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Tennessee Logs Seven NCAA Top 20 Marks At Tiger Paw Invite
February 14, 2025 | Track & Field
CLEMSON, S.C. – Tennessee track & field had a strong showing on Friday at the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex, with seven members of the sprints and hurdles squad logging performances at the Tiger Paw Invitational that rank top 20 in the NCAA this season.
In the women's 60-meter hurdles, Myreanna Bebe (8.03) and Kiara Smith (8.10) each turned in personal-best marks that rank fifth and 13th in the nation, respectively. The Lady Vol 400-meter trio of Javonya Valcourt (52.09), Brianna White (52.40) and Cydney Wright (52.58) each tallied indoor PRs on Friday that respectively sit ninth, 16th and 19th on the 2025 NCAA list.
Lady Vol senior Milan Fields shattered her lifetime-best in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.20, tying the No. 7 performer in the country. On the men's side, junior T'Mars McCallum clocked in with a PR of 6.59 to rank 16th on the NCAA Division I list this season.
Notable performances and personal records from Friday's action are highlighted below as Tennessee competed at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Clemson, S.C.), BU Valentine Invitational (Boston, Mass.) and Music City Challenge (Nashville, Tenn.).
Notables
In the women's 60-meter hurdles, Myreanna Bebe (8.03) and Kiara Smith (8.10) each turned in personal-best marks that rank fifth and 13th in the nation, respectively. The Lady Vol 400-meter trio of Javonya Valcourt (52.09), Brianna White (52.40) and Cydney Wright (52.58) each tallied indoor PRs on Friday that respectively sit ninth, 16th and 19th on the 2025 NCAA list.
Lady Vol senior Milan Fields shattered her lifetime-best in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.20, tying the No. 7 performer in the country. On the men's side, junior T'Mars McCallum clocked in with a PR of 6.59 to rank 16th on the NCAA Division I list this season.
Notable performances and personal records from Friday's action are highlighted below as Tennessee competed at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Clemson, S.C.), BU Valentine Invitational (Boston, Mass.) and Music City Challenge (Nashville, Tenn.).
Notables
- Lady Vol grad student Myreanna Bebe had a strong series through three rounds of the 60-meter hurdles on Friday – running 8.10 in the prelims, a personal-best 8.03 in the semifinals and 8.04 in the final to place third overall. Her time of 8.03 ranks second in Lady Vol history and fifth in the NCAA this season.
- Additionally, senior Kiara Smith clocked a lifetime-best of 8.10 in the 60-meter hurdles semifinal at Clemson – ranking fifth on the all-time Lady Vol charts and tied for 13th on the 2025 NCAA list.
- The Lady Vol quarter-mile trio of Javonya Valcourt, Brianna White and Cydney Wright all tabbed indoor PRs in the 400-meter dash, and each of their marks ranks top 20 in the NCAA this season. Tennessee is one of two schools in the country with three sprinters under 52.6 seconds in 2025.
- Valcourt – 52.09 – NCAA No. 9
- White – 52.40 – NCAA No. 16
- Wright – 52.58 - NCAA No. 19
- Vol sprint star T'Mars McCallum continued chipping away at his personal-best in the 60-meter dash, running a PR of 6.60 in the prelims at Clemson before turning in a time of 6.59 in the semifinals. His mark currently ranks 16th on the NCAA Division I list for 2025 and makes McCallum the No. 6 performer in Tennessee history.
- On the women's side, Lady Vol senior Milan Fields turned in a lifetime-best of 7.20 seconds in the 60-meter semifinals – placing herself seventh in the NCAA this season and fifth on the Lady Vol all-time top 10.
- Ka'Myya Haywood secured a victory for the Lady Vols in the 600-meter dash, clocking in with a personal-best time of 1:28.81 that ranks 30th on the 2025 World Athletics top list.
- At the BU Valentine Invitational, rookie distance specialist Gavin Genisio broke his own Tennessee freshman record in the men's mile with a personal-best time of 4:01.38. That mark ranks him fifth in program history.
- Tennessee athletes combined to record 14 indoor personal records on Friday at the Tiger Paw Invitational, Music City Challenge and BU Valentine Invitational.
- T'Mars McCallum – Men's 60m – 6.59
- Davonte Howell – Men's 60m – 6.63
- Gavin Genisio – Men's Mile – 4:01.38
- Aaron Jones – Men's 5,000m – 14:18.59
- Milan Fields – Women's 60m – 7.20
- Layla Anderson – Women's 60m – 7.28
- Javonya Valcourt – Women's 400m – 52.09
- Brianna White – Women's 400m – 52.40
- Cydney Wright – Women's 400m – 52.58
- Ka'Myya Haywood – Women's 600m – 1:28.81
- Jaylee Wingate – Women's Mile – 4:48.58
- Savannah Rivera – Women's Mile – 4:54.46
- Myreanna Bebe – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.03
- Kiara Smith – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.10
- UT wraps up the weekend on Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET with the women's 3,000-meter at Vanderbilt. The day's competition will conclude in Boston with the women's 5,000-meter, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET.
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