2021 FLORIDA GATORS TRACK & FIELD 10 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 115 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL TITLES | 28 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Historically Consistent Gators • Florida’s men have won or taken runner-up honors at 23 of 34 NCAA Championships (67.6 percent) with Mike Holloway as head coach. • That includes victories at the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships, and a runner-up finish at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships. • Florida’s men are one of three programs in Division I history to post seven straight top-3 finishes at both NCAA Indoors and Outdoors (Florida, 2009-15; Arkansas, 1992-2000; UTEP, 1975-82). • Florida’s men finished second in 2019, claiming their 10th top-2 outdoors finish since 2009. 2019 NCAA OUTDOORS RECAP • Florida’s 10 top-2 finishes since 2009 is tied the most in that span. NCAA CHAMPIONS • Florida’s men have won a nation-leading 9 NCAA titles since 2010 - 5 MEN indoors and 4 outdoors Athlete Event Time / Mark Grant Holloway 110mH 12.98 [+0.8] • In 2018, Florida’s men and women swept the SEC Outdoor Champion- Raymond Ekevwo, 4x100m Relays 37.97 ships for the first time in program history. Hakim Sani Brown, Grant Holloway, Ryan Clark • Although it was the 11th sweep in meet history, the Gators’ sweep was just the fourth at SEC Outdoors since 1991. WOMEN • The titles were the sixth SEC Outdoor crowns in program history for both Athlete Event Time / Mark the men and women. Yanis David Long Jump 6.84m (22-5.25) [+1.5] NCAA Indoor Championships • Florida’s men finished fourth in March at the 2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. OTHER 2019 NCAA SCORERS • The Gators have finished in the top 4 13 times since 2003, when Head Coach Mike Holloway took over the men’s program. MEN Athlete Event Finish • Florida’s 13 top-4 finishes since 2003 is the most in Divison. The next three Hakim Sani Brown 100m 3rd (9.97 [+0.8]) programs following the Gators are LSU (11), Arkansas (9) and Oregon (7). Hakim Sani Brown 200m 3rd (20.08 [+0.8]) • In 2019, Florida’s men claimed their Division I-leading ninth national title Chantz Sawyers 400m 7th (45.24) since 2010, finishing 11 points clear of runner-up Houston at the NCAA Benjamin Lobo Vedel, 4x400m Relays 2nd (2:59.60) Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala. Chantz Sawyers, Denzel Villaman, Grant Holloway • The indoor national title was Florida’s fifth in program history - which ties Thomas Mardal Hammer Throw 4th (73.10m/239-10) with Oregon for the third-most indoor crowns in Division I history. Only AJ McFarland Hammer Throw 6th (71.68m/235-2) Arkansas (20) and UTEP (7) have more. • Florida’s five indoor titles in the 2010s put them in elite company among all Division I sports. Here are the only Division I teams (FBS for football) to win WOMEN five national titles from the start of the 2009-10 athletics season to the end Athlete Event Finish of 2019: Sharrika Barnett 400m 3rd (51.00) » Penn State Wrestling - 8 Doneisha Anderson 4x400 Relay 4th (3:27.02) » Taylor Manson, Nikki Stephens, Sharrika Barnett Oregon Women’s Indoor Track & Field - 7 » Southern California Water Polo - 6 Yanis David Triple Jump 2nd (13.93m/45-8.50) Amanda Foeynes Heptathlon 6th (5,891 Points) » Florida Men’s Indoor Track & Field - 5 » Alabama Football - 5 » Connecticut Women’s Basketball - 5 » Texas Men’s Swimming & Diving - 5 FOLLOW THE GATORS » West Virginia Rifle - 5 Twitter / Instagram ....................................................@GatorsTF Facebook .........Florida Gators Track & Field and Cross Country YouTube .......................................www.YouTube.com/GatorsTF Official Website .............................................. FloridaGators.com MEET & BROADCAST INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS Wednesday, June 9 ..............4 p.m. (ESPN3) | 8 p.m. (ESPNU) | 9 p.m. (ESPN2) Track & Field Contact .............................................Rick Hurtado Thursday, June 10 ................................ 12:30 p.m. (ESPN3) | 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Cell Phone Number ............................................ (786) 712-1484 Friday, June 11 ................................................. 3 p.m. (ESPN3) | 8 p.m. (ESPN2) E-Mail ......................................................RickH@Gators.ufl.edu Saturday, June 12 ............................................2 p.m. (ESPN3) | 6 p.m. (ESPNU) NCAA Outdoor Championships | June 9-12 | Eugene, Oregon | Hayward Field QUICK FACTS Location ...................................................Gainesville, Fla. Nickname................................................................Gators NEWS & NOTES Colors .................................................... Orange and Blue Enrollment ............................................................. 57,841 Gators Women Finish Strong SEC Indoors Founded ................................................................... 1905 • Florida’s women’s finished second at this year’s SEC Indoor Track and Field Champion- Conference ....................................... Southeastern (SEC) ships in Fayetteville, Arkansas. President ............................................. Dr. W. Kent Fuchs • The runner-up finish marked the first top-2 finish for the women since 2015, and the fifth ........................................Scott Stricklin Athletics Director since 2010 Website ................................................FloridaGators.com • The runner-up finish was also the fifth top-2 finish since 2010 for the women, which includes conference titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014. NCAA Championships History (10 titles) • The Gators’ five runner-up finishes since 2010 is the third most in the SEC in that span. Men’s Indoor Titles (5) ......2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019 Only Arkansas (10) and LSU (6) have more. Men’s Outdoor Titles (4) ............ 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 • Combined (outdoor and indoors) the Gators have 10 top-2 finishes since 2010, which also Women’s Indoor Titles (1) ....................................... 1992 ranks third behind Arkansas (15) and LSU (12). Women’s Outdoor Titles (0) .......................................N/A Gators on Top • The Gators enter the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships with 18 combine berths. The men’s team has 10, while the women boast eight. 2021 Men’s Indoor Finish ......................... 4th (34 points) 2021 Women’s Indoor Finish ..............................6th (30) • Florida currently holds five top-5 spots on this year’s Division I Outdoor Qualifying list, including one NCAA-leading mark. 2020 NCAA Competition Canceled* • Senior thrower Thomas Mardal leads the nation in the hammer throw with a school- 2019 Men’s Outdoor Finish ................................2nd (50) record mark of 76.18 meters (249 feet, 11 inches), which he posted during this year’s Tom Jones Invitational. Mardal was crowend SEC Outdoors champion. 2019 Women’s Outdoor Finish ...........................6th (32) • Redshirt freshman Joseph Fahnbulleh ran the third-fastest time in Division I and the sixth-fastest time in the world (20.05 [+1.7]) in the 200 meters at this year’s SEC Outdoor SEC Championships History (28 titles) Championships to collect a silver medal. Men’s Indoor Titles (8) .... 1975, 1976, 1987, 1988, 2004, • Redshirt freshman Grace Stark ranks fourth in the nation in the 100-meter hurdles 2011, 2015, 2019 with a time of 12.74 [+3.6], which she ran at this year’s SEC Outdoors Championship to collect Men’s Outdoor Titles (6) . 1953, 1956, 1987, 2010, 2015, a silver medal. 2018 • Redshirt senior Natricia Hooper fifth in the nation in the triple jump with a mark of 13.92 Women’s Indoor Titles (8) ........ 1990, 1992, 1997, 2002, meters (45 feet, 8 inches) [+1.7]. Hooper earned a bronze medal at SECs. 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014 • Florida’s women 4x400m Relay, formed by Taylor Manson, Sterling Lester, Donei- Women’s Outdoor Titles (6) ..... 1992, 1997, 1998, 2003, sha Anderson and Talitha Diggs, ranks fourth in the nation and seventh in the 2009, 2018 world with a time of 3:27.50. The group earned a silver medal at SECs. Mardal Headlines Historic Season 2021 Men’s Indoor Finish ....................................5th (57) • Senior thrower Thomas Mardal, who leads the nation in the Hammer throw with a 2021 Women’s Indoor Finish .............................2nd (81) mark of 76.18 meters (249 feet, 11 inches), has broken five combined school records in the weight and hammer throws this year. 2019 Men’s Outdoor Finish .................................4th (74) • Mardal was crowned SEC champion last month in the hammer and will look to earn his first 2021 Women’s Outdoor Finish ...........................6th (62) NCAA Outdoor title in Eugene. • Mardal was also named the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year. 2021 Indoor Team Information • Crowned the 2021 SEC and NCAA champion in the weight throw, Mardal broke the 2020 NCAA Competition Canceled* school record and an SEC Indoor Championships 11-year-old record, before setting a new program record at nationals. He also became the Men’s Returning 2019 NCAA Outdoors Scorers: fifth-best performer in collegiate history. Chantz Sawyers - 400 meters (2nd place / 2 pts.) Thomas Mardal - Hammer Throw (4th place / 5 pts.) • Mardal logged a weight throw mark of 24.46 meters (80 feet, 3.75 inches) at nationals to Raymond Ekevwo - 4x100 Relay (1st place / 10 pts.) become the first person in NCAA Indoor Championships history, and the second in collegiate history, to have at least two throws of 80 feet or further in the same meet. Denzel Villaman - 4x400 Relay (2nd place / 8 pts.) Fahnbulleh’s Breakout Season • Redshirt