Track and Field Begins NCAA Quest at Preliminary Rounds
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | Track and Field
The University of Florida track and field teams travel to Bloomington, Ind., this Thursday-Saturday to participate in the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds at Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex at E.C. Billy Hayes Track on the campus of Indiana University.
The three-day meet begins at 12 p.m. ET Thursday and continues at 11 a.m. ET Friday and 11 a.m. ET Saturday. Live meet results will be available at: http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/livestats/m-track/ncaaprelim11/. Live, streaming video of the running events also will be available each day at the following links:
· Thursday, May 26, 2011 (3:30 p.m. ET): http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/allaccess/?media=245616
· Friday, May 27, 2011 (4:30 p.m. ET): http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/allaccess/?media=245617
· Saturday, May 28, 2011 (6 p.m. ET): http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/allaccess/?media=245618
Both Florida teams enter this weekend's meet ranked among the nation's top-20, according to the latest Division I computer rankings by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. The Gator men are currently ranked No. 2 nationally, while the UF women check in at No. 19 this week.
Florida has qualified 27 slots on the men's side and 22 slots on the women's side for this weekend's meet. The Gators feature athletes who claimed seven Southeastern Conference titles two weeks ago, including: Will Claye (men's long jump, men's triple jump), Gray Horn (men's decathlon), Genevieve LaCaze (women's steeplechase), Fawn Miller (women's javelin), Terrell Wilks (men's 100-meter dash) and the men's 4x100-meter relay.
Junior jumper Will Claye (Phoenix, Ariz.) was named the SEC Men's Field Athlete of the Year on Tuesday and he leads the Gators into their NCAA quest. Claye won both the men's long jump and the men's triple jump at the 2011 SEC Outdoor Championships. He ranks No. 2 in the world in the men's long jump and has the second-best wind-aided time in the world in the men's triple jump this season.
Claye joins teammates Omar Craddock (Killeen, Texas ) and Christian Taylor (Fayetteville, Ga.) to pack a powerful punch in the men's triple jump. That corps went 1-2-5 at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the men's to give a dynamic jumpstart to Florida winning its second consecutive NCAA indoor crown. Claye and Taylor are currently ranked 1-2 in the nation in the men's triple jump, while Craddock is ranked sixth. Claye (2nd) and Taylor (9th) also are both ranked in the top-10 nationally in the men's long jump.
Junior sprinter Jeff Demps (Winter Garden, Fla.) is the defending NCAA Champion in the men's 100-meter dash and was also a part of Florida's 2010 NCAA Champion 4x100-meter relay team. Demps holds a career-best time of 9.96 (+2.4) w, which matches his NCAA-winning time from a year ago.
The Florida men's 4x100-meter relay team currently leads the nation with a time of 38.53, which goes down as the second-fastest time in program history. The quartet consists of freshman Eddie Lovett (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Taylor, senior Terrell Wilks (New Haven, Conn.) and Demps.
Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex at E.C. Billy Hayes Track is the site of this year's NCAA East Preliminary Rounds. The facility played host to the 1997 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and has hosted five Big Ten Championships (1966, 1970, 1977, 2001 and 2010). The track, located within the outdoor complex, is named after fabled coaching legend Earl C. “Billy” Hayes. He coached seven Indiana athletes to U.S. Olympic teams during his career.
The facility has 3,200 permanent seats, with the temporary additions nearly doubling capacity. Hayes Track features a 400-meter nine-lane Polytan surface track with a 110-foot radius on curves to encourage fast times. The track features two long jump/ triple jump parallel approaches with four pits. It has eight pole vault plant boxes and four parallel pole vault runways, a pair of shot put areas, bi-directional javelin runways and outstanding sightlines for all field events. The facility was resurfaced in 2010 and certified by the IAAF. The home venue for IU track and field is the ninth track on U.S. soil to receive IAAF certification and is one of only six on a U.S. college campus. The Hoosiers claim the only IAAF certified venue in the Big Ten.
Complete results and a recap of each day of competition will be available at GatorZone.com.
For all of the latest information on Florida track and field, please log on to www.GatorZone.com/trackfield or, for up-to-the-minute updates, follow the team's Twitter account @GZTrackField or www.twitter.com/GZTrackField.
NCAA PRELIMINARY ROUNDS – MAY 26-28, 2011 :: BLOOMINGTON, IND.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Men's Javelin – 12 p.m. ET
· Zane Breakiron
· Stipe Zunic
Women's Long Jump – 1 p.m. ET
· Lorraine Graham
· Daniela Griffin
Men's High Jump – 1 p.m. ET
· Frankie Hammond
· Bryan Turner
Women's 400m Hurdles (first round) – 3:30 p.m. ET
· Ugonna Ndu
· Ashley Usery
Women's 1,500m (first round) – 4:30 p.m. ET
· Cory McGee
Men's 1,500m (first round) – 5 p.m. ET
· Dumisani Hlaselo
Women's 100m (first round) – 5:30 p.m. ET
· Darshay Davis
Men's 100m (first round) – 6 p.m. ET
· Jeff Demps
· Terrell Wilks
Men's Long Jump – 6 p.m. ET
· Will Claye
· Christian Taylor
Women's Pole Vault – 6 p.m. ET
· Daisy Glasser
· Claire Spurling
Women's 400m (first round) – 6:30 p.m. ET
· Ebony Eutsey
Men's 400m (first round) – 7 p.m. ET
· Tony McQuay
Men's 800m (first round) – 8 p.m. ET
· Sean Obinwa
· Daniel Wehunt
Friday, May 27, 2011
Men's Hammer Throw – 11 a.m. ET
· Jeremy Postin
Women's Javelin – 12 p.m. ET
· Fawn Miller
Women's Shot Put – 1 p.m. ET
· Fidela James
· Keely Medeiros
Women's High Jump – 1 p.m. ET
· Brittany Harrell
Women's 100m Hurdles (first round) – 4:30 p.m. ET
· Ugonna Ndu
Men's 110m Hurdles (first round) – 5 p.m. ET
· Jarius Cooper
· Gray Horn
· Eddie Lovett
· William Wynne
Women's 400m (quarterfinals) – 5:30 p.m. ET
· Ebony Eutsey
Men's 400m (quarterfinals) – 5:45 p.m. ET
· Tony McQuay
Women's 100m (quarterfinals) – 6 p.m. ET
· Darshay Davis
Men's Triple Jump – 6 p.m. ET
· Will Claye
· Omar Craddock
· Christian Taylor
Men's Pole Vault – 6 p.m. ET
· Eric Foran
· Max Lang
Men's 100m (quarterfinals) – 6:15 p.m. ET
· Jeff Demps
· Terrell Wilks
Men's 800m (quarterfinals) – 6:45 p.m. ET
· Sean Obinwa
· Daniel Wehunt
Women's 400m Hurdles (quarterfinals) – 7 p.m. ET
· Ugonna Ndu
Women's 200m (first round) – 7:30 p.m. ET
· Darshay Davis
· Danielle Williams
Men's 200m (first round) – 8 p.m. ET
· Blake Heriot
· Terrell Wilks
Women's Steeplechase (semifinals) – 8:30 p.m. ET
· Genevieve LaCaze
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Women's Discus – 11 a.m. ET
· Kaitlin Davis
· Keely Medeiros
· Ashley Miller
Men's Discus – 5 p.m. ET
· Stipe Zunic
Women's 4x100m (quarterfinals) – 6 p.m. ET
· Florida (D. Davis, As. Usery, D. Williams, E. Eutsey)
Men's 4x100m (quarterfinals) – 6:15 p.m. ET
· Florida (E. Lovett, C. Taylor, T. Wilks, J. Demps)
Women's 1,500m (quarterfinals) – 6:30 p.m. ET
· Cory McGee
Men's 1,500m (quarterfinals) – 6:45 p.m. ET
· Dumisani Hlaselo
Women's 100m Hurdles (quarterfinals) – 7:05 p.m. ET
· Ugonna Ndu
Men's 110m Hurdles (quarterfinals) – 7:20 p.m. ET
· Jarius Cooper
· Gray Horn
· Eddie Lovett
· William Wynne
Women's 200m (quarterfinals) – 7:35 p.m. ET
· Darshay Davis
Men's 200m (quarterfinals) – 7:50 p.m. ET
· Blake Heriot
· Terrell Wilks
Women's 5,000m (semifinals) – 8:05 p.m. ET
· Callie Cooper
Women's 4x400m Relay (quarterfinals) – 9:25 p.m. ET
· Florida
Men's 4x400m Relay (quarterfinals) – 9:45 p.m. ET
· Florida
