2017 FLORIDA GATORS TRACK & FIELD 7 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 101 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--the first 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 National Team Rankings, in No. 1-ranked times/marks (2) and top-5 January 20-21 Hokie Invitational Blacksburg, Va. boast Division I-leading totals times/marks (7), and they hold the second-most top-10 times/marks (9). January 27-28 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. • UF men’s top-5 times/marks compared to the rest of Division I look like this: February 4 Virginia Tech “Doc Hale” Elite Blacksburg, Va. 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 Nasvhille, Tenn. March 10-11 NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, Texas 7 5 4 OUTDOOR March 17-18 Black & Gold Challenge Orlando, Fla. March 24-25 Hurricane Invitational Miami, Fla. March 30-April 1 Pepsi Florida Relays GAINESVILLE April 15 Horned Frog Invitational Fort Worth, Texas April 21-22 Virginia Challenge Charlottesville, Va. 4 4 April 28 Tom Jones Memorial GAINESVILLE May 5 Seminole Invitational Tallahassee, Fla. SEC Indoor Hardware • Florida has won five SEC Indoor titles since 2010--which is the second- May 11-13 SEC Outdoor Championships Columbia, S.C. most of any school during that span. May 25-27 NCAA East Preliminary Lexington, Ky. • Florida’s men are the only other program to top Arkansas at the SEC Indoor June 7-10 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore. Championships since 1997, having done so in 2004, 2011, and 2015. June 22-25 USATF Outdoor Championships Sacramento, Calif. • With a title this weekend, it would be the second SEC Indoor title in three years for Florida’s men, a feat no program aside from Arkansas has acheived since LSU won consecutive crowns in 1989 and 1990. • Florida’s women own three SEC Indoor crowns in the last seven meets, which is tied with Arkansas for the most during that time frame. 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 Friday (Live Stream) ....................... 5:25-10:30 PM ET (SEC Network +) Cell Phone Number ............................................ 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News / Notes / Quick Facts ........................................ 1-3 USTFCCCA Rankings / Bowerman Watch Lists ......... 4 NEWS & NOTES Mike Holloway, Head Coach / Team Finishes .......... 5-7 Doubling Down Sprints ......................................................................... 8-9 • Six Division I men are ranked in the top five nationally in multiple events, andtwo are Throws ..................................................................... 10-11 Gators--Clayton Brown (high jump / triple jump), Grant Holloway (60 hurdles / long jump). Florida’s pair of freshmen are the only underclassmen of the six. Jumps ...................................................................... 12-13 Hurdles .................................................................... 14-15 Holloway’s World-Class Versatility • Freshman Grant Holloway leads the nation in the 60 hurdles (7.58) and ranks second Distance........................................................................ 16 in the long jump (8.05m / 26-5). 2017 Performance Charts ...................................... 17-18 • Holloway and three-time heptathlon world champion and two-time decathlon Olympic gold medalist Ashton Eaton are the only two men in the world since 1999 to break 7.75 in All-Time Indoor Top 10s ......................................... 19-22 the 60 hurdles and long jump 8.05-plus meters indoors--and it took Eaton until 2012, two years after his collegiate career ended, to do it. SEC Champions ...................................................... 23-26 • Holloway is the second Division I true freshman since 2002 to break 7.60 in the 60 NCAA Champions ................................................... 27-30 hurdles, joining collegiate record holder Omar McLeod (7.57, 7.58 at 2014 NCAA In- doors) as the only other man to do it. And he’s the only Division I freshman during that SEC Indoor Championships Schedule / Roster ........ 31 span to break 7.65 prior to NCAA Indoors. ............... 32-33 TV Rosters (with headshots and notes) • Since 2002, only eight Division I men broke 7.60 prior to NCAA Indoors. Five won the national title that year, and five are ranked on the collegiate all-time top 10: ◊ Grant Holloway, Florida, 2017 - 7.58 2016 SEC INDOORS RECAP ◊ Omar McLeod, Arkansas, 2015 - 7.49 (NCAA Champion) -- #1 all-time (7.45) SEC CHAMPIONS ◊ Eddie Lovett, Florida, 2013 - 7.54 (NCAA Champion) -- #4 all-time (7.50) ◊ Spencer Adams, Clemson, 2013 - 7.59 (3rd place) MEN ◊ Jarret Eaton, Syracuse, 2012 - 7.49 (NCAA Champion) -- #3 all-time Athlete Event Finish ◊ Andrew Riley, Illinois, 2012 - 7.53 (4th place) -- t-8th all-time Eric Futch 4x400 relay 1st (3:04.02) Kunle Fasasi 4x400 relay ◊ Ronnie Ash, Oklahoma, 2010 - 7.59 (NCAA Champion) Najee Glass 4x400 relay ◊ Ron Bramlett, Alabama, 2002 - 7.52 (NCAA Champion) -- t-6th all-time Arman Hall 4x400 relay • Holloway is also the sixth Division I true freshman since 2002 to indoor long jump over 8.00m, and three of the others are Gators--Marquis Dendy (8.06m, 2012), KeAndre ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM Bates (8.02m, 2015), Christian Taylor (8.02m, 2009). MEN • Holloway opened the season with a 32.80 in the 300 meters--the third-fastest indoor Athlete Event Finish 300 in history by a man under the age of 20. Only LaShawn Merritt (31.94 on Feb. 12, 2006) and Noah Lyles (32.67 on Jan. 28, 2017) ran faster prior to turning 20--Holloway Andres Arroyo 800m 2nd (1:46.20) turns 20 this November. Jimmy Clark 5,000m 3rd (14:01.43) Yanick Hart 60mH 2nd (7.71) • Holloway is the only man in history to break 32.81 in the 300m and 7.65 in the 60 hurdles. WOMEN Brown’s Unique Double Athlete Event Finish • Freshman jumper Clayton Brown cleared a nation-leading 2.25 meters (7-4.5) in the Yanis David Triple Jump 3rd (13.38m/43-10.75) high jump at Clemson (Jan. 7) and triple jumped 16.34 meters (53-7.5) at the Hokie Invita- Kyra Jefferson 200m 2nd (22.76) tional (Jan. 20), making Brown the only collegian since at least 2002 to clear 2.20m and Darrielle McQueen Triple Jump 2nd (13.61m/44-8) triple jump over 16.30m in the same indoor season. Shayla Sanders 60m 2nd (7.25) • Brown is the seventh Division I true freshman since 2002 to triple jump over 16.30 meters indoors, and only the fourth to accomplish the feat before NCAA Indoors. SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM • Three of the other six to do so won an indoor triple jump national title in their career: MEN ◊ Christian Taylor, 2009 - 16.98m at NCAA Indoors (‘09, ‘10 national champion) Athlete Event Finish ◊ Will Claye, Oklahoma, 2009 - 16.80m at NCAA Indoors (‘11 national champ at UF) Ryan Clark 60m 6th (6.70) ◊ Bryce Lamb, Texas Tech, 2010 - 16.47m (‘13 national champion) 200m 6th (20.98) ◊ KeAndre Bates, 2015 - 16.42m at NCAA Indoors ◊ Jordan Scott, Virginia, 2017 - 16.36m WOMEN ◊ Clayton Brown, Florida, 2017 - 16.34m Athlete Event Finish ◊ Rafeeq Curry, Florida State, 2003 - 16.34m Elisabeth Bergh Mile 8th (4:41.43) Yanis David Triple Jump 3rd (13.38m/43-10.75) • Brown is the fourth Division I freshman since 2010 to clear 2.25m, joining Mississippi Long Jump 6th (6.28m/20-7.25) State’s James Harris (‘14 national champion at Florida State), two-time national runner-up Jontavia Dykes Weight Throw 4th (19.27m/63-2.75) Ricky Robertson of Ole Miss, and Kansas State junior Christoff Bryan. 2017 Gators Track & Field Notes 2 SEC Indoor Championships QUICK FACTS Location ...................................................Gainesville, Fla. 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