Coach Holloway Recaps NCAAs, Previews 2012 Outdoor Season
Monday, March 19, 2012 | Track and Field
University of Florida track and field head coach Mike Holloway addressed the media Monday morning as part of the Gators' All-Sports Media Day.
Coach Holloway recapped the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships, where the Gator men claimed their third consecutive NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship and the Florida women finished ninth overall after not scoring a point at the national meet a year ago.
Holloway, in his tenth year at the helm at Florida, guided the Gators to their third-straight NCAA Indoor Track & Field team title this season. Florida held off SEC rival Arkansas for the 2012 national crown, scoring 52 points to the 49 posted by the Razorbacks. For his efforts, Holloway was named the USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season.
The victory marked the 27th NCAA Championship for the Florida athletics program and the Gator men became the first Florida program to win three consecutive national titles. Florida joined Arkansas and UTEP as the only teams to have won at least three consecutive national indoor crowns.
Florida won three individual titles at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Junior sprinter Jeff Demps (Winter Garden, Fla.) won his third-straight crown at 60 meters, junior sprinter Tony McQuay (Riviera Beach, Fla.) was the NCAA Champion in a tightly-contested men's 400 meters race, while Omar Craddock (Killeen, Texas) continued the Orange and Blue's tradition in the triple jump, claiming the Gators' fourth consecutive victory in the event and sixth straight overall (Indoor: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Outdoor: 2010, 2011).
The Gators begin competition outdoors this weekend at the UCF Invitational in Orlando, Fla.
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