University of Tennessee Athletics
Track & Field Central: Razorback Invitational
January 25, 2017 | Track & Field
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The nationally-ranked Tennessee men’s and women’s track and field teams are back in action this weekend as they head to the Razorback Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center hosted by Arkansas.
The two-day event will kick off on Friday, Jan. 27 at 11:30 a.m. CT with the heptathlon 60-meter dash. Friday evening’s prime time events, scheduled for 6 p.m. CT, will get underway with the men’s distance medley relay. Saturday’s schedule begins at 11:15 a.m. with the men’s 3000m race. The Razorback Invitational will be streamed live on Saturday from 1 p.m. CT/2 p.m. ET until 4:30 p.m. CT/5:30 p.m. ET. The broadcast will show live events from the Saturday afternoon schedule and featured events from Friday evening.
“We’re heading to Fayetteville for the Razorback Invitational and we are thrilled to get going again,” director of track & field/cross country Beth Alford-Sullivan said. “We have had a great training week coming off the Vanderbilt meet to get ready for this meet. This is going to be a highlight of our season thus far and we are preparing to be at our sharpest, for the end of January.”
The no. 15 men’s team and the no. 17 women’s team will face some fierce competition as they take on 13 different schools, including eight opponents ranked in the nation’s top 25 and 10 SEC opponents.
“Arkansas is known for the fastest indoor track in the country and that is because they bring the fastest people to that track,” Alford-Sullivan said. “That’s going to happen again this weekend; we are going to see some fantastic competitions. I plan for the Vols to be right in the thick of it; it should be a great weekend for us.”
Schools Attending (Men’s Ranking/Women’s Ranking):
Tennessee (15/17), Florida (1/5), LSU (3/7), Georgia (4/3), Arkansas (5/2), Southern California (10/4), Texas A&M (14/NR), Oklahoma State (17/14), South Carolina (19/24), Ole Miss (NR/16), Auburn, Mississippi State, Missouri, Wake Forest.
NCAA Event Leaders Attending: 14
Men: 60: Christian Coleman (Tenn.), 400: Mylik Kerley (A&M), 60H: Grant Holloway (UF), 4x400 (A&M), HJ: Clayton Brown (UF), LJ: Grant Holloway (UF), TJ: Clive Pullen (Ark), WT: Johnnie Jackson (LSU)
Women: 5,000: Karissa Schweizer (Mizzou), 4×400: (Southern California), HJ: Madeline Fagan/Tatianna Gusin (UGA/UGA), PV: Tori Weeks (Ark), TJ: Keturah Orji (UGA), SP: Raven Saunders (Miss.)
Reigning NCAA Indoor Champions: 7
Men: Christian Coleman, 200 (Tenn.), 4x400 (LSU), Clive Pullen, TJ (Ark)
Women: Kayla Edwards, Mile (Ok State), Lexi Weeks, PV (Ark), Keturah Orji, TJ (UGA), Kendell Williams, Pentathlon (UGA)
Last Time Out
Tennessee posted 11 top-three finishes and two facility records at the Commodore Invitational in Nashville two weeks ago. Over the two-day meet, UT set 23 personal bests. Christian Coleman set the facility record in the 60m dash as he finished in 6.54 seconds in the final after posting a 6.56 mark in the prelims. Coleman earned the SEC men's runner of the week award for his effort at Vanderbilt.
Mustaqeem Williams took second place in the 60m with a time of 6.64 seconds in the finals and a 6.69 mark in the prelims. Both of those marks surpass his previous career best of 6.73, which he set last weekend at the Indiana-Tennessee Dual. Williams moves into a tie for seventh place on the school's career leaderboard. Coleman and Williams recorded the top two times in the NCAA so far this season. Williams also took second place in the 200m as he finished in 21.23.
Coming off her SEC Runner of the Week performance, Shania Collins followed it up with a facility record on her way to winning the 200m dash with a time of 23.70. Lenysse Dyer took fourth place overall with a time of 23.97 and Maia McCoy finished in sixth with a time of 24.10. Collins also took third place in the 60m dash with a time of 7.35, setting a new personal record. McCoy finished in fourth place with a new PR of 7.40.
Ari Cogdell took second place in the 400m race as he finished in 46.89, the fifth-fastest 400m time in school history. It is also the third-fastest time in the country so far this season.
Stamatia Scarvelis finished third in the women's shot put with a throw of 16.31m (53-6.25) as she set a new PR and moved into fifth place on the school's all-time list of PR's. That also moves Scarvelis into a tie for the fifth-best mark in the country so far this year. She has bettered her mark and set a new indoor PR at every meet so far this season. Scarvelis recorded the third best weight throw in school history with a toss of 19.73m (64-8.75).
The women's 4x400m team finished out the event for Tennessee with one of the most impressive performances with a first place finish in 3:39.29. Freshman Brooklynn Broadwater ran a strong first leg to give the Vols the lead and McCoy extended it on the final leg to bring home the victory.
Last Year In Fayetteville
Tennessee competed at the Tyson Invitational on February 12-13 as they previewed the NCAA Championship with a 200m sweep. Coleman and Felicia Brown won their respective 200 meters as UT posted four wins and 11 top-five finishes.
After winning the 60 meters with a blazing 6.55 time in the finals, Coleman raced to a new PR in the 200 meters on Saturday, winning in 20.59.
Brown set a new Tennessee record in the 200 meters, winning on Saturday with an incredible time of 22.81. That mark currently ranks second in the nation.
Cameron Brown won the men’s weight throw competition with a mark of 22.86m (75-0)
Razorback Invitational Schedule
Friday, January 27
Men's Heptathlon 60 Meters - 11:30 a.m. CT: Darryl Harris, Chase Sholl
Women's Pentathlon 60 Meter Hurdles - 11:45 a.m. CT: Maya Neal
Men's Heptathlon Long Jump - 12:10 p.m. CT: Darryl Harris, Chase Sholl
Women's Pentathlon High Jump - 12:30 p.m. CT: Maya Neal
Men's Heptathlon Shot Put - 1:15 p.m. CT: Darryl Harris, Chase Sholl
Women's Pentathlon Shot Put - 2:00 p.m. CT: Maya Neal
Men's Heptathlon High Jump - 2:20 p.m. CT: Darryl Harris, Chase Sholl
Women's Pentathlon Long Jump - 3:05 p.m. CT: Maya Neal
Men's Weight Throw - 4:00 p.m. CT: Seth Whitener, Matthew Zajac
Women's Pentathlon 800m - 4:15 p.m. CT: Maya Neal
Men's Pole Vault - 6:00 p.m. CT: Tristan Slater, Nate Harper
Men's High Jump - 6:00 p.m. CT: Darryl Sullivan
Women's Long Jump - 6:00 p.m. CT: Cidae'a Woods
Women's Weight Throw - 6:30 p.m. CT: Stamatia Scarvelis, Savannah Marlow, Candice Butler, Tamia Crockett
Men's 200m - 6:45 p.m. CT: Christian Coleman, Mustaqeem Williams, Malik Elion, Joshua McLemore
Women's 200m - 7:20 p.m. CT: Shania Collins, Maia McCoy, DeAndra Greer
Saturday, January 28
Men's Heptathlon 60 Meter Hurdles - 11:15 a.m. CT: Darryl Harris, Chase Sholl
Men's 400m - 11:45 a.m. CT: Joshua McLemore
Men's Shot Put - 12:00 p.m. CT: Matthew Zajac, Joseph Maxwell, Cole Patterson
Women's 400m - 12:00 p.m. CT: Brooklynn Broadwater
Men's Heptathlon Pole Vault - 12:30 p.m. CT: Darryl Harris, Chase Sholl
Men's Mile - 12:30 p.m. CT: Zach Long
Men's 400m Invitational - 1:00 p.m. CT: Ari Cogdell
Women's 400m Invitational - 1:10 p.m. CT: Lenysse Dyer
Women's 60m Hurdles Prelims - 1:35 p.m. CT: Domonique Turner
Men's 60m Prelims - 1:45 p.m. CT: Mustaqeem Williams, Malik Elion
Women's 60m Prelims - 2:00 p.m. CT: Shania Collins, Maia McCoy, DeAndra Greer
Men's Triple Jump - 2:00 p.m. CT: Marcellus Fletcher
Women's Triple Jump - 2:00 p.m. CT: Cidae'a Woods, Brielyn Rogers, LaChyna Roe
Women's Shot Put - 2:00 p.m. CT: Stamatia Scarvelis, Tamia Crockett
Women's 60m Hurdles Finals - 3:25 p.m. CT: Domonique Turner
Men's 60m Finals - 3:30 p.m. CT: Mustaqeem Williams, Malik Elion
Women's 60m Finals - 3:35 p.m. CT: Shania Collins, Maia McCoy, DeAndra Greer
Men's Heptathlon 1,000 Meters - 3:40 p.m. CT: Darryl Harris, Chase Sholl
Men's 4x400m Invitational - 4:10 p.m. CT: Tennessee A
Women's 4x400m Invitational - 4:20 p.m. CT: Tennessee A
