University of Tennessee Athletics
Track & Field Central: Tennessee Rust Buster
March 23, 2017 | Track & Field
Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium | Live Results | Schedule | Heat Sheets | Facility Records
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Tennessee track & field will open the 2017 outdoor season by hosting the Tennessee Rust Buster at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium on Saturday.
Admission is free to all spectators as events kick off with the men's hammer throw at 9 a.m. while events on the track begin at 12:30 p.m. with the women's steeplechase. Parking on campus is open
Fans unable to make it out to Tom Black Track for the weekend's events can stay up to date through the live results linked above or by following @Vol_Track on Twitter and Instagram.
Tom Black Track will host a meet for the first time since May 2, 2015 when the Vols hosted the Tennessee Challenge. Last year's schedule was cancelled as Tennessee made renovations to the facility including rearranging the infield and refinishing the running surface. The track now features a Smokey Grey surface with orange accents and white lines.
Phase two of the renovations are currently underway in the northwest corner of the facility on the first turn of the track where they are constructing the Boyd Family Track & Field Center. The Center will include a satellite athletic training room, a team meeting room, equipment storage, public restrooms and a concession stand while also featuring a pavilion for the Tennessee track team.
"We are extremely excited about starting up the outdoor season," director of track & field/cross country Beth Alford-Sullivan said. "Not just the fact that it is the beginning of the outdoor season, but on top of that we are opening up at the newly renovated Tom Black Track. We're thrilled to be representing at home, representing on the Smokey Grey and orange and hosting what we think will be a really outstanding Rust Buster weekend which will lead us to a great Tennessee Relays weekend in a couple weeks."
Competing Teams
The no. 11 ranked Tennessee women and no. 14 men will host 19 other school this weekend: Louisville, Central Michigan, Charlotte, Southeast Missouri, Oakland, Northern Kentucky, Milligan, ETSU, Middle Tennessee, Carson-Newman, Taylor, Tennessee Wesleyan, Mars Hill, Rio Grande, Montreat, Lee University, Wayne State, Edinboro and Lincoln Memorial.
Competitions To Watch
Women's 200m -- Tennessee will feature seven runners in the women's 200m including Shania Collins who was the SEC Runner of the Week during the indoor season and the meet MVP at the Virginia Tech "Doc Hale" Elite Meet. The race will also feature Lenysse Dyer, Brooklynn Broadwater, Cidae'a Woods, Maya Neal, Chyna Ries and LaChyne Roe.
Men's 200m -- Nathan Strother and Ari Cogdell lead a field of six Vols in the men's 200m dash. Strother and Cogdell both excelled in the 400m during the indoor season, but will look to start the season strong at a shorter distance.
Men's 800m - Zach Long leads a group of five Vols in the 800m competition. Long finished sixth in the mile at the SEC Championship during the indoor season.
Women's 100m high hurdles - Domonique Turner and Maya Neal will compete for the Vols. Turner, a freshman, tied for the fourth fastest 60m hurdle time in school history during the indoor season as she posted a mark of 8.34.
Women's Throws - After setting a school record in the weight throw during the indoor season, Stamatia Scarvelis will compete in the hammer, shot put and the discus during the opener of the outdoor season. After exhausting her indoor eligibility, Cassie Wertman will make her season debut in the women's shot put.
Men's Hammer - Like Wertman, Cameron Brown will make his senior year debut as he competes alongside Seth Whitener and Matthew Zajac. Brown is ranked third in school history in the hammer and Whitener sits in ninth place.
Last Time Out
Tennessee competed at the NCAA Indoor National Championship on March 10-11 as Christian Coleman won NCAA titles in the 60m and 200m dashes with record times. Coleman set the school record in both and tied the collegiate record in the 60m with a mark of 6.45. His 200m time was the second best in collegiate history as he became just the third person in indoor history to win both the 60m and 200m at the same Championship race.
Mustaqeem Williams took 10th place in the 60m with a time of 6.76 as he earned second team All-American honors. Darryl Sullivan and Scarvelis also earned second team All-America honors. Sullivan finished tied for 12th in the high jump competition as he cleared 2.10m (6-10.75). Scarvelis recorded a weight throw of 20.50m (67-3.25) to finish in tenth place.
World Cross Country Championships
One Vol will be competing for team USA at the World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda this weekend. Knoxville native Megan Murray will compete in the women's U20 race at 7:30 a.m. ET/2:30 p.m. local on Sunday after she finished fifth in the USA trials to qualify for the team. Murray then placed 10th overall at the NACAC Championship as the third finisher for the United States.
Schedule of Events
Field Events
9 a.m. | Men's Hammer - Matthew Zajac, Seth Whitener, Cameron Brown
followed by: Women's Hammer - Savannah Marlow, Candice Butler, Stamatia Scarvelis
12:30 p.m. | Men's Javelin - Nick Hassler
followed by: Women's Javelin
12:30 p.m. | Men's Long Jump - Weldon Wright, Chase Sholl, Marcellus Fletcher, Darryl Harris, Bruce DeGrilla
followed by: Women's Long Jump - LaChyna Roe, Maya Neal
12:30 p.m. | Women's High Jump
1:30 p.m. | Women's Pole Vault
1:30 p.m. | Men's Shot Put
followed by: Women's Shot Put - Tamia Crockett, Stamatia Scarvelis, Cassie Wertman
3 p.m. | Men's High Jump
3:30 p.m. | Men's Triple Jump - Weldon Wright
followed by: Women's Triple Jump - Rebecka Miranda
3:30 p.m. | Men's Pole Vault - Nate Harper, Tristan Slater
3:30 p.m. | Men's Discus - Matthew Zajac
followed by: Women's Discus - Tamia Crockett, Stamatia Scarvelis
Track Events
12:30 p.m. | Women's 3000m Steeplechase
12:45 p.m. | Men's 3000m Steeplechase
1 p.m. | Women's 4x100m Relay
1:15 p.m. | Men's 4x100m Relay
1:30 p.m. | Women's 1500m
1:45 p.m. | Men's 1500m
2:10 p.m. | Women's 100m High Hurdles - Domonique Turner, Maya Neal
2:25 p.m. | Men's 110m High Hurdles - Chase Sholl, Darryl Harris
2:40 p.m. | Women's 400m - Layla White, Brooklynn Broadwater
2:55 p.m. | Men's 400m - Chase Sholl
3:15 p.m. | Women's 100m - Cidae'a Woods, Chyna Ries
3:30 p.m. | Men's 100m - Malik Elion
3:45 p.m. | Women's 800m
4:05 p.m. | Men's 800m - Zach Long, Trey Quealy, Adam Johnston, Drew Kelley, Tyler Woodrome
4:25 p.m. | Women's 400m Low Hurdles
4:35 p.m. | Men's 400m IM Hurdles
4:45 p.m. | Women's 200m - Lenysse Dyer, Shania Collins, Brooklynn Broadwater, Cidae'a Woods, Maya Neal, Chyna Ries, LaChyna Roe
5:05 p.m. | Men's 200m - Nathan Strother, Ari Cogdell, Bruce DeGrilla, Darryl Harris, Weldon Wright, Marcellus Fletcher
5:25 p.m. | Women's 3000m - Jessica Rizor, Peighton Meske, Julia Rizor, Cassidy Giles
5:50 p.m. | Men's 3000m - Wesley Robinson, Brad Swiney, Andre Hillsman
6:20 p.m. | Women's 4x400m Relay - Tennessee
6:30 p.m. | Men's 4x400m Relay - Tennessee
