Track Central: Orange & Purple Invitational

Friday, January 23

Clemson, S.C.

University of Tennessee

Orange & Purple Invite

January 22, 2026 | Track & Field

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CLEMSON, S.C. – Tennessee's indoor track & field season continues Friday as the Vols and Lady Vols return to Clemson, South Carolina, for the Orange & Purple Invitational. UT's vertical jumps crew are scheduled to compete in the pole vault and high jump inside the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex.

Action begins Friday at 10 a.m. with Kendall Ford, Mya Strahm and Skye Tolbert in the women's pole vault, along with Grant Campbell in the men's high jump. UT's stint at the meet will wrap up at 3 p.m. with Clarke Byram, Cade Gray and Ismaila Sawaneh in the men's pole vault.

The Orange & Purple Invitational will be streamed online via ACC Network Extra, and live results will be provided by Flash Results.

LAST TIME OUT: Tennessee turned in a productive two-day stretch of indoor competition last week, competing simultaneously at the Arkansas Invitational and Vanderbilt Invitational and coming away with multiple school records, event wins and nationally ranked performances.

The weekend's top highlights came in the sprints and middle distance. At Arkansas, Esther Joseph and Javonya Valcourt delivered a dominant 1-2 finish in the women's 300 meters, with Joseph shattering the school record in 36.41 to rank eighth on the NCAA all-time list. Valcourt followed closely in 36.46, a personal best that ranks ninth in collegiate history. At Vanderbilt, Carter Knox broke the Tennessee record in the men's 1,000 meters, clocking 2:22.79.

Tennessee also excelled in the jumps, led by Cade Gray's collegiate-leading 7.97-meter long jump win in Nashville and Justice Jones' personal-best 7.81 meters to place second at Arkansas. Additional victories Friday included Cedricka Williams in the women's weight throw, Blake Sifferlin in the men's pole vault, and wins in both men's and women's distance medley relays.

Saturday at Vanderbilt, the Vols added three more event titles. Freshman Mary Nyaboke Ogwoka broke the Lady Vol freshman record in the mile, while Ethan Edgeworth led a trio of Vols into the program's top 10 in the men's 3,000 meters. The Lady Vols also went 1-2 in the women's 3,000, and Grant Campbell captured the men's high jump to close another strong weekend for Tennessee.

RANKINGS UPDATE: As of Jan. 22, the Vols and Lady Vols have totaled 23 marks that rank top 16 on the NCAA Division I national qualifying list this season, including the No. 1 performances in the country in the men's 60-meter and women's 200-meter.

Davonte Howell – Men's 60m – 6.49 (No. 1)
Traunard Folson – Men's 60m – 6.49 (No. 1)
T'Mars McCallum – Men's 60m – 6.59 (No. 7)
Andrew Brown – Men's 400m – 46.72 (No. 5)
Ethan Edgeworth – Men's 3,000m – 7:52.17 (No. 16)
Hinti, Jackson, Wetzel, Barton – Men's 4x400m Relay – 3:05.13 (No. 3)
Genisio, Robinson IV, Knox, Setek – Men's DMR – 9:51.88 (No. 5)
Cade Gray – Men's Pole Vault – 5.61m / 18-4.75 (No. 7)
Clarke Byram – Men's Pole Vault – 5.61m / 18-4.75 (No. 7)
Cade Gray – Men's Long Jump – 7.97m / 26-1.75 (No. 3)
Justice Jones – Men's Long Jump – 7.81m / 25-7.5 (No. 9)
JL Van Rensburg – Men's Shot Put – 19.06m / 62-6.5 (No. 11)
Aidan Ifkovits – Men's Weight Throw – 22.35m / 73-4 (No. 8)
Faith Okwose – Women's 60m – 7.21 (No. 4)
Lauren Jarrett – Women's 60m – 7.27 (No. 12)
Esther Joseph – Women's 200m – 23.11 (No. 2)
Lauren Jarrett – Women's 200m – 23.49 (No. 9)
Kaniya Johnson – Women's 200m – 23.50 (No. 10)
Myreanna Bebe – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.15 (No. 8)
Skye Tolbert – Women's 60m Hurdles – 8.19 (No. 13)
Valcourt, Joseph, Wright, Johnson – Women's 4x400m Relay – 3:29.31 (No. 3)
Fawbush, Armstrong, Haywood, Ogwoka – Women's DMR – 11:18.18 (No. 2)
Skye Tolbert – Women's Pole Vault – 4.25m / 13-11.25 (No. 15)

UP NEXT: Tennessee has two meets on the docket next week, sending a majority of the roster back to Clemson for the Bob Pollock Invitational while a squad of distance runners head to Boston for the John Thomas Terrier Classic. Both competitions will run Friday and Saturday, Jan. 30-31.