2017 Men's Track & Field REVIEW
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2017 Men’s Track & Field REVIEW NCAA Finishes: Indoor – 2nd (45.5 points) All-SEC Outdoor – NCAA Champions (61.5 points) INDOOR (7 athletes, 9 honors) -- All-Freshman not Team Highlights included Florida claimed the program’s second SEC Finishes: Indoor – T-3rd (76 points) All-SEC First Team (SEC Champions) consecutive and fourth overall NCAA Outdoor – 4th (81.5 points) Andres Arroyo – 800m Outdoor Championship with a 61.5-point KeAndre Bates – Long Jump, Triple Jump NCAA Champions Grant Holloway – 60m Hurdles performance at the national meet OUTDOOR (3 athletes, 4 titles) Florida’s won four NCAA Outdoor KeAndre Bates – Long Jump, Triple Jump All-SEC Second Team Championships in the last six years Eric Futch – 400m Hurdles Clayton Brown – Triple Jump (3rd) Grant Holloway – 110m Hurdles Kunle Fasasi, Grant Holloway, Eric Futch, TJ Holmes – Florida’s outdoor national title is its 4x400 Relay (2nd) seventh overall national title since 2010, a INDOOR (2 athletes, 2 titles) figure that leads all Division I program by KeAndre Bates – Long Jump SEC All-Freshman Team Grant Holloway – 60m Hurdles Clayton Brown – Triple Jump two titles during that span Anders Eriksson – Weight Throw Florida has finished in the top three at All-Americans Jack Guyton – Mile each of the last nine NCAA Outdoor INDOOR (8 athletes, 14 honors) Grant Holloway – 60m Hurdles, Long Jump Championships, tying the third-longest Andres Arroyo – 800m (10th) streak in meet history KeAndre Bates – Long Jump (1st), Triple Jump (2nd) OUTDOOR (7 athletes, 11 honors) -- All-Freshman not Clayton Brown – High Jump (t-5th), Triple Jump (7th) included Coupled with its runner-up finish at NCAA Kunle Fasasi – 400m (Finalist) All-SEC First Team (SEC Champions) Eric Futch – 400m (5th) KeAndre Bates – Triple Jump Indoor Championships, the Gators have Grant Holloway – 60m Hurdles (1st), Long Jump (11th) finished in the top two at 19 of the 30 AJ McFarland – Weight Throw (12th) All-SEC Second Team men’s NCAA Championships that Mike Kunle Fasasi, Grant Holloway, Eric Futch, Ryan Clark – Andres Arroyo – 800m (2nd) Holloway has been head coach for 4x400 relay (2nd) KeAndre Bates – Long Jump (2nd) Clayton Brown – High Jump (2nd) UF’s logged top-three finishes at 17 of the OUTDOOR (9 athletes, 18 honors) Eric Futch – 400m Hurdles (2nd) last 18 NCAA Championships, and 21 of Andres Arroyo – 800m (5th) Grant Holloway – 110m Hurdles (2nd); Long Jump (3rd) the 31 under Mike Holloway KeAndre Bates – Long Jump (1st), Triple Jump (1st) Michael Timpson Jr., Grant Holloway, Eric Futch, Ryan Clayton Brown – High Jump (T-9th), Triple Jump (11th) Clark – 4x100 Relay (3rd) Mike Holloway became the seventh head Eric Futch – 400m Hurdles (1st) coach in Division I history with seven Grant Holloway – 110m Hurdles (1st), Long Jump (2nd) SEC All-Freshman Team men’s NCAA Championships TJ Holmes – 400m Hurdles (6th) Clayton Brown – High Jump, Triple Jump Mike Holloway is also one of four coaches Jhonny Victor – High Jump (T-7th) Grant Holloway – 110m Hurdles Ryan Clark, Grant Holloway, Eric Futch, KeAndre Bates to win at least seven men’s NCAA – 4x100 Relay (11th) SEC Athlete of Year Awards Championships since 1970 Nick Uruburu, Eric Futch, TJ Holmes, Grant Holloway -- Indoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Year: KeAndre Bates 4x400 Relay (4th) Indoor Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year: Grant Florida’s 4x400 relay team of Kunle Holloway Fasasi, Grant Holloway, Eric Futch, and USTFCCCA National Awards Indoor Men’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: TJ Holmes broke the indoor school record Outdoor National Coach of Year: Mike Holloway Clayton Brown and ran the second-fastest oversized Outdoor Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year: Grant Indoor National Field Athlete of the Year: KeAndre Bates Holloway track time in collegiate history to take second at SEC Championships The Bowerman Semifinalists Cliff Harper Award (high point scorer at SEC Indoor Florida’s 4x400 relay team of Kunle KeAndre Bates, Grant Holloway Championships) – KeAndre Bates Fasasi, Grant Holloway, Eric Futch, and CoSIDA Academic All-District SEC Academic Honor Roll: 9; Sam Ahrenholz, Caleb Ryan Clark ran the 11th-fastest time in Anders Eriksson Chambliss, Anders Eriksson, Kunle Fasasi, Harry collegiate history in their runner-up finish Glasser, Michael Harris, Yanick Hart, AJ McFarland, at NCAA Indoor Championships USTFCCCA All-Academic Individuals Carlos Miranda Clayton Brown, Caleb Chambliss, Anders Eriksson, Florida’s 4x400 relay team of Nick Kunle Fasasi SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll: 8; Connor Uruburu, Eric Futch, TJ Holmes, and Bandel, Clayton Brown, Drayton Diggs, George Grant Holloway became the No. 10- Departing Athletes: Andres Arroyo, Marques Burgman, Diggs, Kyren Hollis, Jesse Millson, Justin Pacifico, Caleb Chambliss, Maurice Dix, Eric Futch, Yanick Hart, Caolin Schaefer ranked quartet in school history with their TJ Holmes, Mac Reynolds, Shayne Rodney, fourth-place finish at NCAA Outdoors Ryan Schnulle, Nick Uruburu SEC Community Service Team Member – Florida’s 4x100 relay team of Michael Marques Burgman Timpson Jr., Grant Holloway, Eric Futch, and Ryan Clark became the No. 10- ranked foursome in school history at the Pepsi Florida Relays Of the 14 Gators who qualified for IAAF World Championships by the end of June, three were members of the 2017 team— Andres Arroyo, Eric Futch, TJ Holmes KeAndre Bates and Grant Holloway became the second pair of teammates in Grant Holloway became the first freshman in After a heartbreaking runner-up finish to Texas Division I history to post a 1-2 finish in the A&M (by half a point in College Station), the history to sweep the indoor 60-meter hurdles long jump at NCAA Outdoor Gators captured their second consecutive and outdoor 110-meter hurdles titles, while also Championships NCAA Outdoor Championships team title finishing second nationally in the outdoor long behind four individual champions and some jump and anchoring Florida’s outdoor 4x400 surprising career-best performances. relay to a fourth-place finish. him the No. 3-ranked 400 Individual Highlights & hurdler in school history Statistical Leaders Indoor Honors 60 Michael Timpson Jr. 6.66 Grant Holloway 200 Kunle Fasasi 20.96 400 Kunle Fasasi 45.57 Andres Arroyo First freshman in history to win both the 60 hurdles and 110 800 Andres Arroyo 1:47.18 Won his first career league title at the Mile Jack Guyton 4:02.37 hurdles national titles Southeastern Conference Indoor 3000 Jack Guyton 8:14.71 First man in history to finish top Championships 5000 Mac Macoy 15:12.17 two in both the 110 hurdles and Tied the No. 2-ranked outdoor 800 meters 60mH Grant Holloway 7.58 long jump at NCAA Outdoors time in school history and the No. 4-ranked Kunle Fasasi, Grant Holloway, Third freshman in history to win 4x400 3:02.73 1,500 meters time in school history Eric Futch, TJ Holmes the 110 hurdles national title Andres Arroyo, Nick Uruburu, Finished fifth at NCAA Outdoor DMR 9:50.93 Second freshman since 1999 to Justin Pacifico, Jack Guyton Championships in just his second career 800 win the 60 hurdles national title HJ Clayton Brown 2.25m (7-4.5) meters national final PV Aaron Owens 5.40m (17-8.5) Joined two-time Olympic decathlon gold medalist Ashton LJ KeAndre Bates 8.05m (26-5) KeAndre Bates Eaton and 2016 Olympic TJ KeAndre Bates 16.81m (55-2) Third Gator in history to earn USTFCCCA decathlon bronze medalist SP Connor Bandel 18.01m (59-1.25) WT AJ McFarland 21.67m (71-1.25) Indoor National Field Athlete of the Year Damian Warner as the only Completed the 11th sweep of the horizontal other men in the world since Outdoor jumps titles at NCAA Outdoors, becoming 1999 to break 13.50 seconds in 100 Ryan Clark 10.22 the seventh man in Division I history to do so the 110 hurdles and long jump 200 Ryan Clark 20.77w Eighth man in Division I history to post over 8.00 meters in an outdoor 400 Kunle Fasasi 45.95 consecutive top-three finishes in both season 800 Andres Arroyo 1:45.74 horizontal jumps at NCAA Outdoors Joined Ashton Eaton as the only 1500 Andres Arroyo 3:41.95 5000 Carlos Miranda 14:25.42 Fourth Division I man since 2006 with top- other man in the world since 10,000 Jonathan Hulzebos 31:14.85 two finishes in both horizontal jumps at 1999 to break 7.75 seconds in 110mH Grant Holloway 13.41 NCAA Indoors (won long jump, second in the 60 hurdles and long jump at 400mH Eric Futch 48.32 triple jump) least 8.05 meters indoors 3000S Marshall Dillon 9:21.20 Totaled three Southeastern Conference titles Second freshman since 2000 to 4x100 Michael Timpson Jr., Grant 38.73 Holloway, Eric Futch, Ryan (indoor and outdoor triple jump, indoor long win the SEC 60 hurdles title Clark jump) and took second in his only loss at a First man since 2005 to score in 4x400 Nick Uruburu, Eric Futch, TJ 3:02.16 league meet both the long jump and 110 Holmes, Grant Holloway HJ Clayton Brown 2.21m (7-3) 11th man in history to sweep the horizontal hurdles at Southeastern PV Aaron Owens 5.22m (17-1.5) jumps at SEC Indoors (earned Cliff Harper Conference Outdoors LJ KeAndre Bates 8.15m (26-9)w Trophy as meet’s highest individual scorer) First man since 2001 to score in TJ KeAndre Bates 16.76m (55-0)w both the 60 hurdles and long DT Christopher Olson 54.50m (178-10) HT AJ McFarland 66.09m (216-7) Clayton Brown jump at SEC Indoors Became the second man since 1994 to score in both high jump (T-5th) and triple TJ Holmes 2017 SEC & NCAA jump (7th) at NCAA Indoor Championships Finished sixth in the 400 hurdles Sixth Division I man since 2008 to qualify for final at NCAA Outdoors CHAMPIONS Indoor both high jump and triple jump at NCAA Set a personal record of 49.10 SEC CHAMPIONS Outdoors seconds at the NCAA East Andres Arroyo – 800m Cracked Florida’s All-Time Indoor and Preliminary, making him the No.