2024-25 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Araya, Msgana

Msgana Araya
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Brentwood, Tenn.
- High School:
- Ravenwood
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 3-Mile: 17:29.0 (2023)
- 4-Mile: 22:37.06 (2022)
- 5K: 18:27.9 (2020)
- 6K: 20:38.4 (2023)
Indoor Track
- 3000m: 9:38.11 (2025)
- 5000m: 16:40.10 (2024)
Outdoor Track
- 800m: 2:31.48 (HS)
- 3,000m: 10:26.33 (2021)
- 5,000m: 16:42.73 (2025)
- 10,000m: 34:48.54 (2025)
SEC Scoring
Cross Country
- 2022 - 6K - 46th - 21:05.21
HONORS
- 2024 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Completed the 10,000m run at the Raleigh Relays (3/28) with a time of 34:48.54, grabbing a new personal best.
- Earned a new personal record with a time of 9:38.11 in the women's 3,000-meter (2/15)
- Posted a new personal best in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:45.13 at the Orange & Purple Invite (1/25)
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
- Rounded out Tennessee's top five in the 6k, finishing 35th with a time of 20:49.6 at the Gans Creek Classic (9/27)
- Led the women to victory in the 3-mile race at 18:01.9 at the Tennessee Invitational (8/30)
2024 Track & Field
Outdoor- Set a PB in the 10,000-meter at the Raleigh Relays (3/28)
- Participated in two meets this year for the Vols, setting a PR in both the 5000 and 3000-meter races
- Set a PB in the 5000-meter with a fourth place finish at the Music City Challenge (2/10), stopping the clock at 16:40.10
- Broke a personal best in the 3000-meter in 9:46.78 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19)
2023 CROSS COUNTRY
- Crossed the line in 21:29.9 at the SEC Championships (10/31)
- Placed 17th at the Alabama Crimson Classic (10/13), with a time of 20:38.4
- Finished 19th at the Furman Cross Country Invitational (9/16), with a time of 21:56.8
- Broke a personal-record in the 3-mile at the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational (9/1), clocking a time of 17:29.0 for 10th place
2023 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Appeared at the SEC Championships (5/11), finishing the 10,000-meter with a time of 36:52.75
- Made event debut in the 10,000m during the Wake Forest Invite (4/21), finishing with a time of 35:36.39
- Tallied a top-five finish in the 5,000m at the Tennessee Invite (4/7), setting a personal-best with a time of 17:13.09
- Set a new personal-best in the 5000m at the Music City Challenge (2/10) with a time of 17:02.34
2022 CROSS COUNTRY
- Ran a time of 21:40.20 in the NCAA South Regional Championships (11/11)
- Finished 46th with a time of 21:05.21, a personal best, at the SEC Championships (10/28)
- Placed 12th in the four-mile at the Florida State Tennessee Dual (9/16) with a time of 22:37.06, a personal best
- Captured a fourth place finish in the three-mile during the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational (9/2), setting a personal record.
2022 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Claimed a third-place finish in the 3,000m run during the Tennessee Challenge, crossing the finish line in 10:45.88 (5/7)
- Placed 15th in the 5,000m at Alabama, running the race in 18:43.82 (4/23)
- Took 26th in the 5,000m at the 54th Tennessee Relays, finishing in 18:21.03 (4/8)
- Ran 18:48.11 in the 5,000m at the Music City Challenge (2/12)
- Placed 20th at the Hokie Invitational in the women's 3,000m at 11:12.55 (1/22)
2021 CROSS COUNTRY
- Placed 73rd in the 5K at the North Alabama Showcase in 18:52.5 (9/17)
- Ran a personal-best 19:26.3 in the three-mile at the Tennessee Invitational, finishing 13th (9/3)
2021 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Took sixth place in the 3,000m at the Tennessee Challenge (5/1) with a mark of 10:26.33
- Part of the winning 4x1500m squad at the Tennessee Relays (4/10) that logged a time of 20:10.09
- Ran her first collegiate race at the Tennessee Relays (4/9), clocking in at 18:16.64 in the 5,000m
2020 CROSS COUNTRY
- Made her collegiate debut at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic (10/3), placing 50th overall with a time of 18:27.9 over the 5,000-meter course
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
- Placed 13th at the TSSAA state cross country meet in 2019
- Member of the 2019 Tennessean All-Midstate girls cross country team
- Finished high school with personal records of 5:24.23 in the mile, 11:11.30 in the 3200m and 18:51.18 in the 5K (XC)
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Track & Field | Battle on the Bayou Recap
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