UT Track & Field Meet Note for Tennessee Challenge

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TENNESSEE 2012 TRACK & FIELD 7 National Championships | 51 SEC Championships | 288 All-Americans

TENNESSEE CHALLENGE

2012 UT TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS

April 7,2012 | Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium| Knoxville

Starting Blocks Tennessee Challenge Features Five Squads  The Big Orange men and women will play host to their first home track & field meet of the 2012 campaign on Saturday, as the Tennessee Challenge takes place at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium.  Joining UT in the meet will be Akron, Carson-Newman, East Tennessee and Louisville. North Carolina A&T was originally scheduled to attend but will not make the trip.  Field event action gets underway at 9 a.m. with the men’s hammer, while races on the oval start at 12:30 p.m. with the women’s 3000m steeplechase. The final event of the meet is the men’s 4x400m relay, which is scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m. Chris Bodary Competing At Stanford On Friday  Tennessee will have a lone representative in California this weekend, competing at the Stanford Invitational. Chris Bodary is slated to run the 5000 meters on Friday, but the senior’s section and start time have not been finalized.  Bodary ran a 10K race at that meet in 2011, finishing 22nd in section two in a career-best 30:00.33. Lady Vols, Vols On The NCAA East Qualifying List  Annie Alexander (wSP, 56-5 1/4) and Ellen Wortham (w400mH, 57.27) have No. 1 marks on the NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifying list. Participants in the NCAA East meet compete for the chance to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.  Other top-10 ranked UT athletes on the NCAA East list include Annie Alexander (3rd, wDT, 174-10), Brittany Jones (4th, w200m, 23.27), Brittany Sheffey (4th, w1500m, 4:22.55), Matthew Hoty (8th, mSP, 59-9 3/4), the women’s 4x100m relay (8th, 44.44), the men’s 4x100m relay (9th, 40.09), Tavis Bailey (10th, mDT, 176-4) and Brittany Jones (10th, w100m, 11.47).  The 2012 NCAA East Preliminary Round meet will be held May 24-26 in Jacksonville, Fla.

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 2012 SEC Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Finishes...........................7th/?? 2012 NCAA Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Finishes..................... dns/?? 2012 SEC Women’s Indoor/Outdoor Finishes ...................4th/?? 2012 NCAA Women’s Indoor/Outdoor Finishes .............t48th/?? Men’s All-Americans Returning/Lost ..............................................1/1 Men’s Newcomers......................................................................................20 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 3 March 9-10

Fri.-Sat. Fri.-Sat. Fri.-Sat. Fri.-Sun. Sat. 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 Virginia Tech Final Qualifier 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. Blacksburg, Va. Nampa, Idaho

All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day

OUTDOOR DATE March 23 March 31 March 6 APRIL 7

DAY Fri. Sat. Fri. 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 SITE SEC/Big 10 Challenge Starkville, Miss. UCLA-Washington State Double Dual Los Angeles, Calif. Stanford Invitational (#) Stanford, Calif. TENNESSEE CHALLENGE KNOXVILLE (Akron, Carson-Newman, East Tennessee State, Louisville, Tennessee) SEA RAY RELAYS KNOXVILLE Vanderbilt Invitational Nashville, Tenn. Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. UCSD Triton Invitational (#) LaJolla, Calif. SEC Outdoor Championships Baton Rouge, La. NCAA East Preliminary Round Jacksonville, Fla. NCAA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa

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


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