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Four UT Athletes Crack 2023 NCAA Top 10 Friday At Bob Pollock Invite
January 27, 2023 | Track & Field
CLEMSON, S.C. — Four members of the Tennessee track & field program established times that rank inside the top 10 nationally with their performances on Friday at the Bob Pollock Invitational inside the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex, highlighting a strong showing for the Big Orange to open the third weekend of the 2023 indoor campaign.
Redshirt junior Emmanuel Bynum had the NCAA's second-fastest indoor 400-meter dash this season, shattering his lifetime-best with a clocking of 46.05 to win the event at Clemson. The Memphis native moved into the all-time Tennessee top 10 with his showing, ranking third on the program list and logging the fastest quarter-mile by a Vol since Nathan Strother in 2018.
Continuing her phenomenal start as a Lady Vol, redshirt junior Jacious Sears reigned victorious in the women's 60-meter dash with a PR of 7.17 seconds in Friday's final. The mark ranks No. 5 in the nation this season and second in the SEC, while improving Sears' standing as the No. 3 performer in school history behind two 7.15 clockings from Joella Lloyd (2021) and Courtney Champion (2007).
A pair of Tennessee 60-meter hurdlers added to the program's national prominence, including school record holder Charisma Taylor who ran a season-best 8.10 in the women's final for the No. 6 time in the nation during the 2022-23 season. Redshirt junior Jesse Henderson also turned in a season-best time in prelims on the men's side, clocking in at 7.71 to rank ninth in the NCAA and move up five spots to No. 5 on UT's all-time performance list.
Additionally, freshman sprinter Javonya Valcourt continued to progress in the 400-meter dash with a third-consecutive week setting an indoor PR. She won Friday's competition with a time of 53.67, ranking top-16 in the country this season and fourth among NCAA freshman according to the TFRRS Division I Indoor Qualifying List.
Redshirt junior Chandler Hayden wrapped up Friday's action at Clemson in the women's weight throw and topped her personal-best as well, logging a throw of 21.39m (70-2.25) on her fifth round attempt to place fourth at the meet and improve on her mark as the No. 3 performer in Lady Vol history. Including marks from Friday's competition at the Bob Pollock Meet, she sits 14th in the collegiate ranks this season.
Tennessee's complete results from Friday can be accessed via AdkinsTrak Timing Associates.
PR TRACKER: Tennessee athletes combined to record six indoor personal records on Friday at the Bob Pollock Invitational.
Redshirt junior Emmanuel Bynum had the NCAA's second-fastest indoor 400-meter dash this season, shattering his lifetime-best with a clocking of 46.05 to win the event at Clemson. The Memphis native moved into the all-time Tennessee top 10 with his showing, ranking third on the program list and logging the fastest quarter-mile by a Vol since Nathan Strother in 2018.
Continuing her phenomenal start as a Lady Vol, redshirt junior Jacious Sears reigned victorious in the women's 60-meter dash with a PR of 7.17 seconds in Friday's final. The mark ranks No. 5 in the nation this season and second in the SEC, while improving Sears' standing as the No. 3 performer in school history behind two 7.15 clockings from Joella Lloyd (2021) and Courtney Champion (2007).
A pair of Tennessee 60-meter hurdlers added to the program's national prominence, including school record holder Charisma Taylor who ran a season-best 8.10 in the women's final for the No. 6 time in the nation during the 2022-23 season. Redshirt junior Jesse Henderson also turned in a season-best time in prelims on the men's side, clocking in at 7.71 to rank ninth in the NCAA and move up five spots to No. 5 on UT's all-time performance list.
Additionally, freshman sprinter Javonya Valcourt continued to progress in the 400-meter dash with a third-consecutive week setting an indoor PR. She won Friday's competition with a time of 53.67, ranking top-16 in the country this season and fourth among NCAA freshman according to the TFRRS Division I Indoor Qualifying List.
Redshirt junior Chandler Hayden wrapped up Friday's action at Clemson in the women's weight throw and topped her personal-best as well, logging a throw of 21.39m (70-2.25) on her fifth round attempt to place fourth at the meet and improve on her mark as the No. 3 performer in Lady Vol history. Including marks from Friday's competition at the Bob Pollock Meet, she sits 14th in the collegiate ranks this season.
Tennessee's complete results from Friday can be accessed via AdkinsTrak Timing Associates.
PR TRACKER: Tennessee athletes combined to record six indoor personal records on Friday at the Bob Pollock Invitational.
- Jacious Sears - Women's 60m - 7.17
- Javonya Valcourt - Women's 400m - 53.67
- Sarah Schmitt - Women's Pole Vault - 3.81m / 12-6
- Chandler Hayden - Women's Weight Throw - 21.39m / 70-2.25
- T'Mars McCallum - Men's 60m - 6.74
- Emmanuel Bynum - Men's 400m - 46.05
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