competed hard. We battled back and forth with Indiana for three hours and I was so impressed with our efforts. We kept a few key athletes out of the lineup that could have given us the few extra points we needed to win, but in the early season we have to make some conservative decisions. I am confident the Vols will have a great season ahead."

Tennessee picked up 15 event victories on the afternoon to go along with two school records and four meet records. Read below for the team's most notable achievements from Bloomington.

MAXWELL OPENS WITH RECORD PERFORMANCE: Tennessee senior captain Joseph Maxwell began his season breaking the all-time program record in the men's indoor shot put. On his final attempt of the day, the Evansville, Ontario, Canada, native launched the shot 19.46m (63-10.25) for a Tennessee record, meet record and half-meter personal best indoors.

SULLIVAN GRABS NCAA LEAD: Senior high jumper Darryl Sullivan posted a stellar season opener, clearing a height of 2.25m (7-4.5) for the No. 1 mark in the NCAA this season. Competing from a short approach, the jump also set a meet record and was one centimeter shy of his personal-best that was set at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships.

HAYDEN THROWS ROOKIE RECORD: In the first meet of her collegiate career, Chandler Hayden took down the all-time UT freshman record in the women's weight throw with a mark of 19.37m (63-6.75) on her final throw. The performance ranks No. 5 in Tennessee history.

PODIUM SWEEPS: The Lady Vols went 1-2-3 in three events on Saturday - 60m hurdles, 400m dash 3,000m run.

Domonique Turner posted a meet record in the 60m hurdles with her time of 8.20, an improvement of .09 seconds on her personal best. Saturday's performance currently ranks No. 4 in the NCAA and No. 5 on UT's all-time top-10 list. Turner was followed closely by Alexis Duncan (8.23), Kiara Rhodes (8.41) and Akira Rhodes (8.66).

Freshman phenom Britton Wilson ran a 54.72 for the win in her 400m dash college debut. Brooklynn Broadwater and Martina Weil placed second and third with times of 55.34 and 55.64, respectively.

Tennessee's distance runners carried momentum from cross country season to the track on Saturday as Megan Murray, Katie Thronson and newcomer Olivia Janke took the top-three spots in the women's 3,000m. The trio posted times of 9:54.30, 9:55.14 and 9:55.32 to help the Lady Vols earn eight points at the meet.

UT CLEANS UP TRIPLE JUMP: Tennessee jumpers Alonie Sutton and Jalen Tate took home victories in the women's and men's triple jump, respectively. Sutton's mark of 13.09m broke her own meet record from the 2019 season and currently ranks as the No. 3 triple jump in the country. Tate opened his season with a 14.51m leap to claim gold in the event.

KAY SHINES IN DEBUT: In the men's 800m, UT freshman Alex Kay threw down a lifetime-best 1:51.24. His time ranks third in the NCAA this season and was good for second at the meet.

WINNERS, WINNERS: Other event winners for the Big Orange at the Tennessee-Indiana Duals included Hannah Jefcoat (women's pole vault, 3.95m), Eric Parker (men's 60m hurdles, 8.17), Joella Lloyd (women's 60m dash, 7.42), Anthony Riley (men's long jump, 7.27m), Emmanuel Bynum (men's 400m, 48.07), Sebastian Cooper (men's 200m, 21.95) and the women's 4x400m relay team of freshmen Britton Wilson, Vanessa Watson, Shatara Johnson and Jada Chambers (3:45.48).

FINAL WORDS FROM COACH SULLIVAN: "We have over 40 new people with our program this year and 35 made their debut today. We look great and will continue to progress as we move forward.

"Thanks to [Indiana head coach] Ron Helmer and his staff. His squads are both very good. We're on to Virginia Tech next week."

UP NEXT: Tennessee will send a group of athletes to Blacksburg, Virginia, next weekend for the Hokie Invitational. The meet is set for Friday and Saturday, January 17-18 at Virginia Tech's Rector Fieldhouse.

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