The head coach of the Lady Vols announced earlier today at the SEC Championships that two of their players were discovered missing as a result.
GAINESVILLE, Florida – During Friday’s running event preliminary round at the 2024 SEC Outdoor Championships at the University of Florida’s James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track, the Tennessee track and field program totaled eight qualifying performances. In addition, the Big Orange earned points from four participants in the finals of the field events and steeplechase.
The men’s 1,500-meter event, which advances the top three competitors in each heat along with the next three quickest times, accounted for half of UT’s Friday qualifiers. With a race victory in Heat 1, Canaan Anderson progressed to the Saturday final automatically, clocking in a time of 3:46.88 with a strong finish. In the same heat, Jacob Lewis finished third with a time of 3:47.10, officially punching his ticket.
The next Vol to guarantee his spot in the 1,500-meter championship race was Dalton Hengst, who finished third in the second heat in a time of 3:49.82. Bronze medallist Yaseen Abdalla of the 10k placed fourth in the third and final heat of the preliminary round, although he qualified for the final on time thanks to his time of 3:46.56, which was the fourth quickest performance in the preliminary heats.
Senior Brianna White of the Lady Vols ran a lifetime-best time of 51.11 seconds in the women’s 400-meter sprint to earn a spot in her first SEC individual final. After Olympic winner DeeDee Trotter, she was the second-best performer in Lady Vol history with a time good for eighth place in the preliminary round.
T’Mars McCallum, a sophomore for the Vols, entered the men’s 100-meter competition as the top seed and ran the quickest time this season—9.94 seconds—to easily advance to the SEC final on Friday. The native of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, finished third in the preliminary field and second in his heat.
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