2025-26 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Gray, Cade

Cade Gray
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Oclawaha, Fla.
- High School:
- Belleview
- Previous School:
- Ripon (Wis.) College
Bio
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- High Jump: 1.88m (2023)
- Pole Vault: 5.60m (2025)
- Long Jump: 7.76m (2025)
Outdoor Track
- High Jump: 1.92m (2023)
- Pole Vault: 5.51m (2025)
- Long Jump: 7.63m (2023)
- Triple Jump: 13.94m (2023)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2025 - Pole Vault - 5th - 5.20m
NCAA Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2025 - Pole Vault - 13th - 5.46m
HONORS
- 2025 Indoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-American - Pole Vault
- 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 Outdoor USTFCCCA Division III All-American - Pole Vault
- 2023 Outdoor MWC Field Performer of the Year
- USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (5/17/23)
- 2023 Indoor MWC Field Performer of the Year
2025 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
- Claimed a new personal-best of 5.51 meters (18-1) in the men's pole vault at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Invitational (4/25)
- Secured the victory for Tennessee at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (4/19) in the pole vault with a outdoor personal best of 5.50m (18-0.5) and earning a mark of 10th all time at UT in that category.
- Placed third in the pole vault with a mark of 5.41m (17-9) at the USF Alumni Invite (3/21).
- Gained second team recognition at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/14), in the pole vault
- Tied for fifth place in the Pole Vault at the Indoor SEC Championships (2/27), contributing 2.5 points to the team.
- Notched another victory and new pole vault personal-best, jumping 5.60m (18-4.5) at the Razorback Invite (1/31) which ranks No. 3 in UT indoor history
- Claimed his first win of the season in the pole vault at the Orange & Purple Invite (1/24), clearing a height of 5.52m (18-1.25)
- Broke his personal best in the long jump with a leap of 7.76m (25-5.5), placing first at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/17) and ranking ninth in school history
- Made his Tennessee debut at the McFerrin 12 Degree Invite (1/10) in the pole vault, clearing 5.56m (18-3) which established an early collegiate lead
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Competed for two seasons at Ripon (Wis.) College (2022-23) before transferring to Tennessee in the summer of 2023
- Earned USTFCCCA Division III All-America honors in the indoor pole vault, finishing fifth at the 2023 national championship
- Took home USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week honors for Division III on May 17, 2023, after scoring a team-high 38.5 points at the Midwest Conference Outdoor Championships
- Posted PRs in the pole vault (5.16m/16-11), high jump (1.92m/6-3.5), long jump (7.63m/25-0.5) and triple jump (13.94m/45-9) at the 2023 MWC Championships
- Secured 2023 MWC Indoor and Outdoor Field Performer of the Year accolades
- Helped lead Ripon College to four conference team titles, sweeping indoor and outdoor Midwest Conference championships in 2022 and 2023
- Nine-time Midwest Conference Athlete of the Week and holds Ripon College school records in the indoor pole vault, outdoor pole vault, 4x100-meter relay and 4x200-meter relay
- Also played defensive back for the Ripon College football team in 2021, seeing action in three games and logging two tackles
HIGH SCHOOL
- Competed for Belleview HS in Belleview, Florida
- Three-sport athlete in high school who also played football and volleyball
PERSONAL
- Son of Beverly and Jason Gray
- Majoring in management
- Joined the Vols in August 2023 and chose Tennessee to be a part of one of the best programs in the country and compete in the most competitive conference in the world
- Avid outdoorsman who enjoys camping, hiking and rock climbing
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