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University of Georgia 2021 OUTdoor Track & Field georgiadogs.com // Twitter/Instagram: @UGATrack 2021 Outdoor Schedule Bulldogs Competing At NCAA Outdoor Finals Date Event (Location) Results Name Event/Top ‘21 Mark Prelims Finish March 19-20 Yellow Jacket Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) NTS WOMEN Kayla Smith Pole Vault/*14-8.75 T-1st March 25-26 FSU Relays (Tallahassee, Fla.) NTS Marie-Therese Obst Javelin/*201-4 2nd March 26-27 Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, N.C.) NTS Jasmine Moore Long Jump/*$22-5 2nd April 9-10 Spec Towns Invitational (ATHENS) NTS Titiana Marsh Long Jump/21-7.25w 4th April 16-17 Tom Jones Memorial (Gainesville, Fla.) NTS Jasmine Moore Triple Jump/$47-2.50 3rd Asya Reynolds Heptathlon/^5,922 pts. DNC April 16-17 Virginia Challenge (Charlottesville, Va.) NTS Shelby Tyler High Jump/5-11.50 6th April 30-May 1 Torrin Lawrence Memorial (ATHENS) NTS Amber Tanner 800m/*2:01.36 7th May 13-15 SEC Championships (College Station, Texas) W-5 (64), M-8 (48) Titiana Marsh Triple Jump/45-4.50w 8th May 27-29 NCAA East Prelims (Jacksonville, Fla.) 20 qualifiers Jessica Drop 5000m/15:41.64 9th June 9-12 NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.) Anna Hall High Jump/~6-2 T-10th MEN Karel Tilga Decathlon/^$8,484 pts. DNC Bulldogs Target Strong Finale At NCAA Championships A. Smith, E. Godwin The Bulldog track and field program traveled to Eugene, Ore., on Monday D. Dunkley, M. Boling 4x100m Relay/*38.57 2nd before the NCAA Outdoor Championships arrive at the newly renovated Hayward Alencar Pereira Hammer Throw/222-7 4th Field on Wednesday through Saturday. Matthew Boling 200m/*20.06 4th Elija Godwin 400m/*44.61 5th The 13th-ranked Bulldog men begin the meet on Wednesday after winning Matthew Boling 100m/9.97w 9th a team NCAA title the last time in Oregon in 2018. The fourth-ranked Lady Bulldogs Caleb Cavanaugh 400mH/50.88 11th come to the University of Oregon campus having finished in the top five at five of the Arian Smith 100m/10.10w 11th last six outdoor Nationals, including second-place finishes at the facility in 2017-18. *school record; $Olympic standard; ^qualified for Nationals with The 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships were in Austin, Texas, while Hay- one of the nation’s top 24 scores in the combined events; ward Field was getting its $270 million renovation. Prior to that season, Oregon had DNC - Did not compete; ~Hall will only compete in the open HJ played host to the last six Nationals. Georgia qualified 14 individuals in a combined 12 events at the NCAA East Junior Alencar Pereira begins the open events Prelims in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 27-29. Junior decathlete Karel Tilga and grad- for the Bulldogs in the men’s hammer throw at 5:30 p.m. on uate transfer heptathlete Asya Reynolds had already qualified automatically for Wednesday. Senior Kayla Smith is the first Lady Bulldog to the final round because of their earlier scores in the combined events. compete (pole vault) on Thursday at 7 p.m. Anna Hall made the decision to skip the heptathlon at NCAAs and quali- Other than the decathlon running Wednesday-Thurs- fied in the open high jump as she continues preparations for the Olympic Trials (also day and the heptathlon going Friday-Saturday, the meet is set in Eugene June 18-17). Sophomore Kyle Garland had a qualifying score in the up to be a men’s competition on Wednesday and Friday and a decathlon but also decided to prepare for his coming 10 events at the Trials. He did women’s competition on Thursday and Saturday. not qualify in any individual events at Prelims. Results and recaps from the NCAA Championships When Do The Bulldogs Start: Tilga will start the meet for the Bulldogs in the de- will be found at georgiadogs.com. News and updates from cathlon’s first event (100-meter dash) at 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The Tartu, Estonia, Georgia’s track and field and cross country teams are always native who is the national leader will complete four more events (long jump, shot located on Twitter/Instagram at @UGATrack. put, high jump, 400m) on the first day before wrapping up the final five on Thursday. Quick Facts Assist. Coaches..........Assoc. Head Coach Don Babbitt (Throws) School..................................................University of Georgia ...........Assoc. HC/Recruiting Coord. Althea Thomas (Sprints, Hurdles, Relays) Location...............................................................Athens, Ga. ......................................................Patrick Cunniff (Distance) Founded .........................................................................1785 ...................................Ryan Grinnell (Jumps, Multis Assist.) President.....................Jere W. Morehead (Georgia JD, ‘80) .....................................................Russ Johnson (Pole Vault) Enrollment ..................................................................38,920 Director of Operations................................Melissa Beasley Nickname ................................................................Bulldogs Athletic Trainers..........................CJ Walker, Caroline Miles Colors .............................................................Red and Black ............................................................ (Intern - Alex Burdon) Conference ......................................................Southeastern UGA SID .......................Leland Barrow - Cell-678-378-3085 J. Reid Parker Dir. of Athletics...........Josh Brooks (LSU ‘02; Master’s - UGA ‘14) 2019 W. NCAA Out., 2021 NCAA Ind................T-66th (1), 5th (31) Head Coach.......................Petros Kyprianou (Jumps, Multis) 2019 M. NCAA Out., 2021 NCAA Ind................4th (32.5), 3rd (35) University of Georgia 2021 OUTdoor Track & Field Meet Schedule 9:08 pm 10,000m Final Wednesday, June 9 (All Men’s Events) 9:48 pm 4x400m Semis DECATHLON - DAY ONE 4:00 pm ET 100m (Tilga) Friday, June 11 (All Men’s Open Events) 4:40 pm Long Jump (Tilga) HEPTATHLON - DAY ONE 5:55 pm Shot Put (Tilga) 3:00 pm 100m Hurdles (Reynolds) 7:10 pm High Jump (Tilga) 4:00 pm High Jump (Reynolds) 10:26 pm 400m (Tilga) 6:00 pm Shot Put (Reynolds) FIELD EVENTS 9:43 pm 200m (Reynolds) 5:30 pm Hammer (Pereira) FIELD EVENTS 8:30 pm Pole Vault 7:30 pm High Jump 9:15 pm Javelin 7:35 pm Discus 9:30 pm Long Jump 8:20 pm Triple Jump 10:10 pm Shot Put RUNNING EVENTS RUNNING EVENTS 8:02 pm 4x100m Final (Dogs) 8:02 pm 4x100m Semifinal (Dogs) 8:11 pm 1500m Final 8:16 pm 1500m Semifinal 8:24 pm 3000m Steeplechase Final 8:32 pm 3000m Steeplechase Semis 8:42 pm 110m Hurdles Final 9:02 pm 110m Hurdles Semifinal 8:52 pm 100m Final (Boling, Smith) 9:16 pm 100m Semis (Boling, A. Smith) 9:02 pm 400m Final (Godwin) 9:30 pm 400m Semis (Godwin) 9:14 pm 800m Final 9:44 pm 800m Semis 9:27 pm 400m Hurdles Final (Cavanaugh) 10:00 pm 400m Hurdles Semis (Cavanaugh) 9:37 pm 200m Final (Boling) 10:14 pm 200m Semis (Boling) 9:55 pm 5,000m Final 10:38 pm 10,000m Final 10:21 pm 4x400m Final 11:18 pm 4x400m Semis Saturday, June 12 (All Women’s Events) Thursday, June 10 (All Women’s Open Events) HEPTATHLON - DAY TWO DECATHLON - DAY TWO 2:00 pm Long Jump (Reynolds) 12:30 pm 110m Hurdles (Tilga) 3:15 pm Javelin (Reynolds) 1:20 pm Discus (Tilga) 7:43 pm 800m (Reynolds) 2:30 pm Pole Vault (Tilga) FIELD EVENTS 5:00 pm Javelin (Tilga) 5:30 pm High Jump (Hall, Tyler) 8:56 pm 1500m (Tilga) 5:35 pm Discus FIELD EVENTS 6:20 pm Triple Jump (Moore, Marsh) 4:00 pm Hammer Throw RUNNING EVENTS 7:00 pm Pole Vault (Smith) 6:02 pm 4x100m Final 7:45 pm Javelin (Obst) 6:11 pm 1500m Final 8:00 pm Long Jump (Moore, Marsh) 6:24 pm 3000m Steeplechase Final 8:40 pm Shot Put 6:42 pm 100m Hurdles Final RUNNING EVENTS 6:52 pm 100m Final 6:32 pm 4x100m Semifinal 7:02 pm 400m Final 6:46 pm 1500m Semifinal 7:14 pm 800m Final (Tanner) 7:02 pm 3000m Steeplechase Semis 7:27 pm 400m Hurdles Final 7:32 pm 100m Hurdles Semis 7:37 pm 200m Final 7:46 pm 100m Semis 7:55 pm 5,000m Final (J. Drop) 8:00 pm 400m Semis 8:21 pm 4x400m Final 8:14 pm 800m Semis (Tanner) 8:30 pm 400m Hurdles Semis 8:44 pm 200m Semis University of Georgia 2021 OUTdoor Track & Field Petros Kyprianou Leading Dogs For Sixth Year UGA Just As Tough In The Classroom Petros Kyprianou was hired away from Boise State, landed in Athens as an assistant Not only did the Georgia women and men win in 2008 and after being named UGA Associate Head Coach in 2014, the Cyprus native took 2018 NCAA team titles and the program has 16 the reins as the UGA program’s 10th head coach in history in June 2015. During his time at top-five team finishes since 2004, but members of Georgia, Kyprianou has helped transform the Bulldogs, specifically its combined events and UGA’s track and field and cross country teams have jumps, into a national power year in and year out. also been performing at an exceptional level in the The Bulldogs have combined for 25 top-20 team finishes at the NCAA Championships and classroom. 12 top-10 finishes since the 2009 season, which was Kyprianou’s first season in red and black. l Both Georgia teams were named the 2018 U.S. During that span, the student-athletes he coaches have captured 28 NCAA individual titles Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches As- and 49 SEC individual crowns. In addition, Kyprianou led his teams to No. 4/No. 5 national sociation (USTFCCCA) National Scholar Team rankings and 16 All-America certificates to end the 2020 indoor season shortened by the of the Year for either the indoor or outdoor season, pandemic. marking the first time both squads have garnered the honor in the same year.