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SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020 INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD FEBRUARY 27 TRACK AND FIELD CONTACTS SEC INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Alabama................................. Haley Peterson Texas A&M University will serve as host of the 2020 Southeastern Conference Indoor Track (205) 348-3523 ............ [email protected] and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium. Arkansas .....................................Shawn Price The meet begins at 11:15 a.m. CT on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday. Live results can be (479) 575-7404 [email protected] found at SECsports.com. Auburn ..................................... Kirk Sampson Live coverage of the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships will air on SECN+ at 5:10 p.m. (334) 844-9800 .......... [email protected] CT on Friday and 3:55 p.m. CT on Saturday. The broadcast talent includes Dwight Stones, Dan O’Brien, Jill Montgomery and Larra Overton. A tape-delayed broadcast of the Championship Florida ....................................... Rick Hurtado will air on the SEC Network Sunday at 7 p.m. CT. (352) 692-6803 ............ [email protected] A total of 16 Southeastern Conference men’s and women’s track and field programs are Georgia ................................... Leland Barrow included in the top-25 of the latest NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field National Rating Index (706) 542-1621 ......... [email protected] released Monday. Kentucky ....................................Tommy Scott A nation-leading eight SEC men’s programs are ranked in the top-25, including five in the (352) 843-7479 [email protected] top-10. LSU is ranked No. 2, followed by Florida at No. 3, Georgia at No. 6, Tennessee at No. 8 and Arkansas at No. 10. Texas A&M is ranked 13th, Kentucky is 19th, and Alabama is 23rd. LSU .............................................. Aaron Hyder No other conference has more than five teams in the men’s top-25. (225) 578-7947 ..................... [email protected] A nation-leading eight SEC programs are ranked in the women’s top-25, led by No. 1 LSU, Ole Miss .....................................Tyler Wooten No. 2 Georgia and No. 3 Arkansas. Texas A&M and Kentucky are Nos. 5 and 6, respectively, (662) 915-7509 ......... [email protected] Florida is No. 11, Alabama is No. 17 and Ole Miss is No. 20. Mississippi State .......................Brian Ogden SEC men’s and women’s track and field athletes lead the nation in 11 individual events enter- (662) 325-8040 [email protected] ing this weekend’s SEC Indoor Championships. Missouri ......................................Nate Jelinek The defending SEC Indoor men’s champion is Florida, which captured its fourth title in 2019. (608) 573-1032 .... [email protected] Tennessee has an SEC-leading 25 men’s titles. The men’s title has been won by three differ- ent programs in the last three years. South Carolina ................... Trenten Gauthier (803) 777-5204 ............ [email protected] The defending SEC Indoor women’s champion is Arkansas, which has won nine overall and five in a row. LSU has claimed a league-leading 12 SEC Indoor women’s titles all-time. Tennessee ................................. Forest Jersey (865) 974-7489 [email protected] Gilliam Indoor Stadium has been selected four times to host the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (2010, 2011, 2017, 2018) and it has served as host of the SEC Champion- Texas A&M................................. Tyler Pounds ships twice (2014, 2018). 979.848.6317 [email protected] Tickets for the SEC Indoor Championships range from $10-$25 for General Admission and Vanderbilt ...................................... Eric Dolan $20-$35 for reserved seats and can be purchased online at 12thman.com. (585) 260-8322 [email protected] SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET CENTRAL Meet: 2020 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships Site: College Station, Texas Venue: Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium Dates: Friday-Saturday, February 28-29, 2020 Results: www.SECsports.com SEC Network+: Friday (5:10 p.m. CT) / Saturday (3:55 p.m. CT) SEC Network: Sunday (7 p.m. CT) - Tape Delayed Talent: Dwight Stones, Dan O’Brien, Jill Montgomery, Larra Overton 2020 SEC Indoor Track and Field | SEC Championships » USTFCCCA Rankings - Men » SEC Men’s Teams Week-By-Week In The National Rankings 1. Northern Arizona (Big Sky) UA AR AU UF UG UK LS UM MS MO SC UT AM 2. LSU (SEC) Pre - 8 - 9 24 - 2 - - 19 - 21 6 3. Florida (SEC) J27 - 15 - 7 - 10 2 - - 24 - 12 5 4. Texas (Big 12) F3 - 16 - 7 8 15 2 - - - 20 18 5 5. Oregon (MPSF) F10 - 20 - 7 9 13 2 - - - 15 18 5 6. Georgia (SEC) F17 19 11 - 3 6 17 2 - - - - 9 15 7. Texas Tech (Big 12) F24 23 10 - 3 6 19 2 - - - - 8 13 8. Tennessee (SEC) M3 9. Florida State (ACC) M9 10. Arkansas (SEC) M14 11. Iowa State (Big 12) Final 12. USC (MPSF) 13. Texas A&M (SEC) » SEC Women’s Teams Week-By-Week In The National Rankings UA AR AU UF UG UK LS UM MS MO SC UT AM VU 14. Indiana (Big Ten) Pre 24 2 - 19 3 12 16 - - - 10 - 5 - 15. North Carolina A&T (MEAC) J27 - 3 - 11 2 5 6 20 - - 10 - 7 - 16. Minnesota (Big Ten) F3 - 3 - 10 2 7 6 20 - - 16 - 5 - 17. Virginia Tech (ACC) F10 20 2 - 14 4 7 6 21 - - 15 - 3 - 18. TCU (Big 12) F17 19 3 - 8 2 6 1 14 - - - - 5 - 19. Kentucky (SEC) F24 17 3 - 11 2 6 1 20 - - - - 5 - 20. Virginia (ACC) M3 21. Kansas (Big 12) M9 22. Iowa (Big Ten) M14 23. Alabama (SEC) Final 24. Wisconsin (Big Ten) 25. South Dakota (Summit League) » Top Performers » USTFCCCA Rankings - Women Men 1. LSU (SEC) 60m: Raymond Ekevwo (Florida) – 6.53 Women 2. Georgia (SEC) 200m: Terrance Laird (LSU) – 20.43 60m: Brandee Presley (Ole Miss) / Celera Barnes 400m: Bryce Deadmon (Texas A&M) – 45.86 (Kentucky) – 7.18 3. Arkansas (SEC) 800m: Carlton Orange (Texas A&M) – 1:47.62 200m: Thelma Davies (LSU) – 22.80 4. USC (MPSF) Mile: Waleed Suliman (Ole Miss) – 3:57.03 400m: Doneisha Anderson (Florida) – 52.06 5. Texas A&M (SEC) 3000m: Cameron Griffith (Arkansas) – 7:50.80 800m: Amber Tanner (Georgia) – 2:03.02 6. Kentucky (SEC) 5000m: Emmanuel Cheboson (Arkansas) – Mile: Katie Izzo (Arkansas) – 4:35.03 7. Oregon (MPSF) 13:41.90 3000m: Katie Izzo (Arkansas) – 8:55.67 8. Stanford (MPSF) 60H: Eric Edwards Jr. (LSU) – 7.61 5000m: Katie Izzo (Arkansas) – 15:13.09 9. BYU (MPSF) 4x400 Relay: Texas A&M – 3:03.21 [converted 60H: Tonea Marshall (LSU) – 7.88 [converted from 10. Washington (MPSF) from 3:02.77 for altitude] 7.86 for altitude) 11. Florida (SEC) Distance Medley Relay: Arkansas – 9:31.40 [con- 4x400 Relay: Kentucky – 3:29.74 12. Texas (Big 12) verted from 9:39.16 for track size] Distance Medley Relay: Arkansas – 10:57.08 13. Colorado (MPSF) High Jump: Darryl Sullivan (Tennessee) – 2.33m/7- High Jump: Ellen Ekholm (Kentucky) – 1.90m/6- 14. Texas Tech (Big 12) 7.75 2.75 15. Penn State (Big Ten) Pole Vault: Matthew Peare (Kentucky) – 5.42m/17- Pole Vault: Lisa Gunnarsson (LSU) – 4.45m/14- 16. North Carolina A&T (MEAC) 9.25 7.25 Long Jump: Carey McLeod (Tennessee) – Long Jump: Deborah Acquah (Texas A&M) – 17. Alabama (SEC) 8.16m/26-9.25 6.58m/21-7.25 18. Virginia Tech (ACC) Triple Jump: Carey McLeod (Tennessee) – Triple Jump: Jasmine Moore (Georgia) – 19. UCLA (MPSF) 16.68m/54-8.75 13.90m/45-7.25 20. Ole Miss (SEC) Shot Put: Josh Sobota (Kentucky) – 20.20m/66- Shot Put: Latavia Maines (Tennessee) – 21. Iowa (Big Ten) 3.25 17.49m/57-4.75 22. Minnesota (Big Ten) Weight Throw: Bobby Colantonio (Alabama) – Weight Throw: Shey Taiwo (Ole Miss) – 22.70m/74- 23. New Mexico (Mountain West) 23.54m/77-2.75 5.75 24. Kansas State (Big 12) Heptathlon: Johannes Erm (Georgia) – 6114 Pentathlon: Tyra Gittens (Texas A&M) – 4276 25. Notre Dame (ACC) » Bishop, Drop, Lampkin Named SEC Indoor Track and Field Scholar-Athletes of the Year Texas A&M’s Jon Bishop, Georgia’s Jessica Drop and Alabama’s Daija Lampkin have been named SEC Indoor Track and Field Scholar-Athletes of the Year by a vote of the league head coaches. Bishop holds a 3.936 grade point average and is pursuing a degree in applied mathematical sciences with a compu- tational emphasis. Drop has a 3.92 grade point average, and she is a junior majoring in cellular biology. Lampkin holds a 4.0 grade point average and is pursuing a degree in public health with a minor in biology. 2020 SEC Indoor Track and Field | SEC Championships » SEC Communications Services » SEC Weekly Honors The SEC has an extensive presence on the World Wide Web at www.sec- Men’s Runner of the Week sports.com and www.secsportsmedia.com. Travel to the SEC’s site to find 1/15 - Langston Jackson, Kentucky the up-to-the-minute information on SEC track and field, including, statistics, schedules & results and much more. For more information, please contact 1/21 - Cameron Miller, Florida / Waleed Suliman, Ole Miss Ben Beaty at [email protected]. 1/28 - Langston Jackson, Kentucky / Bryce Deadmon, Texas A&M 2/4 - Raymond Ekevwo, Florida Each week, the Southeastern Conference will announce six Athlete of the 2/11 - Langston Jackson, Kentucky Week honors for the sport of track and field. The conference will honor a runner of the week for both the men and the women, a field athlete of the 2/18 - Terrance Laird, LSU week for both the men and the women and a freshman of the week for both 2/25 - Devin Dixon, Texas A&M the men and the women.