Track Central: Tyson Invitational

Friday, February 13

Fayetteville, Ark.

University of Tennessee

Tyson Invitational

February 12, 2026 | Track & Field

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Forty-eight Tennessee track & field athletes are set to compete this weekend as UT closes out the regular indoor season at the Tyson Invitational, hosted Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13–14, inside the University of Arkansas' Randal Tyson Track Center.

Tennessee will contest 28 university and championship events across the two-day meet. Action begins Friday at 1 p.m. ET with the men's university 60-meter hurdles and concludes Saturday at approximately 5:10 p.m. ET with the women's championship 4x400-meter relay. Live results will be available throughout the meet via Flash Results, where start lists are currently posted.

Running events from the Tyson Invitational will be streamed live on SEC Network+, beginning at 5 p.m. ET on Friday and 1 p.m. ET on Saturday.

STRONG FIELD: Tennessee enters the weekend with a pair of top-10 nationally ranked squads, as the Vols sit No. 2 and the Lady Vols are ranked No. 10 in the latest USTFCCCA national rankings. UT brings two of 24 top-25 programs set to compete at the Tyson Invitational.

Men (12)

No. 1 Kansas State
No. 2 Tennessee
No. 5 Penn State
No. 6 Oklahoma
No. 9 Virginia
No. 10 Ole Miss
No. 11 Arkansas
No. 13 Illinois
No. 17 Iowa
No. 18 Florida
No. 23 LSU
No. 25 Nebraska

Women (12)

No. 1 Illinois
No. 6 Arkansas
No. 10 Tennessee
No. 12 Nebraska
No. 13 Texas
No. 14 Kansas State
No. 15 Stanford
No. 16 Oklahoma State
No. 19 Florida
No. 20 Penn State
No. 21 Minnesota
No. 25 UCLA

LAST TIME OUT: Tennessee split squads between the Doc Hale Invitational in Blacksburg, Virginia, and the Windy City Invitational in Chicago, delivering multiple national-caliber performances. Redshirt senior Cade Gray headlined the weekend with a personal-best 5.68 meters (18-7.5) in the men's pole vault at Virginia Tech, setting the SEC's top mark and ranking sixth nationally. Sophomore Mya Strahm broke the Lady Vol school record in the women's pole vault with a lifetime-best clearance of 4.47 meters (14-8), ranking 10th in the NCAA.

UT recorded two additional NCAA top-10 marks on Saturday, highlighted by sophomore JL Van Rensburg's personal-best 19.83 meters (65-0.75) in the men's shot put (No. 3 NCAA) and a season-best 8.06 from graduate student Myreanna Bebe to win the women's 60-meter hurdles in Chicago (No. 6 NCAA).

RANKINGS UPDATE: Tennessee men's track & field was ranked No. 2 in the latest installment of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Track & Field Rating Index (TFRI), while the Lady Vols were ranked No. 10 in the country.

Additionally, the Vols and Lady Vols have totaled 22 marks that currently rank top 16 on the NCAA Division I national qualifying list this season:

Davonte Howell – Men's 60m – 6.49 (No. 1)
Traunard Folson – Men's 60m – 6.49 (No. 1)
T'Mars McCallum – Men's 60m – 6.59 (No. 14)
Andre Jackson II – Men's 400m – 45.82 (No. 13)
Hinti, Jackson, Wetzel, Barton – Men's 4x400m Relay – 3:05.13 (No. 10)
Cade Gray – Men's Pole Vault – 5.68m / 18-7.5 (No. 6)
Ismaila Sawaneh – Men's Pole Vault – 5.66m / 18-6.75 (No. 9)
Clarke Byram – Men's Pole Vault – 5.61m / 18-4.75 (No. 13)
Blake Sifferlin – Men's Pole Vault – 5.56m / 18-2.75 (No. 15)
Evan Puckett – Men's Pole Vault – 5.56m / 18-2.75 (No. 15)
Cade Gray – Men's Long Jump – 7.97m / 26-1.75 (No. 4)
Justice Jones – Men's Long Jump – 7.83m / 25-8.25 (No. 12)
JL Van Rensburg – Men's Shot Put – 19.83m / 65-0.75 (No. 3)
Aidan Ifkovits – Men's Weight Throw – 22.63m / 74-3 (No. 9)
Faith Okwose – Women's 60m – 7.21 (No. 10)
Esther Joseph – Women's 200m – 23.11 (No. 10)
Esther Joseph – Women's 400m – 51.36 (No. 4)
Javonya Valcourt – Women's 400m – 51.73 (No. 8)
Myreanna Bebe – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.06 (No. 6)
Valcourt, Joseph, Wright, Johnson – Women's 4x400m Relay – 3:29.31 (No. 7)
Fawbush, Armstrong, Haywood, Ogwoka – Women's DMR – 11:18.18 (No. 12)
Mya Strahm – Women's Pole Vault – 4.47m / 14-8 (No. 10)

UP NEXT: Indoor postseason kicks off with the 2026 SEC Indoor Championships, scheduled for Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 26-28, in College Station, Texas.