Tennessee Track & Field Meet Notes For UCLA-WSU Double Dual

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

DOUBLE DUAL VS. UCLA & WASHINGTON STATE

2012 UT TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS

March 31, 2012 | Drake Stadium| Los Angeles, Calif.

Starting Blocks UCLA Hosts Double Dual With Tennessee, Washington State  Tennessee originally was scheduled to compete in a dual meet with UCLA on Saturday. Washington State now has joined the festivities, so UT will compete in scored men’s and women’s dual meets vs. UCLA and WSU.  Field event action gets underway at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. ET) on Saturday at Drake Stadium, while running events are slated to start at 2:05 PT (5:05 ET).  The men’s UT-UCLA dual tradition began in 1971 and was contested nearly every season (except 1980, 1982) until 1983 before being restarted in 2011. UCLA leads, 11-1. The women’s series, which includes meetings in 1996 and 2011, is tied at 1-1.  The Lady Vols enter as the only top-25 team in the field, standing at No. 14 in the USTFCCCA Preseason Rankings. A Year Ago In Westwood  The 15th-ranked Lady Vols won a thriller in 2011, edging the hosts, 82-81, while the Vols dropped a 111-50 decision to the Bruins on April 2 at UCLA’s Drake Stadium.  Tennessee won nine women’s events and six men’s events during the competition.  Annie Alexander was one of two UT women to card a pair of victories, toppling her 2008 school record in the shot put with a blast of 57-9 3/4 and carding a toss of 179-8 in the discus.  The Vols had a pair of double-victors, including Dentarius Locke, who tied Willie Gault’s 1983 meet record in the 100m at 10.29 and carded a win in the 200m at 20.71 as well.  Other two-event winners were Terry Benson (men’s 110mH, 400mH), Brittany Sheffey (women’s 800m, 1500m) and Ellen Wortham (women’s 400mH, long jump).  The Lady Vols set six meet records, including Sheffey in the 800m (2:09.09) and 1500m (4:22.16), Martinique Octave in the 200m (24.17), Ellen Wortham in the 400m hurdles (56.62), Annie Alexander in the shot (57-9 3/4) and Holly Kane in the javelin (136-9).

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

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OUTDOOR DATE March 23 March 31 March 6-7 APRIL 7

DAY Fri. Sat. Fri.-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 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, N.C. A&T, 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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