2021-22 Track & Field / XC Roster
Roster
Tate, Jalen

Jalen Tate
- Position:
- Jumps
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Clarksville, Tenn.
- High School:
- West Creek
Bio

Personal Records
Indoor Track
- Long Jump: 7.79m (2022)
- Triple Jump: 16.38m (2021)
Outdoor Track
- Long Jump: 7.70m (2019)
- Triple Jump: 16.19m (2022)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2021 - Triple Jump - 7th - 15.93m
- 2020 - Triple Jump - 5th - 15.74m
- 2019 - Triple Jump - 5th - 15.59m
Outdoor Track
- 2022 - Triple Jump - 4th - 16.19m
- 2019 - Triple Jump - 3rd - 15.87m
HONORS
- 2022 Outdoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - Triple Jump
- 2021 Indoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - Triple Jump
- SEC Men's Field Athlete of the Week (1/26/21)
- 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 Outdoor All-SEC Second Team
- 2019 Outdoor SEC Bronze Medalist - Triple Jump
- 2019 Indoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-American - Triple Jump
2022 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Picked up USTFCCCA Second Team All-America accolades with his ninth-place finish in the triple jump at NCAAs, leaping 16.05m (52-8) (6/10)
- Qualified for NCAAs in the men's triple jump in dramatic fashion. Sitting 33rd in the standings heading into his final jump, Tate leaped 15.91m (52-2.5) to place seventh overall (5/27)
- Jumped 16.19m (53-1.50) in the triple jump, setting an outdoor personal-best and placing fourth at the SEC Championships (5/14)
- Competed just once during the indoor season at the Virginia Tech Invite - leaping 7.79m (25-6.75) in the long jump (1/14)
2021 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Earned Second Team All-American honors in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/13), placing third with a mark of 15.13 meters (49-7.75)
- Placed seventh at the SEC Championships (2/27) with a leap of 15.93m (52-3.25), scoring at the meet for the third year in a row
- Leaped a victorious mark of 16.26 meters (53-4.25) in the triple jump at Virginia Tech's Doc Hale Elite Meet (2/6)
- Posted an NCAA-leading mark of 16.38 meters (53-9) in the triple jump at the Hokie Invitational (1/22), placing himself at No. 5 on Tennessee's all-time top-10 list
- Made his season debut at the FSU Relays (3/26), claiming second place in the triple jump with his leap of 16.01 meters (52-6.5)
2020 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Finished fifth in the triple jump at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/29) with a mark of 15.74m (51-7.75)
- Recorded a season-best 15.97m (52-4.75) in the men's triple jump, finishing as the top collegian at the Virginia Tech Challenge (2/22)
- Had a season-best performance at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/15) with his triple jump mark of 15.88m (52-1.25)
- Finished seventh in the triple jump at the Texas Tech Invite (1/31) with a performance of 15.71m (51-6.5)
- Picked up a triple jump win in his season debut at the Tennessee-Indiana Duals (1/11), clearing 14.51m (47-7.25)
Outdoor
- Did not compete, as the 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis
2019 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (3/9) and finished 10th in the triple jump with a mark of 15.75m (51-8.25)
- Finished fifth in the triple jump at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/23) with a mark of 15.59m (51-1.75)
- Took fourth place at the Tiger Paw Invite with a triple jump performance of 15.42m (50-7.25)
- Briefly held the NCAA lead in the triple jump, logging a lifetime-best 16.08m (52-9.25) at the Hokie Invitational - the No. 5 mark in UT history indoors
- Opened his sophomore campaign with a triple jump PR, placing second at the Tennessee-Indiana Duals with a mark of 15.62m (51-3)
- Finished 20th in the triple jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships (5/25) with a mark of 15.39m (50-6)
- Competed in two events at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11) including a third-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 15.87m (52-1) and 18th in the long jump with a leap of 7.07m (23-2.5)
- Recorded a personal-best mark of 16.18m (53-1) in the triple jump at the Tom Jones Memorial (4/27) and placed fourth overall
- Finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 52-2.5 at the War Eagle Invitational (4/20)
- Competed in the long jump at the Tennessee Relays (4/13) and finished third with a mark of 7.68m (25-2.5)
- Had a personal-best mark of 7.70m (25-3-.25) in the long jump and a mark of 16.09m (52-9.5) in the triple jump at the Stanford Invitational (3/30) and took first in both events
- Competed in two events at the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge (3/23) including a first-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 7.04m (23-1.25) and second in the triple jump with a mark of 15.29m (50-2)
2018 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Took ninth in the long jump with a career-best 7.27m (23-10.25) and finished 15th in the triple jump (14.57m) at Clemson's Tiger Paw Invite (2/9)
- At Clemson's Bob Pollock Invitational (1/26), finished 10th in long jump (6.66m) and sixth in the triple jump (14.90m)
- Took fifth in the triple jump (14.73m) at UAB Vulcan Invite (1/13)
- At Indiana-Tennessee Dual (1/6), won the triple jump (14.62m) and finished fourth in the long jump (7.05m)
- Triple jumped a career-best 14.96m (23-10.25) to finish first at the Hoosier Open (12/8)
- Posted a mark of 15.02 in the triple jump at the NCAA East Prelims (5/26), finishing in 28th place
- At the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11), finished ninth with a mark of 15.30m in the triple jump
- Registered a personal best and took second place in the triple jump at the Tennessee Challenge (5/5), jumping 15.44m
- Set a personal best in the long jump at the Tennessee Relays (4/12), finishing eighth with a best jump of 7.32 (wind-aided)
HIGH SCHOOL
- 2017 TSSAA state champion in the triple jump, jumping 48-3.00 to win the title by nearly three full feet
PERSONAL
- Completed degree in Sociology in May 2022
- Recipient of the VJM Sigmon Athletic Scholarship
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