Gators Open Outdoor Season at Black & Gold Challenge

Friday, March 17

Orlando, FL

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Black & Gold Challenge

Amber Johnson clocked a huge PR in the 2016 SEC Outdoor Championships 1,500 meters semifinal before going on to take seventh place in the final.

Gators Open Outdoor Season at Black & Gold Challenge

Friday, March 17, 2017 | Track and Field

Florida's men are the reigning outdoor national champions

By: Zach Dirlam

ORLANDO, Fla. – Coming off a runner-up finish by its men's team at NCAA Indoor Championships, the Florida track and field program begins its outdoor campaign Saturday (March 18) afternoon at the Black & Gold Challenge, hosted by UCF.

Florida's men are the reigning outdoor national champions.

All the Gators competing in Orlando this weekend are members of the program's middle distance or distance corps. Some will be running as part of their training models, while others are opening the season in their primary event.

The group is headlined by sophomore Jack Guyton, who finished fifth in the mile at SEC Indoor Championships, and senior Taylor Tubbs, an NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in the 5,000 meters last year. Both are running the 800 meters this weekend. Senior Amber Johnson, a surprise finalist in the 1,500 meters at SEC Outdoors a year ago, will open the season in her main event.

Action gets underway for the Gators at 2 p.m. ET. See the links below for live results and meet information.

BLACK & GOLD CHALLENGE MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Live Results (Half-Mile Timing)
Heat Sheets
Complete Meet Schedule
Venue: UCF Soccer and Track Complex (Orlando, Fla.)

*Saturday, March 18 (all events are finals)*
Time	Gators – Event
2:00 p.m.	Hannah Brookover; Emily Chapman; Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell; Maggie Parrish – Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase
2:15 p.m.	Marshall Dillion; Jesse Millson; Zach Purvis; Bryce Statham – Men's 3,000-meter Steeplechase
2:40 p.m.	Amber Johnson; Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell; Madison Morse; Maddox Patterson; Delaney Tiernan – Women's 1,500 meters
2:55 p.m.	Nick Diaz; Jonathan Hulzebos; Seamus Love; Blake Lowery; Colin Schaefer; Dominic Williams – Men's 1,500 meters
4:15 p.m.	Becky Greene; Taylor Tubbs – Women's 800 meters
4:25 p.m.	Jack Beitter; Jack Guyton; Carlos Miranda; Jack Rogers; Mac Reynolds – Men's 800 meters