Gators Primed for NCAA East Preliminary Round
Thursday, May 23, 2013 | Track and Field
Start Lists | Championship Info
The No. 1 Florida men and No. 5 UF women have hit the ground running in Greensboro, preparing for the upcoming NCAA East Preliminary Round, hosted by North Carolina A&T State University. The three-day meet runs Thursday, May 23-Saturday, May 25 at Irwin Belk Track & Field Center at Aggie Stadium.
48 individual qualifiers and 24 relay teams from each region will compete at either the East or West Preliminary Rounds, as the qualifiers are then whittled down to 24 individuals and 12 relays who will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., June 5-8. Florida has been awarded 48 qualifiers (22 men, 26 women) for the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
The Gator men are the defending NCAA Outdoor Champions and have placed in the top three at the last four NCAA Outdoor Championships, while the Florida women recorded a third-place finish at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Results for the meet will be provided by Flash Results and a full recap and daily results will be available on GatorZone.
Seven Gators enter the East Preliminary Round as the top seed in the region, including both of Florida's 4x400-meter relays. Individually, Ciarra Brewer (Union City, Calif.) in the women's triple jump, Omar Craddock (Killeen, Texas) in the men's triple jump, Cory McGee (Pass Christian, Miss.) in the 1,500 meters, Ugonna Ndu (Newark, N.J.) in the 400-meter hurdles and Marija Vucenovic (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) in the javelin all lead the East in their respective events. Craddock also leads the NCAA in the men's triple jump and is the defending NCAA Outdoor Champion in the event.
Five Gators qualified for multiple individual events, including Darshay Davis (Mirimar, Fla.) in the women's 100 and 200 meters, Marquis Dendy (Middletown, Del.) in the men's long and triple jumps, Lorraine Graham (Springdale, Md.) in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump, Ndu in the 100-meter and 400-meter hurdles and Agata Strausa (Riga, Latvia) in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters.
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| 2013 NCAA East Preliminary Round – Greensboro, N.C. – Erwin Belk Track & Field Center at Aggie Stadium | ||
| THURSDAY, MAY 23 – ALL TIMES EASTERN | ||
| 1:00 pm | M Long Jump | Marquis Dendy |
| 3:30 pm | W Discus | Kaitlin Davis, Ashley Miller |
| 4:30 pm | M Pole Vault | Jared Watkins |
| 4:30 pm | W 400 Hurdles (Prelim) | Amani Bryant, Ugonna Ndu |
| 5:00 pm | M 400 Hurdles (Prelim) | Kadesh Roberts |
| 5:30 pm | W Long Jump | Lorraine Graham |
| 5:30 pm | W 1500m (Prelim) | Shelby Hayes, Cory McGee, Mandy Perkins, Agata Strausa |
| 6:30 pm | W 100m (Prelim) | Darshay Davis |
| 7:20 pm | W 400m (Prelim) | Ebony Eutsey, Robin Reynolds, Lanie Whittaker |
| 7:45 pm | M 400m (Prelim) | Arman Hall, Najee Glass, Hugh Graham, Jr. |
| 8:35 pm | M 800m (Prelim) | Sean Obinwa, Ryan Schnulle |
| 9:00 pm | W 10,000m (Semi) | Florence Ngetich |
| 9:40 pm | M 10,000m (Semi) | Jimmy Clark, Josh Izewski |
| FRIDAY, MAY 24 – ALL TIMES EASTERN | ||
| 10:00 am | W Hammer | Jayla Bostic |
| 5:00 pm | W 100m Hurdles (Prelim) | Lorraine Graham, Ugonna Ndu |
| 5:30 pm | M 110m Hurdles (Prelim) | Eddie Lovett |
| 6:00 pm | W High Jump | Taylor Burke |
| 6:00 pm | W 400m (Quarter) | Ebony Eutsey, Robin Reynolds, Lanie Whittaker |
| 6:15 pm | M 400m (Quarter) | Arman Hall, Najee Glass, Hugh Graham, Jr. |
| 6:30 pm | W 100m (Quarter) | Darshay Davis |
| 7:15 pm | M 800m (Quarter) | Sean Obinwa, Ryan Schnulle |
| 7:30 pm | W 400m Hurdles (Quarter) | Amani Bryant, Ugonna Ndu |
| 7:45 pm | M 400m Hurdles (Quarter) | Kadesh Roberts |
| 8:00 pm | W 200m (Prelim) | Darshay Davis, Destinee Gause |
| 8:25 pm | M 200m (Prelim) | Dedric Dukes, Leonardo Seymore |
| 8:50 pm | W Steeple (Quarter) | Stephanie Strasser |
| 9:30 pm | M Steeple (Quarter) | Mark Parrish |
| SATURDAY, MAY 25 – ALL TIMES EASTERN | ||
| 10:00 am | M Hammer | David Levin, Jeremy Postin, Kyle Strawn, David Triassi |
| 1:00 pm | M Triple Jump | Omar Craddock, Marquis Dendy |
| 2:00 pm | W Javelin | Fawn Miller, Marija Vucenovic |
| 5:30 pm | W Triple Jump | Ciarra Brewer |
6:15 pm | M 4x100 (Quarter) | Florida |
| 6:30 pm | W 1500m (Quarter) | Shelby Hayes, Cory McGee, Mandy Perkins, Agata Strausa |
7:05 pm | W 100m Hurdles (Quarter) | Lorraine Graham, Ugonna Ndu |
7:20 pm | M 110m Hurdles (Quarter) | Eddie Lovett |
7:35 pm | W 200m (Quarter) | Darshay Davis, Destinee Gause |
7:50 pm | M 200m (Quarter) | Dedric Dukes, Leonardo Seymore |
8:05 pm | W 5000m (Semi) | Agata Strausa |
| 9:25 pm | W 4x400 (Quarter) | Florida |
| 9:45 pm | M 4x400 (Quarter) | Florida |
| Participation in quarterfinal contingent upon advancing from earlier preliminary | ||
