Four-time All-American Charisma Taylor wins triple jump competition
Tennessee student-athletes recorded five top-10 NCAA marks on the second day of the Bob Pollock Invitational Saturday in Clemson, South Carolina.
Charisma Taylor, a four-time All-American, won the triple jump with a leap of 13.86 meters (45 feet, 5.75 inches) on her first attempt of the day.
The mark was 10 centimeters short of her program record set at last season’s at 2022 NCAA Championships. Her leap is also the second best in the nation this season.
Jacious Sears (23.18 seconds) and Joella Lloyd (23.38) recorded top times in the 200-meter dash for Tennessee.
Javonya Valcourt recorded a personal best in the 200-meter (24.51) for the Lady Vols.
Carolyn Barksdale set a personal record with an effort of 2 minutes, 11.61 seconds in the 800-meter run.
In the men’s 200-meter dash, Javonte Harding (20.60) and Emmanuel Bynum (20.69) recorded the top two times in the Southeastern Conference this season.
Tennessee’s men’s 4×400 relay team of Bynum, Jakwan Hale, Clement Ducos and Rasheeme Griffith finished third at the meet with a time of 3:06.10. The mark ranks sixth in Tennessee history and is the No. 9 mark nationally this season.
In the men’s 200-meter dash, T’Mars McCallum set a personal best time of 21.51.
