Track Central: McFerrin 12 Degree Invitational

Friday, January 10

College Station, Texas

University of Tennessee

McFerrin 12 Degree Invitational

Christian Parker - 2023 Texas A&M Invitational

Photo by: Cayce Smith/Tennessee Athletics

January 09, 2025 | Track & Field

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BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Tennessee track & field program kicks off 2025 with more than 40 student-athletes set to compete on Friday at the McFerrin 12 Degree Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M at the R.A. Murray Fasken Indoor Track & Field Facility.

Action from College Station begins at 11 a.m. ET with field events before track events commence at 3:10 p.m. The meet will be streamed online via SEC Network+, and live stats will be provided throughout the competition by Flash Results, Inc.

Third-year head coach Duane Ross leads a group of sprinters, hurdlers, jumpers, throwers, pole vaulters and distance specialists into Friday's meet with 49 athletes set to make their 2025 season debuts in College Station. The action starts with Aron Alvarez Aranda and Aidan Ifkovits in the men's weight throw at 11 a.m. and concludes at approximately 7:47 p.m. with the men's 4x400-meter relay.

BIG ORANGE DEBUTS: A total of 25 athletes will make their Tennessee track & field debuts on Friday, including 13 transfers and 12 true freshmen.

Fr. Jakob Alperin (Men's Shot Put)
Jr. Andrew Brown (Men's 400m)
R-Jr. John Bruder (Men's Shot Put)
Fr. Clarke Byram (Men's Pole Vault)
Fr. Broderick Davis (Men's 60mH, Long Jump)
Fr. Consider Ekanem (Men's 60m)
Gr. Patrick Fehm (Men's High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump)
Sr. Keontae' Gaines (Men's 60m, 200m)
Fr. Gavin Genisio (Men's 1,000m)
R-Jr. Cade Gray (Men's Pole Vault)
Fr. Aidan Ifkovits (Men's Weight Throw)
Fr. Jarryn Lowe (Men's 1,000m)
Fr. Paul Migas (Men's Pole Vault)
Jr. Blake Sifferlin (Men's Pole Vault)
Fr. Rickey Williams III (Men's 300m)
So. Victoria Aransiola (Women's 60m, 200m)
Gr. Myreanna Bebe (Women's 60mH)
Fr. Donna Douglas (Women's Shot Put, Weight Throw)
Fr. Kylie Feeney (Women's 1,000m)
Sr. Milan Fields (Women's 60m)
Jr. Kaniya Johnson (Women's 60m, 300m)
So. Elo Blessing Okpah (Women's 60m, 200m)
R-Fr. Faith Okwose (Women's 60m, 200m)
Fr. Mya Strahm (Women's Pole Vault)
Jr. Cydney Wright (Women's 300m)

2024 REWIND: Last season, the Vols and Lady Vols totaled 17 school records, 39 All-America honors and 12 SEC medals over the course of the 2024 indoor and outdoor campaigns. The women's squad was ranked as high as No. 6 nationally during the regular indoor season, while the men ascended to No. 11 outdoors.

Under the direction of Duane Ross, the Vols and Lady Vols finished 16th and 10th, respectively, in the 2023-24 NCAA Division I Program of the Year standings, which are calculated by combining postseason results from each national championship event in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track – marking the first time UT placed in the top-20 on both sides since the award's inception in 2008-09.

UP NEXT: Indoor season continues next week with a trip to the midstate for the Vanderbilt Invitiational, set for Jan. 17-18 in Nashville.