Florida State Track & Field NCAA Outdoor Championships, June 6-9, 2018 @FSU_Track Historic Hayward Field • University of Oregon • Eugene, Ore. #NCAATF When the #Noles Compete Storylines for the NCAA Championships All listings Pacific Time A look at some of the top storylines for the Florida State men’s and women’s track & field teams as they head Wednesday, June 6 to Eugene, Ore. to compete in the final NCAA Championships contested at Historic Hayward Field: Time Event FSU Entries • With 18 combined qualifiers - 10 women and 8 men - the Seminoles have equaled their largest contin- 4:32 pm M 4x100 Relay (sf) FSU gent at the NCAA Outdoor Championships since 2012; 5:32 pm M 110 Hurdles (sf) Cunningham • The Florida State men climbed two spots to No. 10 in the final regular season USTFCCCA NCAA 5:46 pm M 100 (sf) Ewers, Haraway Division I National Computer Rankings; 6:00 pm M Long Jump (f) Fisher • The Seminole men’s NCAA roster includes six men in seven events, plus the 4x100 relay, emerging 6:40 pm M Shot Put (f) Droogsma among the top 12 in each event from the NCAA East Preliminary. That’s one more qualifying spot than 6:44 pm M 200 (sf) Ewers they were projected to produce from the East Preliminary based on seeding; • The Noles women made a nine-spot leap from a week ago to No. 26 in the USTFCCCA NCAA Division Thursday, June 7 I National Computer Rankings; 4:02 pm W 4x100 Relay (sf) FSU • The FSU women’s roster features seven women qualified in 10 events, plus the 4x100 relay, advancing 5:02 pm M 100 Hurdles (sf) Jones from the NCAA East preliminary; 5:15 pm W Javelin (f) Paredes • Of the 19 Seminoles making the trip to Eugene, Ore. - 11 women and 8 men - which includes relay 5:16 pm W 100 (sf) Seymour alternates, only 6 have previously participated at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in an FSU uniform; 6:10 pm W Shot Put (f) Grange, Zarankaite • Senior Austin Droogsma (shot put) and junior Armani Wallace (triple jump) earned second-team 6:14 pm W 200 (sf) Seymour All-American honors in 2017, while junior Darryl Haraway earned second-team All-American honors as 6:38 pm W 10,000 (f) Mircheva a member of the 2016 4x100 relay. Senior Keniel Grant was an alternate on that ‘16 relay team as well Friday, June 8 and is expected to lead off the 4x100 on Wednesday; • Senior Gleneve Grange was a first-team All-American in the discus last season, while sophomore 5:32 pm M 4x100 (f) FSU Shanice Love earned second-team All-American honors in the discus last season, while junior Shauna 5:40 pm M Triple Jump (f) Wallace Helps was on FSU’s 2016 4x100 relay team; 6:12 pm M 110 Hurdles (f) Cunningham • Five freshmen - Trey Cunningham, Darryl Gay, Ka’Tia Seymour, Lauri Parades and Jayla Kirkland 6:22 pm M 100 (f) Ewers, Haraway - will make their NCAA Outdoor debuts. Andre Ewers, Kenneth Fisher, Janae Caldwell, Kimmie 7:07 pm M 200 (f) Ewers Cunningham, Militsa Mircheva and Ieva Zarankaite are making their first NCAA appearances as Saturday, June 9 Noles. Fisher was a two-time qualifier for Bethune-Cookman (2014-15), while Zarankaite was a qualifier for Oklahoma State last year. 3:05 pm W Discus (f) Love, Zarankaite 3:32 pm W 4x100 (f) FSU Ewers is top seed in 4:12 pm W 100 Hurdles (f) Jones 4:22 pm W 100 (f) Seymour 200, second in 100 5:07 pm W 200 (f) Seymour Florida State junior Andre Ewers carries plenty momentum into his Key: (sf) - semifinal round first NCAA Outdoor Championship (f) - finals appearance. As an encore to his ACC Championships Track MVP ESPN Broadcast Schedule performance - a 100-200 sweep All listings Pacific Time which included the top TFRRS Wednesday, June 6 ESPN2, 4:30-8 ppm ESPN3, 12:30-8 pm 200-meter mark (19.98w) - he of Coffeyville (Kan.) Community 13th at the NCAA Indoor Thursday, June 7 ESPN2, 4-7:30 pm qualified easily in both events at College, is the only junior college Championships after placing ESPN3, 10 am-8 pm the NCAA East Preliminary. transfer to pull off the 100-200 ninth last season Outdoors; Friday, June 8 ESPN, 5:30-8 pm The Lauderhill, Fla. resident by double in his first year of NCAA • Frosh Trey Cunningham ESPN3, 12:30-8:30 pm competition. is the No. 8 seed in the 110 Saturday, June 9 ESPN, 3:30-6 pm way of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, ran hurdles (13.57) and was sixth ESPN3, 11:30-6:30 pm the nation’s No. 2 100-meter time Additional TFRRS-based, top-eight at Indoors in 60 hurdles; (9.98), after anchoring the 4x100 seeds for the Noles include: Live Results From flashresults.com to the Noles’ fastest time (39.12) • Sophomore Shanice Love since 2012 and No. 8 seed time. • Senior Austin Droogsma is the top seed among FSU is the No. 7 seed in the shot women, at No. 10 in the The 2017 NJCAA 100-meter put, posting a PB of 20.32m discus (57.77m/181-0). The champion from Butler County (66-8). He was fourth at the ACC champ finished 12th (Kan.) College has laid down NCAA Indoor Champion- last season at Eugene; 100-meter PBs in each of his last ships; • The No. 11 women’s 4x1 three rounds. • Junior Armani Wallace is (43.60) of Jayla Kirkland, Ewers has an opportunity to repeat seeded No. 8 in the triple Shauna Helps, Cortney Andre De Grasse’s historic 2015 jump (16.44m/53-11.25) after Jones and Ka’Tia Seymour double. The USC junior by way his East Prelims PB. He was is fifth-fastest in FSU history. NCAA Championship Rosters Men Name Pronunciation Year Event Hometown/Last School Trey Cunningham Fr. 110 Hurdles/4x100 Winfield, Ala./Winfield City Austin Droogsma Drewgs-muh R-Sr. Shot Put Gulf Breeze, Fla/Gulf Breeze Andre Ewers You-errs Jr. 100/200/4x100 St. Elizabeth, Jamaica/Butler CC Kenneth Fisher Grad Long Jump East Point, Ga./Bethune-Cookman Darryl Gay Fr. 4x100 Orlando, Fla./Jones Keniel Grant Ken-neel Sr. 4x100 Brampton, Canada/Texas Tech Darryl Haraway Hair-uh-way Jr. 100/4x100 Upper Marlboro, Md./DeMatha Catholic Armani Wallace Jr. Triple Jump Orlando, Fla./Colonial Women Janae Caldwell Juh-nay So. 4x100 Riverview, Fla./Spoto Kimmie Cunningham So. 4x100 Sanford, Fla./Winter Springs Gleneve Grange Glenn-eve R-Sr. Shot Put Kingston, Jamaica/New Mexico JC Shauna Helps Jr. 4x100 Belvedere, Jamaica/Wolmer’s Girls Cortney Jones So. 100H/4x100 Conyers, Ga./Rockdale County Jayla Kirkland Fr. 4x100 Birmingham, Ala./Woodlawn Shanice Love Shuh-neece So. Discus Kingston, Jamaica/Excelsior Militsa Mircheva Mill-its-uh Mer-cheh-vuh Jr. 10,0000 Dobrich, Bulgaria/International Business School Lauri Paredes L-OW-ree Pah-ray-dees Fr. Javelin Villa Elisa, Paraguay/Apostolico San Jose Ka’Tia Seymour K-tee-uh Fr. 100/200/4x100 Palatka, Fla./Palatka Ieva Zarankaite Yeh-vuh Zare-en-kite Grad Discus/Shot Put Utena, Lithuania/Oklahoma State Coaching Staff 2018 Outdoor Schedule Bob Braman Head Coach (M&W)/Men’s Distance March 16-17 UCF Black & Gold Challenge Orlando, Fla. Brandon Hon Director of Sprints, Hurdles & Relays March 16-17 Yellow Jacket Invitational Atlanta, Ga. Dorian Scott Director of Field Events/Throws March 23 FSU Relays Tallahassee, Fla. Kelly Phillips Women’s Distance March 28-31 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Austin, Texas March 29-31 Pepsi Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. Ricky Argro Assistant Coach/Men’s Sprints March 30-31 Raleigh Relays Raleigh, N.C. Keith Herston Assistant Coach/Jumps, Pole Vault & Multis April 13 Tom Jones Memorial Gainesville, Fla. Skyler Willis Grad Assistant/Sprints, Hurdles & Relays April 13-14 Tiger Track Classic Auburn, Ala. Aniis Hopkins Volunteer Coach/Jumps & Multis April 18-20 Bryan Clay Invitational Azusa, Calif. Terry Long Volunteer Coach/Distance April 19-21 Mt. SAC Relays Torrance, Calif. Stefan Brits Volunteer Coach/Jumps & Men’s Sprints April 26-28 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. Kellion Knibb Volunteer Coach/Throws April 27 North Florida Invitational Jacksonville, Fla. April 27-28 National Relay Championships Fayetteville, Ark. Support Staff May 4 Seminole Twilight Tallahassee, Fla. David Beauchem Director of Operations May 10-12 ACC Championships Coral Gables, Fla. Bernie Waxman Associate AD/Sport Oversight May 24-26 NCAA East Preliminary Tampa, Fla. Gwendolyn Davis Athletic Trainer June 6-9 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. Izzy Pino Equipment Coordinator 2018 Indoor Schedule Cassie Graves Operations Asst/.Women’s Distance January 6 Orange & Purple Classic Clemson, S.C. Jacques Toussaint Operations Asst./Men’s Sprints January 19-20 Larry Wieczorek Invitational Iowa City, Iowa Armand Daigle Grad Asst. Athletic Trainer January 26-27 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Kyra Shaw Grad Asst. Athletic Trainer February 9-10 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Corey Talley Academic Advisor February 9-10 David Hemery Valentine Invitational Boston, Mass. Robin Rogers Massage Therapist February 16 Texas Tech Matador Qualifier Lubbock, Texas Bob Thomas Assoc. Sports Information Director February 17 Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. D’Andra Seymore Videographer, Seminoles.com February 22-24 ACC Championships Clemson, S.C. March 9-10 NCAA Championships College Station, Texas Follow Us: Media Contact: Bob Thomas - Associate Sports Information Director @FSU_Track fsu_track 850-694-1768 / [email protected] /FSUTrack USTFCCCA Rankings & Meet Schedule Men enter NCAA Championship as of 5/28/2018 11:05:42 AM USTFCCCA NCAA Division I National Team Computer Rankings with highest ranking since ‘15 2018 Outdoor Track & Field, Week #9 The Florida State men’s team carries Men Women a No.