2016 FLORIDA GATORS TRACK & FIELD 6 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 99 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL TITLES | 25 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Breakin’ It Down • Florida’s 46 combined NCAA Championships Preliminary entries are tied for the ninth-most nationally. • UF’s 25 entries on the women’s side are tied for the seventh-most in the country, while its 21 entries on the men’s side are tied for the 11th-most nationally. • The Gators men boast 13 entries in the sprints/hurdles events, which are tied with Arkansas and LSU for the most nationally. • Florida’s women are one of six teams in the country (Alabama, Colorado State, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska) with at least four entries in the sprint/hurdles, jumps, and throws categories. 2016 SCHEDULE Rankings Watch • Florida’s men enter the NCAA Championships East Preliminary ranked No. INDOOR 3 in the USTFCCCA’s National Team Computer Rankings, while the women January 22-23 Rod McCravy Memorial Lexington, Ky. travel to Jacksonville ranked No. 9. January 29-30 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. • Counting relays only once, UF’s men boast 12 times or marks that rank February 5-6 Virginia Tech “Doc Hale” Elite Blacksburg, Va. 14th or higher on the NCAA Division I outdoor descending order list. February 12-13 Iowa State Classic Ames, Iowa • Under the same criteria, Florida’s women own 14 times or marks that rank Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. inside the top 20 of the NCAA Division I outdoor descending order list. February 26-27 SEC Inoor Championships M: 4th/W: T-4th Top Three, Top Three, Top Three March 11-12 NCAA Indoor Championships M: 7th/W: T-14th • Florida’s men have finished third or higher at each of the last seven NCAA Outdoor Championships, which is the fifth-longest streak in history. OUTDOOR • Another top-three finish this year would tie UTEP (1975-82) for the fourth- March 18-19 UCF Invitational Orlando, Fla. longest run in NCAA Outdoor Championships history. March 25-26 Raleigh Relays Raleigh, N.C. Trojan Invitational Los Angeles SEC Outdoor Championships Rewind • Florida won four SEC titles, as Anders Eriksson (hammer throw), March 31-April 2 Pepsi Florida Relays GAINESVILLE Eric Futch (400-meter hurdles), Kyra Jefferson (100 meters), and its April 22 Tom Jones Memorial GAINESVILLE women’s 4x400 relay team were all crowned champions. April 29-30 Penn Relays Philadelphia • Moreover, Eriksson became just the second true freshman since 2006 to April 30 LSU Invitational Baton Rouge, La. win the SEC hammer throw title. May 12-14 SEC Outdoor Championships M: 6th/W: 7th • Jefferson joined Michelle Freeman (1992) as the only other Gator in history May 26-28 NCAA East Preliminary Jacksonville, Fla. to win the SEC 100 meters crown. June 8-11 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore. Elite Stable of Quarter-Milers July 1-10 United States Olympic Trials Eugene, Ore. • Florida is just the third Division I women’s team since 2002 (Florida, 2015; Texas, 2014) boasting four 400 meters runners--Sharrika Barnett, Claudia Francis, Kyra Jefferson, Robin Reynolds--with times faster than 53 seconds prior to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. • Those four Gators already ran 3:26.28, the 10th-fastest 4x400 relay time in collegiate history, earlier this year at the Pepsi Florida Relays (April 2). • Even without Jefferson, the trio of Barnett, Francis, and Reynolds combined with Taylor Sharpe to win the 4x400 relay title at this year’s SEC Outdoor FOLLOW THE GATORS Championships. Twitter .......................................................................@GatorsTF • Last year’s UF team featured four such runners and won both the SEC and Facebook .........Florida Gators Track & Field and Cross Country NCAA titles in the 4x400 relay. YouTube .........................................www.YouTube.com/c/uftrack Official Website .............................................. FloridaGators.com • Texas’ 2014 group actually featured five sub-53-second 400 meters runers, and three of them ran on the NCAA title-winning 4x400 relay team that logged the second-fastest time in collegiate history (3:24.21). COMMUNICATIONS • Florida is just the fifth team since 2002 featuring three men--Kunle Track & Field Contact .............................................. Zach Dirlam Fasasi, Najee Glass, Arman Hall--with 400 meters times under 45.60 Cell Phone Number ............................................ (517) 262-5109 prior to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Office Phone Number ........................ (352) 375-4683, ext. 6175 • Of the other four teams to accomplish the feat, two of them were UF trios, E-Mail .......................................................zachd@gators.ufl.edu as the 2010 and 2014 Gators featured three such runners. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS EAST PRELIMINARY | May 26-28 | Jacksonville, Fla. | Hodges Stadium RETURNING 2015 EAST PRELIMINARY COMPETITORS MEN Athlete Event 2015 Finish NEWS & NOTES Andres Arroyo 800m 6th (1:47.33) $ KeAndre Bates Long Jump 20th (7.35m/24-1.5) Collegiate History, World-Class Company Triple Jump 14th (15.49m/50-10) • Sprinter Kyra Jefferson is first woman in history to break 11.20 seconds in the 100 meters, 22.25 seconds in the 200 meters, and 51.51 seconds in the 400 meters as a collleigan. Eric Futch 400mH 2nd (49.91) $ 4x100 Relay 1st (39.23) $ • The only women in the world since 2002 to accomplish the same feat at any point in their 4x400 Relay 2nd (3:03.69) $ careers are four-time Olympic gold medalists Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards-Ross, 2015 World Championships silver medalist Shaunae Miller, 2008 Olympic silver medalist Eddie Garcia 10,000m 24th (30:48.61) Kim Gevaert, and 2004 Olympic gold medalist Sherone Simpson. Najee Glass 400m 2nd (45.51) $ • Although the IAAF’s records are incomplete or not readily available prior to 2002, three- 4x400 Relay 2nd (3:03.69) $ time world champion Marion Jones also broke all those times by 1998. Arman Hall 400m 14th (46.22) Quite The Conversion 4x100 Relay 1st (39.23) $ • Claudia Francis, transitioned from the 800 meters to the 400-meter hurdles this season, 4x400 Relay 2nd (3:03.69) $ running the 400 meters the entire indoor season and once outdoors to aid the conversion. Yanick Hart 110mH 7th (13.71) $ • Since 2002, Francis and Bulgaria’s Vania Stambolova are the only two women in the world to run faster than 2:03.00 (800 meters), 51.60 (400 meters), and 56.15 (400-meter TJ Holmes 400mH 14th (51.61) hurdles) at any point in their careers. Nick Uruburu 400m 15th (46.38) • Among collegians, Francis is one of two women this year (Jaide Stepter, USC) and only the 4x400 Relay 2nd (3:03.69) $ fourth Division I woman since 2002 to break 56.40 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles and 51.60 seconds in the 400 meters during the same outdoor campaign. Antwan Wright 100m 15th (10.48) 4x100 Relay 1st (39.23) $ That Relay Combo Though... • Florida’s women are just the fifth Division I team since 2002 to break 43 seconds in the 4x100 relay and 3:28.00 in the 4x400 relay prior to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. WOMEN Athlete Event 2015 Finish • The other teams to accomplish the feat were the 2015 Gators, 2004 LSU Tigers, and the Jayla Bostic Hammer Throw 28th (54.49m/178-9) 2011 and 2013 Texas A&M Aggies. • Of those teams, only the 2004 LSU Tigers and 2015 Gators went on to sweep both relays Lloydricia Cameron Discus Throw 15th (50.34m/165-2) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Shot Put 14th (15.72m/51-7) • At last year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships, Florida became the first team since Texas Claudia Francis 800m 4th (2:02.92) $ (2005) to sweep both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay national titles. 4x400 Relay 2nd (3:29.80) $ • This year, the Gators will look to join Texas (1998-99) and Florida State (1983-84) as the Kyra Jefferson 200m 1st (22.26) $ only groups to sweep both sprint relays at consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championships. 4x100 Relay 1st (42.93) $ • Florida has never won consecutive national titles in the women’s 4x100 or 4x400 relays, Darrielle McQueen Long Jump 9th (6.10m/20-0.25) $ as last year was its first and second title, respectively, in those events. Triple Jump t-45th (FOUL) Historic Triple Jump Title Run Kike Oniwinde Javelin Throw 20th (49.95m/150-9) • Florida has won each of the last six men’s outdoor triple jump national titles, which is tied for the longest streak in any event at either NCAA Championship, regardless of gender. Robin Reynolds 400m 6th (51.97) $ 4x100 Relay 1st (42.93) $ • The only streaks equal to UF’s run of triple jump national titles are: 4x400 Relay 2nd (3:29.80) $ ◊ UCLA, men’s outdoor 4x400 relay (1969-74) Shayla Sanders 100m 8th (11.51) $ ◊ UTEP, men’s indoor mile (1977-82) 4x100 Relay 1st (42.93) $ ◊ UTEP, men’s outdoor 10,000 meters (1978-83) ◊ Villanova, women’s outdoor 3,000 meters (1987-92) Taylor Tubbs 1,500m 36th (4:27.33)* 5,000m 20th (16:35.62) ◊ LSU, women’s outdoor 4x100 relay (1992-97) Rare Pairs $ - advanced to NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. • Eric Futch and TJ Holmes are just the fifth pair of SEC teammates and 11th pair of * - denotes preliminary round Division I teammates since 2002 to both run the 400-meter hurdles in less than 50.00 seconds prior to NCAA Outdoors. • Futch and Holmes join Kerron Clement and Dwight Ruff as the only other UF teammates to accomplish that feat during that span, with the latter duo doing so in 2004. • Ryan Clark and Michael Timpson Jr. are just the second pair of true freshmen teammates since 2003 to both break 10.40 seconds in the 100 meters and 21 seconds in the 200 meters prior to the NCAA Championships.