Track Central: Virginia Tech Challenge/Alex Wilson Invitational

Friday, February 21

Blacksburg, Va.

University of Tennessee

Virginia Tech Challenge

Track Central: Virginia Tech Challenge/Alex Wilson Invitational

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee track & field program rounds out the 2024-25 indoor regular season this weekend with a pair of specialized event groups competing at two meets. The Vol and Lady Vol pole vault squads will return to Blacksburg, Virginia, Friday and Saturday for the Virginia Tech Challenge, while a women's distance medley relay squad is set to travel to South Bend, Indiana, for the Alex Wilson Invitational.

Friday's action begins at 4 p.m. with the women's seeded pole vault and will conclude at 7 p.m. with the men's seeded pole vault. The unseeded sections of the event are scheduled for 11 a.m. (women) and 1:15 p.m. (men) on Saturday at Virginia Tech's Rector Fieldhouse.

Kylie Feeney, Kaniya Johnson, Ka'Myya Haywood and Jaylee Wingate will make Tennessee's season debut in the DMR at Notre Dame. The event will start at 12:30 p.m.

Live results from Virginia Tech will be provided via Flash Results, while live results from Notre Dame will be provided via Endurance Race Timing.

TENNESSEE IN THE RANKINGS: In the most recent installment of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) national track & field rating index, the Lady Vols checked in at No. 16 in the country in Tuesday's rankings update.

Additionally, Tennessee holds 10 individual and relay marks that rank top-16 on the NCAA Division I Indoor qualifying list as of Feb. 20.

Consider Ekanem – Men's 60m – 6.57 (NCAA No. 11)
Milan Fields – Women's 60m – 7.20 (NCAA No. 9)
Javonya Valcourt – Women's 400m – 52.09 (NCAA No. 11)
Myreanna Bebe – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.03 (NCAA No. 6)
Layla Anderson – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.04 (NCAA No. 7)
Kiara Smith – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.10 (NCAA No. 13)
Cydney Wright, Brianna White, Esther Joseph, Javonya Valcourt – Women's 4x400m Relay – 3:27.60 (NCAA No. 2)
Cade Gray – Men's Pole Vault – 5.60m / 18-4.5 (NCAA No. 8)
Sarah Schmitt – Women's Pole Vault – 4.42m / 14-6 (NCAA No. 16)
Mya Strahm – Women's Pole Vault – 4.42m / 14-6 (NCAA No. 16)

UP NEXT: The Vols and Lady Vols will embark on indoor postseason next week, traveling to College Station, Texas, for the 2025 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships. The conference meet is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 27, through Saturday, March 1, inside the R.A. "Murray" Fasken Indoor Track & Field facility.