Williams’ NCAA Lead Highlights Five NCAA Top 10 Marks At Tom Jones Memorial
April 18, 2025 | Track & Field
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The fifth-ranked Tennessee men's track & field program put on an excellent display on the opening day of the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, setting five marks that rank top 10 in the country this outdoor season. This included the No. 1 time in the NCAA in the men's 400-meter hurdles, as senior Jevon Williams won the invite section in a personal-best 48.77 seconds.
Williams' time of 48.77 ranks first on the 2025 NCAA Division I list and eighth on the World Athletics toplist for 2025. Additionally, the Pompano Beach, Florida, native moved up four spots to No. 3 on Tennessee's all-time ledger in the event, trailing Clement Ducos' school record by less than half a second.
The Vols had two additional strong performances in the men's 400-meter hurdles from freshman Saad Hinti and junior Harry Barton. Hinti's time of 49.25 ranks third in the NCAA and 17th in the world for 2025, while Barton's mark sits No. 8 on the NCAA Division I list. Their marks rank sixth and ninth on UT's top 10 list, which has been heavily altered during the Duane Ross era. Six of the program's top 10 performers of all time in the men's 400-meter hurdles have competed for the Vols under Ross' tutelage.
Junior sprinter T'Mars McCallum also posted a standout performance in the men's invite 200-meter dash, storming around the bend to a lifetime-best clocking of 20.21 seconds into a -0.8 m/s headwind. His mark ranks fourth in the NCAA this season, 15th on the 2025 world list and fifth on Tennessee's all-time chart.
Friday's competition rounded out with the men's invite pole vault, where redshirt junior Cade Gray secured the victory with an outdoor PR of 5.50m (18-0.5). His mark sits 10th on UT's all-time list and ninth on the NCAA Division list for the 2025 outdoor season.
BRYAN CLAY UPDATE: Tennessee's distance squad wrapped up three days of competition at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday night with four athletes running the 1,500-meter at Azusa Pacific University. Teegan Anderson (4:29.15), Rebecca O'Keefe (4:24.69) and Gavin Genisio (3:43.53) each rounded out the trip to California with new PRs.
PR TRACKER: Tennessee athletes combined to break or tie nine outdoor personal records on Friday at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational and Bryan Clay Invitational.
Williams' time of 48.77 ranks first on the 2025 NCAA Division I list and eighth on the World Athletics toplist for 2025. Additionally, the Pompano Beach, Florida, native moved up four spots to No. 3 on Tennessee's all-time ledger in the event, trailing Clement Ducos' school record by less than half a second.
The Vols had two additional strong performances in the men's 400-meter hurdles from freshman Saad Hinti and junior Harry Barton. Hinti's time of 49.25 ranks third in the NCAA and 17th in the world for 2025, while Barton's mark sits No. 8 on the NCAA Division I list. Their marks rank sixth and ninth on UT's top 10 list, which has been heavily altered during the Duane Ross era. Six of the program's top 10 performers of all time in the men's 400-meter hurdles have competed for the Vols under Ross' tutelage.
Junior sprinter T'Mars McCallum also posted a standout performance in the men's invite 200-meter dash, storming around the bend to a lifetime-best clocking of 20.21 seconds into a -0.8 m/s headwind. His mark ranks fourth in the NCAA this season, 15th on the 2025 world list and fifth on Tennessee's all-time chart.
Friday's competition rounded out with the men's invite pole vault, where redshirt junior Cade Gray secured the victory with an outdoor PR of 5.50m (18-0.5). His mark sits 10th on UT's all-time list and ninth on the NCAA Division list for the 2025 outdoor season.
BRYAN CLAY UPDATE: Tennessee's distance squad wrapped up three days of competition at the Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday night with four athletes running the 1,500-meter at Azusa Pacific University. Teegan Anderson (4:29.15), Rebecca O'Keefe (4:24.69) and Gavin Genisio (3:43.53) each rounded out the trip to California with new PRs.
PR TRACKER: Tennessee athletes combined to break or tie nine outdoor personal records on Friday at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational and Bryan Clay Invitational.
- Milan Fields – Women's 200m – 23.40
- Rebecca O'Keefe – Women's 1,500m – 4:24.69
- Teegan Anderson – Women's 1,500m – 4:29.15
- T'Mars McCallum – Men's 200m – 20.21
- Gavin Genisio – Men's 1,500m – 3:43.53
- Jevon Williams – Men's 400m Hurdles – 48.77
- Harry Barton – Men's 400m Hurdles – 50.15
- Patrick Fehm – Men's High Jump – 2.06m (6-9)
- Cade Gray – Men's Pole Vault – 5.50m (18-0.5)
- Paul Migas – Men's Pole Vault – 5.30m (17-4.5)
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