On June 4, we celebrate birthdays for women's track/cross country redshirt freshman Lizzie Cornell and former Vols pitcher and major leaguer Steve Searcy, who is also a Knoxville native.
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The No. 20 Vols and Lady Vols will be looking to continue their success at the country's most prestigious meet this week, the 119th edition of the Penn Relays. Joining the Big Orange at Franklin Field will be a slew of former standouts, including Justin Gatlin, DeeDee Trotter, Tianna Madison, Phoebe Wright and Chanelle Price, representing Team USA. Price, a native of Easton, Pa., recently discussed her current training on Rocky Top with her hometown newspaper. Also joining the Lady Vols in Philadelphia will be incoming commit and Washington Post All-Met Winter Track Athlete of the Year Felecia Majors. The multi-event talent talked about her ongoing journey to Rocky Top.
The Express-Times (Lehigh Valley): Chanelle Price will represent USA in 3,200mR at Penn Relays
On April 22, we send Happy Birthday to runner Brittney Jackson of the track & field and cross country teams.
Happy Birthday to redshirt freshman runner Kyle Walter of the track & field and cross country teams.
Vol sophomore Tavis Bailey and the rest of the Tennessee track & field team will host the 47th annual Sea Ray Relays this week at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium. The event, which is free admission, will open with the women's and men's hammer throw competition on Thursday at 4 p.m. For more information on the meet, click the Sea Ray Relays Central Page. Also, be sure to check out the feature on Bailey and his teammate and Knoxville native Kelsey Kane below.
Knoxville News Sentinel: Chance to throw at UT worth the price for Tavis Bailey
The Daily Beacon: Vols prepare for first, last home meet
University of Tennessee track & field signees Felecia Majors (pictured left) and Brielyn Rogers (right) have both been honored by the Washington Post. Majors was named the Post's 2012 Winter All-Met Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year for the second-consecutive season, while Rogers garnered First Team All-Met honors. Both will join the Lady Vol program this fall. Check out the story below, which features more information about the UT signees.
Incoming University of Tennessee track & field athlete Brielyn Rogers - a native of Marlboro, Md., - has been named the Prince George's County Girls Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Rogers, a multi-event athlete and USATF All-American in the triple jump, will join the Lady Vols this summer and hit the track for UT for the 2014 indoor season.
Maryland Gazette: McNamara triple jumper finds success
Continue reading Tennessee Update: T&F/XC Blog (3/14).
As we celebrate Black History Month this February, the Knoxville News Sentinel takes a look back at the first African-American runners to compete on the University of Tennessee track & field team and the coach who got them to Rocky Top.
Knoxville News Sentinel: With Audrey Hardy, James Craig and Coach Chuck Rohe, the Vols were Track Forerunners in Integration
Lady Vol junior pole vaulter Linda Hadfield has started 2013 with a bang, posting the three highest indoor marks in school history through four meets. As Hadfield and the rest of the Tennessee track & field team prepare to split up this weekend for the last meet before the championship portion of the season, check out this feature on the Upstate New Yorker from her local hometown newspaper.
University of Tennessee faculty, students, staff and alumni
are sharing their big ideas that are making a difference in the world around
them. Recent Lady Vol track & field alum Elizabeth Tiller - a 2012 graduate
in public administration and Spanish - shared her big idea of
improving the lives of the homeless and underprivileged through a 5K fundraiser.
Check out the video below.
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