Three Vols record personal best marks in pole vault at Virginia Tech
The Tennessee men’s track and field team ended its indoor regular season at the Virginia Tech Challenge in Blacksburg, Virginia and the USC Invitational in Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday.
The No. 2 Vols finished with the top three spots in the men’s pole vault at Virginia Tech. Cade Gray, Ismaila Sawaneh and Blake Sifferlin recorded career best efforts in the event. Gray and Sawaneh each cleared 5.69 meters (18-8) to finish first and second respectively, while Sifferlin finished in third place as he recorded a mark of 5.64 meters (18-6).
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Gray and Sawaneh are now tied for the third best in pole vault during Tennessee’s program history, while Sifferlin currently holds the fifth spot on the Vols’ all-time list. He has the 12rh highest mark in the NCAA this season.
Tennessee sprinter Traunard Folson won the 200 meter dash at South Carolina (20.55 seconds), recording his best time at Sheila and Morris Cregger Indoor Track and Field Facility. Folson posted the sicth fastest time in program history. His time is the seventh fastest recorded in the nation in the event.
The Vols’ distance medley relay team of Gavin Genisio, Harry Barton, Carter Knox and Nelson Mapi Setek won the distance medley relay with a time of 9:30.66, trimming 21 seconds off Tennessee’s previous best effort of the season. The time broke the South Carolina meet record and is the the 18th best mark in the NCAA this season.
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