🚨SCHOOL RECORD ALERT🚨
Davon DeMoss just tied his lifetime best in the 100m dash with a time of 10.05, but this time it is with legal wind (+1.3)!
This is an improvement of .16 seconds on his previous personal best!
Tanalya Gordon has punched her ticket and is going to Austin! 🎟
The freshman sensation leaps 6.13m (20’ 1.5”) on the last attempt of the long jump competition to go from 13th to 7th overall!
#GoTigersGo
Congrats to
@MemTigersTF_XC
's Calvin Austin on his two All-
@AmericanXCTrack
honors in the men's 200 meters and as a member of the Tigers' 4x400m relay. Won silver in both events.
#GoTigersGo
🚨🚨SCHOOL RECORD ALERT!🚨🚨
Davon DeMoss,
@_whatsgravity
, leaves the field behind in the Men's 60 meter dash with a blistering time of 6.61! DeMoss previously held the record at 6.67.
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And in the blink of an eye, Davon DeMoss has booked his ticket to Austin in the 100 meters! 🎟
A blistering time of 10.23 secures the senior the last time qualifying position and a trip to Austin!
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Three more tickets to Austin, please! 🎟🎟🎟
The trio of Imri Persiado, Calvin Austin III and Andrew Bishop will join Davon DeMoss in Austin after the quartet blew away the old school record of 39.47 with a .28 second improvement!
This deserves a big
#GoTigersGo
!
🚨SCHOOL RECORD ALERT🚨
Tanalya Gordon set the school record in the women’s long jump with a mark of 6.28m (20’ 7.75”)! She currently sits in second in the overall competition!
#GoTigersGo
“We’re going to Austin!” -
@CalvinAustinIII
Calvin Austin III said it best! 😎
Hear what he had to say to the best fan base in the country after the record smashing 4x100m relay!
Davon DeMoss wins the men's 200! Despite running in to a headwind, the Senior blasted away the competition with a 20.85!
This is DeMoss's second gold medal of the weekend, having been a part of the winning 4x100 earlier!
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How does
@MemTigersTF_XC
follow up an All-American honor? How about a school record! The Tigers 4x400m relay of
@CalvinAustinIII
, Jarred Pasley, Ryan Champlin, Naaman Norment improves its own school record with a time of 3:07.34 at
@NCAATrackField
Championships.
#GoTigersGo
Tigers men's cross country wins Brooks Twilight Classic late Saturday night.
@the_Kamph
led the
@MemTigersTF_XC
men's team with a second-place finish. Women's team placed ninth.
#GoTigersGo
Release:
𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 ➡️ 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 🏆
Lenton breaks the school record on back-to-back throws to finish fifth in the country and earn First Team All-America honors 👏👏👏
#GoTigersGo
🚨SCHOOL RECORD ALERT🚨
Ashley Pryke unleashes an absolute BOMB of 57.47m on her first throw of the women's javelin competition.
That mark is currently
#2
in the NCAA!
#GoTigersGo
𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗔𝗔𝗖 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣 ‼️
Tigers go 1-3 as Fleming 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 her own school record with an 8.17 to take 🥇 while teammate 𝗚𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗹 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘁𝗼𝗻 takes 🥉 in 8.35!
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Tigers win! Tigers win!
@MemTigersTF_XC
's men's distance medley relay team takes gold at the
@AmericanXCTrack
Championships. Quartet of Tate Wyatt, Zachary Wyatt, Naaman Norment, Kolbeinn Gunnarsson wins title in time of 10:04.23.
#GoTigersGo
ICYMI: 𝗖𝗵𝗹𝗼𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 ran 35:24.18 in the 10,000m at the Wash. U Distance Carnival to break Arnica Zitting's record from 2018 by over two seconds!
#GoTigersGo
Tigers add another All-America honor at the 2019
@NCAATrackField
Championships late Thursday night. Freshman Tanalya Gordon brings home
@MemTigersTF_XC
's 6th All-America second team accolade with her performance in the women's long jump.
#GoTigersGo
🚨School Record Alert🚨
Tigers' men's 4x100m relay of Davon DeMoss, Imri Persiado, Kolbeinn Gunnarsson, Andrew Bishop sets school record with a time of 39.51 at War Eagle Invite Saturday. Previous record of 39.59 set in 2018.
#GoTigersGo
Congrats to Davon DeMoss, who improved his school-record time in the men's 200 meters to 21.10 seconds at Sunday's Jaguar Invitational. His previous school record was 21.18 seconds.
#GoTigersGo
If you walked a mile in our shoes, you’d be the talk of the town 😎👟
Tigers getting ready to take off for Austin, TX. in just a few moments! 🛫
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The men's 4x100 took the win in today's competition, breaking the 40 second barrier convincingly.
Official results to follow shortly after official review!
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🚨MEET RECORD ALERT🚨
Watch below as Davon DeMoss sets a new meet record in the 60m dash with 6.64! Memphis Tigers took 1st, 2nd, 4th and 7th in the event!
#GoTigersGo
Another
@MemTigersTF_XC
school record is set this season. Well, tied this time. Tanalya Gordon ties school record in women's long jump with a 20-3 (6.17m) effort at
@MemTigersTF_XC
Invitational Friday. Tied with Tyranda Mosby, who set her mark in 1996.
#GoTigersGo
Tigers' Davon DeMoss shattered own school record in 60 meters at Vanderbilt Invitational. That's two
@MemTigersTF_XC
school records in two days. Great way to start off 2019!
#GoTigersGo
Release:
𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻 ➡️ 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 🏆
Lenton breaks the school record on back-to-back throws to finish fifth in the country and earn First Team All-America honors 👏👏👏
#GoTigersGo
🚨 NCAA BOUND 🚨
Amber Simpson punches her ticket to NCAAs after placing 3rd in the women’s hammer throw at the NCAA Regionals!
🔹Simpson: 66.02m (216’7”)
#GoTigersGo
Naaman Norment is
@MemTigersTF_XC
's next honored performer that earned All-
@AmericanXCTrack
accolades at last weekend's championships. Norment was a member of the silver-winning 4x400 meter relay.
#GoTigersGo
Congrats to Jordan Wesner on setting the school record in the men's high jump at today's Vanderbilt Opener! Wesner won today's event with a jump of 7-4.5 (2.25m). Broke previous record of 7-3.25 (2.22m) set by Tyrone Betters in 1989.
#GoTigersGo
Tigers win a medal in a women's indoor sprints event for first time since joining
@American_Conf
in 2013!
@MemTigersTF_XC
's Paris Perkins takes 🥈 in the women's 400m in a school-record time of 53.71 seconds in Saturday action. Previous record was 53.91 in 2013.
#GoTigersGo
.
@MemTigersTF_XC
welcomes largest early signing class in program history. The Tigers sign 11, including two mid-year transfers that will compete in the spring. .
#GoTigersGo
.
@MemTigersTF_XC
Athletes of the Week: Cera Chavez (Female/Track) and the 4x400m relay of Davon DeMoss, Calvin Austin, Ryan Champlin, Jarred Pasley (Male/Track).
#GoTigersGo
Tigers men's cross country enters
@USTFCCCA
South Region poll this week.
@MemTigersTF_XC
ranked No. 13. Second-straight year the Tigers have earned a regional ranking.
#GoTigersGo
Congrats to DeeNia McMiller on setting the school record in the women's weight throw at today's Vanderbilt Opener! McMiller won today's event with a throw of 65-10.25 (20.07m). She held the previous record of 65-3.25 (19.89m), which she set last year.
#GoTigersGo
Tigers with impressive finishes in Saturday's Rhodes College Invitational.
@MemTigersTF_XC
used the race as preview for the
@AmericanXCTrack
Championships, which will be held at Shelby Farms in November.
#GoTigersGo
Congrats to Saida Burns-Moore,
@MemTigersTF_XC
new record holder in the women's indoor triple jump! Burns-Moore jumped 42-8.25 (13.01m). Broke the previous mark set in 2003!
#GoTigersGo
Paris Perkins digs deep and dives at the line in the women’s 400m to finish in fourth place with a massive PB!
Perkins runs 53.89, going under 54 seconds for the first time in her career!
#GoTigersGo
We are 48 hours away from the start of the 2019 AAC Cross Country Championships!
We hope to see you at Shelby Farms Park on Friday morning!
#GoTigersGo
ICYMI: Cole Riddle took down Pauls Pujats' indoor pole vault record from 2014 over the weekend!
Riddle's mark is currently No. 7 in
@NCAATrackField
and leads the
@AmericanXCTrack
💪
#GoTigersGo
It is CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK!
Please come out to Shelby Farms Park and support the men's and women's cross country teams at the AAC Championships on Friday morning!
Men's 8K at 11 AM
Women's 6K at 10:50 AM
#GoTigersGo
Tigers bring home 20 all-league honors from
@AmericanXCTrack
Championships this weekend.
@MemTigersTF_XC
's Jordan Wesner wins gold in men's high jump. Newton Lee sets school record in men's 400m.
#GoTigersGo
Release:
Another event, another ticket punched!
Julian Sanchez-Pinto runs a perfectly executed race to set a new PB and punch his ticket to nationals! 🎟
Sanchez-Pinto runs a time of 8:46.49 to place third in his heat and become an automatic qualifier!
#GoTigersGo
Congrats, DeeNia! Another school-record effort in the women's weight throw in Friday action at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Breaks own school record with a 66-5 (20.24m) throw!
#GoTigersGo
Tigers win nine titles, post 27 top-three finishes at Jaguar Invitational Sunday.
@MemTigersTF_XC
back in action at the Music City Challenge in Nashville next weekend.
#GoTigersGo
Release:
Three of the 11 honorees on the Google Cloud Academic All-District III team were members of the Tigers' track and field team! Congrats to Matthew Kamph, Adam Neelly and Olushola Olojo, who now move on to the All-American ballot!
#GoTigersGo
Alyssa Morello ➡️
@American_Conf
𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 🤩
- No. 2 pole vault mark in program history
- AAC-leading mark (4.23m / 13’10.5”)
- No. 11 mark in
@NCAATrackField
#GoTigersGo
Today's Off The Course spotlight focuses on Brendan Hill, a sophomore on the 2019 squad. Learn more on Brendan as the
@MemTigersTF_XC
squad prepares for the Nov. 1
@AmericanXCTrack
Championships, which are set for
@ShelbyFarmsPark
in east Memphis.
Tigers fill out their coaching staff Friday with the hiring of Kyle Ellis as the
@MemTigersTF_XC
jumps and pole vault coach. Welcome to the 901, Coach Ellis!
#GoTigersGo
Out of nowhere, the
@MemTigersTF_XC
are the men's distance medley champions at the
#AmericanITF
Championship! We chatted with the group about their all-around win!
Congrats to
@MemTigersTF_XC
on its
@USTFCCCA
All-Academic Team awards. Seventh-straight year the Tigers men's and women's squads both received recognition.
#GoTigersGo
Tigers open 2019 campaign at City Auto Memphis Twilight Classic late Saturday night. Payton Gleason, Callie Friske pace the
@MemTigersTF_XC
efforts. Memphis back in action Sept. 7 at North Alabama Invitational.
#GoTigersGo
Tigers compete in third Vanderbilt meet this season, this time the Music City Challenge.
@MemTigersTF_XC
competing Friday and Saturday.
#GoTigersGo
Release:
.
@MemTigersTF_XC
congratulates Ryan Champlin on his All-
@AmericanXCTrack
honor in the men's 4x400 meter relay at the league indoor championships Feb. 24. The Tigers relay won the the silver.
#GoTigersGo
🚨 School Record Alert 🚨
Tigers' DeeNia McMiller sets school record in women's hammer. Throws 204-9 (62.41m), surpassing previous record set by teammate Amber Simpson three weeks ago.
#GoTigersGo