Track and Field Solidifies 22 Spots for NCAA Indoor Championships
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 | Track and Field
The University of Florida track and field team has qualified 22 slots (12 men, 10 women) for the upcoming NCAA Indoor Championships, the NCAA announced late Monday evening. The NCAA Indoor Championships take place Friday and Saturday at the Jacksons Indoor Track at the Idaho Center in Nampa, Idaho, hosted by Boise State University.
The 20 athletes and two relays (22 selections total) representing the University of Florida in Idaho tallies to the second-largest group of qualified athletes in Gator history (2004: 16 men, 13 women) to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Florida's complete list of declarations includes:
Women:
· Ciarra Brewer (triple jump – 12.99m)
· Taylor Burke (high jump – 1.82m)
· Ebony Eutsey (400m – 53.06)
· Brittany Harrell (pentathlon – 4050)
· Cory McGee (mile – 4:34.06)
· Keely Medeiros (shot put – 16.98m)
· Agata Strausa (mile – 4:36.39)
· Lanie Whittaker (400m – 52.91)
· Women's 4x400 meter relay (3:33.66)
· Women's distance medley relay (10:58.77)
Men:
· Dwight Barbiasz (high jump – 2.23m)
· Omar Craddock (triple jump – 16.44m)
· Jeff Demps (60m – 6.54)
· Marquis Dendy (long jump – 8.06m)
· Hugh Graham, Jr. (400m – 46.18)
· Frankie Hammond, Jr. (high jump – 2.22m)
· Gray Horn (heptathlon – 5971)
· Eddie Lovett (60mH – 7.72)
· Tony McQuay (400m – 46.11)
· Kemal Mesic (shot put – 20.31m)
· Sean Obinwa (800m – 1:47.22)
· Jeremy Postin (weight throw – 21.60m)
Florida's men are the two-time defending NCAA Indoor Champions (2010, 2011), while the Gator women placed fourth at the national indoor meet in 2010 and just claimed the 2012 SEC Indoor Championship.
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