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Track Central: Raleigh Relays
March 22, 2023 | Track & Field, Cross Country
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tennessee's 2023 outdoor track & field season begins this week with 32 athletes competing at the Raleigh Relays. NC State serves as host for the meet at Paul Derr Track, running Thursday to Saturday, March 23-25 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The action begins Thursday evening with the men's 1,500-meter, men's 5,000-meter and women's 10,000-meter. Friday's competition starts at 9:30 a.m. with the men's high jump and concludes at 9:05 p.m. with the men's 10,000-meter. The Raleigh Relays will wrap up Saturday, starting with the women's 800-meter at 12:45 p.m. and concluding with the women's 4x400-meter relay at 5:40 p.m.
FOLLOW LIVE: The Raleigh Relays will be streamed all three days via ACC Network Extra, available online at espn.com/watch and the ESPN app. Thursday and Friday's streaming portions both begin at 7 p.m. ET, while the Saturday broadcast will go live at 3 p.m.
Live results for the entire meet will be provided by Flash Results, Inc.
BIG ORANGE DEBUTS: Three Tennessee athletes will suit up in the Orange & White for the first time this weekend. Graduate transfers Devon Brooks (110mH) and Nigel Green (100m, 200m) will make their UT debuts on the men's side, while Lady Vol freshman sprinter Hannah Foxx (100m, 200m) is set for her first collegiate action in Raleigh.
After previously exhausting their indoor eligibility, Lady Vol super seniors Uchechi Nwogwugwu and Nicole Sreenan will officially open their 2023 campaigns this weekend in the 200- and 400-meter dashes at NC State.
INDOOR RECAP: Head coach Duane Ross leads his program into outdoor season after a successful indoor campaign that saw the Big Orange post a pair of top-11 finishes at the NCAA Championships. The Lady Vols tied for 7th at the national meet with 24 points, while the men of UT were 11th with 18 points.
Dylan Jacobs shined for the men at the national championships, collecting his second career NCAA title with a win in the 5k and coming back to place 6th in the 3k. His mark of 13:37.59 in the 5,000-meter was the fastest clocking at altitude in collegiate history. Charisma Taylor stood out for the Lady Vols, becoming the 13th athlete in NCAA history to score in three individual events at the indoor national championships with top-8 finishes in the triple jump (2nd), 60-meter hurdles (3rd) and long jump (5th).
Tennessee's women and men finished third and fifth, respectively, at the SEC Championships while collecting 10 medals, highlighted by conference titles for Jacobs in the men's 3k (7:52.49), Jacious Sears in the women's 60m (7.11) and the Tennessee men's DMR (9:32.75).
Nine school records fell over the course of the 2022-23 indoor season, including four marks that rank among the all-time top three performances in collegiate history. Jacobs sits second all-time in the 3k (7:36.89) and third all-time in the 5k (13:11.01), while Jacious Sears became the 2nd-fastest performer in the women's 60-meter dash with a time of 7.04 seconds. Taylor's lifetime-best triple jump of 14.88m (48-10) at the NCAA Championships also established the Nassau, Bahamas, native as the No. 2 all-time performer in the women's collegiate ranks.
UP NEXT: The Big Orange will compete in a pair of outdoor meets next weekend, traveling to Austin, Texas, for the Texas Relays (March 30 - April 1) and sending a group to High Point, N.C. for the VertKlasse Meeting (March 31 - April 1).
The action begins Thursday evening with the men's 1,500-meter, men's 5,000-meter and women's 10,000-meter. Friday's competition starts at 9:30 a.m. with the men's high jump and concludes at 9:05 p.m. with the men's 10,000-meter. The Raleigh Relays will wrap up Saturday, starting with the women's 800-meter at 12:45 p.m. and concluding with the women's 4x400-meter relay at 5:40 p.m.
FOLLOW LIVE: The Raleigh Relays will be streamed all three days via ACC Network Extra, available online at espn.com/watch and the ESPN app. Thursday and Friday's streaming portions both begin at 7 p.m. ET, while the Saturday broadcast will go live at 3 p.m.
Live results for the entire meet will be provided by Flash Results, Inc.
BIG ORANGE DEBUTS: Three Tennessee athletes will suit up in the Orange & White for the first time this weekend. Graduate transfers Devon Brooks (110mH) and Nigel Green (100m, 200m) will make their UT debuts on the men's side, while Lady Vol freshman sprinter Hannah Foxx (100m, 200m) is set for her first collegiate action in Raleigh.
After previously exhausting their indoor eligibility, Lady Vol super seniors Uchechi Nwogwugwu and Nicole Sreenan will officially open their 2023 campaigns this weekend in the 200- and 400-meter dashes at NC State.
INDOOR RECAP: Head coach Duane Ross leads his program into outdoor season after a successful indoor campaign that saw the Big Orange post a pair of top-11 finishes at the NCAA Championships. The Lady Vols tied for 7th at the national meet with 24 points, while the men of UT were 11th with 18 points.
Dylan Jacobs shined for the men at the national championships, collecting his second career NCAA title with a win in the 5k and coming back to place 6th in the 3k. His mark of 13:37.59 in the 5,000-meter was the fastest clocking at altitude in collegiate history. Charisma Taylor stood out for the Lady Vols, becoming the 13th athlete in NCAA history to score in three individual events at the indoor national championships with top-8 finishes in the triple jump (2nd), 60-meter hurdles (3rd) and long jump (5th).
Tennessee's women and men finished third and fifth, respectively, at the SEC Championships while collecting 10 medals, highlighted by conference titles for Jacobs in the men's 3k (7:52.49), Jacious Sears in the women's 60m (7.11) and the Tennessee men's DMR (9:32.75).
Nine school records fell over the course of the 2022-23 indoor season, including four marks that rank among the all-time top three performances in collegiate history. Jacobs sits second all-time in the 3k (7:36.89) and third all-time in the 5k (13:11.01), while Jacious Sears became the 2nd-fastest performer in the women's 60-meter dash with a time of 7.04 seconds. Taylor's lifetime-best triple jump of 14.88m (48-10) at the NCAA Championships also established the Nassau, Bahamas, native as the No. 2 all-time performer in the women's collegiate ranks.
UP NEXT: The Big Orange will compete in a pair of outdoor meets next weekend, traveling to Austin, Texas, for the Texas Relays (March 30 - April 1) and sending a group to High Point, N.C. for the VertKlasse Meeting (March 31 - April 1).
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