The Tyson Invitational proved to be a strong meet for Tennessee track and field, competing at the Randal Tyson Center Feb. 13-14 at Arkansas, stacking personal records and climbing the national ranks along the way.
Men’s sprints
The men’s 4x400m relay team of Andrew Brown, Andre Jackson II, Saad Hinti and Harry Barton clocked the fastest indoor time in Tennessee program history with a time of 3:02.46. This historic feat puts the Vols at No. 4 nationally for the NCAA 2026 season.
Senior Traunard Folson matched his NCAA-leading 60-meter time of 6.49, placing second. Davonte Howell followed closely, taking third place as he ran a 6.52. Earlier in the season, Howell also ran a 6.49 in the men’s 60-meter, giving Tennessee two of the top 60-meter sprinters in the country.
Howell carried his momentum into the men’s 200-meter, running a 20.58, marking a new personal best and taking third place in the heat. Senior T’Mars McCallum Jr. followed with a 20.69 — a 0.3-second PR that ranks ninth all-time in program history. Andrew Brown added his name to the growing list of PRs, with a 46.29-second 400-meter run, sixth-fastest in school history, while Carter Knox is currently placed eighth of all time with the Vols in the 800-meter, running a 1:49.08.
Women’s sprints
On the women’s side, Myreanna Bebe took first place with a 7.98-second time on 60-meter hurdles, a second-best all-time for her career. This mark places her second nationally for the 2026 indoor season and No. 22 in the world.
Esther Joseph, Javonya Valcourt, Cheney Wright, and Jounee Armstrong barely missed their 4x400m relay best, with a 3:29.47, the third-fastest time in Vol history. Esther Joseph also proved to be on fire in the 200-meter, winning the title at 22.94, placing her seventh nationally.
Field events
In the field events, Grant Campbell continues to produce at a high level. Placing first in the high jump at 2.19 meters, Campbell is now No. 12 nationally with his new indoor best for the 2026 season. Sky Tolbert, on the other hand, moved to third in Vol history for a jump at the pole vault of 4.40 meters.
Ismaila Sawaneh kept the trend going, tying for second on the pole vault with a jump of 5.65 meters, one centimeter shy of his personal best. Lastly, Cedrika Williams scaled up to the No. 5 spot in school history in the weight throw with a mark of 20.37 meters.
Distance
Long distance once again delivered for Tennessee. Nelson Seteck lowered his own school record in the men’s mile, winning first place with a time of 3:55.90. Mary Nyaboke Ogwoka also broke her own UT freshman record in the mile, as she ran a 4:34.61 and placed second overall. Both Jaci Sievers and Haley Loewe PR’d in the 3000-meter, with Sievers shaving more than 14 seconds off her previous mark and Haley Loewe improving her time by over five seconds, capping a weekend marked by PRs.
Tennessee will next take on postseason competition with the SEC Indoor Championships, hosted by Texas A&M. The meet will be held Friday, Feb. 27-28.
