2019 FLORIDA GATORS TRACK & FIELD 9 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 111 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL TITLES | 27 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Reigning NCAA Indoor Champions • Florida’s men claimed their Division I-leading eighth national title since 2010 last March, edging Southern California by three points at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships. • The indoor national title was Florida’s fourth in program history, and its first indoors since capping a three-peat in 2012. • Of the Gators’ 40 points scored at NCAA Indoors, 34 were individual, and athletes responsible for 23 of those individual points are back this year. Grant Holloway (18) and Clayton Brown (5) combined for those 23. • Repeating at NCAA Indoors this year would give the Gators’ their fifth indoor title, which would break a tie with Oregon for the third-most indoor crowns in 2018 SEC INDOORS RECAP Division I history. Only Arkansas (20) and UTEP (7) have more. SEC CHAMPIONS Women Return to the Infield at NCAA Indoors MEN • Florida’s women finished fourth at 2018 NCAA Indoors, marking their first Athlete Event Time / Mark team poidum finish since the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships. The Clayton Brown Triple Jump 16.08m / 52-9.25 Gators secured their trophy with a third-place finish in the 4x400 relay. Grant Holloway 60 Hurdles 7.53 • Two of Florida’s key individuals from that fourth-place finish--Yanis David and Sharrika Barnett--are back for senior seasons. David scored 13 WOMEN points in the horizontal jumps, while Barnett finished fourth in the 400. Athlete Event Time / Mark Lloydricia Cameron Shot Put 17.65m / 57-11 • David is the nation’s top returner (in terms of personal records) in both the triple jump and long jump, while Barnett is the No. 2 returner in the 400. ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM SEC Outdoors SWEEP MEN • Florida’s men and women swept the SEC Outdoor Championships for Athlete Event Finish the first time in program history last May. KeAndre Bates Triple Jump 3rd (15.82m / 51-11) • Although it was the 11th sweep in meet history, the Gators’ sweep was just AJ McFarland Weight Throw 3rd (21.72m / 71-3.25) the fourth at SEC Outdoors since 1991. Benjamin Lobo Vedel 4x400 Relay 2nd (3:02.65) Kunle Fasasi 4x400 Relay • The titles were the sixth SEC Outdoor crowns in program history for both Chantz Sawyers 4x400 Relay the men and women. Grant Holloway 4x400 Relay • Head coach Mike Holloway has coached 11 SEC Indoor and Outdoor WOMEN championship-winning teams (six men’s, five women’s) during his tenure, Athlete Event Finish which began in 2003 for the men and 2008 for the women. Sharrika Barnett 400m 3rd (51.81) Historically Consistent Gators Yanis David Triple Jump 2nd (14.11m / 46-3.5) • Florida’s men have won or taken runner-up honors at 21 of 32 NCAA Amanda Froeynes Pentathlon 3rd (4,175 points) Championships (65.6 percent) with Mike Holloway as head coach. Darrielle McQueen Long Jump 3rd (6.51m / 21-4.25) • That includes last year’s victory at NCAA Indoors and runner-up finish at the SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships. MEN • Florida’s men are one of three programs in Division I history to post Athlete Event Finish seven straight top-3 finishes at both NCAA Indoors and Outdoors (Florida, Hakim Sani Brown 60m 6th (6.69) 2009-15; Arkansas, 1992-2000; UTEP, 1975-82). Thomas Mardal Weight Throw 4th (21.36m / 70-1) Holloway’s Run (And Jump) At History WOMEN • Grant Holloway will compete in the 60 meters, 60-meter hurdles, and Athlete Event Finish long jump this weekend. He leads the world in the 60 hurdles, ranks No. 2 Amanda Froeynes Pentathlon 3rd (4,175 points) in the world in the 60, and is second nationally in the long jump. • Holloway could become the third man in history to win three individ- FOLLOW THE GATORS ual SEC Indoors titles, though he’d be the first to do it in three different Twitter / Instagram ....................................................@GatorsTF disciplines (sprints, hurdles, jumps). Facebook .........Florida Gators Track & Field and Cross Country • Alabama’s Charley Moseley (1963 – long jump, 60-yard high hurdles, 60- YouTube .........................................www.YouTube.com/c/uftrack yard low hurdles) and Georgia Tech’s James Brantley (1959 – high jump, Official Website .............................................. FloridaGators.com 60-yard high hurdles, 60-yard low hurdles) were the two others to do it. COMMUNICATIONS MEET & BROADCAST INFORMATION Track & Field Contact .............................................. Zach Dirlam Friday, Feb. 22 .............................4:30-8:30 p.m. (SEC Network + / Watch ESPN) Cell Phone Number ............................................ (352) 262-3887 Saturday, Feb. 23 ........................3:55-7:30 p.m. (SEC Network + / Watch ESPN) E-Mail .......................................................zachd@gators.ufl.edu Sunday, Feb. 24 .............................................8 p.m. (SEC Network - Tape Delay) SEC Indoor Championships | Feb. 22-23 | Fayetteville, Ark. | Randal Tyson Indoor Track Center QUICK FACTS Location ...................................................Gainesville, Fla. Nickname................................................................Gators NEWS & NOTES Colors .................................................... Orange and Blue Enrollment ............................................................. 54,854 Founded ................................................................... 1905 Rare SEC Title Combos Conference ....................................... Southeastern (SEC) • Holloway doesn’t need to win all three individual events to make SEC Indoors history. President ............................................. Dr. W. Kent Fuchs Below are all the potential title combos, and who in SEC history achieved them: Athletics Director........................................Scott Stricklin » 60 meters / 60 Hurdles - Terrence Trammel, South Carolina, 1999 (55m/55mH); 2000 Website ................................................FloridaGators.com » 60 Hurdles / Long Jump - Darius Pemberton, Tennessee, 1995 (55mH) » 60 meters / Long Jump - None NCAA Championships History (9 titles) Men’s Indoor Titles (4) ................2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 Pascoe Blossoming Into SEC’s Top Distance Runner Men’s Outdoor Titles (4) ............ 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 • Redshirt junior Jessica Pascoe has become one of, if not the premier distance runner Women’s Indoor Titles (1) ....................................... 1992 in the SEC, leading the conference by 27-plus seconds in the 5k entering Friday. .......................................N/A Women’s Outdoor Titles (0) • Pascoe’s rise began this past cross country season, as she won the individual SEC title and earned All-America honors with a 32nd-place finish at NCAA Championships. 2018 Men’s Indoor Finish ..........Champions (40 points) The year prior, Pascoe was 74th at SECs and did not finish the NCAA South Regional. 2018 Women’s Indoor Finish ..............................4th (32) • Pascoe is the only SEC runner in the top 45 nationally in the 5k, and at 12th on the 2018 Men’s Outdoor Finish ................................2nd (42) descending order list, she is likely to become the Gators’ first NCAA Indoors qualifier 2018 Women’s Outdoor Finish ...........................5th (42) in the 5k since Rebecca Lowe (2010). • Pascoe notched her likely qualifying time of 15:34.76 at the BU Opener this past Decem- SEC Championships History (27 titles) ber. She broke Lowe’s school record by 24-plus seconds. Men’s Indoor Titles (7) .... 1975, 1976, 1987, 1988, 2004, Fastest Indoor 4x400 Relay Race of All Time 2011, 2015 • Florida, Southern California, and Texas A&M ran the three fastest 4x400 relay times in Men’s Outdoor Titles (6) . 1953, 1956, 1987, 2010, 2015, track and field history at last year’s NCAA Indoor Championships, stacking up as such 2018 on the world all-time list: Women’s Indoor Titles (8) ........ 1990, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014 1. Southern California - 3:00.77 (March 10, 2018 - NCAA Indoors - College Station) Women’s Outdoor Titles (6) ..... 1992, 1997, 1998, 2003, Zach Shinnick, Rai Benjamin, Ricky Morgan Jr., Michael Norman 2009, 2018 2. Texas A&M - 3:01.39 (March 10, 2018 - NCAA Indoors - College Station) Ilolo Izu, Robert Grant, Devin Dixon, Mylik Kerley ...................... 3rd (83.5 points) 2018 Men’s Indoor Finish 3. Florida - 3:01.43 (March 10, 2018 - NCAA Indoors - College Station) 2018 Women’s Indoor Finish ..............................6th (61) Kunle Fasasi, Grant Holloway, Chantz Sawyers, Benjamin Lobo Vedel 2018 Men’s Outdoor Finish ................................1st (111) 4. Houston - 3:01.51 (February 9, 2019 - Tiger Paw Invite - Clemson, S.C.) Amere Lattin, Obi Igbokwe, Jermaine Holt, Khamari Montgomery 2018 Women’s Outdoor Finish ........................... 1st (91) 5. Texas A&M - 3:01.56 (February 9, 2019 - Tiger Paw Invite - Clemson, S.C.) Ilolo Izu, Bryce Deadmon, Kyree Johnson, Devin Dixon 2019 Indoor Team Information • UF’s NCAA splits: Fasasi - 46.42; Holloway - 44.91; Sawyers - 45.36; Lobo Vedel - 44.75 Men’s Returning 2018 NCAA Indoors Scorers: Grant Holloway - 60 Hurdles (NCAA Champion / 10 pts.) • All four Gators from the aforementioned relay are back this year. Holloway - Long Jump (2nd place / 8 pts.) • Only Sawyers and Lobo Vedel--then freshmen--ran career-best relay splits. Fasasi Kunle Fasasi, Grant Holloway, Chantz Sawyers, Benjamin split 45.93 leading off in January 2018, and Holloway split 44.81 at 2017 NCAA Indoors. Lobo Vedel - 4x400 relay (3rd place / 6 pts.) All four