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2022-23 Cross Country/Distance Roster
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Anderson, Canaan
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Canaan Anderson
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Murfreesboro, Tenn.
- High School:
- Siegel
Bio
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 4-mile: 20:44.2 (2021)
- 5-mile: 24:45.0 (2022)
- 6-mile: 30:04.1Â (2022)
- 8k:Â 24:18.11 (2022)
- 10k: 31:27.50 (2022)
Indoor Track
- 1,000m: 2:23.38 (2025) - School Record
- Mile: 4:00.13Â (2023)
- 3,000m:Â 8:11.56Â (2022)
Outdoor Track
- 800m: 1:50.91 (2022)
- 1,500m:Â 3:42.26Â (2023)
- Mile: 4:03.16 (2024)
- 5,000m: 14:00.33 (2024)
SEC Scoring
Cross Country
- 2022 - 8k - 30th - 24:18.11
Indoor Track
- 2023 - Mile - 4th - 4:05.35
Outdoor Track
- 2024 - 1,500m - 8th - 3:44.91
HONORS
- 2024 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 USTFCCCAÂ Track & Field All-Academic Athlete
- 2023 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
- 2022-23Â Member of the VOLeaders Academy
- 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete
- 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025Â TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Clocked in at 4:01.41 in the mile at the Music City Challenge (2/14), placing seventh overall
- Opened the 2025 indoor campaign with a school-record performance in the men's 1,000-meter, turning in a time of 2:23.38 at the McFerrin 12 Degree Invitational (1/10)
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
- Competed four times during the 2024 cross country season
- Brought home the win in the men's 4-mile for his final home race at the Tennessee Invitational (8/30), clocking a time of 20:59.77
2024 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Qualified for the SEC final in the men's 1,500-meter, placing eighth at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/11) with a time of 3:44.91
- Took second in the mile at the App State Open (4/27) with a time of 4:03.16
- Ran a season-best time of 3:43.62 in the 1,500-meter at the Wake Forest Invitational (4/19), finishing 34th in the field
- Captured second place in the 1,500-meter at the Tennessee Invite (4/5), clocking a time of 3:45.97
- Opened the outdoor season running the 5k at the Raleigh Relays (3/29) and won his heat with a personal-best time of 14:00.33
- Ran the mile three times during the 2024 indoor campaign, posting a season-best 4:00.32 at the Commodore Challenge (1/13) to place first at the meet
2023Â CROSS COUNTRY
- Competed once during the fall of 2023, placing 18th at the Tennessee XC Invite (9/1) with a time of 20:47.6 over the four-mile home course
2023Â TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/25) and SEC Championships final (5/13) in the men's 1,500-meter
- Ran his 1,500-meter PR of 3:42.26 at the Music City Challenge (4/29), which ranks fourth in school history
- Tallied five appearances for the Vols in the indoor season, securing two top-five finishesÂ
- Qualified for his first SEC final in the mile at the SEC Championships (2/25) and finished fourth with a time of 4:05.35
- Ran the 1,200-meter leg of the school-record DMR at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/18), helping the Vols turn in a time of 9:22.65
- Set the school record for the indoor mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/21), racing to the finish line in 4:00.13 in his season debut
2022Â CROSS COUNTRY
- Registered a time of 31:27.50 at the NCAA South Regional Championships (11/11)
- Finished 30th at the SEC Championships (10/28) with a time of 24:18.11, a personal best in the 8K
- Ran a time of 24:45.0 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite (9/30), a personal best in the five mile
- Placed 11th in the six-mile at the Florida State Tennessee Dual (9/16), with a time of 30:04.10
- Started the season placing seventh in the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational (9/2), finishing with a time of 21:00.35
2022Â TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Took down the freshman record in the men's 1,500m at the Crimson Tide Invite at 3:42.46 (4/22)
- Set a personal-best in the men's 800m at Auburn, crossing the finish line 1:50.91 (4/16)
- Went 3:45.69 in the men's 1,500m at the War Eagle Invitational (4/15), placing second overall
- Placed 15th in the men's 3,000m at the SEC Indoor Championships at 8:11.56
- Broke the freshman record in the men's mile at the Virginia Tech Challenge (2/18), running 4:05.88
2021Â CROSS COUNTRY
- Competed at the South Region meet for the first time, running 32:57.1 in the 10kÂ
- Ran 25:05.8 at the SEC Championships, finishing 52nd overall (10/29)
- Placed fourth in the four-mile at the Tennessee Cross Country Invitational, finishing in a career-best 20:44.2 (9/3)
2021Â TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Placed fourth at the Tennessee Challenge (5/1) in the 3,000m with a mark of 8:31.06
- Competed unattached in the 1,500m at the Tennessee Relays (4/9), clocking a time of 3:51.25
- In his Tennessee track debut at the Hokie Invitational (1/22), ran a PRÂ in the 3,000m at 8:36.85
2020 CROSS COUNTRY
- Placed 83rd in his first career SEC Championship meet (10/30), clocking a time of 26:02.4 over the 8,042-meter course
- Improved his college-best 8K at the UAB Blazer Classic (10/16) with a time of 25:10.02, placing 58th at the meet
- Made his Tennessee cross country debut at the Live in Lou Cross Country Classic (10/3), running an 8K time of 25:39.1 for 50th place
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
- Six-time All-State performer for Siegel HS in Murfreesboro
- 2020 state champion in the mile (4:20.48)
- 2020 state runner-up in the indoor 3,200m (9:18.83)
- 2019 Foot Locker XC national championship qualifier
- Recipient of the Crawford Accent' on Excellence Men's Track & Field Endowed Scholarship
- Finished high school with personal records of 4:15.95 in the mile, 9:17.75 in the 3200m and 15:05.4 in the 5K (XC)
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
