Track Central: Doc Hale Invite / Windy City Invite

Friday, February 6

Blacksburg, Va.

University of Tennessee

Doc Hale Invite

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee track & field returns to action this weekend with a split squad, competing Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7, at the Doc Hale Invitational in Blacksburg, Virginia, and the Windy City Invitational in Chicago.

Eighteen athletes are set to compete at Virginia Tech, beginning Friday at 4 p.m. with five Vols competing in the men's seeded pole vault. The meet will conclude Saturday at approximately 3 p.m. with three Lady Vols contesting the women's seeded pole vault.

Live results from the Doc Hale Invitational will be provided by Flash Results, and the full competition schedule can be found at HokieSports.com. The meet will not be streamed.

Ten sprinters and hurdlers are entered for competition at the Windy City Invitational. UT's action in Chicago begins with the women's 60-meter hurdles prelims on Friday at 1:15 p.m. and concludes with the women's 60-meter hurdles final on Saturday at 3:05 p.m.

Live results from the Windy City Invitational will be provided by AdkinsTrak Timing Associates, and the full competition schedule can be found at UWBadgers.com. The meet will be streamed online via RunnerSpace.

LAST TIME OUT: Tennessee split competition between the Bob Pollock Invitational in Clemson and the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, posting numerous NCAA top-10 marks, multiple school records and several historic performances. At Clemson, Esther Joseph (51.36) and Javonya Valcourt (51.73) went 1-2 in the women's 400 meters, while Andre Jackson II claimed the men's 400 title in 45.82 seconds. The Vols' pole vault unit made history Saturday as Tennessee became the first program in collegiate history to have five vaulters clear 18 feet in the same season, led by Ismaila Sawaneh's win at 5.66m (18-6.75).

In Boston, the distance squad delivered program-level marks throughout the weekend, highlighted by Nelson Mapi Setek breaking the school record in the mile (3:58.37), along with top-three all-time performances in the men's 5,000 meters from Zouhair Redouane (13:34.75) and Ethan Edgeworth (13:36.14) and a freshman record in the women's mile from Mary Nyaboke Ogwoka (4:38.01).

RANKINGS UPDATE: Tennessee men's track & field was ranked No. 2 in the latest installment of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Track & Field Rating Index (TFRI), while the Lady Vols were ranked No. 10 in the country.

Additionally, the Vols and Lady Vols have totaled 21 marks that currently rank top 16 on the NCAA Division I national qualifying list this season:

Davonte Howell – Men's 60m – 6.49 (No. 1)
Traunard Folson – Men's 60m – 6.49 (No. 1)
T'Mars McCallum – Men's 60m – 6.59 (No. 11)
Andre Jackson II – Men's 400m – 45.82 (No. 8)
Hinti, Jackson, Wetzel, Barton – Men's 4x400m Relay – 3:05.13 (No. 9)
Ismaila Sawaneh – Men's Pole Vault – 5.66m / 18-6.75 (No. 7)
Cade Gray – Men's Pole Vault – 5.61m / 18-4.75 (No. 10)
Clarke Byram – Men's Pole Vault – 5.61m / 18-4.75 (No. 10)
Blake Sifferlin – Men's Pole Vault – 5.56m / 18-2.75 (No. 12)
Evan Puckett – Men's Pole Vault – 5.56m / 18-2.75 (No. 12)
Cade Gray – Men's Long Jump – 7.97m / 26-1.75 (No. 4)
Justice Jones – Men's Long Jump – 7.83m / 25-8.25 (No. 12)
JL Van Rensburg – Men's Shot Put – 19.06m / 62-6.5 (No. 16)
Aidan Ifkovits – Men's Weight Throw – 22.35m / 73-4 (No. 8)
Faith Okwose – Women's 60m – 7.21 (No. 8)
Esther Joseph – Women's 200m – 23.11 (No. 6)
Esther Joseph – Women's 400m – 51.36 (No. 3)
Javonya Valcourt – Women's 400m – 51.73 (No. 7)
Myreanna Bebe – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.09 (No. 10)
Valcourt, Joseph, Wright, Johnson – Women's 4x400m Relay – 3:29.31 (No. 6)
Fawbush, Armstrong, Haywood, Ogwoka – Women's DMR – 11:18.18 (No. 12)

UP NEXT: Tennessee wraps up the regular indoor season next week, competing at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the Music City Challenge in Nashville. Both meets are scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13-14.