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2019 FLORIDA GATORS TRACK & FIELD 10 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 114 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL TITLES | 28 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Gators Set to Defend Men’s and Women’s Titles • Florida’s men and women swept the SEC Outdoor Championships for the first time in program history last May. • Although it was the 11th sweep in meet history, the Gators’ sweep was just the fourth at SEC Outdoors since 1991. • The titles were the sixth SEC Outdoor crowns in program history for both the men and women. • Neither Florida’s men or women have ever repeated as champions at SEC Outdoors. And Florida’s men could become the first repeat champion since Arkansas won three consecutive titles from 2011-13. 2018 SEC OUTDOORS RECAP • The Gators could become the third program in SEC history to sweep SEC CHAMPIONS the men’s and women’s titles in consecutive years, with the only others to do so being LSU (1988-90) and Tennessee (1981-84). Arkansas had MEN non-consecutive sweeps in 2000, 2004, and 2016. Athlete Event Time / Mark Grant Holloway 110 Hurdles 13.15 [+0.9] Back-to-Back NCAA Indoor Champions Long Jump 8.32m / 27-3.75 [+2.9] • Florida’s men claimed their Division I-leading ninth national title since 2010 in March, finishing 11 points clear of runner-up Houston at the 2019 WOMEN NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala. Athlete Event Time / Mark • The indoor national title was Florida’s fifth in program history - breaking a Avione Allgood Javelin Throw 55.40m / 181-9 tie with Oregon for the third-most indoor crowns in Division I history. Only Sharrika Barnett 400 meters 50.69 Arkansas (20) and UTEP (7) have more. • Florida’s five indoor titles this decade put them in elite company among all ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM Division I sports. Here are the only Division I teams (FBS for football) to win MEN five national titles since the start of the 2009-10 athletics season: Athlete Event Finish » Penn State Wrestling - 8 KeAndre Bates Triple Jump 3rd (16.42m / 53-3) » Oregon Women’s Indoor Track & Field - 7 Clayton Brown High Jump 2nd (2.25m / 7-4.5) » Southern California Water Polo - 6 Triple Jump 2nd (16.42m / 53-10.5) » Alabama Football - 5 Anders Eriksson Hammer Throw 2nd (74.19m / 243-5) » Cory Poole 400 Hurdles 3rd (50.09) Connecticut Women’s Basketball - 5 Michael Timpson Jr., 4x100 Relay 3rd (38.95) » Florida Men’s Indoor Track & Field - 5 Chantz Sawyers, Grant Holloway, Ryan Clark » Texas Men’s Swimming & Diving - 5 Kunle Fasasi 4x400 Relay 3rd (3:02.17) » West Virginia Rifle - 5 Chantz Sawyers , Benjamin Lobo Vedel, Grant Holloway • There are five active teams this which can join that list this spring, including: WOMEN Florida men’s outdoor track & field - which has four titles. Athlete Event Finish Gators Storm to SEC Indoors Title, Skipping 4x4 Elisabeth Bergh 1,500m 3rd (4:21.25) • Florida’s men were so dominant at the SEC Indoor Championships they Lloydricia Cameron Discus Throw 2nd (55.05m / 180-7) scratched one of its two 200 meters finalists and 4x400 relay team, as the Yanis David Long Jump 2nd (6.67m / 21-10.75) meet was practically locked up by that time. Triple Jump 2nd (14.05m / 46-1.25) Amanda Froeynes Heptathlon 3rd (5,663 points) • The Gators scored 103 points and finsihed 15 points clear of runner-up Brandee’ Johnson 400 Hurdles 3rd (57.19) Arkansas. Darrielle McQueen Long Jump 3rd (6.65m / 21-10) • The victory in Fayetteville marked just the second time in nine SEC Indoors Taylor Manson, 4x400 Relay 2nd (3:27.30) hosted by Arkansas that the Razorbacks did not keep the title home. The Sharrika Barnett, Nikki Stephens, Taylor Sharpe other? Florida in 2011. • Head coach Mike Holloway has coached 12 SEC Indoor and Outdoor FOLLOW THE GATORS championship-winning teams (seven men’s, five women’s) in his tenure, Twitter / Instagram ....................................................@GatorsTF which began in 2003 for the men and 2008 for the women. Facebook .........Florida Gators Track & Field and Cross Country • Florida’s men could become the first program since Arkansas (2016) YouTube .........................................www.YouTube.com/c/uftrack to sweep SEC Indoors and SEC Outdoors. It would also mark the third Official Website .............................................. FloridaGators.com time in program history UF’s men swept those titles (1987, 2015). COMMUNICATIONS MEET & BROADCAST INFORMATION Track & Field Contact .............................................. Zach Dirlam Thursday, May 9 ..................................7:30 p.m. (SEC Network + / Watch ESPN) Cell Phone Number ............................................ (352) 262-3887 Friday, May 10 ..........................................7 p.m. (SEC Network + / Watch ESPN) E-Mail .......................................................zachd@gators.ufl.edu Saturday, May 11 .................................................................6 p.m. (SEC Network) SEC Outdoor Championships | May 9-11 | Fayetteville, Ark. | John McDonnell Field QUICK FACTS Location ...................................................Gainesville, Fla. Nickname................................................................Gators NEWS & NOTES Colors .................................................... Orange and Blue Enrollment ............................................................. 54,854 Founded ................................................................... 1905 Conference ....................................... Southeastern (SEC) Historically Consistent Gators • Florida’s men have President ............................................. Dr. W. Kent Fuchs won or taken runner-up honors at 22 of 33 NCAA Championships Athletics Director........................................Scott Stricklin (66.7 percent) with Mike Holloway as head coach. Website ................................................FloridaGators.com • That includes victories at the last two NCAA Indoor Championships, and a runner-up fin- ish at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships. NCAA Championships History (10 titles) • Florida’s men are one of three programs in Division I history to post seven straight Men’s Indoor Titles (5) ......2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019 top-3 finishes at both NCAA Indoors and Outdoors (Florida, 2009-15; Arkansas, 1992- Men’s Outdoor Titles (4) ............ 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 2000; UTEP, 1975-82). Women’s Indoor Titles (1) ....................................... 1992 Women’s Outdoor Titles (0) .......................................N/A Women Eye Return to Outdoors Infield After Near Misses • Florida’s women finished fourth at 2018 NCAA Indoors, marking their first team poidum 2019 Men’s Indoor Finish ..........Champions (55 points) finish since the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships, but they have finished fifth at each 2019 Women’s Indoor Finish ..............................6th (21) of the last two NCAA Outdoor Championships. • Those finishes are nothing to scoff at, as the Gators are one of five programs since 2010 2018 Men’s Outdoor Finish ................................2nd (42) to post at least eight top-five finishes at NCAA Championships. 2018 Women’s Outdoor Finish ...........................5th (42) • Of the 42 points Florida scored at last year’s NCAA Outdoors, 38 came from individuals, and Gators responsible for 25 of those individual points are back this year - indclud- SEC Championships History (28 titles) ing senior Yanis David, who scored 13 points in the horizontal jumps. .....1975, ‘76, ‘87, ‘88, 2004, ‘11, ‘15, ‘19 Men’s Indoor (8) Gators Belong in Any and All 4x100 Relay Title Talk Men’s Outdoor (6) ............... 1953, ‘56, ‘87, 2010, ‘15, ‘18 • LSU and Houston drummed up signifcant (and well-deserved) 4x100 relay hype with nation-leading times at the Texas Relays, but the Gators have consistently improved Women’s Indoor (8) .... 1990, ‘92, ‘97, 2002, ‘04, ‘10, ‘12, throughout the year and are in the NCAA and SEC title mix with a season best of 38.52. .......................................................................................‘14 • Here’s a look at the progression of Florida’s ‘A’ squad -- Raymond Ekevwo, Hakim Women’s Outdoor (6) ......... 1992, ‘97, ‘98, 2003, ‘09, ‘18 Sani Brown, Grant Holloway, Ryan Clark: 2019 Men’s Indoor Finish ........Champions (103 points) » FSU Relays (March 22) - 38.74 2019 Women’s Indoor Finish ..............................4th (61) » Pepsi Florida Relays (March 29) - 38.69 » LSU Alumni Gold (April 20) - 38.55 ................................1st (111) 2018 Men’s Outdoor Finish » Tom Jones Memorial (April 27) - 38.52 2018 Women’s Outdoor Finish ........................... 1st (91) • Houston and LSU have been the first two names raised in most 4x1 national title discus- sions in recent years, but Florida has won more NCAA titles than anyone since the 2019 Outdoor Team Information start of 2009 (four), and is tied with LSU for the most titles since 2000 (six). Men’s Returning 2018 NCAA Outdoors Scorers: • Florida’s team features three individuals with personal bests near 10 flat - Ekevwo Grant Holloway - 110 Hurdles (NCAA Champion / 10 pts.) (10.12w / 10.28); Sani Brown (10.05); Clark (10.16). Anders Eriksson - Hammer Throw (2nd place / 8 pts.) Michael Timpson Jr. [transferred], Chantz Sawyers, Grant David’s Turn to Take Center Stage Holloway, Ryan Clark - 4x100 relay (3rd place / 6 pts.) • Senior Yanis David captured her first career national title with her 20-centimeter victory in the triple jump at March’s NCAA Indoor Championships. She enters this Kunle Fasasi, Chantz Sawyers, Benjamin Lobo Vedel, week as the triple jump national leader, and is tied