Notebook: Feb. 7, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011 | Track and Field
When junior jumper Christian Taylor (Fayetteville, Ga.) opened up his first triple jump competition of the 2011 season with a win on Saturday in Blacksburg, Va., he also extended the nation's longest NCAA Division I streak of consecutive indoor triple jump victories to six, according to a list maintained by Tom Lewis, Communications Manager at the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Taylor, who won the event at Virginia Tech with an NCAA automatic-qualifying mark of 16.61m/54-6, he became the third Gator this season to automatically qualify for the upcoming NCAA Indoor Championships in the men's triple jump alone.
Taylor has not lost an indoor triple jump competition since placing fifth at the 2009 Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville , Ark., on Feb. 14, 2009.
In all divisions of collegiate track and field, Taylor is tied for the national lead in that category with Chrys Jones of Centre College in Danville, Ky. Jones has won six triple jump competitions in a row, dating back to the 2008 NCAA Championships.
WOMEN'S DMR RUNS NATION'S SIXTH-FASTEST TIME AT NEW BALANCE COLLEGIATE
The Florida women's distance medley relay team ran the sixth-fastest time in the nation so far this season by clocking a time of 11:11.92 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational in New York, N.Y., this past Friday.
That goes down as the second-fastest women's indoor DMR time in school history and was achieved by the quartet of Genevieve LaCaze (Queensland, Australia), Ebony Eutsey (Miami, Fla.), Shelby Hayes (Winter Park, Fla.) and Cory McGee (Pass Christian, Miss.).
FLORIDA WOMEN'S DMR ALL-TIME TOP-FIVE
| Rank | Name | Mark | Date |
| 1 | Newcome, Graham, Clark, Wells | 11:10.35 | 3-8-97 |
| 2 | LaCaze, Eutsey, Hayes, McGee | 11:11.92 | 2-4-11 |
| 3 | Clark, Fitts, Fisher, Wells | 11:12.98 | 2-10-96 |
| 4 | Newcome, Cranston, Clark, Wells | 11:13.24 | 2-2-97 |
| 5 | Ka. Bratton, Robinson, Allen, Merten | 11:16.93 | 3-1-87 |
LOVETT'S HURDLE TIME BEST BY A FRESHMAN LAST WEEKEND
The USTFCCCA keeps track of the best times/marks in each event by freshman over the course of a specific weekend. For the week ending Feb. 6, 2011, Florida freshman Eddie Lovett (West Palm Beach, Fla.) turned in the top men's 60-meter hurdle time in the nation this season.
Lovett finished fifth in the men's 60-meter hurdles at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet, logging a time of 7.90. His best time this season in that event is 7.88, recorded in the preliminaries at the Texas A&M Challenge on Jan. 29.
MEN'S WEIGHT THROWERS TURN IN RECORD-SETTING WEEKEND
Florida's weight throwers Jeremy Postin (Auburndale, Fla.) and David Triassi (St. Johns, Fla.) have been continually improving since both began collegiate competition last season. That continued this past weekend at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet as both surpassed the 20-meter plateau for the first times in their careers.
Triassi recorded the second-best throw in school history at 20.14m/66-1, while Postin had the third-best toss in school history at 20.00m/65-7.50.
THE GATORS IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND
Friday, February 11, 2011
Florida at the Tyson Invitational (Fayetteville , Ark.)
Florida at the Iowa State Classic (Ames, Iowa)
Florida at the Husky Classic (Seattle, Wash.)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Florida at the Tyson Invitational (Fayetteville , Ark.)
Florida at the Iowa State Classic (Ames, Iowa)
Florida at the Husky Classic (Seattle, Wash.)
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