Lady Vols Win Third SEC Indoor Track & Field Title in Five Seasons

March 1, 2009

Complete Results

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- For the third time in the past five seasons, the University of Tennessee women's track & field team stands atop the league. The second-ranked Lady Volunteers calmly clinched the victory in the second heat of the final event, extinguishing any lingering drama and extending the program's odd-year run of glory at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Sunday at Nutter Field House.

Needing to finish no worse than fifth, and running in heat two of a three-section final of the 4x400-meter relay, the quartet of Chanelle Price, Brittany Jones, Kimarra McDonald and Phoebe Wright navigated the oval in three minutes, 39.57 seconds to win heat two with a time also faster than any team in heat one. With only four squads running in the final, including second-place LSU, it meant the Tigers could not overtake UT in the team point standings, even if they won the event.