2023-24 Cross Country/Distance Roster
Roster
Zelinski, Yordanos

Yordanos Zelinski
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Oregon, Wis.
- High School:
- Oregon
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 4 Miles: 20:25.6Â (2023)
- 6k:Â 18:58.1 (2023)
- 8k:Â 24:56.1 (2023)
Indoor Track
- 800m: 1:54.78Â (HS)
- Mile: 4:04.99Â (2023) -Â UT Freshman Record
- 3,000m: 8:12.23Â (2023)
Outdoor Track
- 800m: 1:51.09 (HS)
- 1,500m: 3:46.07 (2023)
- 5,000m: 14:17.51Â (2023)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2023 - DMR - 1st - 9:32.75
HONORS
- 2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023-24 Member of the VOLeaders Academy
- 2023 Indoor All-SEC First Team
- 2023 Indoor SEC Champion - DMR
2024 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Opened his sophomore campaign at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12/2), running the 3k and posting a time of 8:06.77
2023Â CROSS COUNTRY
- Crossed the line in 24:56.1 at the Alabama Crimson Classic (10/13)
- Concluded the 6k at the Furman Cross Country Invitational (9/16) with a time of 18:58.1, finishing in the 22nd position
- Finished eighth overall in the season opening race at the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational (9/1), crossing the line in 20:25.6
2023Â TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Made his first appearance at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11) in the 1,500-meter, finishing the event with a personal-best time of 3:46.07
- Opened the season competing in the 5,000-meter at the Raleigh Relays (3/23), finishing with a time of 14:17.51
- Captured SEC gold in the DMR at the SEC Championships (2/25), running the opening 1,200m leg and helping the Vols capture their first men's DMR conference championship since 2007 with a time of 9:32.75
- Placed 12th in the 3k at his first SEC Indoor Championships (2/25), turning in a personal-best time of 8:12.23
- Ran the mile at the Music City Challenge (2/10), pacing to the finish line in 4:04.99 and broke his own Tennessee freshman record
- Set the Tennessee freshman record in the mile in his collegiate debut with a time of 4:05.66 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/21),
2022Â CROSS COUNTRY
- Ran unattached at the Tennessee XC Dual (9/2), finishing 10th overall and running 21:23.25 over the four-mile course
HIGH SCHOOL
- Three-year letterwinner in track and cross country for Oregon High School in Oregon, Wisconsin
- Competed in the 800m at the Brooks PR Invitational in June 2022 and finished 8th overall with a mark of 1:55.07
- 2022 WIAA State Track & Field Champion in the 800m with a mark of 1:51.51
- Won silver at the 2022 Wisconsin State Indoor Championships with a time of 1:54.78
- Earned a seventh-place finish at the 2021 Wisconsin State XC Championships, completing the 5k course in 15:57.6
XC | 2024 Season Recap
Saturday, November 30
XC | 2024 NCAA Championships Recap
Saturday, November 23
XC | 2024 NCAA South Region Championships Recap
Friday, November 15
XC | Justin Duncan SEC Championships Postrace (11.1.24)
Friday, November 01