University of Tennessee Athletics
2022-23 Track & Field Roster
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Joe Hoots
- Position:
- Mid-Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Father Ryan
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 4-mile: 23:04.02 (2019)
Indoor Track
- 600m: 1:18.63 (2022)
- 800m: 1:49.20 (2023)
- 1,000m: 2:25.83 (2021)
Outdoor Track
- 800m: 1:48.15 (2023)
- 1,500m: 4:06.57 (2019)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2023 - DMR - 1st - 9:32.75
- 2021 - DMR - 3rd - 9:36.41
- 2019 - DMR - 5th - 9:56.70
Outdoor Track
- 2023 - 800m - 7th - 1:48.54
HONORS
- 2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
- 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 Indoor All-SEC First Team - DMR
- 2023 Indoor SEC Champion - DMR
- 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021-22 Member of the VOLeaders Academy
- 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
- 2021 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Indoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-American - DMR
- 2021 Indoor All-SEC Second Team
- 2021 Indoor SEC Bronze Medalist - DMR
- 2020 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018-19 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Made an appearance in the 800-meter at the NCAA East Prelims (5/26), tallying a mark of 1:50.82
- Scored for the Big Orange in the 800-meter at the SEC Championships (5/13), crossing the finish line with a mark of 1:48.54
- Opened the season in the 800-meter at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/14), finishing the event in 1:49.35
- Captured gold in the DMR on a team with Yordanos Zelinski, Rasheeme Griffith and Dylan Jacobs at the SEC Championships (2/25), helping the Vols capture their first men's DMR conference championship since 2007 with a time of 9:32.75
- Broke the school record for the indoor DMR at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/18) in 9:22.65 on a team with Rasheeme Griffith, Canaan Anderson and Yaseen Abdalla
- Tallied third in the 800-meter run at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/21), setting a new personal best by running across the finish line in 1:49.20
- Opened the season finishing first overall with a time of 1:49.80 in the 800-meter run at the Clemson Opener (12/2)
2021 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Completed first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:49.77 at the Tennessee Challenge (5/1)
- Finished third in the 4x400-meter relay at the Tennessee Relays (3/9), combining with teammates Rasheeme Griffith, Emmanuel Bynum and Alex Kay for a time of 3:10.11
- Recorded a personal-best time of 1:50.54 in the 800-meter run, finishing seventh at the Tennessee Relays (4/9)
- Made his season debut at the FSU Relays (3/26), running a personal-best time of 1:51.52 in the 800-meter run
- Contributed to an 11th place finish for All-America honors in the distance medley relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/12), combining with teammates Alex Kay, Jonathan Sacoor and Alex Crigger for a time of 9:41.98
- Combined with teammates Alex Kay, Christopher Bailey, and Alex Crigger to come in third place in the men's distance medley relay at the SEC Championships (2/25), clocking a time of 9:36.41
- Earned the first victory of his collegiate career with a personal-best time of 1:50.68 in the indoor 800-meter run at Virginia Tech's Doc Hale Elite Meet (2/5)
- Clocked the fifth-fastest time in Tennessee program history in the indoor 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:25:83 at the Hokie invitational (1/22)
2020 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
- Did not compete, as the 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis
- Tabbed a new indoor PR in the 800m to open the season, finishing 6th at the Tennessee-Indiana Duals (1/11) with a mark of 1:52.98
2019 CROSS COUNTRY
- Opened the season at the Tennessee Tri-Star Cross Country Challenge (8/30) with a time of 23:04.02.
2019 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Finished 22nd in the 800m preliminary round with a time of 1:55.47 at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11)
- Raced in two events at the Penn Relays (4/27) including the DMR that placed first with a time of 9:47.79 and the 4x800 that finished fourth with a time of 7:44.63
- Competed in the 800m and posted a time of 1:56.01 to take 34th at the Virginia Challenge (4/20)
- Ran two events at the Tennessee Relays (4/13) including the 800m with a time of 1:53.57 to take 24th and part of the DMR crew that finished second (9:45.79)
- Posted a personal-record in the 800m with a time of 1:52.20 at the Stanford Invitational (3/30)
- Clocked a personal-best in the 1500m with a time of 4:06.57 at the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge (3/23)
- Dominated his heat at the Tiger Paw Invite with a personal-best 1:54.61 in the 800m
- Took 8th at the Hokie Invitational in the 600m, running a mark of 1:21.54
- Ran his first collegiate 1000m at the UAB Blazer Invite, clocking in at 2:30.16 for 8th place
- Debuted for the Big Orange at the Tennessee-Indiana Duals, placing 5th in the 800m (1:56.52)
PERSONAL
- Ran middle and short distance as a senior, placing 6th in the 400m at the TSSAA D-II A & AA State Track Championships; recorded a PR of 51.45 in the 400m.
- Won the 800m at the Great 8 Invitational with a personal-best 1:55.73 as a junior
- Son of Nancy and Tim Hoots
- Has a younger brother, Mark Hoots
- Majoring in Mechanical Engineering
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