Tyreke Sapp Season 2021

PositionSPRINTS
ClassRedshirt Senior
HometownNew Orleans, La.
High SchoolCypress Springs
Previous SchoolUT Martin

2022 Outdoor: Earned second team All-ACC honors by running the 400m in 46.26 to finish in sixth ... Competed in both the 400m and 4x400m relay at the NCAA East Prelim ... Clocked a lifetime best in the 400m with a time of 46.19 to finish second at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier and move to No. 3 all-time at Virginia Tech ... Ran the 400m in 46.90 at the UNF Invite to place ninth ... Earned a sixth-place finish at the Gamecock Invitational with a 400m time of 46.66 ... Opened his outdoor season by running the 400m in 47.93 at the Raleigh Relays.

2022 Indoor: Set an indoor PR of 47.64 in the 400m to finish in 10th at the ACC Championships ... Ran on the distance medley relay team that won the JDL DMR Invitational with a time of 9:32.92, breaking the JDL FastTrack facility record ... Ran on the 4x400m team that finished fifth at the Tiger Paw Invite with a time of 3:08.76 ... Finished second in the 400m at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a time of 47.72 ... Ran the 400m in 47.77 to place fifth at the Hokie Invitational ... Earned a second-place finish in the 300m with a lifetime best time of 33.62 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2021 Outdoor: Ran as part of the 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Championships ... Posted a time of 47.31 in the prelims of the 400m at the NCAA East Prelims ... Qualified to Eugene as part of the 4x400m relay team that ran 3:07.15 at the NCAA East Prelims ... Won gold as part of Tech's first men's 4x400m ACC title in school history, going 3:06.46 at the ACC Championships, the second-fastest time ever by the Hokies ... Also posted a time of 47.44 in the 400m prelims at the ACC Championships ... Ran a career best time of 46.99 in the 400m to finish second at the Tennessee Challenge ... Set a PR in the 200m with a time of 21.62 to finish 12th at the Virginia Challenge ... Also ran a time of 47.14 in the 400m at the Virginia Challenge and finished seventh.

2021 Indoor: Won the 200m at the Virginia Tech Challenge with an indoor PR of 21.67 ... Ran as part of the 4x400m relay that took fifth with a time of 3:07.64 at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Also posted a time of 48.66 in the 400m at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Finished sixth in the 400m with a time of 48.52 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet ... Delivered a time of 48.24 in the 400m at the Hokie Invitational to finish sixth ... Took fifth in the 300m with a time of 34.23 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

UT-Martin: Three-time Conference Champion… Holds the university individual records in 60, 200 and was a member of the DMR, and 4x400 teams that set university records.
 
Personal: Born July 13, 1999… Son of Darryl and Michelle Sapp… Has one brother, Cuevas Sapp and one sister, Ashley Cooper… Majoring in Creative Technology

Sapp's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

200m – 21.67, Virginia Tech Challenge (2021)
300m – 33.62, Virginia Tech Invitational (2022)
400m – 47.64, ACC Championships (2022)

200m – 21.62, Virginia Challenge (2021)
400m – 46.19, Liberty Twilight Qualifier (2022)