


MUSIC CITY, PR CITY: Tennessee's distance crew was represented at the Music City Challenge this weekend, with four Lady Vols posting PRs in the 800-meter run. Harding also anchored the Vols' 4x100-meter relay squad, combining with T'Mars McCallum, Emmanuel Bynum and Nigel Green for a time of 39.18 as the unit placed third overall in Baton Rouge. He clocked a wind-aided (+3.3 m/s) time of 10.14 in the 100-meter dash to place fourth overall and move into the nation's top-20 this season, and closed the meet as the top collegian in the 200-meter dash with a time of 20.44 into a slight headwind.

THERE GOES VONTE: Vol junior sprint star Javonte Harding ran the 100-200 double at LSU and came away with two strong showings for the Big Orange. On the NCAA and SEC outdoor TFRRS lists, which allow wind readings up to 4.0 m/s, Sears' time ranks 13th in the country and sixth in the SEC this season.

2 performer in school history and ranks 12th on the 2023 world list. With a legal tailwind of +1.5 m/s, her mark equaled teammate Joella Lloyd as the No. SEARING DOWN THE TRACK: Lady Vol senior sprinter Jacious Sears had an impressive effort in the 100-meter dash on Saturday, clocking in at a personal-best 11.08 seconds to finish second overall and tops among collegiate athletes at the meet.
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Full results from Saturday can be viewed at the links above. The Big Orange totaled 11 top-five finishes at the meet, which featured several of the SEC's top squads two weeks out from the outdoor conference championships. Her mark took down the previous school record of 13.61m (44-8), set by Lady Vol All-American LaChyna Roe in 2018. Taylor's top jump at LSU came in the second round as she out-dueled collegiate record holder Jasmine Moore of Florida and NCAA leader Mikiesha Welcome of Georgia. Her outdoor performance on Saturday currently ranks No. The Nassau, Bahamas, now owns both the indoor and outdoor school standards in the triple jump after leaping a remarkable 14.88m (48-10) in March at the NCAA Indoor Championships, ranking No. 1 triple jump performer in Lady Vol history, Tennessee graduate student Charisma Taylor posted a program record mark of 13.82 meters (45-4.25) on Saturday at the LSU Invitational to finish as the top collegiate athlete at the meet and second overall. In 2004 in Athens, Greece, Francoise Mbango won the gold and made history by being the first female athlete from Cameroon to take home an Olympic medal.īetween 19, the Soviet Union’s Viktor Saneyev won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in the men’s triple jump, while the United States’ Christian Taylor won gold in 20.BATON ROUGE, La. Later in 1996, the Atlanta Olympic Games included the women’s triple jump event. James Connolly, an American athlete and author, won the triple jump competition to become the first modern Olympic champion. But in 1908, the new hop, skip, and jump format became adopted. Despite the fact that at the time, the event included two hops with the same foot before a leap. In 1896 in Athens, Greece, the triple jump was a competition in the first modern Olympics. Jumps from a short distance with a knee landing.Approaches, short and full, with and without a hop.3- To 5-Step Approach, hop, and kneel in the pit.Increased Speed And Maximum Controllable Acceleration.
