Gators Boast 47 NCAA East Preliminary Entries

Florida's men and women are coming off the program's first-ever sweep of the SEC Outdoor Championships.

Gators Boast 47 NCAA East Preliminary Entries

Thursday, May 17, 2018 | Track and Field

By: Zach Dirlam

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Complete men's and women's entry listings for the NCAA Outdoor Championships were released Thursday afternoon, with the University of Florida track and field program combining for 47 entries for next weekend's NCAA East Preliminary meet, scheduled for May 24-26 in Tampa, Fla.

The top 48 individual and top 24 relay declarations within the East and West Regions earned berths to their respective preliminary meet.

The top 12 individuals and 12 relays from each regional competition will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., slated for June 6-9.

Florida's women already boast one NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier, though: freshman Amanda Froeynes, who ranks 18th nationally in the heptathlon. The heptathlon and decathlon are not contested at the preliminary meets. Instead, the top 24 declared individuals in each of those events earn berths for NCAA Outdoors.

The Gators, fresh off sweeping the SEC Outdoor Championships last week, head to the preliminary ranked No. 1 on the men's side and No. 8 on the women's side of the USTFCCCA National Team Rankings. Florida's men are the two-time defending NCAA Outdoor champions and won the NCAA Indoor Championships in March. UF's women took fourth at NCAA Indoors and are seeking their first top-four finish at NCAA Outdoors since 2014.

Twelve of Florida's 27 men's entries are top-10 seeds, including regional leaders senior KeAndre Bates (triple jump) and sophomore Grant Holloway (110-meter hurdles; long jump). Bates is the defending outdoor national champion in both the long jump and triple jump, while Holloway is the defending champion in the 110 hurdles.

Only man in OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD HISTORY to break 13.20 / long jump 8.10+ meters ??????

Second man #SECTF Outdoors history to win 110 hurdles / long jump ????

Frank Sinatra dice roll celebration ????

And @Flaamingoo_ did it all in a 28-hour stretch ?????????? pic.twitter.com/U1CU3Ad8Pe
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 15, 2018

Florida's 4x400 relay team—comprised of junior Kunle Fasasi, Holloway, and freshmen Chantz Sawyers and Benjamin Lobo Vedel—is the top seed regionally and nationally. The Gators also boast top-3 entrants in junior Anders Eriksson (hammer throw), sophomore Clayton Brown (high jump; triple jump), and freshman Cory Poole (400-meter hurdles).

Florida's 20 women's entries feature 11 top-10 seeds, headlined by regional leader and SEC champion junior Sharrika Barnett (400 meters). Of those 11 top 10s, seven are in the top three: sixth-year senior Avione Allgood (javelin throw), Barnett, senior Lloydricia Cameron (shot put), junior Yanis David (long jump; triple jump), senior Darrielle McQueen (long jump), and the Gators' 4x400 relay.

#WeChomp after 5?0?.6?9?

That girl 'RIKA was ????????????

She broke Tiandra Ponteen's 13-year-old school record, won the #SECTF ??, and came back to help our 4x400 run our second-fastest time ever (3:27.30 ) to clinch the team ?? pic.twitter.com/YV55oRweJ3
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 16, 2018

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You've seen the celebration, now watch the second-fastest time in school history--and all the drama that built en route to clinching the #SECTF ??

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— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 14, 2018

FloTrack will provide live streaming for all three days of competition, though it requires a paid subscription. Links to the streaming information, as well as ticketing and additional meet information are below.

NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Meet Information Page
Streaming Information
Streaming Access – FloTrack ($$ Subscription Required)
Complete Men's Entries List
Complete Women's Entries List
Complete Meet Schedule
Ticket Information
Venue: USF Track & Field Stadium (Tampa, Fla.)

Florida's 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships East Preliminary Entries
Event	Seed, Gator – Qualifying Time/Mark [Wind]
100m (M)	13. Ryan Clark – 10.16 [+2.1]
	t-24. Michael Timpson Jr. – 10.25 [+2.1]
100m (W)	45. Bria Mack – 11.52 [+0.5]
200m (M)	t-29. Clark – 20.73 [+1.7]
400m (M)	9. Chantz Sawyers – 45.62
	12. Kunle Fasasi – 45.83
	18. Benjamin Lobo Vedel – 46.20
400m (W)	1. Sharrika Barnett – 50.69
	10. Taylor Manson – 52.26
	28. Taylor Sharpe – 53.10
800m (M)	14. Kyren Hollis – 1:48.20
	33. Justin Pacifico – 1:49.39
1,500m (M)	15. Jack Guyton – 3:43.57
	45. Sam Ahrenholz – 3:45.52
1,500m (W)	15. Elisabeth Bergh – 4:19.71
110mH (M)	1. Grant Holloway – 13.15 [+0.9]
	12. Cory Poole – 13.68 [+0.9]
100mH (W)	22. Brandee' Johnson – 13.21 [+1.8]
	43. Timetria Mitchell – 13.50 [+1.3]
400mH (M)	3. Poole – 50.09
400mH (W)	6. Johnson – 57.19
	19. Nikki Stephens – 58.28
4x100 (M)	4. Timpson Jr.-Sawyers-Holloway-Clark – 38.95
4x400 (M)	1. Fasasi-Holloway-Sawyers-Lobo Vedel – 3:01.00
4x400 (W)	2. Manson-Barnett-Stephens-Sharpe – 3:27.30
HJ (M)	t-2. Clayton Brown – 2.25 meters (7-4.5)
	t-12. Jhonny Victor – 2.19 meters (7-2.25)
LJ (M)	1. Holloway – 8.32 meters (27-3.75) [+2.9]
	6. KeAndre Bates – 8.00 meters (26-3) [+3.5]
	t-20. Enzo Hodebar – 7.70 meters (25-3.25) [0.0]
LJ (W)	2. Yanis David – 6.69 meters (21-11.5) [+2.3]
	3. Darrielle McQueen – 6.65 meters (21-10) [+1.3]
	45. Amanda Froeynes – 6.13 meters (20-1.5) [+0.7]
TJ (M)	1. Bates – 16.69 meters (54-9.25) [+1.2]
	2. Brown – 16.50 meters (53-9.7) [+2.4]
	25. Hodebar – 15.59 meters (51-1.75) [+0.1]
TJ (W)	2. David – 14.13 meters (46-4.25) [+1.5]
	7. McQueen – 13.37 meters (43-10.5) [+2.5]
	24. Asa Garcia – 12.90 meters (42-4) [+2.1]
SP (M)	12. Connor Bandel – 19.18 meters (62-11.25)
SP (W)	2. Lloydricia Cameron – 17.66 meters (57-11.25)
DT (W)	9. Cameron – 55.05 meters (180-7)
HT (M)	2. Anders Eriksson – 74.19 meters (243-5)
	8. Thomas Mardal – 71.88 meters (235-10)
	14. AJ McFarland – 68.14 meters (223-6)
JT (W)	2. Avione Allgood – 55.73 meters (182-10)
	26. Megan Reed – 47.69 meters (156-5)