2017 Florida Gators Track & Field
2017 FLORIDA GATORS TRACK & FIELD 7 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 103 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL TITLES | 25 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Reigning National Champions • Florida’s men are coming off their sixth national title since 2010--more than any other program in that span--with its victory at NCAA Outdoors. • Of the Gators’ 62 points scored at NCAA Outdoors, 49 were individual, and athletes responsible for 39 of those individual points are back this year. • After last year’s seventh-place finish at NCAA Indoors--thefirst time it finished outside the top three in the last 14 NCAA Championships- -Florida became the third team since 1992 to win NCAA Outdoors after finishing outside the top five at NCAA Indoors. • Florida was also the only team since at least 1965 to finish lower than 2017 SCHEDULE fourth at a conference meet and win the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as it finished sixth at SEC Outdoors, its lowest finish since 1996. INDOOR January 7 Orange & Purple Classic Clemson, S.C. Leading The Nation January 13-14 Commodore Invitational Nashville, Tenn. • Florida’s men, ranked No. 1 in the USTFCCCA Preseason National Team Rankings, in top-3 times/marks (5), and January 20-21 Hokie Invitational Blacksburg, Va. boast Division I-leading totals top-10 times/marks (11). January 27-28 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. • UF men’s returning top-5 times/marks compared to the rest of Division I February 4 Virginia Tech “Doc Hale” Elite Blacksburg, Va. look like this: February 10-11 Iowa State Classic Ames, Iowa Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. February 17 Tiger Tuneup Clemson, S.C.
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