Sunday, June 25
Sacramento, CA
4 PM
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USATF Outdoor Championships
TJ Holmes (left) and Eric Futch (right) are both headed to the IAAF World Championships in London.
Four Gators Make World Championship Teams, Raise Total to 14
Sunday, June 25, 2017 | Track and Field
Eric Futch's American title headlined the latest group of Gators to qualify for August's IAAF World Championships in London
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Three Gators punched their IAAF World Championships tickets at the final day of the USATF Outdoor Championships, Gator Great Novlene Williams-Mills qualified for her sixth career World Championships team at the Puma Jamaican Senior Championships, and incoming freshman Hakim Sani Brown nabbed his second worlds berth in as many days in Osaka, Japan.
Two of the newly-qualified Gators came from the men's 400 hurdles, as Eric Futch won the American title and TJ Holmes took bronze in a thrilling finish.
Futch, the two-time reigning NCAA champion, ran away with the victory, lowering his personal record by 0.14 seconds and joining three-time champion Kerron Clement (2005, 2006, 2016) as the only other Gator in history to win the American crown.
Holmes fought through the finish line to earn his spot on Team USA, crossing sixth hundredths ahead of fourth-place finisher Byron Robinson. Moreover, Holmes' time of 48.44 seconds shaved a whopping 0.66 seconds off his personal best, making him the No. 4-ranked 400 hurdler in school history.
Clement finished seventh, but his spot for World Championships is already secure by virtue of his being the reigning IAAF Diamond League champion.
The third Gator to join Team USA Sunday (June 25) was Gator Great and 2015 The Bowerman winner Marquis Dendy. Dendy took second in the long jump with a top mark of 8.39 meters (27 feet, 6.5 inches), wind-aided. The 2016 IAAF World Indoor Champion also jumped a wind-legal 8.18 meters (26 feet, 10 inches) in his six-jump sequence to earn the world qualifying standard.
This marks the third consecutive time Dendy will represent Team USA in the long jump at World Championships.
Williams-Mills, a four-time Olympic 4x400 relay medalist, finished third at the Puma Jamaican Senior Championships to clinch her spot in the 400 meters. Williams-Mills, a Gators sprinter from 2003-04, crossed in 50.14 seconds, her fastest time since 2014.
Sani Brown won his second JAAF National Track and Field Championships title, claiming the 200 meters crown and earning a second World Championships berth.
The 18-year-old Sani Brown, who also earned a World Championships berth with his 100 meters title Saturday (June 24), clocked the second-fastest U20 time in Japanese history (20.32 seconds, three hundredths off the record), which also tied him for No. 22 on the U20 All-Time List. He is the first man to complete the 100-200 sweep since 2003, according to The Japan Times.
Grant Holloway (110 hurdles), Kyra Jefferson (200 meters), and KeAndre Bates (long jump) all recorded top-six finishes in their events, just short of making Team USA.
Top-three finishers at the USATF Outdoor Championships earned Team USA spots, so long as they hold the IAAF World Championships qualifying standard.
A full listing of Gators' USATF Outdoor Championships results and IAAF World Championships qualifiers is below.
GATORS' 2017 IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS (14)
USA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
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ALL THREE #GATORS ARE GOING TO LONDON!!!!@EricUF_Futch - 48.18 (????CHAMPION ??)@TjHolmes_400H - 48.44 (HUGE PR)
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) June 25, 2017
Kerron Clement - WILD CARD pic.twitter.com/bFOsNZwYZ9
Two of the newly-qualified Gators came from the men's 400 hurdles, as Eric Futch won the American title and TJ Holmes took bronze in a thrilling finish.
These moments got us ????, Coach Welty pic.twitter.com/IaPBq9LYTk
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) June 25, 2017
Futch, the two-time reigning NCAA champion, ran away with the victory, lowering his personal record by 0.14 seconds and joining three-time champion Kerron Clement (2005, 2006, 2016) as the only other Gator in history to win the American crown.
Another Happy Gator and a new AMERICAN CHAMPION talking to the media ??
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) June 25, 2017
See you in London, @EricUF_Futch! #GoGators pic.twitter.com/b8t4OWq8lj
Holmes fought through the finish line to earn his spot on Team USA, crossing sixth hundredths ahead of fourth-place finisher Byron Robinson. Moreover, Holmes' time of 48.44 seconds shaved a whopping 0.66 seconds off his personal best, making him the No. 4-ranked 400 hurdler in school history.
Can you tell @TjHolmes_400H is excited to be on Team ?????? ??#GoGators pic.twitter.com/aXleNHiLsj
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) June 25, 2017
Clement finished seventh, but his spot for World Championships is already secure by virtue of his being the reigning IAAF Diamond League champion.
The third Gator to join Team USA Sunday (June 25) was Gator Great and 2015 The Bowerman winner Marquis Dendy. Dendy took second in the long jump with a top mark of 8.39 meters (27 feet, 6.5 inches), wind-aided. The 2016 IAAF World Indoor Champion also jumped a wind-legal 8.18 meters (26 feet, 10 inches) in his six-jump sequence to earn the world qualifying standard.
.@CheckTheSky made the Olympic team last year, but injury kept him from Rio.
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) June 25, 2017
11 months later, he's back on Team ????!!!#GatorsAlways pic.twitter.com/3z9gcBcMjw
This marks the third consecutive time Dendy will represent Team USA in the long jump at World Championships.
Williams-Mills, a four-time Olympic 4x400 relay medalist, finished third at the Puma Jamaican Senior Championships to clinch her spot in the 400 meters. Williams-Mills, a Gators sprinter from 2003-04, crossed in 50.14 seconds, her fastest time since 2014.
Sani Brown won his second JAAF National Track and Field Championships title, claiming the 200 meters crown and earning a second World Championships berth.
The 18-year-old Sani Brown, who also earned a World Championships berth with his 100 meters title Saturday (June 24), clocked the second-fastest U20 time in Japanese history (20.32 seconds, three hundredths off the record), which also tied him for No. 22 on the U20 All-Time List. He is the first man to complete the 100-200 sweep since 2003, according to The Japan Times.
Grant Holloway (110 hurdles), Kyra Jefferson (200 meters), and KeAndre Bates (long jump) all recorded top-six finishes in their events, just short of making Team USA.
.@Flaamingoo_ finishes 4th, 0.05 seconds off Team????
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) June 25, 2017
But ties @XianZhi4's No. 2-ranked time in school history... INTO A HEADWIND ?? #GoGators pic.twitter.com/KEfLjQYOAu
Top-three finishers at the USATF Outdoor Championships earned Team USA spots, so long as they hold the IAAF World Championships qualifying standard.
A full listing of Gators' USATF Outdoor Championships results and IAAF World Championships qualifiers is below.
GATORS' 2017 IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIERS (14)
- Andres Arroyo (2014-17), Puerto Rico – 800 meters
- Will Claye (2010-11), United States – Triple Jump
- Kerron Clement (2004-05), United States – 400-meter Hurdles (wild card)
- Marquis Dendy (2012-15), United States – Long Jump
- Eric Futch (2014-17), United States – 400-meter Hurdles
- TJ Holmes (2015-17), United States – 400-meter Hurdles
- Genevieve LaCaze (2009-12), Australia – 3,000-meter Steeplechase
- Eddie Lovett (2011-14), U.S. Virgin Islands – 110-meter Hurdles
- Kyron McMaster (Class of 2017), British Virgin Islands – 400-meter Hurdles
- Ugonna Ndu (2010-13), Nigeria – 400-meter Hurdles
- Hakim Sani Brown (Class of 2017), Japan – 100 meters; 200 meters
- Christian Taylor (2009-11), United States – Triple Jump (wild card)
- Novlene Williams-Mills (2003-04), Jamaica – 400 meters
- Stipe Zunic (2011-15), Croatia – Shot Put
USA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
- USATF Outdoors Results (Flash Results)
- USATF Juniors Results (Flash Results)
- Day Four Quotes (courtesy of USATF)
- Day Three Recap
- Day Two Recap
- Day One Recap
- Venue: Hornet Stadium (Sacramento State University)
| Sunday, June 25 (unless denoted by #, all events are finals) | |
| Event | Place, Gator – Time/Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 200m (W) | 5. Kyra Jefferson – 22.68 [-2.5] |
| 200m (W) # | 6. Jefferson – 22.95 [-1.2] | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 110mH (M) | 4. Grant Holloway – 13.39 [-1.7] | Ties No. 2-ranked time on UF's All-Time Outdoor Top 10 |
| 110mH (M) # | 4. Holloway – 13.55 [-0.9] | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 400mH (M) | 1. Eric Futch – 48.18 | USATF Outdoor Champion; IAAF World Championships qualifier; improved No. 3-ranked time on UF's All-Time Top 10 |
| 3. TJ Holmes – 48.44 | USATF Outdoor Bronze Medalist; IAAF World Championships qualifier; No. 4-ranked time on UF's All-Time Outdoor Top 10 | |
| 7. Kerron Clement (2004-05) – 48.91 | IAAF World Championships qualifier (reigning Diamond League champion) | |
| LJ (M) | 2. Marquis Dendy (2012-15) – 8.39 meters (27-6.5) [+3.1] | IAAF World Championships qualifier |
| 6. KeAndre Bates – 8.14 meters (26-8.5) [+2.9] | |
| 10. Will Claye (2010-11) – 7.82 meters (25-8) [+1.6] | |
| Saturday, June 24 (only finals listed—see Day Three recap for full results; ^ - USATF Jrs) | |
| Event | Place, Gator – Time/Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 400m (M) | 5. Tony McQuay (2010-12) – 44.51 |
| LJ (W) | 10. Darrielle McQueen – 6.29 meters (20-7.75) [-1.5] |
| 800m (M) ^ | 5. Justin Pacifico – 1:50.75 | Outdoor personal record |
| 400mH (M) ^ | 2. Cory Poole (Class of 2017) – 49.88 | USATF Junior Championships silver medalist; qualifies for Pan American Junior Championships; personal record |
| 400mH (W) ^ | 1. Brandee' Johnson – 57.27 | USATF Junior Championships gold medalist; qualifies for Pan American Junior Championships |
| 3kSC (M) ^ | 8. Marshall Dillon – 9:53.44 |
| 3kSC (W) ^ | 4. Hannah Brookover – 10:45.26 |
| Friday, June 23 (only finals listed—see Day Two recap for full results; ^ - USATF Jrs) | |
| Event | Place, Gator – Time/Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| TJ (M) | 1. Will Claye (2010-11) – 17.91 meters (58-9.75) [+0.9] | IAAF World Championships qualifier |
| 5. Omar Craddock (2010-13) – 16.78 meters (55-0.75) [+2.4] | |
| 17. KeAndre Bates – 14.64 meters (48-0.5) [+2.7] | |
| Christian Taylor (2009-11) – FOUL | IAAF World Championships wild card qualifier (reigning Diamond League champion, reigning world champion) | |
| 100mH (W) ^ | 3. Brandee' Johnson – 13.25 [-0.7] | USATF Junior Championships bronze medalist |
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