Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field

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Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field
Tennessee Lady Volunteers logo.svg
Founded1969
University University of Tennessee
Athletic director Danny White
Head coach Duane Ross [1] [2] (May 2022-present season)
Conference SEC
Location Knoxville, TN
Indoor track Stokely Athletic Center (Until 2012)
(Capacity: 12,700)
New Indoor Track Facility (2023- ) [3]
Outdoor track Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium
(Capacity: 7,500)
Nickname Lady Volunteers
ColorsOrange and white [4]
   
NCAA Indoor National Championships
2005, 2009
NCAA Outdoor National Championships
1981*
NCAA Indoor Tournament Appearances
1981*, 1982*, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
NCAA Outdoor Tournament Appearances
1976*, 1977*, 1978*, 1979*, 1980*, 1981*, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Asterisk = AIAW
Conference Indoor Championships
1984, 2005, 2007, 2009
Conference Outdoor Championships
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984

The Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field program represents the University of Tennessee in the sport of track and field. The indoor and outdoor programs compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Lady Vols host their home outdoor meets at the newly renovated Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium, located on the university's Knoxville, Tennessee campus. They formally held meets indoors at Stokely Athletic Center until the arenas demolition in 2012, but will soon have a new indoor track facility sometime in the 2020s. [3] The team is led by current head coach Duane Ross who took over the program after the firing of Beth Alford-Sullivan in May 2022.

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Along with all other UT women's sports teams, it used the nickname "Lady Volunteers" (or the short form "Lady Vols") until the 2015–16 school year, when the school dropped the "Lady" prefix from the nicknames of all women's teams except in basketball. [5] In 2017 the university announced the return of the “Lady Volunteer” name. [6]

Throughout the program's history, the Lady Vols have produced 23 NCAA Indoor Individual Champions, 14 NCAA Outdoor Individual Champions, won 8 conference titles, and 3 team national championships. While not as successful historically as the Tennessee men's program, the Lady Vols have appeared in 33 NCAA Indoor Championships (4th most in SEC) and 37 Outdoor Championships (3rd most in SEC). Additionally, the program has finished as national runner up 7 times in Indoor Track and 2 times in Outdoor Track, and produced 4 Olympic Medalists. [7]

Head coaches

Source [8]

#CoachYearsSeasonsNational ChampionshipsConference Championships
IndoorOutdoorIndoorOutdoor
1Terry Crawford1974–198411114
2Gary Schwartz1985–19884
3 Dorothy Doolittle 1989–19979
4Myrtle Ferguson1998–20025
6J.J. Clark2003–20141223
7Beth Alford-Sullivan2015-20228
8 Duane Ross 2023-0
Total2144

Yearly Record

Source [8]

SeasonCoachNCAAConference
IndoorOutdoorIndoorOutdoor
Independent(AIAW)
1976Terry Crawford 4th (AIAW)
1977Terry Crawford 4th (AIAW)
1978Terry Crawford 13th (AIAW)
1979Terry Crawford 3rd (AIAW)
1980Terry Crawford 4th (AIAW)
Southeastern Conference
1981Terry Crawford 2nd (AIAW) 1st (AIAW) 1st (197)
1982Terry Crawford 2nd (AIAW) 2nd (126) 1st (214)
1983Terry Crawford 2nd (44) 4th (87) 1st (223)
1984Terry Crawford 2nd (48) 2nd (124) 1st (148.5)1st (207)
1985Gary Schwartz 6th (22) 7th (30) 3rd (94.5)2nd (109)
1986Gary Schwartz 2nd (26) 4th (36) 3rd (87.3)3rd (87.5)
1987Gary Schwartz 2nd (30) 4th (33) 4th (79)4th (80)
1988Gary Schwartz 10th (12) 21st (12) 3rd (79)3rd (84)
1989 Dorothy Doolittle T-32nd (2) 37th (6) 2nd (100)3rd (91)
1990 Dorothy Doolittle T-9th (14) 6th (28) 3rd (83)3rd (106)
1991 Dorothy Doolittle T-6th (24) 5th (33) 3rd (91)3rd (84)
1992 Dorothy Doolittle T-13th (12) T-9th (21) 4th (69)5th (75.5)
1993 Dorothy Doolittle 18th (25) 5th (54)5th (81)
1994 Dorothy Doolittle 11th (17) 5th (30) 4th (73.3)3rd (125)
1995 Dorothy Doolittle 18th (11) 9th (23) 4th (64)3rd (125)
1996 Dorothy Doolittle T-49th (3) 7th (83)9th (106)
1997 Dorothy Doolittle T-18th (14) T-7th (33)7th (64)
1998Myrtle Ferguson T-31st (7) T-15th (15) 6th (69)7th (5.5)
1999Myrtle Ferguson T-32nd (6) T-20th (12) 5th (54)6th (81)
2000Myrtle Ferguson8th (35)6th (71.25)
2001Myrtle Ferguson T-58th (1) T-60th (2) 10th (64)9th (125)
2002Myrtle Ferguson T-42nd (3) T-39th (6) 7th (21)6th (52.25)
2003J.J. Clark T-23rd (8) T-22nd (12) 9th (25)7th (55)
2004J.J. Clark 4th (43) T-7th (24) 2nd (99.5)6th (78.5)
2005J.J. Clark 1st (46) 4th (40) 1st (135.5)3rd (108.3)
2006J.J. Clark T-18th (13) 18th (15) T-3rd (78.5)5th (78)
2007J.J. Clark 3rd (30) T-27th (9) 1st (120)4th (89)
2008J.J. Clark T-8th (19) T-13th (21) 2nd (116)4th (85)
2009J.J. Clark1st (42) T-10th (21) 1st (42)3rd (106)
2010J.J. Clark2nd (36) T-26th (10) 4th (77)7th (62)
2011J.J. ClarkT-7th (24) T-11th (20) 3rd (78)5th (92)
2012J.J. ClarkT-48th (3) T-9th (21) 4th (68)5th (97)
2013J.J. Clark8th (29)9th (39.5)
2014J.J. Clark T-59th (1) 7th (35)10th (28)
2015Beth Alford-Sullivan T-38th (5) T-56th (3) 10th (22)14th (15)
2016Beth Alford-Sullivan 7th (30) T-29th (8) T-4th (77)4th (62)
2017Beth Alford-Sullivan T-62nd (2) 12th (14.5)T-11th (27)
2018Beth Alford-Sullivan T-40th (4) T-25th (11) 11th (21)4th (78)
2019Beth Alford-Sullivan T-21st (10) T-66th (1) 8th (40)9th (45.5)
2020Beth Alford-SullivanT-8th (43)
2021Beth Alford-Sullivan T-40th (3) T-46th (5) 9th (32)9th (38)
2022Beth Alford-Sullivan 16th (12) T-62nd (1) 6th (50)9th (34)
2023 Duane Ross T-7th (24) T-10th (19) 3rd (56.33)5th (67)
2024 Duane Ross T-17th (13) 8th (38)
Total 2 1 44

Note: The 2020 season was canceled after the SEC Indoor Championships due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the SEC Outdoor and both NCAA Championships were not held.

NCAA Individual Event Champions

The Lady Vols have claimed 23 NCAA Indoor individual titles, 14 NCAA Outdoor individual crowns, 13 AIAW individual champions, and 3 DGWS wins. [8]

Conference Individual Event Champions

Through the end of the 2022 season, the Lady Vols have won a total of 76 SEC Indoor individual championships, and 111 SEC Outdoor individual titles. [8]


Tennessee Lady Volunteer Olympians

Through the 2020 Summer Olympics, 18 current and former Lady Vols have represented 8 different nations in the Olympic Games. They have brought home a total of 8 medals, including 6 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal. [8]

Medalists

AthleteCountryOlympicsEventMedal
Benita Fitzgerald-Brown Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1984 Los Angeles 100 m hurdles Gold
Tianna Madison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2012 London 4x100 m relay Gold
2016 Rio Long Jump Gold
100 m relay Gold
LaVonna Martin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1992 Barcelona 100 m hurdles Silver
DeeDee Trotter Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2004 Athens 4x400 m relay Gold
2012 London 4x400 m relay Gold
400 m Bronze

Participants

AthleteCountryOlympics
Missy AlstonFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1984 Los Angeles
Alice Annum Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
Sharrieffa Barksdale Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1984 Los Angeles
Joetta Clark-Diggs Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
Dedra Davis Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1992 Barcelona
Kali Davis-White Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Veronica Findlay Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1984 Los Angeles
Jane Haist Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1976 Montreal
Joella Lloyd Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 2020 Tokyo
Ilrey Oliver Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1984 Los Angeles
Stamatia Scarvelis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2020 Tokyo
Cathy Rattray-Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
Patricia Walsh Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1984 Los Angeles
Erica WitterFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2000 Sydney

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