Florida State Track & Field NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas March 9-10, 2018
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Florida State Track & Field NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas March 9-10, 2018 Noles eye return to NCAA elite at Indoor Nationals When the Noles Compete The No. 7 Florida State men and No. 25 women arrive at Texas A&M’s Gilliam Friday, March 9 Indoor Track Center with enough firepower to post their best NCAA Indoor Track Time Event FSU entries & Field Championship finishes since 2014. Six qualifying men competing in seven 5:15 pm Shot Put (w-final) Grange events and five women in six events provide the Noles with ample opportunities to 5:30 pm Long Jump (m-final) Knight, Fisher match or eclipse their last top-10 finishes. 6:05 pm 60m dash (m-prelims) Ewers The men last finished inside the top 10 at No. 4 in 2014, while the women were 6:15 pm 60m dash (w-prelims) Kirkland, Seymour ninth in 2011, which was their fourth consecutive top-10 finish. 6:55 pm 60m hurdles (m-prelims) Cunningham 7:05 pm 60m hurdles (w-prelims) Jones FSU’s men enter Friday’s start of the two-day meet with six entries ranked among 7:20 pm Shot Put (m-final) Droogsma the top 10, which trails only three other programs nationally. The women claim only 7:35 pm 200m dash (m-prelims) Ewers two top-10 ranked entries. 7:50 pm 200m dash (w-prelims) Seymour, Helps Overall, the Noles are clearly a program on the rise with nine of 11 qualifiers be- Saturday, March 10 tween the two teams making their first NCAA Indoor Championships appearances 4:30 pm 60m dash (m-final) tbd for the Noles. That group of newcomers includes three true freshmen, which ties 4:40 pm 60m dash (w-final) tbd Georgia and USC for the most first-year qualifiers. 5:00 pm Triple Jump (m-final) Wallace 5:10 pm 60m hurdles (m-final) tbd What 2 Watch 4 5:20 pm 60m hurdles (w-final) tbd Among the most noteworthy Noles storylines to follow this weekend are: 5:50 pm 200m dash (m-final) tbd • Junior transfer Andre Ewers is the No. 1 seed in the 60-meter dash and No. 6:00 pm 200m dash (w-final) tbd 9 in the 200 entering his NCAA Indoor debut. He has an eye on becoming the (All times listed are Central) first two-event, first-team All-American (top 8) since Maurice Mitchell in 2012; • Ka’Tia Seymour is the lone freshman to qualify for both the 60 and 200, but Broadcast Schedule the ACC Women’s Track MVP is the first Seminole to make it in both events since Sheryl Covington in 1993; Friday, March 9 • Senior Gleneve Grange kicks off Friday’s competition with a little history on 6:00 pm ESPN3/WatchESPN http://noles.co/2FsVA1u her side. FSU’s school record-holder is the Noles’ first NCAA Indoor qualifier Saturday, March 10 in the shot put; 5:00 pm ESPN3/WatchESPN http://noles.co/2CZ1NNb • Freshmen Jayla Kirkland and Seymour are out to provide FSU’s first points Sunday, March 11 in the women’s 60-meter dash at the NCAA Indoor Championships since 7:00 pm ESPN2 (Replay) 9:00 pm ESPNU (Replay) Tonya Carter’s victory in 2000; Monday, March 12 • Redshirt senior Austin Droogsma is chasing history as well. FSU’s shot put school record was set my Garrett Johnson (20.48m/67-2.25), when he won 1:00 pm ESPNU (Replay) the 2006 NCAA Indoor title. Droogsma’s personal-best is 20.10m; • Junior Shauna Helps and Seymour are FSU’s first 200-meter qualifiers since Live Resuts Patrice Verdun (5th, 1990) and Covington (7th, 1993), doubling the Noles’ all- Throughout competition via NCAA.com http://noles.co/2tjTbkD time qualifiers in the event; • Sophomore Cortney Jones is the second Seminole to qualify for the 60-me- Where the Noles rank vs. field ter hurdles in the NCAA era, joining Meme Jean (2016). The Noles have not Here’s a look at Florida State’s NCAA Indoor Championships had a scoring hurdler since Carolyn Faison and Tonja Brown finished 6-7 at qualifiers and where they rank vs. the field in their events: the 1982 AIAW Championships; Women • Freshman Trey Cunningham can become the 10th first-team All-American Name Event Rank Mark 60-meter hurdler in program history with a top-eight finish. Former Noles Dan- Ka’Tia Seymour 60 Dash t12 7.24 ny Smith (twice), Phillip Riley and Drew Brunson have won four hurdle titles; Jayla Kirkland 60 Dash t12 7.24 • Long jump qualifiers Corion Knight and Kenneth Fisher have big shoes to Ka’Tia Seymour 200 Dash 5 22.85 fill. The last seven FSU qualifiers in the event scored; a streak dating to 2001; Shauna Helps 200 Dash 13 23.02 • Armani Wallace’s first NCAA Indoors triple jump appearance is the 10th by a Cortney Jones 60 Hurdles t9 8.05 Seminole since 2003. The last nine have all finished in the top eight. Gleneve Grange Shot Put 13 17.24m/56-6.75 Men, women return to rankings Men The Florida State men’s indoor track & field team arrive at the NCAA Indoor Cham- Andre Ewers 60 Dash 1 6.52 pionships ranked among the Top 25 for the first time since the final regular season Andre Ewers 200 Dash 9 20.60 poll of the 2015 season. In the latest USTFCCCA Computer Rankings, FSU’s men Trey Cunningham 60 Hurdles 7 7.70 check in at No. 7 while the women are at No. 25. Unranked in the preseason, the Corion Knight Long Jump 3 8.02m/26-3.75 men returned to the Top 10 for the first time since 2014 at No. 7 in week four and Kenneth Fisher Long Jump t14 7.81m/25-7.5 rose to No. 6 a week later before settling at No. 7. Armani Wallace Triple Jump t7 16.33m/53-7 continued on next page Austin Droogsma Shot Put 6 20.10m/65-11.5 Follow Us: Media Contact: Bob Thomas - Associate Sports Information Director @FSU_Track fsu_track 850-694-1768 / [email protected] /FSUTrack 2018 NCAA Indoor Notes Coach Bob Braman’s women reappeared in the rankings at No. 22 follow- jump) to edge defending champion Virginia Tech by a 111-107 margin. ing their ACC Indoor title and slipped back to No. 25 a week later. FSU’s women spent the entire 2015 season ranked in the Top 25 but had not Kirkland and Seymour provided the only wins for the Noles ladies, who been back until the penultimate poll of the current season. padded their winning 91-point total with five runner-up finishes and two thirds. Virginia Tech was second with 81 points. FSU led all schools with Records tumble, top 10s roll in 28 All-ACC honors between the men and the women. Those honorees include: Four new school records highlight a 2018 makeover of Florida State’s First-Team Men First-Team Women indoor top 10 list. Veterans and newcomers alike contributed to 25 new Name Event Name Event entries; 14 on the men’s side and 11 from the women. Edward Clarke 60 Dash Jayla Kirkland 60 Dash Junior transfer Andre Ewers’ debut at the Larry Wieczoreck Invitational Andre Ewers 60 Dash Ka-Tia Seymour 60 Dash produced a share of the 60-meter dash record, with his 6.52 in the final Andre Ewers 200 Dash Ka-Tia Seymour 200 Dash equalling Dentarius Locke’s 2014 NCAA winning time. Trey Cunningham 60 Hurdles Shauna Helps 200 Dash Kenneth Fisher Long Jump Militsa Mircheva 5000 Run Three new records were recorded by the women, topped by freshman Corion Knight Long Jump Cortney Jones 60 Hurdles Ka’Tia Seymour’s ACC title-winning 200-meter dash (22.85), which Armani Wallace Long Jump Eleonora Omoregie High Jump erased junior Shauna Helps’ mark set earlier in the season. Helps’ sec- Armani Wallace Triple Jump Gleneve Grange Shot Put ond-place ACC time of 23.02 is No. 2 all-time. Sophomore Cortney Jones Austin Droogsma Shot Put Ieva Zarankaite Shot Put posted the second school record of the ACC Indoor Championships, Dante Newberg Heptathlon Second-Team Women racing to a silver medal in the 60-meter hurdles finals in 8.05. Second-Team Men Shauna Helps 60 Dash Darryl Gay 60 Dash Maudie Skyring Mile Redshirt senior Gleneve Grange shattered her own shot put record by more than two feet with her 17.24-meter (56-6.75) mark at the Alex Wilson Tye Dickens 60 Hurdles Militsa Mircheva 3000 Run Invitational. Corion Knight High Jump Jakub Andrzejczak Long Jump Noteworthy among the other new entries are: Montel Nevers Triple Jump • Ewers followed up his breakout 60 with the No. 5 200-meter dash Brandon Tirado Weight Throw (20.60) for the win at the ACC Indoor Championships; • Freshman Trey Cunningham grabbed the No. 4 spot in the 60-meter hurdles in his debut and lowered it to 7.70 with his ACC title win. Classmate Tye Dickens’ monster 7.91 PB in the ACC prelims took over the No. 8 spot; • Redshirt senior Austin Droogsma is No. 2 in the shot put following his 20.10-meter (65-11.5) effort at the Alex Wilson Invitational; • Redshirt junior Michael Hall improved on his No. 3 position in the mile with the third sub-four performance (3:59.37) in program history; • Newcomers Corion Knight (8.02m/26-3.75) and Kenneth Fisher (7.81m/25-7.5) joined the long jump list at Nos.