Gators Hosting Tom Jones Memorial Friday

Gators Hosting Tom Jones Memorial Friday

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 | Track and Field

Florida hosts is next-to-last tune-up meet ahead of the SEC Championships

By: Zach Dirlam

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida will host numerous Olympians, world champions, and highly-ranked collegians for the second time in three weeks, as Friday marks the running of this year's Tom Jones Memorial.

SPECTATOR INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Venue: Percy Beard Track at James G. Pressly Stadium
Gates Open: 10 a.m.
Admission: FREE
Parking: Available free of charge at the UF Law School (GREEN LOTS ONLY until 3:30 p.m. [Orange Lots open AFTER 3:30 p.m.]) and fraternity row

Friday's competition will be a mix of primary and off events for the Gators. Two-time indoor 60-meter hurdles national champion and reigning NCAA outdoor 110-meter hurdles champion Grant Holloway will run the high hurdles against Alabama's Ruebin Walters, last year's national runner-up. The two are ranked second and fourth nationally this season.

Reigning outdoor national champion KeAndre Bates will look to improve his season-best triple jump mark, though he already ranks third nationally entering Friday.

Four of the nation's top 15 men's hammer throwers—three of which are Gators—will open the meet at 11 a.m. Junior and 2016 SEC champion Anders Eriksson, who ranks third nationally, freshman Thomas Mardal (seventh nationally), and redshirt junior AJ McFarland (15th nationally) comprise Florida's trio.

#DidYouKnow: Florida is the fourth team since 2002 with ?? 71.80-meter hammer throwers

Anders Eriksson - 73.31m / Thomas Mardal - 71.88m

(Oh, and throw in AJ McFarland at 67.31m)

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— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) April 5, 2018

High jumpers Clayton Brown and Jhonny Victor, both of whom rank in the top 20 nationally, will compete against Alabama's Shelby McEwen, this year's SEC Indoors winner.

On the women's side, junior quarter-miler Sharrika Barnett, who ranks second nationally and missed the school record by one tenth of a second two weeks ago at Pepsi Florida Relays, will run the 200 meters. Fellow quarter-miler Taylor Manson, who ranks sixth nationally, is entered in the 200 as well.

Top field event competitors to watch on the women's side are 2017 SEC Outdoors and 2018 SEC Indoors shot put champion Lloydricia Cameron, along with multi-time All-Americans Yanis David and Darrielle McQueen in the long jump.

The meet will close with Florida's nation-leading men's 4x400 relay team taking the track, possibly making a run at the school record of 2:59.73—which is the third-fastest time in collegiate history. Florida's top quartet of junior Kunle Fasasi, Holloway, freshman Chantz Sawyers, and freshman Benjamin Lobo Vedel ran 3:01.00 two weeks ago.

Notable alums competing include two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time 400-meter hurdles world champion Kerron Clement (400 meters), 2015 IAAF World Indoor Championships long jump gold medalist Marquis Dendy (100 meters), 2017 American champion Eric Futch and 2017 IAAF World Championships finalist TJ Holmes (both in 400 hurdles), collegiate record holder Kyra Jefferson (200 meters), and two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time world champion triple jumper Christian Taylor (400 meters).

Part of Friday's action will be streamed live on SEC Network +, via Watch ESPN. Results are provided by Half-Mile Timing. Links to follow the Tom Jones Memorial via those mediums are listed below.

Follow @GatorsTF on Twitter for live updates throughout Friday. Any schedule changes due to inclement weather will be announced via the @GatorsTF Twitter account.

TOM JONES MEMORIAL INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Live Results (Half-Mile Timing)
Live Streaming – 1 p.m. through end of meet (SEC Network +)
Heat Sheets
Division I Teams Competing: Alabama (No. 8 men; No. 22 women), Bethune-Cookman, Coastal Carolina, Florida State (No. 19 women), Jacksonville, N.C. State, North Florida, South Florida, Syracuse, TCU (No. 20 men), UCF (women)

*Friday, April 13 (unless denoted otherwise, all events are finals)*
Time	Gator – Event
11 a.m.	Amanda Froeynes – Women's High Jump
	Yanis David; Darrielle McQueen; Nikki Stephens – Women's Long Jump
	Lloydricia Cameron; Jontavia Dykes – Women's Discus Throw
	Anders Eriksson; Thomas Mardal; AJ McFarland – Men's Hammer Throw
12 p.m.	Froeynes; Brandee' Johnson; Timetria Mitchell – Women's 100-meter Hurdles (prelims)
12:15 p.m.	Grant Holloway; Cory Poole – Men's 110-meter Hurdles (prelims)
12:30 p.m.	Connor Bandel; Mardal; McFarland; Christopher Olson – Men's Discus Throw
	Amara Wiggan – Women's Hammer Throw
1 p.m.	Bria Mack-Lauryn Ghee-Johnson-Taylor Manson – Women's 4x100 relay
	Clayton Brown; Jhonny Victor – Men's High Jump
1:05 p.m.	Michael Timpson Jr.-Chantz Sawyers-Holloway-Ryan Clark – Men's 4x100 relay
1:15 p.m.	Autumn Bartlett; Elisabeth Bergh; Emily Chapman; Sophie Ebihara; Abbie Harrelson; Morgan Hull; Madison Morse; Lauren Perry – Women's 1,500 meters
1:30 p.m.	Sam Ahrenholz; Jack Beitter; Nick Deal; Austin Decker; Trey LaNasa; Jesse Millson; Justin Pacifico; Magnus Pettersen; Jack Rogers; Bryce Statham; Dominic Williams – Men's 1,500 meters
1:50 p.m.	Froeynes; Johnson; Mitchell – Women's 100-meter Hurdles
2 p.m.	Holloway; Poole – Men's 110-meter Hurdles
	Asa Garcia – Women's Triple Jump
2:10 p.m.	Ghee; Mack – Women's 100 meters
2:25 p.m.	Clark; Damien Daniels; Hakim Sani Brown; Timpson Jr. – Men's 100 meters
2:30 p.m.	Cameron – Women's Shot Put
2:45 p.m.	Taylor Sharpe – Women's 400 meters
3 p.m.	Kunle Fasasi; Dawson Guillory; Jabari Hill; Kyren Hollis; Cole Johnson; Benjamin Lobo Vedel; Sawyers – Men's 400 meters
3:15 p.m.	Bartlett; Bergh; Ebihara; Harrelson; Morse; Perry – Women's 800 meters
3:30 p.m.	Beitter; Decker; Jack Guyton; LaNasa; Rogers; Statham; Williams – Men's 800 meters
	Avione Allgood; Froeynes; Megan Reed – Women's Javelin Throw
3:45 p.m.	Johnson; Mitchell; Stephens; Destiny Ward – Women's 400-meter Hurdles
3:55 p.m.	Poole – Men's 400-meter Hurdles
4 p.m.	Mike Harris – Men's Pole Vault
4:10 p.m.	Morgan Hull; Laura Jones; Jessica Pascoe – Women's 3,000 meters
4:25 p.m.	Deal; Guyton; Pettersen; Zach Purvis – Men's 3,000 meters
4:30 p.m.	Bandel – Men's Shot Put
	KeAndre Bates; Enzo Hodebar – Men's Triple Jump
4:40 p.m.	Sharrika Barnett; Manson; Ghee; Mack – Women's 200 meters
5 p.m.	Clark; Daniels; Timpson Jr. – Men's 200 meters
5:20 p.m.	Chapman – Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase
5:35 p.m.	Millson – Men's 3,000-meter Steeplechase
5:55 p.m.	Manson-Ghee-Barnett-Stephens [A]; Sharpe-Johnson-Ward-Froeynes [B] – Women's 4x400 relay
6:05 p.m.	Fasasi-Holloway-Sawyers-Lobo Vedel [A]; Hill-Clark-Hollis-Poole [B]; Johnson-Pacifico-Timpson Jr.-Guillory [C] – Men's 4x400 relay