Track Central: Tyson Invite / Music City Challenge

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee track & field is splitting up this weekend as student-athletes will compete at Arkansas' Tyson Invite and Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge Friday and Saturday, February 11 and 12.

UT's sprinters, jumpers and middle distance athletes will head to Arkansas, while the throwers and distance runners travel to Vanderbilt.

MEET INFO
The Tyson Invite begins Friday at 3:15 p.m. ET with the women's long jump and concludes Saturday at 4:45 p.m. with the women's 4x400-meter relay. A live stream is available for both days starting at 5 p.m. on Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Live results will be provided by Flash Results.

At the Music City Challenge, the Orange & White open at 4 p.m. ET Friday with men's weight throw. Tennessee wraps up its weekend in Nashville on Saturday with the men's and women's 3,000-meter run beginning at approximately 4 p.m.

PrimeTime Timing will supply live results for the meet. Friday's and Saturday's events can be streamed on SECN+ beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday and noon on Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT
Last weekend, the Vols and Lady Vols competed at the Doc Hale Elite Meet and the Meyo Invitational. At Doc Hale, Brooke Dixon broke the freshman record for the indoor mile at 4:44.81. Her time broke the previous rookie record of 4:46.17 set by Sarah Bowman in 2005.

Tennessee also picked up event wins from Uchechi Nwogwugwu in the women's 400-meter and from Ethan Robinson in the men's 60-meter hurdles.

At the Meyo Invitational, Tim Thacker set the second-fastest indoor mile in Vol history, crossing the line in 4:02.79. In the women's mile, Katie Thronson went 4:39.35 to move to third all-time on the Lady Vols' indoor mile top-10 list.

TOP-10 NCAA MARKS
Favour Ashe – 60m – No. 6 NCAA

Emmanuel Bynum – 200m – No. 9 NCAA

Carey McLeod – Long Jump – No. 3 NCAA

Wayne Pinnock – Long Jump – No. 4 NCAA

Charisma Taylor – 60mH – No. 6 NCAA

Charisma Taylor – Triple Jump – No. 3 NCAA

UP NEXT
Tennessee heads into the final weekend before the SEC Championships with competitions at the JDL DMR Invitational and a final trip to Blacksburg, Virginia, for the Virginia Tech Challenge.

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Players Mentioned

Favour Ashe

Emmanuel Bynum

Brooke Dixon

Carey McLeod

Uchechi Nwogwugwu

Wayne Pinnock

Ethan Robinson

Charisma Taylor

Tim Thacker

Katie Thronson

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