2017 Florida Gators Track & Field
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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. February 24-25 SEC Indoor Championships M: t-3rd / W: 8th March 10-11 NCAA Indoor Championships M: 2nd / W: t-14th 10 7 OUTDOOR March 17-18 Black & Gold Challenge Orlando, Fla. March 25 Hurricane Collegiate Invitational Coral Gables, Fla. March 30-April 1 Pepsi Florida Relays GAINESVILLE April 15 Horned Frog Invitational Fort Worth, Texas April 21-22 Virginia Challenge Charlottesville, Va. 6 April 28 Tom Jones Memorial GAINESVILLE 4 May 5 Seminole Invitational Tallahassee, Fla. Women Eyeing Return to the Infield May 11-13 SEC Outdoor Championships Columbia, S.C. • Florida’s women enter the outdoor season ranked No. 6 in the USTFCCCA May 25-27 NCAA East Preliminary Lexington, Ky. Preseason National Team Rankings, the third time in the last four years the Gators are a preseason top-6 team. June 7-10 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore. June 22-25 USATF Outdoor Championships Sacramento, Calif. • Florida’s women finished tied for 14th at NCAA Indoor Championships, but are bolstered by the return of stud sprinters Kyra Jefferson and Shayla Sanders--neither of whom had indoor eligibility this year. • The Gators finished tied for 9th at the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships, largely due to Jefferson’s injuries keeping her out of the 200 and off both the 4x1 and 4x4 relays, as well as Sanders’ false start in the 100 prelims. FOLLOW THE GATORS Twitter / Instagram ....................................................@GatorsTF Facebook .........Florida Gators Track & Field and Cross Country YouTube .........................................www.YouTube.com/c/uftrack Official Website .............................................. FloridaGators.com COMMUNICATIONS MEET & BROADCAST INFORMATION Track & Field Contact .............................................. Zach Dirlam Thursday.............................................................................................N/A Cell Phone Number ............................................ (352) 262-3887 Friday (Live Stream) ....................... 12:10-4:10 PM ET (SEC Network +) Office Phone Number ........................ (352) 375-4683, ext. 6175 Saturday (Live Stream)..................... 2:35-7:10 PM ET (SEC Network +) E-Mail .......................................................zachd@gators.ufl.edu Live Results ......................................................DeltaTiming.com/Results PEPSI FLORIDA RELAYS | March 30-April 1 | Gainesville, Florida | Percy Beard Track QUICK FACTS Location ...................................................Gainesville, Fla. Nickname................................................................Gators Colors .................................................... Orange and Blue NEWS & NOTES Enrollment ............................................................. 54,854 Founded ................................................................... 1905 Historically Consistent Gators Conference ....................................... Southeastern (SEC) • Florida’s men are the third program in Division I history to post 7 straight Top-3 Finish- ............................................. Dr. W. Kent Fuchs President es at both NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Championships (Florida, 2009-15; Arkansas, ........................................Scott Stricklin Athletics Director 1992-2000; UTEP, 1975-82). Website ................................................FloridaGators.com • Florida’s men have won or taken runner-up honors at 18 of 29 NCAA Championships NCAA Championships History (7 titles) with Mike Holloway as head coach--a rate of 62.1 percent. Men’s Indoor Titles (3) ..........................2010, 2011, 2012 Men’s Outdoor Titles (3) ...................... 2012, 2013, 2016 Bates Sweeps SEC Titles, Riding Wave of Breakout Summer Women’s Indoor Titles (1) ....................................... 1992 • Junior KeAndre Bates rode a breakout summer to USTFCCCA Indoor National Field Women’s Outdoor Titles (0) .......................................N/A Athlete of the Year honors and the NCAA long jump title. Bates also finished second in the triple jump, becoming the fourth man since 2006 to finish top 2 in both horizontal jumps 2017 Men’s Indoor Finish ..................... 2nd (45.5 points) at NCAA Indoor Championships. 2017 Women’s Indoor Finish ..........................t-14th (12) • Bates became the 11th man in history to sweep the long jump and triple jump titles at SEC Indoors, winning with indoor PRs of 8.04 meters (26-4.5) and 16.81 meters (55-2). 2016 Men’s Outdoor Finish ................................. 1st (62) 2016 Women’s Outdoor Finish .........................t-9th (28) • Bates broke out for the Gators at 2016 NCAA Outdoors, finishing top 3 in the triple jump (2nd) and long jump (3rd), joining Christian Taylor (2010) as the only other Gator SEC Championships History (25 titles) underclassman since 1990 to score in both horizontal jumps. .... 1975, 1976, 1987, 1988, 2004, Men’s Indoor Titles (7) • Bates was also the sixth underclassman in history to finish top 3 in both horizontal jumps 2011, 2015 at NCAA Outdoors, joining Mike Conley (Arkansas, 1983), Pertti Pousi (BYU, 1968), Kent Men’s Outdoor Titles (5) .. 1953, 1956, 1987, 2010, 2015 Floerke (Kansas, 1956), George Boone (USC, 1936), Pat Reed (Bradley, 1932). Women’s Indoor Titles (8) ........ 1990, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014 • Bates went on to top-10 finishes in the long jump (6th) and triple jump (9th) at U.S. Women’s Outdoor Titles (5) ..... 1992, 1997, 1998, 2003, Olympic Trials, joining Arkansas’ Mike Conley (1984) and LSU’s Walter Davis (2000) 2009 as the only men since 1972 with top-10s in both horizontal jumps as a collegian. 2017 Men’s Indoor Finish .......................t-3rd (76 points) Holloway’s World-Class Versatility 2017 Women’s Indoor Finish ..............................8th (45) • Freshman Grant Holloway became the second freshman since 1999 to win the NCAA 60 hurdles title, with collegiate record holder and 2016 Olympic 110 hurdles gold medalist 2016 Men’s Outdoor Finish .................................6th (64) Omar McLeod being the other frosh to do so. 2016 Women’s Outdoor Finish ...........................7th (61) • Holloway and two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist Ashton Eaton are the only two 2017 Outdoor Team Information men in the world since 1999 to break 7.75 in the 60 hurdles and indoor long jump 8.05- plus meters--and it took Eaton until 2012, two years after finishing at Oregon, to do it. Men’s Returning 2016 NCAA Scorers: KeAndre Bates - Triple Jump (2nd place / 8 points) • Holloway won the 60 hurdles title and took fifth in the long jump at SEC Indoors, becoming Bates - Long Jump (3rd place / 6 points) the first man since at least 2001 to score in both those events; he was also the second freshman since 2000 to win the 60 hurdles title--Eddie Lovett, Florida (2011). Anders Eriksson - Hammer Throw (5th place / 4 points) Kunle Fasasi - 4x400 relay (2nd place / 8 points) • Holloway was the second Division I true freshman since 2002 to break 7.60 in the 60 hurdles, joining Omar McLeod (7.57, 7.58 at 2014 NCAA Indoors) as the only other man Eric Futch - 400 Hurdles ( / 10 points) NCAA Champion to do it. TJ Holmes - 400 Hurdles (2nd place / 8 points) • Holloway was also the sixth Division I true freshman since 2002 to indoor long jump over 8.00m, and three others are Gators--Marquis Dendy (8.06m, 2012), KeAndre Women’s Returning 2016 NCAA Scorers: Bates (8.02m, 2015), Christian Taylor (8.02m, 2009). Sharrika Barnett - 4x400 relay (5th place / 4 points) Lloydricia Cameron - Shot Put (7th place / 2 points) Brown’s Rare Double Yanis David - Triple Jump (3rd place / 6 points) • Freshman jumper Clayton Brown became the second man since 1994 to score in both the high jump (t-5th) and triple jump (7th) at NCAA Indoor Championships--and he David - Long Jump (8th place / 1 point) had less than a half-hour between the two events. Darrielle McQueen - Long Jump (5th place / 4 points) Taylor Sharpe