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OMAHA, Neb. -- Molly Hannis went to bed Monday night with a singular goal in mind: parlaying her top seed in the 100-meter breaststroke into a slot on the U.S. Olympic team.She woke up to news that broadened her vision.Like so many athletes with University of Tennessee pedigrees, Hannis revered mold-breaking basketball coaching icon Pat Summitt, whose death at age 64 was announced Tuesday morning.Hannis and her teammates at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha were the only Vols in competition anywhere in the country on Tuesday. There were about 30 athletes from the college program and the post-graduate Tennessee Aquatics club. The Tennessee contingent caucused and decided to wear orange to distinguish themselves from the crowd. They snipped lengths of purple ribbon, the color adopted by Alzheimers disease awareness advocates, to wear around their wrists.As for the 24-year-old Hannis, I just wanted to honor her with my race, she said.Hannis fell just short of booking a trip to the Rio de Janeiro Games, finishing third with a time of 1:06.65 behind Indiana Universitys Lilly King (1:05.20) and SwimMAC Carolinas Katie Meili (1:06.07). Hannis will have another Olympic shot, in the 200-meter breaststroke, later this week.Not quite what I wanted, Hannis said of her effort on Tuesday night. I learned a lot, though, through all the races. I think I just got a little bit frantic at the end.Summit touched the lives of thousands of people, changed Tennessee athletics, changed womens sports in general, said Hannis, who met Summitt at a football game in 2012, the same year the legend officially stepped down from her head-coaching position after publicly revealing she had early onset dementia, Alzheimers type.Its been a very emotional day, Hannis said. I cant say it any other way other than that she was a truly extraordinary woman and Im glad I got to know [Summitt] what little I did.Christine Magnuson, the 2008 100-meter butterfly silver medalist, was Tennessees last U.S. Olympic swimmer.Swimming and diving coach Matt Kredich, hired to head the Tennessee womens team in 2005, said Summitt had a profound influence on him and his colleagues.She coached the coaches, he said, adding that Summitt regularly invited them to her home for dinner and offered to talk to recruits during their campus visits.I felt like I wanted to write down and remember and live everything she said, said Kredich, who has led both the mens and womens swimming and diving program since 2012. She carried so much gravity.During Kredichs first year as the womens coach, he faced a thorny disciplinary issue, when some of his swimmers were cited for underage drinking. 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Reeves-Maybin and Sutton are two of Tennessees four team captains.Were continuing to gather information on Jalen Reeves-Maybin and trying to make the best decision to present to him with his different options, coach Butch Jones said. Ill know a little bit more later in the week.Kirkland had a team-leading 16 tackles through the first two weeks of the season before getting hurt. Jones said Kirkland ran Thursday and Friday, and the team planned to put him through cutting drills Monday to see if he can match the movements that the linebacker position brings about, different bursts and accelerations.Jones said cornerback Justin Martin should be available this weekend after serving a suspension last week for a violation of team rules. He also said running back Jalen Hurd will be full go this week and available to play against Texas A&M after missing portions of the Georgia game for what was described as a lower extremity injury.The Aggies also have been dealing with injuries. Texas A&M beat South Carolina 24-13 last week without four injured starters, including 2015 SEC sacks leader Myles Garrett. The other Aggies to miss the game were offensive tackle Jermaine Eluemunnor and receivers Speedy Noil and Ricky Seals-Jones.ddddddddddddTexas A&M didnt have a media availability Monday, so there was no update on the foursomes status for this weeks game.Tennessee thus far has withstood all the injuries on defense thanks largely to the performance of its front four. The deep defensive line has played its best late in games to help the Vols outscore opponents 76-21 in the fourth quarter and overtime.Were going to need our defensive front to be that way each and every week, Jones said.The defensive line has benefited from being the healthiest element of Tennessees defense, with the only notable injury being an ankle problem that sidelined end LaTroy Lewis against Ohio. Tennessee knew even before the season its defensive line would be a strength.Before all the injuries, thats what our goal was before the season started, to be a D-line-led team, defensive tackle Kendal Vickers said. When the pressures on, we want it to be on our shoulders.That defensive line is led by Derek Barnett, who has recorded two sacks in each of Tennessees last two games. Barnett sacked Georgia quarterback Jacob Eason and forced a fumble that defensive end Corey Vereen recovered in the end zone for a go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter last week.But the injuries across the defense have made a difference, particularly in the secondary. Tennessee has allowed four pass completions of at least 40 yards the last two weeks. The Vols yielded just one pass completion of 40-plus yards in the three games that Sutton played.Tennessees secondary could face an even tougher challenge Saturday against a talented Texas A&M receiving corps, particularly if Seals-Jones and Noil are healthy enough to play.---AP college football website: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '