Track Central: Clark Wood Open

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — 17 athletes from the Tennessee track & field program will head north of the state line this weekend for the Clark Wood Open, hosted by the University of Louisville. The meet is set for Friday and Saturday, April 23-24 at Owsley B. Frazier Cardinal Park.

The Big Orange will be represented in 13 events throughout the weekend, beginning Friday at 2 p.m. as Prom'Myse Hoosier and Kiara Rhodes compete in the second flight of the women's long jump. The opening day's action will conclude at 5:40 p.m. with Britton Wilson running the 400-meter hurdles.

Saturday's competition will open at 12:30 p.m. when graduate transfer Jah-Nhai Perinchief makes his Tennessee debut in flight two of the men's triple jump. The meet will wrap up for UT at 3:50 p.m. as the redshirt freshman duo of Matthew McMillan and Eli Nahom run the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

The full meet schedule can be viewed here, while heat sheets can be found here. Live results from the Clark Wood Open will be provided by DC Timing LLC.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS: Tennessee will be one of 21 Division I schools represented at the meet. Other programs include Bellarmine, Belmont, Bowling Green, Butler, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, DePaul, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Illinois, Illinois State, Kennesaw State, Louisville, Loyola-Chicago, Memphis, Murray State, Notre Dame, Southern Illinois, Vanderbilt, Western Kentucky and Xavier.

LAST TIME OUT: The Big Orange split up last weekend with entries at the Virginia Challenge and the USC Open. UT totaled six event titles and nine outdoor personal-best marks over the course of the weekend.

NCAA TOP-25 MARKS: Through the five weeks of outdoor season, the Vols and Lady Vols have combined for 15 marks that rank inside the top-25 on the NCAA Division I leaderboard.

Maia McCoy - Women's 100m - 11.23 (No. 12 NCAA)
Christopher Bailey - Men's 400m - 45.25 (No. 6 NCAA)
Emmanuel Bynum - Men's 400m - 45.96 (No. 20 NCAA)
Katie Thronson - Women's 5,000m - 15:54.60 (No. 25 NCAA)
Rasheeme Griffith - Men's 400m Hurdles - 50.56 (No. 14 NCAA)
Vanessa Watson - Women's 400m Hurdles - 57.88 (No. 16 NCAA)
Chambers, Lloyd, Cameron, McCoy - Women's 4x100m Relay - 44.26 (No. 17 NCAA)
Cooper, Bailey, Bynum, Sacoor - Men's 4x400m Relay - 3:06.64 (No. 23 NCAA)
Darryl Sullivan - Men's High Jump - 2.26m / 7-5 (No. 1 NCAA)
Carey McLeod - Men's Triple Jump - 16.08m / 52-9.25 (No. 12 NCAA)
Jalen Tate - Men's Triple Jump - 16.01m / 52-6.5 (No. 16 NCAA)
Jordan West - Men's Shot Put - 19.85m / 65-1.5 (No. 6 NCAA)
Latavia Maines - Women's Shot Put - 17.96m / 58-11.25 (No. 2 NCAA)
Georgios Korakidis - Men's Hammer Throw - 67.80m / 222-5 (No. 14 NCAA)
Yariel Soto - Men's Decathlon - 7,363 points (No. 19 NCAA)

UP NEXT: Tennessee will conclude the outdoor regular season at home, hosting the Tennessee Challenge on Saturday, May 1 at Tom Black Track. Postseason action begins two weeks later with the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 13-15) in Bryan-College Station, Texas.

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Players Mentioned

Christopher Bailey

Emmanuel Bynum

Rasheeme Griffith

Prom'Myse Hoosier

Georgios Korakidis

Latavia Maines

Maia McCoy

Carey McLeod

Matthew McMillan

Eli Nahom

Jah-Nhai Perinchief

Kiara Rhodes

Yariel Soto

Darryl Sullivan

Jalen Tate

Katie Thronson

Vanessa Watson

Jordan West

Britton Wilson

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