UT Track & Field Meet Notes For New Balance Collegiate Invitational

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TENNESSEE 2012 TRACK & FIELD 7 National Championships | 51 SEC Championships | 286 All-Americans

NEW BALANCE COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL

2012 UT TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS

Feb.3-4,2012 |New Balance Track Center at The Armory| NewYork,N.Y.

Starting Blocks UT Off To Big Apple For New Balance Collegiate Invitational  More than 130 universities and colleges spanning both the nation and the globe will be at The Armory in New York City to compete in the 2012 New Balance Collegiate Invitational on Feb. 3-4.  Many of the nation’s successful programs will be taking the ‘A’ train uptown for the nation’s biggest and best indoor college meet excluding the NCAA Championships. Joining Tennessee will be schools such as Alabama, Arkansas, Baylor, BYU, Clemson, Duke, Georgetown, Kansas, LSU, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Southern Cal, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Villanova and many more.  In addition to those standout programs, colleges from Ireland, Puerto Rico, France and Canada will join in the 11th edition of this meet, which is contested at the New Balance Track Center inside The Armory.  A total of 16 Vols and 17 Lady Vols are slated to make the trip to The Armory, which is located in the Washington Heights neighborhood at 168th Street, between Broadway and Fort Washington Ave. Last Year’s Highlights At The New Balance Collegiate Invitational  For the third straight meet, Justin Hunter claimed victory in the championship long jump, soaring to 25-10 1/4 in NYC at last season’s New Balance Collegiate Invitational.  Joe Berry made a strong performance in the championship pole vault, taking second with a careerbest indoor effort of 17-8 1/2 to pronounce himself healthy after a challenging 2010 season. He went on to sweep the SEC Indoor and Outdoor titles.  For the Lady Vols, Brittany Sheffey grabbed second in the championship mile in 4:44.14, while Ashley Harris checked in second in the college 200m final at 24.63. Big Orange NCAA Qualifiers/Top 20 National-Listers  The Lady Vol distance medley relay unit has earned its way to the NCAA Indoor Championship meet in Nampa, Idaho, on March 9-10. The tandem of Chanelle Price, Ellen Wortham, Nijgia Snapp and Brittany

Location............................................................................Knoxville, Tenn. Founded...........................................................1794 as Blount College Enrollment..........................................................................................27,523 Colors ...........................................................................Orange and White Nicknames......... Lady Volunteers (Lady Vols) & Volunteers (Vols) Conference..............................................................Southeastern (SEC) Affiliation..........................................................................NCAA Division I Indoor Track..................Stokely Athletics Center (Practice Only) Outdoor Track .......................Tom Black Track at LaPorte Center President .............................................................Dr. Joseph A. DiPietro Chancellor ...............................................................Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek Faculty Athletics Representative.........................Dr. Dan Murphy Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics .............................Dave Hart Director of Women’s Athletics ....................................Joan Cronan Director of Track & Field/Cross Country............................J.J. Clark Alma Mater (Year) .......................................................Villanova (1986) Year at Tennessee............................................................................... 10th 2011 SEC Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Finishes........................7th/8th 2011 NCAA Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Finishes..............39th/64th 2011 SEC Women’s Indoor/Outdoor Finishes ................3rd/5th 2011 NCAA Women’s Indoor/Outdoor Finishes ...........7th/11th Men’s All-Americans Returning/Lost ..............................................1/1 Men’s Newcomers......................................................................................15 Women’s All-Americans Returning/Lost.......................................9/2 Women’s Newcomers .................................................................................7

2012 TENNESSEE TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE INDOOR DATE Jan. 13-14 Jan. 20-21 Jan. 27-28

DAY Fri.-Sat. Fri.-Sat. Fri.-Sat.

Feb. 3-4 Feb. 10-11 Feb. 10-11 Feb. 24-Feb. 26 March 9-10

Fri.-Sat. Fri.-Sat. Fri.-Sat. Fri.-Sun. Fri.-Sat.

MEET Kentucky Invitational Auburn Indoor Invitational Texas A&M Mondo Challenge (Arizona State, Florida, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech) New Balance Collegiate Invitational Husky Classic (#) Akron Invitational SEC Indoor Championships NCAA Indoor Championships

SITE Lexington, Ky. Birmingham, Ala. College Station, Texas

TIME All Day All Day All Day

New York, N.Y. Seattle, Wash. Akron, Ohio Lexington, Ky. Nampa, Idaho

All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day

SITE Starkville, Miss. Stanford, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. KNOXVILLE

TIME All Day All Day TBA TBA

KNOXVILLE Nashville, Tenn. Philadelphia, Pa. LaJolla, Calif. Baton Rouge, La. Jacksonville, Fla. Des Moines, Iowa

ALL DAY All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day

OUTDOOR DATE March 23 March 23-24 March 31 APRIL 7

DAY Fri. Fri.-Sat. Sat. SAT.

APRIL 11-14 April 20-21 April 26-28 April 27-28 May 10-13 May 24-26 June 6-9

WED.-SAT. Fri.-Sat. Thu.-Sat. Fri.-Sat. Thu.-Sun. Thu.-Sat. Wed.-Sat.

MEET SEC/Big 10 Challenge Stanford Invitational (#) UCLA Dual TENNESSEE CHALLENGE (Akron, Carson-Newman, Louisville, N.C. A&T, Tennessee) SEA RAY RELAYS Vanderbilt Invitational Penn Relays UCSD Triton Invitational (#) SEC Outdoor Championships NCAA East Preliminary Round NCAA Outdoor Championships

(#) Select Events Only / All Dates Are Subject To Change FOLLOW ON TWITTER @VOL_TRACK AND @LADYVOL_TRACK /// TENNESSEE TRACK & FIELD


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