Florida Track & Field Set for Spotlight at 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 | Track and Field
Men's Start Lists | Women's Start Lists
The Gators have arrived in Eugene, Ore. and are prepped and ready for the start of the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at historic Hayward Field. The four-day meet begins Wednesday, June 5 and extends through Saturday, June 8.
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.
A program-record 28 qualifiers made the trek from Gainesville to Eugene as 14 women, 11 men and three relays will represent the Orange and Blue at historic Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon. The women are tied with Oregon for the second-most qualifiers at the NCAA Championships, while the men are also tied with Oregon for the fourth-most qualifiers in Eugene.
Along with the new program record, the 15 Gator women (14 individuals, one relay) qualified for NCAAs is also a Florida record and the 13 UF men (11 individuals, two relays) is the second-most qualifiers in program history. The Orange and Blue qualified a program-record 16 men in 2011.
Leading the way for the Gators is defending NCAA Champion outdoors in the men's triple jump, senior Omar Craddock (Killeen, Texas). Craddock advanced as the top seed to the NCAA Championships with a mark of 16.04m/52-7.50 at the NCAA East Preliminary Round. The Texas native was the only athlete at the East Prelims to surpass the 16-meter mark and was recently named the USTFCCCA South Region Men's Field Athlete of the Year.
Seven Gators participating in the 2013 NCAA Championships have competed at Hayward Field in their time donning the Orange and Blue. Craddock competed in the men's triple jump at the 2010 NCAA Championships in Eugene, finishing sixth, and landed just outside medal contention in fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials last summer. Also competing at TrackTown USA last summer were Ebony Eutsey (Miami, Fla.), Marquis Dendy (Middletown, Del.), Dedric Dukes (Miami, Fla.), Eddie Lovett (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Cory McGee (Pass Christian, Miss.) and Jeremy Postin (Andover, Kan.).
Live results for the 2013 NCAA Championships can be found on Flash Results and a full recap and results will be available daily on GatorZone.
The ESPN family of networks will broadcast the majority of the meet between ESPN3 and ESPNU, with supplementary webcasting on the Pac-12 Live Stream.
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2013 NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS :: JUNE 5-8 :: EUGENE, OR
ADVANCED TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Women's 100 Meters – Darshay Davis
Women's 200 Meters – Darshay Davis, Destinee Gause
Men's 200 Meters – Dedric Dukes
Women's 400 Meters – Ebony Eutsey, Lanie Whittaker
Men's 400 Meters – Najee Glass, Hugh Graham, Jr., Arman Hall
Men's 800 Meters – Sean Obinwa
Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase – Mark Parrish
Women's 1,500 Meters – Cory McGee, Agata Strausa
Women's 10,000 Meters – Florence Ngetich
Women's 100-Meter Hurdles – Ugonna Ndu
Men's 110-Meter Hurdles – Eddie Lovett
Women's 400-Meter Hurdles – Ugonna Ndu
Men's 4x100-Meter Relay – Florida
Women's 4x400-Meter Relay – Florida
Men's 4x400-Meter Relay – Florida
Women's Long Jump – Lorraine Graham
Women's Triple Jump – Ciarra Brewer
Men's Triple Jump – Omar Craddock, Marquis Dendy
Men's Hammer Throw – Jeremy Postin, Kyle Strawn
Women's Javelin Throw – Fawn Miller, Marija Vucenovic
| GATOR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – ALL TIMES PACIFIC | |||
| Wednesday – Pac 12 Streaming (All Day) | |||
| 4:15 p.m. | Women's Long Jump | Trials/Final | Lorraine Graham |
| 4:15 p.m. | Men's 4x100-Meter Relay | Semi | Florida |
| 4:45 p.m. | Men's 800 Meters | Semi | Sean Obinwa |
| 5:00 p.m. | Women's 400 Meters | Semi | Ebony Eutsey, Lanie Whittaker |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women's Javelin | Trials/Final | Fawn Miller, Marija Vucenovic |
| 5:15 p.m. | Men's 400 Meters | Semi | Najee Glass, Hugh Graham, Jr., Arman Hall |
| 5:30 p.m. | Women's 100 Meters | Semi | Darshay Davis |
| 6:00 p.m. | Women's 400 Meter-Hurdles | Semi | Ugonna Ndu |
| 6:45 p.m. | Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase | Semi | Mark Parrish |
| 7:10 p.m. | Women's 10,000 Meters | Final | Florence Ngetich |
| Thursday – Pac 12 Streaming (11 a.m.-3:50 p.m.) | ESPN3 (3:50 p.m.-8:00 p.m.) | |||
| 1:30 p.m. | Men's Hammer | Trials/Final | Jeremy Postin, Kyle Strawn |
| 4:00 p.m. | Women's 200 Meters | Semi | Darshay Davis, Destinee Gause |
| 4:15 p.m. | Men's 200 Meters | Semi | Dedric Dukes |
| 4:30 p.m. | Women's 1,500 Meters | Semi | Cory McGee, Agata Strausa |
| 5:05 p.m. | Women's 100-Meter Hurdles | Semi | Ugonna Ndu |
| 5:20 p.m. | Men's 110-Meter Hurdles | Semi | Eddie Lovett |
| 6:20 p.m. | Women's 4x400-Meter Relay | Semi | Florida |
| 6:40 p.m. | Men's 4x400-Meter Relay | Semi | Florida |
| Friday - Pac 12 Streaming (12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.) | ESPNU (4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.) | |||
| 3:25 p.m. | Women's Triple Jump | Trials/Final | Ciarra Brewer |
| 4:30 p.m. | Women's 400-Meter Hurdles | Final | Ugonna Ndu |
| 5:00 p.m. | Women's 100 Meters | Final | Darshay Davis |
| 5:30 p.m. | Men's 800 Meters | Final | Sean Obinwa |
| 5:40 p.m. | Men's 3,000-Meter Steeplechase | Final | Mark Parrish |
| 5:55 p.m. | Women's 400 Meters | Final | Ebony Eutsey, Lanie Whittaker |
| 6:05 p.m. | Men's 400 Meters | Final | Najee Glass, Hugh Graham, Jr., Arman Hall |
| Saturday - Pac 12 Streaming (12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.) | ESPNU (2 p.m.-4 p.m.) | |||
| 12:30 p.m. | Men's Triple Jump | Trials/Final | Omar Craddock, Marquis Dendy |
| 2:12 p.m. | Men's 4x100-Meter Relay | Final | Florida |
| 2:19 p.m. | Women's 1,500 Meters | Final | Cory McGee, Agata Strausa |
| 2:43 p.m. | Women's 200 Meters | Final | Darshay Davis, Destinee Gause |
| 2:50 p.m. | Men's 200 Meters | Final | Dedric Dukes |
| 3:09 p.m. | Women's 100-Meter Hurdles | Final | Ugonna Ndu |
| 3:16 p.m. | Men's 110-Meter Hurdles | Final | Eddie Lovett |
| 3:43 p.m. | Women's 4x400-Meter Relay | Final | Florida |
| 3:50 p.m. | Men's 4x400-Meter Relay | Final | Florida |
| Blue shading denotes field event final | |||
| Gray shading denotes race final; participation is contingent upon advancing from semifinal | |||
