Stephen Derlath                  Hometown: Charlotte, N.C. High School: Ardrey Kell Height / Weight: 6-4 / 165 Event: XC/Distance Year (XC/In./Out): Jr./So./So.

2011 and 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll...2012 SEC Track & Field All-Freshman selection (5000m).

Indoors

• Ran a 15:06.97 5000m at the SEC Championships, placing 24th
• Competed in the 3000m at the Tyson Invitational, where he finished 15th in 8:34.17
• Earned a new personal record and second place in the College division of the 5000m at the Armory Invitational, finishing in a time of 14:38.16
• Finished the 5000m in a career best 14:45.83 to place 6th at the Virginia Tech Invitational
• Ran the 3000m at the Kentucky Invitational, earning a new personal best and finishing 8th overall in 8:32.96

Dropped his personal best by a huge margin at the 10K NCAA South Regional, finishing 44th overall and second on the team in 31:57.2...Finished fourth on the team and 59th overall, scoring at the 8K SEC Championships with a time of 25:31.93...Earned a new personal best at the 5K Belmont Opener, finishing 12th overall and third on the team in 15:50.00...Scored for the team and earned a then-8K personal record at the Commodore Classic, finishing in 40th place overall and fourth on the team in 25:48.18...Ran third for the team and 82nd overall at the 8K Brooks Paul Short Run, finishing in a personal best time of 25:18...Competed at the 8K Crimson Classic, finishing 11th overall and second on the team in 26:08.39.

Honors - SEC All-Freshman selection in 5000m...Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Indoors - Fashioned a personal-record time of 15:01.27 in the 5000m to place 12th as the SEC Indoor meet and earn SEC All-Freshman Honors as the top rookie finisher...Knocked a 3000m PR of 8:39.61 at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge...Finished seventh in the 3000m in 8:47.51 at the Auburn Invitational...Ran the mile in 4:29.11 at the Kentucky Invitational...Dropped his 5000m time to 15:16.43 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...Outdoors - Ran the 3000m at the UCLA/Washington State Dual, placing eighth in 8:49.45...Turned in a 4:08.52 clocking in his first 1500m race at the Tennessee Challenge...Cranked out a time of 15:07.62 to finish eighth at the Sea Ray Relays...Followed that with another PR, this time a 14:57.59 count, in the Olympic Development section at the Penn Relays...Logged a 10000m PR of 32:31.68 at the SEC Championship meet...Also competed in the 5000 meters, running a time of 15:07.25.

Was in UT's scoring five in two of the last three meets...Closed his sophomore year by running fourth for the team and placing 110th overall in a 10K career-best 34:13.4 at the NCAA South Regional...Contributed to UT's scoring total for the first time as a sophomore and for the second occasion in his career, as he ran fifth for UT at the Crimson Classic on Oct. 15...Posted an 8K time of 26:37.13 in Tuscaloosa to wind up 60th overall of 158 runners...Was UT's seventh runner and placed 65th overall in an 8K career best of 26:20.52 at the SEC Championships...Placed 14th overall at the 8K Tennessee Invitational in 26:49.32...Opened his sophomore campaign by placing 30th overall in 16:20.54 at the 5K Belmont-VU Opener.

Honors - Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Indoors - Redshirted...Outdoors - Redshirted.

Finished 72nd in his first SEC meet, checking in at 27:03.40 for 8K...Ran fourth for UT and placed 17th overall in 16:11.63 in his collegiate debut at the 5K Belmont-VU Opener...Placed 29th and was the Vols' seventh finisher in 26:33.63 at the 8K Commodore Classic...Was UT's top finisher in the Open Race at the ISU Pre-National Invitational, running an 8K PR of 26:25.5.

A two-year team captain at Ardrey Kell High School, he was all-region in cross country in 2008 and 2009 and earned all-conference kudos from 2007-09...Owns 5K career best of 16:10.00 on the trails...2010 North Carolina all-state honoree in track & field, doing so in the 3200m indoors and out...Fifth in 3200m at 2010 NCHSAA 4A Championships outdoor meet in 9:42.56 and snared seventh indoors in 9:53.42...2010 region champ in 3200m...Other PRs include 9:39 for 3200m, 9:13.85 for 3000m...A 2010 North Carolina all-state honoree in track & field, doing so in the 3200m Indoors and out...Fifth in 3200m at 2010 NCHSAA 4A Championships outdoor meet in 9:42.56 and snared seventh indoors in 9:53.42...2010 region champ in 3200m...Other PRs include 9:39 for 3200m, 9:13.85 for 3000m...A two-year team captain in cross country at Ardrey Kell High School, he was all-region in 2008 and 2009 and earned all-conference kudos from 2007-09...Owns 5K career best of 16:10.00 on the trails.

Born May 11, 1992, in Garden City, N.Y....Majoring in business...Parents are Bernie and Nancy Derlath...His sisters are Christina and Brittany.