Tennessee Jumpers & Throwers Shine on Final Day of Hokie Invite

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Tennessee Jumpers & Throwers Shine on Final Day of Hokie Invite

January 22, 2022 | Track & Field

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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Tennessee track & field's jumpers and throwers shined on the final day of the Hokie Invitational Saturday as the two groups combined for five personal bests and a pair of event wins.

On her final throw of the day, Latavia Maines heaved the shot put 17.08m (56.5) to surpass Maria Deaviz of Virginia to claim the women's shot put event title. A three-time SEC champion in women's shot put, Saturday marked Maines' 2022 season debut.

Over at the long jump, Anthony Riley set an indoor personal-best with a jump of 7.65m (25-1.25). Riley won the men's long jump competition and narrowly missed eclipsing his outdoor long jump PR of 7.66m (25-1.75).

"I feel really, really good after this weekend," director of track & field/cross country Beth Alford-Sullivan said. "We took this weekend off with our male sprinters and some of our other sprint focus kids, but other than that, man, we're firing on all cylinders. I feel like there's a lot left in the tank for everybody."

JUMPING QUEEN
For the second week in a row, Charisma Taylor set a personal-best mark in the women's long jump and moved higher on the Lady Vol indoor long jump top-10 list.

On her third jump of the day, Taylor leaped 6.31m (20-8.5) and moved from sixth to fourth on the Tennessee indoor long jump top-10 list. She placed second overall in the event but was the highest collegiate finisher.

THREE PERSONAL BESTS FROM THE THROWS
Skylar Coffey's first shot put throw of the 2022 season set a personal best mark at 17.11m (56-1.75). He eclipsed that distance on his second throw going 17.43m (57-2.25). Not satisfied, Coffey heaved the shot put further on his fourth attempt, reaching his current personal best mark at 17.65m (57-11).

On the women's side, Chandler Hayden hit a personal best in the shot put at 13.87m (45-6.25), while Zoe Vlk set a PR at 13.21m (43-4.25).

PR's IN THE MULTIS
Yariel Soto and Peyton Davis set personal-best point totals as the men's heptathlon wrapped up Saturday at the Hokie Invitational. Soto finished third at the meet with 5,506 points, while Davis placed fifth at 5,330 points.

Soto and Davis also set personal best times in the 60-meter hurdles, running 8.56 and 8.62, respectively.

The 5,506 points for Soto rank seventh all-time in the heptathlon in Tennessee history.

PR TRACKER
Peyton Davis – Men's Heptathlon 60mH – 8.62
Peyton Davis – Men's Heptathlon – 5,330 points
Yariel Soto – Men's Heptathlon 60mH – 8.56
Yariel Soto – Men's Heptathlon – 5,506 points
Charisma Taylor – Women's Long Jump – 6.31m (20-8.5)
Skylar Coffey – Men's Shot Put – 17.65m (57-11)
Mia O'Neil – Women's 400 – 55.74
Emily Knight – Women's 800 – 2:16.47
Jensen Overbay – Women's 800 – 2:20.23
Maia Stewart – Women's 800 – 2:21.53
Joe Hoots – Men's 800 – 1:50.35
Preston Ruth – Men's 800 – 1:56.75
Anthony Riley – Men's Long Jump – 7.65m (25-1.25)
Chandler Hayden – Women's Shot Put – 13.87m (45-6.25)
Zoe Vlk – Women's Shot Put – 13.21m (43-4.25)

FINAL THOUGHT FROM ALFORD-SULLIVAN
"You saw it with Anthony and Latavia today, our kids are competing. It is great to see. People are putting it down on the final lap. People are kicking it in for a win. It's really been fun. We have a whole new element of school coming back and we have to get back to work academically, but I think this group is very well focused and very excited. I am proud of my coaching staff, proud of my athletes. We'll continue to press on and get through next weekend as we had to Clemson."

UP NEXT
The Vols and Lady Vols head to Clemson, South Carolina, next weekend as they continue their indoor season at the Bob Pollock Meet on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29.

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