2013-14 Track & Field / XC Roster
Roster
Rainey, Jake

Jake Rainey
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Clarksville, Tenn.
Bio
RAINEY[apos]S SEC T&F SCORING
2011 Outdoor 10000m.....7th, 30:54.32
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2011 SEC Cross Country Preseason Watch List
- 2010 SEC Cross Country All-Freshman Team
- Member of SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2011 and 2012
- 2011 Vol Track & Field Outdoor Freshman of the Year
2013 CROSS COUNTRY
- Did not compete
2013 TRACK & FIELD
Indoors
- N/A
- Placed 11th in 5000m at Sea Ray Relays with a 15:09.39
- Posted a mark of 8:57.43 in 3000m at Penn Relays
2012 CROSS COUNTRY
- Finished fourth on the team and 65th overall at the 10K NCAA South Regional in 32:27.8
- Ran second for the team at the SEC Championships, finishing 53rd overall in a season-best 8K time of 25:29.03
- Returned after redshirting the 2012 track season to finish sixth on the team and 26th overall at the 5K Belmont Opener in 16:15.80
- Scored for the Vols in the 8K Commodore Classic, finishing 44th overall and 5th on the team in 25:51.92
2012 TRACK & FIELD
Honors - Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
- N/A
- N/A
2011 CROSS COUNTRY
- Was Tennessee[apos]s No. 2 runner in the final two meets
- Placed 35th overall in 32:27.6 at the 10K NCAA South Regional to close the year
- Also had a solid race at the SEC Championships, logging a career-best 8K time of 25:12.25 to place 30th overall
- After missing the Tennessee Invitational due to injury, returned to action at the Brooks Paul Short Run and scored in the fourth slot for UT
- His time of 26:38 placed him 267th in the 8K race...Ran third for his team and placed 20th overall in 16:03.65 at the 5K Belmont-VU Opener
2011 TRACK & FIELD
Honors - Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Named Vol Outdoor Freshman of the Year
- Posted personal-record times in six of seven races during the indoor campaign
- Ran his 3000m best (8:33.67) and 5000 pinnacle (14:57.10) to place 13th and 14th, respectively, at the SEC Indoor Championships
- Lowered his mile PR to 4:25.90 at the Kentucky Invitational
- Had five PRs in six races outdoors
- Notched his first points in SEC competition, placing seventh in the 10,000 meters in the league outdoor meet in a career-best clocking of 30:54.32
- Carded his 5000m best at the Penn Relays, covering the distance in 14:32.73 to place seventh in the College Division
- Rustled up third-place points in the UT-UCLA Dual by snaring third in the 3K in 8:29.78
- Had a 1500m PR of 3:57.70 to wind up fourth at the UCF Invitational
- Anchored the Vols to third in the distance medley baton event at the Sea Ray Relays, finishing in 10:19.60
2010 CROSS COUNTRY
- Garnered SEC All-Freshman status after placing 34th in 25:30.42 as his team[apos]s No. 4 runner at the 8K SEC Championships
- Ran fourth for his squad and placed 43rd overall in a 10K career-best of 31:50.20 at the NCAA South Regional
- Led the Vols and placed sixth overall in 15:46.48 at the 5K Belmont-VU Opener
- Was 13th overall and team[apos]s No. 6 runner at the 8K Commodore Classic, finishing in 26:02.28
- Notched an 8K PR of 25:29 at the Brooks Paul Short Run, finishing fifth for UT and 152nd overall
- Ran fifth for team and 183rd overall in 25:56.8 at 8K ISU Pre-National Inv. White Race
- Named to the 2011 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL
- All-state in track from 2008-10 and all-state in XC in 2007 and 2008
- Was the 2010 state champ at 1600m and 3200m
- Named Tennessean and Leaf Chronicle Runner of the Year in 2008 and 2009Seventh at Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional, covering 5K in 15:38
- Cross country PR is 15:06.46, which he ran at the 2009 Chile Pepper Festival
- Ran track PRs of 4:15.29 in the mile (2010 Vol Track Classic), 8:35.93 for 3000m (2010 New Balance Outdoor Nationals) and 8:57.19 for 3200m (seventh at 2010 Arcadia Invitational)
PERSONAL
- Born April 28, 1992, in Fayetteville, N.C.
- Majoring in communications
- Mother is Marie Rainey
- Has an older brother, Zeek
- Recipient of the Gerdau Ameristeel Men[apos]s Athletic Endowed Scholarship
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Thursday, April 17
Track & Field | 400m Hurdles Feature
Wednesday, May 22
Track & Field | Tennessee Invite Recap
Wednesday, April 10
Track & Field | Battle on the Bayou Recap
Saturday, March 30