Track Central: Wake Forest Invitational / USC Outdoor Open

Friday, April 19

Winston-Salem, N.C.

University of Tennessee

Wake Forest Invitational

Tennessee Track & Field - Yaseen Abdalla / Layla Anderson

Photo by: Cayce Smith/Tennessee Athletics

Track Central: Wake Forest Invitational / USC Outdoor Open

April 18, 2024 | Track & Field

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – More than 50 Tennessee track & field athletes are set to compete this weekend as the Big Orange will be represented at a pair of meets in the Carolinas. Sean Carlson's distance squad will head to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for the Wake Forest Invitational on Friday, while a subset of UT sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers travel to Columbia, South Carolina, for the USC Outdoor Open on Saturday.

The action begins Friday at approximately 7:47 a.m. ET with freshman Summer Schuster running Section 1 of the women's 5,000-meter. Thirty-three Tennessee athletes will compete throughout the day at Kentner Stadium, and the meet will conclude at approximately 10:40 p.m. with Msgana Araya and Andie-Marie Jones in the women's 10,000-meter.

At South Carolina, 18 Vols and Lady Vols are entered for the USC Open meet that runs all day Saturday. Competition begins at 12:10 p.m. with the men's 4x100-meter relay, and the weekend will wrap up at approximately 6 p.m. with the men's 4x400-meter relay.

Full meet schedules and start lists for both meets can be found on the official Tennessee track & field schedule page.

Live results for the Wake Forest Invitational will be provided by PrimeTime Timing, Inc., while live results for the USC Outdoor Open will be available via AdkinsTrak Timing Associates.

LAST TIME OUT: Tennessee had a pair of world-class performances last weekend at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida. Senior sprinter Jacious Sears was tabbed the USATF Athlete of the Week after clocking the second-fastest women's 100-meter dash in collegiate history with a time of 10.77 seconds, which ranks No. 15 on the world all-time list and No. 7 in U.S. history. The Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, native holds the world lead for 2024 and is just the second woman to ever run sub-10.8 in the month of April.

On Friday in Gainesville, French hurdler Clement Ducos dipped well below the Paris 2024 Olympic standard for the 400-meter hurdles with a lifetime-best and school record mark of 48.26 seconds. His time ranks second in the world for 2024 and No. 5 on the list of all-time French performers in the event.

Lady Vol seniors Kyla Robinson-Hubbard and Dennisha Page made their mark on the UT all-time lists on Friday with impressive times in the 400-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash, respectively. Robinson-Hubbard's mark of 55.98 ranks fourth in program history and fourth in the NCAA this season, while Page's 22.70 clocking is No. 6 by a Lady Vol all-time and ranks fifth nationally.

RANKINGS UPDATE: After a strong showing at the Tom Jones Memorial, the Lady Vols climbed five spots to No. 10 in the latest release of the USTFCCCA Track & Field Rating Index. On the men's side, Tennessee sits No. 39 nationally and No. 4 in the South Region.

Additionally, the Big Orange boasts 19 top-8 marks on the SEC Performance List for the 2024 outdoor season:

Jacious Sears – Women's 100m – 10.77 (SEC No. 1)
Dennisha Page – Women's 200m – 22.70 (SEC No. 5)
Brianna White – Women's 200m – 22.91w (SEC No. 8)
Javonya Valcourt – Women's 400m – 51.15 (SEC No. 7)
Kayla Gholar – Women's 5,000m – 16:05.28 (SEC No. 7)
Brandon Olden – Men's 10,000m – 28:30.52 (SEC No. 4)
Dean Casey – Men's 10,000m – 28:39.62 (SEC No. 7)
Clement Ducos – Men's 400m Hurdles – 48.26 (SEC No. 2)
Ja'Kwan Hale – Men's 400m Hurdles – 50.16 (SEC No. 6)
Kyla Robinson-Hubbard – Women's 400m Hurdles – 55.98 (SEC No. 2)
Will Cahill – Men's 3,000m Steeplechase – 8:56.54 (SEC No. 4)
Brett Brady – Men's 3,000m Steeplechase – 8:59.33 (SEC No. 5)
Women's 4x100m Relay – 42.98 (SEC No. 1)
Men's 4x400m Relay – 3:05.69 (SEC No. 7)
Women's 4x400m Relay – 3:29.30 (SEC No. 4)
Grant Campbell – Men's High Jump – 2.12m / 6-11.5 (SEC No. 8)
Evan Puckett – Men's Pole Vault – 5.33m / 17-5.75 (SEC No. 3)
Sarah Schmitt – Women's Pole Vault – 4.15m / 13-7.25 (SEC No. 7)
Aron Alvarez Aranda – Men's Discus – 58.44m / 191-9 (SEC No. 4)

UP NEXT: Tennessee track & field will wrap up the regular outdoor season with a pair of meets next weekend, sending a crop of distance runners to Nashville for the Outdoor Music City Challenge (April 26-27) and a group of sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers to Tucson, Arizona, for the Desert Heat Classic (April 27).