No. 2 Florida Track & Field Heads to College Station Seeking SEC Indoor Championships
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | Track and Field
FLORIDA SEC INDOORS MEET NOTES
WATCH: Florida Head Coach Mike Holloway SEC Indoors Preview Presser
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 2 Gator track and field squads will look to add the Florida athletic program's third and fourth SEC Championships of the 2013-14 season to the trophy case when they take to the track at Gilliam Indoor Track & Field Stadium in College Station Feb. 27-March 1 for the 2014 SEC Indoor Championships.
The Orange and Blue own six SEC indoor titles on the men's side ('75, '76, '87, '88, '04, '11) and seven on the women's side ('90,'92, '97, '02, '04, '10, '12).
Holloway's Take
“We're extremely excited about the upcoming SEC Indoor Championships,” Head Coach Mike Holloway previewed. “We compete in arguably the best conference in the country with world-class student-athletes and great coaches, which will make for an exciting three days of competition coming up at a great facility in College Station. All of the teams in our league have worked extremely hard throughout the season so far and I know the Gators are excited to get out on the track, compete when it matters most and represent the University of Florida with passion, pride and integrity.”
SEC Indoors Gator Bytes
· Florida returns 2013 SEC indoor champions Eddie Lovett (60mH), Marquis Dendy (LJ) and Sean Obinwa (800m) on the men's side, as Lovett will strive to be the first four-time SEC indoor champion in the men's 60-meter hurdles and Dendy will jump towards being just the second three-time SEC indoor long jump champion, the first since 1994. Obinwa will look to be the first repeat winner in the men's 800m since 2006.
· The Gator women's squad enters the 2014 league indoor championships with the defending SEC indoor mile champion in senior Cory McGee, who will be looking for her third title in the event in four years and would be the third women's runner in the league to claim three mile titles. Florida also claimed the 2013 SEC title in the women's DMR, as McGee and fellow senior Agata Strausa composed half of that relay team last season.
· Florida owns the top marks in the league in the men's 200 (Hall, 20.68), the men's 800m (Obinwa, 1:47.76), the men's 5000m (Mark Parrish, 13:43.15), the men's 60mH (Lovett, 7.69), the women's triple jump (Ciarra Brewer, 13.55m/44-5.5) and the men's 4x4 relay (3:04.46), a mark that additionally leads the world.
· Throughout the span of the indoor season so far, two Gator indoor records have gone down: the women's 200m (Kyra Jefferson: 23.06) and the men's 5000m (Parrish: 13:43.15).
· Two Gator women's squad members in junior sprinter Loreal Curtis and freshman hurdler Skylar Ross-Ransom will compete in front of a home crowd for the second time for this season, as the duo hails from nearby Houston. Both Curtis and Ross-Ransom also competed at the Texas A&M Invitational two weeks ago. Curtis is an alumna of Lutheran South High School, while Ross-Ransom graduated from Langham Creek High School in Houston.
The 2014 SEC Indoor Championships kick off Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. ET in College Station with the women's pentathlon and the first four events of the men's heptathlon, while track and field action continues Feb. 28 and March 1st with the 4x4 relays slated as the closing event to the conference championships Saturday at approximately 5:50 p.m. ET.
2014 SEC Indoor Championships Broadcast Information
Live Stream – ESPN3.com
· ESPN3 will stream the meet live during the following times: Friday, February 28 (1:55 p.m. CT –6:35 p.m. CT) and Saturday, March 1 (12:50 p.m. CT – 5:30 p.m. CT)
· The broadcast talent includes: Dwight Stones (play-by-play), Larry Rawson (analyst) and Lewis Johnson (sideline reporter)
Live Stream – Texas A&M Video Feed (All day Thursday and Friday & Saturday prior to ESPN3.com coverage)
· Thursday
· Friday
· Saturday
SEC Track and Field Highlight Show on ESPNU
The 2014 SEC Indoor Championships will air as part of a 90-minute show on ESPNU on Monday, March 10, beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET.
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Florida 2014 SEC Indoor Championships | Schedule of Events & Participants (ALL TIMES CENTRAL)
| Thursday, February 27 | ||
| 1:30 p.m. | Pentathlon | Lorraine Graham, Brittany Harrell |
| Friday, February 28 | ||
| FIELD EVENTS | ||
| 1 p.m. | Men's Weight Throw | David Levin, Kyle Strawn |
| 2:30 p.m. | Men's Long Jump | Marquis Dendy |
| 2:30 p.m. | Women's Long Jump | Ciarra Brewer, Lorraine Graham, Brittany Harrell |
| RUNNING EVENTS | ||
| 1 p.m. | Men's 60mH (pre) | Yanick Hart, Eddie Lovett, Moriel Pitt |
| 1: 20 p.m. | Women's 60mH (pre) | Skylar Ross-Ransom |
| 2 p.m. | Men's 60m (pre) | Dedric Dukes, Hugh Graham, Jr., Antwan Wright |
| 2:20 p.m. | Women's 60m (pre) | Darshay Davis, Destinee Gause, Kyra Jefferson, Shayla Sanders |
| 3 p.m. | Women's Mile (pre) | Becky Greene, Cory McGee, Agata Strausa |
| 3:20 p.m. | Men's 400m (pre) | Najee Glass, Hugh Graham, Jr., Arman Hall, Nick Uruburu |
| 3:40 p.m. | Women's 400m (pre) | Loreal Curtis, Ebony Eutsey, Robin Reynolds |
| 4 p.m. | Men's 800m (pre) | Andres Arroyo, Donnie Lee, Jr., Sean Obinwa, Ryan Schnulle |
| 4:50 p.m. | Men's 200m (pre) | Dedric Dukes, Arman Hall |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women's 200m (pre) | Darshay Davis, Ebony Eutsey, Destinee Gause, Kyra Jefferson, Robin Reynolds, Shayla Sanders |
| 5:45 p.m. | Men's 3000m | Mark Parrish |
| 6:25 p.m. | Women's 3000m | Becky Greene, Cory McGee, Agata Strausa, Taylor Tubbs |
| Saturday, March 1 |
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| FIELD EVENTS | ||
| 1 p.m. | Women's Weight Throw | Jayla Bostic |
| 1 p.m. | Men's Triple Jump | Marquis Dendy |
| 1 p.m. | Women's Triple Jump | Ciarra Brewer, Gissell Warner |
| 1 p.m. | Men's Pole Vault | Anthony Amodio, Jared Watkins |
| 1:45 p.m. | Men's Shot Put | Stipe Zunic |
| 1:45 p.m. | Women's High Jump | Taylor Burke |
| RUNNING EVENTS | ||
| 1 p.m. | Men's 60mH (finals) | |
| 1:10 p.m. | Women's 60mH (finals) | |
| 1:20 p.m. | Men's 60m (finals) | |
| 1:30 p.m. | Women's 60m (finals) | |
| 1:50 p.m. | Women's Mile (finals) | |
| 2 p.m. | Men's 400m (finals) | |
| 2:10 p.m. | Women's 400m (finals) | |
| 2:20 p.m. | Men's 5000m | Mark Parrish |
| 3 p.m. | Men's 800m (finals) | |
| 3:20 p.m. | Men's 200m (finals) | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Women's 200m (finals) | |
| 3:40 p.m. | Women's 5000m | Julie Macedo, Taylor Tubbs |
| 4:20 p.m. | Men's DMR | Ryan Schnulle, Nick Uruburu, Sean Obinwa, Andres Arroyo |
| 4:35 p.m. | Women's DMR | Rebekah Greene, Loreal Curtis, Agata Strausa, Cory McGee |
| 4:50 p.m. | Men's 4x400m | Najee Glass, Hugh Graham, Jr., Dedric Dukes, Arman Hall |
| 5:05 p.m. | Women's 4x400m | Robin Reynolds, Destinee Gause, Kyra Jefferson, Ebony Eutsey |
