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Hudson Betts
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Fayetteville, Ark.
- High School:
- Fayetteville
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 4-Mile: 19:44.03 (2025)
- 8k: 23:19.0 (2024)
- 10k: 30:57.7 (2024)
Outdoor Track
- 5,000m: 13:57.94 (2025) - UT Freshman Record
SEC Scoring
Cross Country
- 2024 - 8k - 23rd - 23:19.0
HONORS
- 2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2024 Cross Country SEC All-Freshman Team
2025 CROSS COUNTRY
- Opened his redshirt sophomore season with a fourth-place finish at the Tennessee XC Invitational (8/29), running a personal-best of 19:44.03 in the 4-mile
2025 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Saw action at four meets during his redshirt-freshman outdoor season
- Made his SEC Outdoor Championship (5/17) in the men's 5,000-meter and placed 20th with a time of 14:13.92
- Won the men's 5,000-meter at the Outdoor Music City Challenge (5/2) with a lifetime-best of 13:57.94, setting Tennessee's all-time freshman record
- Took third in the men's open 5,000-meter at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/16) with a time of 14:08.66
- Saw his first official collegiate action on the oval at the Tennessee Invite (4/5) and finished fifth in the men's 1,500-meter with a time of 3:54.95
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
- Competed and scored at five meets during his redshirt-freshman cross country season
- Secured Tennessee's fifth spot in the scoring lineup at the NCAA South Region Championships (11/15) with a 10k time of 30:57.7
- Earned SEC All-Freshman honors and was Tennessee's top finisher at the SEC Championships (11/1), completing the 8k course in a personal best 23:19.0 and placing 23rd overall
- Helped UT finish third in the team standings at the Crimson Classic (10/18), finishing 19th overall with a time of 24:00.8
- Second Vol over the finish line at the Gans Creek Classic (9/27), placing 22nd in 23:39.9 during the men's 8k
- Made his Tennessee debut with a fifth-place finish in the men's 4-mile at the Tennessee XC Invitational (8/30), clocking a time of 21:00.39
2023-24 CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
- Redshirted the cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field seasons during his first year on Rocky Top
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
- Son of Kimberly and Chad Betts
- Has one brother, Carter
- Has one sister, Lexi
- Ran high school cross country and track for Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Four-time all-state performer in cross country, two-time state champion and the 2022 Gatorade Cross Country Player of the Year for the state of Arkansas
- Won the 3,200-meter state title his senior year
- Why Tennessee: “Getting to run for an SEC team is a dream come true. Also, the team and coaches are so passionate that it’s contagious.”
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
