Seven Gators to Compete in Jimmy Carnes Meet
Thursday, January 28, 2010 | Track and Field
Seven University of Florida track and field athletes will compete for the Gators at the Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track and Field Meet, hosted by the Gainesville Sports Commission, this Saturday and Sunday at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.
The Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track and Field Meet is an independent meet being run by the Gainesville Sports Commission and NOT the University Athletic Association.
Pole vaulters Daisy Glasser (Atlantic Beach, Fla.), Caitlin Schuessler (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Claire Spurling (Jacksonville, Fla.) will compete in the women's pole vault 17+ event at 10 a.m. ET Sunday, while Max Lang (Tallahassee, Fla.) will compete in the men's pole vault 17+ event also at 10 a.m. ET Sunday.
Freshman high jumper Rebecca Goldring (Parkland, Fla.) will participate in the women's high jump 17+ competition at 10 a.m. ET Sunday, while Daniela Griffin (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Jenicia McFadden (Cocoa Beach, Fla.) will compete in the women's triple jump open division at 2:45 p.m. ET Sunday.
Additional Florida track and field athletes may be participating in the event, but they will be unattached competitors.
The meet is named in honor of legendary former University of Florida head men's track and field coach Jimmy Carnes (1965-76), who later went on to a distinguished career as a key contributor and advocate for track and field on the national and international level. He recently was inducted into USA Track and Field's National Hall of Fame.
During Carnes' 12-year tenure as Florida's head track and field coach, he directed the Gators to 15 top-three finishes at the Southeastern Conference Indoor and Outdoor Championships combined, including SEC indoor championships in each of his final two seasons as the program's head coach. Carnes' Florida teams went 93-3 overall in dual meets during his career.
Carnes mentored 65 Southeastern Conference individual champions (indoor and outdoor) and 24 All-America selections during his tenure as Florida's head coach. He also mentored Ron Jourdan (High Jump, 1969), Earmonn O'Keefe (1,000 yd, 1972), Beaufort Brown (600 yd, 1973) and the men's mile relay (1975) to indoor national championships during his coaching career with the Gators.
For further information about the meet, please contact GSC Executive Director Jack Hughes (Hughes@gainesvillesportscommission.com). For information regarding timing, entries and the distribution of final results, please contact Scott Peters of Half-Mile Timing (scott@halfmiletiming.com).
The official meet Web site is: http://www.gainesvillesportscommission.com/3rd-annual-jimmy-carnes-indoor-invitational.html
Complete results and a recap of Florida's participation in the event will be available at www.GatorZone.com/trackfield.
Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track and Field Meet (Sunday, January 31, 2010)
Women's Pole Vault – 10 a.m. ET (AUTO: 4.25m; PROV: 4.00m)
- Daisy Glasser
- Caitlin Schuessler
- Claire Spurling
Men's Pole Vault – 10 a.m. ET (AUTO: 5.50m; PROV: 5.20m)
- Max Lang
Women's High Jump – 10 a.m. ET (AUTO: 1.85m; PROV: 1.78m)
- Rebecca Goldring
Women's Triple Jump – 2:45 p.m. ET (AUTO: 13.30m; PROV: 12.65m)
- Daniela Griffin
- Jenicia McFadden
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