University of Tennessee Athletics
2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Yonas Haile
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Rio Rancho, N.M.
- High School:
- V. Sue Cleveland
- Previous School:
- Adams State
Personal Records
Cross Country
- 4-mile: 21:00.4 (2024)
- 8k: 24:05.0 (2022)
- 10k: 30:18.4 (2023)
Indoor Track
- Mile: 4:12.35 (2024)
- 3,000m: 8:10.11 (2024)
- 5,000m: 14:05.94 (2023)
Outdoor Track
- 1,500m: 3:55.13 (2023)
- 5000m: 14:05.94 (2023)
- 10,000m: 29:45.08 (2023)
2025 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Made his track debut for the Big Orange in the first heat of the men's 10k at the Raleigh Relays (3/27), finishing with a time of 30:34.17
2024 CROSS COUNTRY
- Rounded out the Vol's top five as he crossed the finish line in the men's 8k with a time of 24:09.9 at the Gans Creek Classic (9/27)
- Captured a fourth-place finish in the men's 4-mile at the Tennessee Invitational (8/30), clocking a time of 21:00.35
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- All-RMAC, XC in 2021 and 2022
- Member of the 2021 Division II Men’s Cross Country Nationals Runner-up Team
HIGH SCHOOL
- Individual State Champion in XC in 2017 and 2018
- Team State Champion in XC in 2017 and 2018
- Team State Champion in Track & Field Champion in 2016,2017, and 2018
PERSONAL
- Son of Haile Elias and Ghenet Birhanuyukun
- Majoring in Business Administration
T&F | NCAA Indoor Championships Meet Recap (3.14.26)
Wednesday, March 18
Everything Orange S3 l Ismaila Sawaneh (Track & Field)
Friday, March 06
T&F | SEC Indoor Championships Meet Recap (2.28.26)
Saturday, February 28
T&F | Tyson Invitational Meet Recap (2.14.26)
Saturday, February 14









