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Track Central: NCAA Indoor Championships
March 10, 2022 | Track & Field
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Nine Tennessee track & field student-athletes are set to compete this weekend at the 2022 NCAA Indoor National Championships. The meet runs Friday and Saturday, March 11-12 at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
FOLLOW LIVE
ESPN3 will broadcast the meet live each day, with streams available online through the WatchESPN app. Coverage on both days begins at 4 p.m. ET. Live results for the entire meet will be provided by FlashResults.
WHERE THE VOLS STACK UP
To qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, a student-athlete must rank inside the top-16 of their respective event with marks set during the 2021-22 indoor season. See below for a breakdown of Tennessee's qualifiers and where they rank nationally:
Favour Ashe – Men's 60m Dash – 6.52 (No. 3 NCAA)
Emmanuel Bynum – Men's 200m Dash – 20.67 (No. 8 NCAA)
Carey McLeod – Men's Long Jump – 8.07m / 26-5.75 (No. 3 NCAA)
Carey McLeod – Men's Triple Jump – 16.33m / 53-7 (No. 7 NCAA)
Wayne Pinnock – Men's Long Jump – 7.92m / 26-0 (No. 6 NCAA)
Jordan West – Men's Shot Put – 20.07m / 65-10.25 (No. 8 NCAA)
Yariel Soto – Heptathlon – 5,760 (No. 14 NCAA)
Men's 4x400m Relay – 3:04.65 (No. 10 NCAA)
Joella Lloyd – Women's 60m Dash – 7.21 (No. 11 NCAA)
Latavia Maines – Women's Shot Put – 18.00m / 59-0.75 (No. 5 NCAA)
Charisma Taylor – Women's 60m Hurdles – 7.93 (No. 6 NCAA)
Charisma Taylor – Women's Long Jump – 6.45m / 21-2 (No. 11 NCAA)
Charisma Taylor – Women's Triple Jump – 13.90m / 45-7.25 (No. 4 NCAA)
TAYLOR'S TRIPLE
One of only two athletes competing in three events at the NCAA Championships, newcomer Charisma Taylor is set to represent the Orange & White in the women's 60m hurdles, triple jump and long jump. Taylor scored in all three events at SECs, including coming home with a silver medal in the 60mH and a bronze in the triple jump.
McLEOD BACK AGAIN
McLeod is the three seed in the men's long jump and the seven seed in the triple jump entering the NCAA Championships. It is the third consecutive season he has qualified for both events. The Kingston, Jamaica, native is one of two male athletes in the country to be entered in both horizontal jumping events.
At the SEC meet, McLeod won his second indoor long jump title and finished third on the podium in the triple jump, and was the only male jumper to medal in both events at the conference meet.
THROWS SQUAD
Jordan West earned his second indoor national championship bid with the No. 8 mark in the country this season in the men's shot put. The senior threw 20.07m (65-10.25) at the 2022 SEC Indoor Championships to break his school record and become the first Vol to ever throw 20-meters in shot put. The throw at SECs captured his second silver medal at the conference meet.
Latavia Maines is competing in her third straight NCAA Indoor Championship and is the No. 5 seed heading into the meet.
A three-time SEC shot put champion, Maines broke 18-meters indoors this season at the Music City Challenge with a throw of 18.00m (59-0.75).
MULTI MAGIC
Yariel Soto will represent the Vols in the heptathlon at NCAAs this weekend, becoming UT's first multi-athlete representative at the indoor national meet since Michael Ayers in 2009. Soto finished third in the event at the SEC Championships with a personal-best score of 5,760.
UP NEXT
Tennessee opens its 2022 outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays, hosted by NC State on Thursday, March 24 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee track & field, follow @Vol_Track on Twitter and Instagram.
FOLLOW LIVE
ESPN3 will broadcast the meet live each day, with streams available online through the WatchESPN app. Coverage on both days begins at 4 p.m. ET. Live results for the entire meet will be provided by FlashResults.
WHERE THE VOLS STACK UP
To qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships, a student-athlete must rank inside the top-16 of their respective event with marks set during the 2021-22 indoor season. See below for a breakdown of Tennessee's qualifiers and where they rank nationally:
Favour Ashe – Men's 60m Dash – 6.52 (No. 3 NCAA)
Emmanuel Bynum – Men's 200m Dash – 20.67 (No. 8 NCAA)
Carey McLeod – Men's Long Jump – 8.07m / 26-5.75 (No. 3 NCAA)
Carey McLeod – Men's Triple Jump – 16.33m / 53-7 (No. 7 NCAA)
Wayne Pinnock – Men's Long Jump – 7.92m / 26-0 (No. 6 NCAA)
Jordan West – Men's Shot Put – 20.07m / 65-10.25 (No. 8 NCAA)
Yariel Soto – Heptathlon – 5,760 (No. 14 NCAA)
Men's 4x400m Relay – 3:04.65 (No. 10 NCAA)
Joella Lloyd – Women's 60m Dash – 7.21 (No. 11 NCAA)
Latavia Maines – Women's Shot Put – 18.00m / 59-0.75 (No. 5 NCAA)
Charisma Taylor – Women's 60m Hurdles – 7.93 (No. 6 NCAA)
Charisma Taylor – Women's Long Jump – 6.45m / 21-2 (No. 11 NCAA)
Charisma Taylor – Women's Triple Jump – 13.90m / 45-7.25 (No. 4 NCAA)
TAYLOR'S TRIPLE
One of only two athletes competing in three events at the NCAA Championships, newcomer Charisma Taylor is set to represent the Orange & White in the women's 60m hurdles, triple jump and long jump. Taylor scored in all three events at SECs, including coming home with a silver medal in the 60mH and a bronze in the triple jump.
McLEOD BACK AGAIN
McLeod is the three seed in the men's long jump and the seven seed in the triple jump entering the NCAA Championships. It is the third consecutive season he has qualified for both events. The Kingston, Jamaica, native is one of two male athletes in the country to be entered in both horizontal jumping events.
At the SEC meet, McLeod won his second indoor long jump title and finished third on the podium in the triple jump, and was the only male jumper to medal in both events at the conference meet.
THROWS SQUAD
Jordan West earned his second indoor national championship bid with the No. 8 mark in the country this season in the men's shot put. The senior threw 20.07m (65-10.25) at the 2022 SEC Indoor Championships to break his school record and become the first Vol to ever throw 20-meters in shot put. The throw at SECs captured his second silver medal at the conference meet.
Latavia Maines is competing in her third straight NCAA Indoor Championship and is the No. 5 seed heading into the meet.
A three-time SEC shot put champion, Maines broke 18-meters indoors this season at the Music City Challenge with a throw of 18.00m (59-0.75).
MULTI MAGIC
Yariel Soto will represent the Vols in the heptathlon at NCAAs this weekend, becoming UT's first multi-athlete representative at the indoor national meet since Michael Ayers in 2009. Soto finished third in the event at the SEC Championships with a personal-best score of 5,760.
UP NEXT
Tennessee opens its 2022 outdoor season at the Raleigh Relays, hosted by NC State on Thursday, March 24 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee track & field, follow @Vol_Track on Twitter and Instagram.
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