Kentucky Invitational Meet Notes

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KENTUCKY INVITATIONAL

2013 THE SCHEDULE

JAN. 11-12, 2013 » NUTTER FIELD HOUSE » LEXINGTON, KY.

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¢ The University of Tennessee track & field team will open its indoor campaign at the Kentucky Invitational for the seventh-consecutive season, as the Vols and Lady Vols compete on Friday and Saturday in Lexington, Ky., on UK’s oversized 300-meter oval at Nutter Field House. ¢ Expected to be on hand for the meet are Eastern Kentucky, Florida A&M, Kentucky, Kentucky State, Louisville, Marshall (women), Memphis, Miami (Fla.), Middle Tennessee State, Tennessee, 11thranked UCF (women) and Vanderbilt (women).

Jessie Harrison Senior - Throws ¢ NCAA’s 29th-ranked weight thrower entering indoor season (62-8.5) ¢ Three-time SEC Scorer

Chase Brannon Junior - Pole Vault ¢ Indoor All-American ¢ NCAA’s 10th-ranked pole vaulter entering indoor season (17-8.25)

Kianna Ruff Junior - Mid. Dist./Sprints ¢ 3x Indoor All-American ¢ SEC All-Freshman Team ¢ NCAA’s 30th-ranked 800m runner (2:07.64)

Matthew Hoty Sophomore - Throws ¢ Indoor All-American ¢ SEC All-Freshman Team ¢ NCAA’s 9th-ranked shot putter (62-3.25)

Nijgia Snapp Senior - Mid. Dist./Sprints ¢ 3x Indoor All-American ¢ Indoor All-SEC First Team ¢ NCAA’s 12th-ranked 800m runner (2:05.49)

Jamol James Sophomore - Sprints ¢ SEC All-Freshman Team ¢ NCAA’s 23rd-ranked 60-meter runner entering season (6.72)

TEAM INFORMATION Location.................................................. Knoxville, Tenn.

Founded.....................................1974 as Blount College Enrollment................................................................27,523 Colors......................................................Orange & White Nicknames............................................Lady Vols & Vols Conference.....................................Southeastern (SEC) Facility............. Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium President.....................................Dr. Joseph A. DiPietro Chancellor...................................... Dr. Jimmy G. Cheek Director of Athletics.......................................Dave Hart Director of Track & Field/XC.........................J.J. Clark Year at Tennessee....................................................... 11th 2012 SEC Men’s In/Out Finish....................... 7th/10th 2012 NCAA Men’s In/Out Finish.............DNP/T-56th 2012 SEC Women’s In/Out Finish.................. 4th/5th 2012 NCAA Women’s In/Out Finish........ T-48th/T-9th Men’s All-Americans Returning/Lost...................6/0 Men’s Newcomers........................................................... 8 Women’s All-Americans Returning/Lost............ 5/6 Women’s Newcomers...................................................10

LOOKING BACK

¢ The Big Orange produced five event wins, including four on the final day, at last season’s UK Invitational. Redshirt freshman Matthew Hoty and Lady Vol senior Annie Alexander led UT to an impressive sweep of shot put titles at the meet. ¢ In his first collegiate meet, Hoty took down a 44-year old Tennessee freshman record with a toss of 58 feet, 7 1/2-inches. The now-sophomore went on to shatter that record back at Nutter Field House with a third-place throw of 62-3 1/4 at the 2012 SEC Indoor Championships. That mark has the Sandusky, Ohio, native ranked ninth in the nation in the event entering the 2013 slate. ¢ Senior Nijgia Snapp and junior Chase Brannon will also look to repeat as champions in their respective events. Snapp – a three-time indoor AllAmerican – cruised to the 800-meter title with a readout of 2:08.55 and went on to best that time at Nutter Field House with a fifth-place finish in the event at last season’s SEC Championships. The Mays Landing, N.J., native will also compete in the 4x400m relay and the 4,000m distance medley relay. ¢ Brannon sailed over the bar at a then-careerhigh height of 17-7 1/2 to win the pole vault. The Brentwood, Tenn., native upped that mark with a leap of 17-8 1/4 at the Virginia Tech Qualifier and went on to place 16th at the NCAA Indoor Championships and earn All-American status. Brannon enters the indoor campaign as the 10th-best men’s pole vaulter in the NCAA based on last season’s marks. ¢ Former Vol Desmond Brown also added a win for UT at last season’s UK Invitational, jumping to an opening-day victory in the men’s long jump with a leap of 24-4 1/4.

RETURNING INDOOR ALL-AMERICANS

¢ Chase Brannon....Men’s Pole Vault (2nd Team) ¢ Matthew Hoty.........Men’s Shot Put (2nd Team)

¢ Martinique Octave..... Women’s 4x400mR (1st Team)

¢ Kianna Ruff...... Women’s 4x400mR (1st Team) .......................................... Women’s DMR (2nd Team) ¢ Nijgia Snapp........... Women’s DMR (2nd Team)

INDOOR DATE MEET TIME Jan. 11-12 Kentucky Invitational All Day Jan. 18-19 Virginia Tech Invitational All Day Jan. 25-26 Texas A&M Mondo Challenge All Day Feb. 1-2 New Balance Invitational All Day Feb. 8 Flotrack Husky Classic All Day Feb. 8-9 Tyson Invitational All Day Feb. 22-24 SEC Championships All Day March 8-9 NCAA Championships All Day

OUTDOOR DATE MEET TIME March 22-23 SEC/Big 10 Challenge All Day March 27-30 Texas Relays All Day March 29-30 Stanford Invitational All Day March 30 Raleigh Relays All Day April 5-6 Pepsi Florida Relays All Day APRIL 11-13 SEA RAY RELAYS ALL DAY April 18-21 Mt. SAC Relays All Day April 19-20 Vanderbilt Relays All Day April 25-27 Penn Relays All Day May 9-12 SEC Championships All Day May 23-25 NCAA East Preliminary All Day June 5-8 NCAA Championships All Day June 22-26 USATF Championships All Day

LOCATIONS Kentucky Invitational - Lexington, Ky. Virginia Tech Invitational - Blacksburg, Va. Mondo Challenge - College Station, Texas New Balance Invitational - New York, N.Y. Flotrack Husky Classic - Seattle, Wa. Tyson Invitational - Fayetteville, Ark. SEC Championships - Fayetteville, Ark. NCAA Championships - Fayetteville, Ark. SEC/Big 10 Challenge - Starkville, Miss.

Texas Relays - Austin, Texas Stanford Invitational - Stanford, Calif.

Raleigh Relays - Raleigh, N.C. Pepsi Florida Relays - Gainesville, Fla. Sea Ray Relays - Knoxville, Tenn.

Mt. SAC Relays - Walnut, Calif.

Vanderbilt Relays - Nashville, Tenn.

Penn Relays - Philadelphia, Pa. SEC Championships - Columbia, Mo. NCAA East Preliminary - Greensboro, N.C. NCAA Championships - Eugene, Ore. USATF Championships - Des Moines, Iowa

CONTACT CORNER BRIAN BRUCE

Assistant Director of Media Relations Email: brianbruce@utk.edu Office: 865.974.7489 Cell: 607.745.6093 Twitter: @BrianBruceUT

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2013 LADY VOL TRACK & FIELD ROSTER NAME

Chelsea Blaase Kathryn Boyer Felicia Brown Erin Champion Lizzie Cornell Katherine Dresch Caroline Duer Linda Hadfield Aslynn Halvorson Jessie Harrison Charity Honeycutt Brittney Jackson Kia Jackson Amirah Johnson Ty-Vonna Johnson Kelsey Kane Patavia Lowery Kasha McDougald Martinique Octave Allison Outerbridge Alexis Panisse Julia Petree ReJean Rouse Kianna Ruff Gabrielle Sherwood Nijgia Snapp Jazmen Townsend Cassie Wertman Katelyn Williams Emily Yarnell Amber Zimmerman

YEAR (IN/OUT)

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Fr./Fr. 5-5 Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. 5-6 So./R-Fr. 5-3 R-Fr./R-Fr. 5-8 Jr./Jr. 5-6 Fr./Fr. 5-6 Jr./Jr. 5-4 Jr./Jr. 5-10 Sr./Sr. 6-0 R-Sr./Sr. 6-0 Jr./Jr. 5-7 Sr./Sr. 5-3 So./So. 5-9 Jr./Jr. 5-3 Sr./Sr. 5-5 Jr./Jr. 5-5 So./So. 5-7 Sr./Sr. 5-3 Jr./Jr. 5-7 Fr./Fr. 5-0 So./So. 5-6 Fr./Fr. Jr./Jr. 5-3 Fr./Fr. 5-3 Sr./Sr. 5-5 Jr./Jr. 5-9 Fr./Fr. 5-9 Fr./Fr. 6-2 Fr./Fr. 5-5 Jr./Jr. 5-5

EVENTS

Distance Pole Vault Sprints Pole Vault Distance Javelin Distance Pole Vault Throws Throws Middle Distance Middle Distance Sprints/Jumps Middle Distance Middle Distance/Sprints Distance Middle Distance Hurdles/Jumps Sprints Jumps Distance Middle Distance/Sprints Throws Middle Distance/Sprints Pole Vault Middle Distance/Sprints Jumps/Sprints Throws Throws Sprints Distance

HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL St. Joseph, Ill./Ogden Champaign, Ill./St. Thomas More Lithonia, Ga./M.L.K. Jr. Clinton, Tenn./Clinton Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne Nashville, Tenn./Harpeth Hill Greenville, S.C./Eastside Yorkville, N.Y./New York Mills Charlotte, N.C./Butler Collierville, Tenn./Houston Burnsville, N.C./Mountain Heritage Maplewood, N.J./Columbia Lithonia, Ga./Southwest DeKalb Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt Newark, N.J./Columbia Knoxville, Tenn./West Knoxville, Tenn./South Carolina St. Junction City, Kan./Junction City New Orleans, La./Tulane Sandys, Bermuda/Mt. St. Agnes Academy Bellerose, N.Y./Cardozo Maryville, Tenn./Maryville Nashville, Tenn./ St. Louis, Mo./McCluer South-Berkeley Lakeville, N.Y./Livonia Senior Mays Landing, N.J./Seton Hall Chesapeake, Va./Grassfield Holland, Ind./Southridge Nashville, Tenn./Harpeth Hill Knoxville, Tenn./Hardin Valley Academy Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School

COACHING STAFF

Director of Track & Field/Cross Country: J.J. Clark (11th Season at Tennessee) Associate Head Coach (M/W Throws): John Frazier (Seventh Season) Assistant Coach (W Sprints): Sharon Couch (Third Season) Assistant Coach (M Sprints): Rohsaan Griffin (Third Season) Assistant Coach (M/W Jumps): Jerome Romain (Fourth Season) Assistant Coach (M/W Distance): Rodney Stoker (First Season) Volunteer Assistants: David Job (W Pole Vault/11th Season), Russ Johnson (M Pole Vault/Eighth Season) Director of Operations: Barbara Powers (First Season)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Chelsea Blaase......................................................................................................... blAHs Aslynn Halvorson........................................................................ ACE-lin HAL-ver-son Kia Jackson.............................................................................................................KEY-uh Amirah Johnson......................................................................................... uh-MEAR-uh Ty-Vonna Johnson........................................................................................ tie-VON-uh Patavia Lowery.................................................................................... puh-TAVE-ee-uh

FOLLOW THE TEAM ONLINE

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Kasha McDougald...............................................................................................KAY-sha Martinique Octave..........................................................................................OCT-tayve Alexis Panisse............................................................................................puh-NIECE-ay Julia Petree..........................................................................................................PEA-tree RaJean Rouse.......................................................................................ray-JEAN rOWse Nijgia Snapp............................................................................................................NYE-ja

2013 VOL TRACK & FIELD ROSTER NAME

Tyler Anderson Tavis Bailey Terry Benson Jacob Blankenship Chris Bodary Chase Brannon Cameron Brown Antonio Carter Jordan Chaney J.R. Creekmore Stephen Derlath Jeremy Dickie Breon Dixon Jack Felix Scott Foy Joe Franklin Carson Frost Luke Hadden Arnez Hardnick Matthew Hoty Jamol James Reggie Juin Nick Kaiser Mike Libruk Jack Little Michael Maira Deon McAdoo Alex McCandless Derek McClardy Jarael Nelvis Peter Okwera Tyler Porter Jake Rainey Drew Thomas Daniel Tobin Kyle Walter Austin Whitelaw Michael Williams

YEAR (IN/OUT)

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EVENTS

So./So. R-Fr./So. Sr./-- Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. Jr./Jr. Fr./Fr. R-Fr./So. Jr./Jr. R-Fr./R-Fr. So./So. R-Fr./R-Fr. Sr./Sr. So./R-Fr. R-Fr./R-Fr. Sr./-- R-Fr./R-Fr. Sr./Sr. Sr./Sr. So./So. So./So. Sr./Sr. So./So. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. So./So. R-Fr./R-Fr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Jr./Jr. So./So. Jr./Jr. R-So./R-So. Sr./Sr. Jr./Jr. R-Fr./R-Fr. R-Fr./R-Fr. So./So.

6-2 6-3 6-3 6-0 5-9 6-0 6-6 5-8 5-11 6-0 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-3 5-9 5-8 6-3 5-9 5-7 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-1 6-0 5-9 6-1 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-11 6-5 5-9 5-9 5-9 5-11

Jumps/Sprints Throws Hurdles Pole Vault Distance/Steeplechase Pole Vault/Javelin Throws Middle Distance/Sprints Middle Distance Distance Distance Distance Middle Distance/Sprints Distance Distance Middle Distance Throws Javelin Sprints Throws Sprints Sprints Middle Distance Distance Distance Pole Vault Throws Distance Jumps/Sprints Sprints Middle Distance Pole Vault Distance Throws Distance Distance Distance Sprints/Hurdles

HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Antioch, Tenn./Hillsboro Kannapolis, N.C./Lenoir-Rhyne Las Vegas, Nev./Central Arizona Blacklick, Ohio/Gahanna Lincoln Downingtown, Pa./Bishop Shanahan Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Academy Brentwood, Tenn./Ravenwood Lithonia, Ga./Miller Grove Maryville, Tenn./Maryville Wilmington, Del./Archmere Academy Charlotte, N.C/Ardrey Kell Swartz Creek, Mich./Swartz Creek Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Island Asheville, N.C./Asheville School Tallahassee, Fla./Godby Sonora, Calif./Sonora Union Berlin, Vt./Wake Forest Cleveland, Ohio/Grambling Sandusky, Ohio/Perkins Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago/Queen’s Royal Conyers, Ga./Tusculum Lambertville, Mich./Bedford Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker Yorktown, Va./York Shamong, N.J./Seneca LaVergne, Tenn./LaVerge Sevierville, Tenn./Sevier County Murfreesboro, Tenn./Siegel Memphis, Tenn./White Station Kampala, Uganda/Western Kentucky Jefferson, Ga./Jefferson Clarksville, Tenn./Rossview Greeneville, Tenn./Greeneville Springfield, Va./West Springfield Knoxville, Tenn./Bearden Monroe, Mich./Monroe Washington, D.C./DeMatha Catholic

COACHING STAFF

Director of Track & Field/Cross Country: J.J. Clark (11th Season at Tennessee) Associate Head Coach (M/W Throws): John Frazier (Seventh Season) Assistant Coach (W Sprints): Sharon Couch (Third Season) Assistant Coach (M Sprints): Rohsaan Griffin (Third Season) Assistant Coach (M/W Jumps): Jerome Romain (Fourth Season) Assistant Coach (M/W Distance): Rodney Stoker (First Season) Volunteer Assistants: David Job (W Pole Vault/11th Season), Russ Johnson (M Pole Vault/Eighth Season) Director of Operations: Barbara Powers (First Season)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Tavis Bailey........................................................................................................... TAY-viss Chris Bodary............................................................................................... BODE-uh-ree Stephen Derlath.................................................................................................DER-lath Breon Dixon.........................................................................................................BREE-on Luke Hadden........................................................................................................HAY-den Arnez Hardnick....................................................................................................are-NEZ Matthew Hoty.........................................................................................................HO-tee Reggie Juin.................................................................................................................JU-in

Nick Kaiser.............................................................................................................KYE-zer Mike Libruk......................................................................................................... li-BROOK Michael Maira............................................................................................................MY-ra Deon McAdoo..............................................................................................MAC-uh-dew Derek McClardy................................................................................. Mick-CLAIRE-dee Jarael Nelvis........................................................................................ ja-RELL NEL-viss Peter Okwera............................................................................................Oak-WEAR-uh Daniel Tobin.......................................................................................................... TOE-bin

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