Marquis Dendy & Agata Strausa Pave the Way for Gators Friday in Texas, North Carolina
Saturday, March 29, 2014 | Track and Field
UNF Spring Break Invite Results
AUSTIN, Texas -- Gator men's jumper Marquis Dendy was back to his old ways Friday night as the junior claimed the Texas Relays long jump title (7.93m/26-0.25) to cap off a successful day of competition for the Orange and Blue at Mike A. Myers Track in Austin. In Raleigh, senior distance runner Agata Strausa turned in a nation-leading 5000m race (16:01.01), No. 3 in the UF record book, to highlight the day for the distance crew competing at the Raleigh Relays.
At the UNF Spring Break Invite in Jacksonville, three UF women's 100m hurdlers in Tyjah Eady (14.07, +2.06), Ashley Favors (14.45, +2.6) and Ryann McEnany (14.54, +2.8) advanced to Saturday finals in the race, slated for 12:15 p.m. ET.
The Gators advanced seven – two relays and five individuals – to Saturday finals in the sprint and hurdle events at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, while UF posted six top-10 record-book worthy performances on the third day of the event with a number of personal-best performances in both the track and field events. Of note, former Gator All-American and NCAA Champion Omar Craddock joined in on the fun at the Texas Relays by winning the Section A triple jump with the fourth-best jump in the world this year (16.98m/55-8.5) and a new PR performance.
The Gators go back to work in Austin Saturday, while the UNF Spring Break Invite and Raleigh Relays continue tomorrow as well. For updates on all the action, keep up with the Gators several different ways:
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HOLLOWAY'S TAKE
“We were pleased with today overall. We were happy to see Marquis (Dendy) get back to being Marquis and we qualified well in the track events today in Texas. Very proud of Marija Vucenovic and all of our field athletes and I'm very pleased with the results from the Raleigh Relays and UNF. Agata (Strausa) had a big 5K there. We'll get rested tonight and get ready for tomorrow. The Texas Relays is a wonderful meet and an opportunity for our kids to go out there and have fun.”
TEXAS RELAYS RESULTS
W4x100m Relay:
1. R. Reynolds, S. Sanders, D. Gause, E. Eutsey (43.75) -- advances to finals | fifth-fastest time in Florida history
M4x100m Relay:
2. A. Wright, H. Graham, Jr., A. Hall, D. Dukes (39.06) -- advances to finals
W100mH:
3. Bridgette Owens (13.01, +1.1) -- advances to finals | third-fastest time in Florida history
27. Skylar Ross-Ransom (13.87, +1.1) -- season-best mark
M110mH:
1. Eddie Lovett (13.62, +0.5) -- advances to finals
6. Yanick Hart (13.98, +0.6) -- advances to finals
11. Moriel Pitt (14.17, +2.3)
W100m:
1. Shayla Sanders (11.20, +1.9) -- advances to finals | third-fastest time in Florida history
25. Darshay Davis (11.86, +0.7)
M100m:
6. Antwan Wright (10.32, +0.6) -- advances to finals | PR
WJT:
2. Marija Vucenovic (56.73m/186-1) -- PR | third-best mark in Florida history
5. Fawn Miller (50.40m/165-4)
WTJ:
4. Gissell Warner (12.63m/41-5.25) -- PR | improved her own 10th-best mark in Florida history
MSP:
3. Stipe Zunic (19.34m/63-5.5) -- PR | third-best mark in Florida history
WLJ:
14. Lorraine Graham (5.83m/19-1.5)
MLJ:
1. Marquis Dendy (7.93m/26-0.25)
NORTH FLORIDA INVITE RESULTS
MPV:
2. Anthony Amodio (4.86m/15-11.25) -- outdoor PR
WDiscus:
5. Jasmine Laska (46.31m/151-11) -- PR
W100mH
3. Tyjah Eady (14.07, +2.06) -- advances to finals
7. Ashley Favors (14.45, +2.6) -- advances to finals
8. Ryann McEnany (14.54, +2.8) -- advances to finals
W 1500m
7. Amber Johnson (4:45.79) -- PR
ADIDAS RALEIGH RELAYS RESULTS
W5000m
Section A
2. Agata Strausa (16:01.01) -- PR | third all-time in the Florida record book | No. 1 in NCAA (pending weekend results)
Section C
5. Grace VanDeGrift (17:19.77) -- PR
Section D
9. Devin McDermott (17:34.09) -- PR
M5000m
Section C
12. Mac Reynolds (14:37.84) -- PR
Section D
3. Carlos Miranda (14:49.17) -- PR
5. Brian Gorwitz (14:57.64) -- PR
11. Mark Mutz (15:04.78) -- PR
W1500m
36. Brittany Koziara (4:44.91) -- PR
W1500m Invitational
57. Macy Huskey (4:40.87)
W10,000m
19. Julie Macedo (35:50.12) -- PR
M10,000m
Section A
8. Eddie Garcia (29.35.92) -- PR
TEXAS RELAYS MEET INFORMATION – sprint group & hurdlers
Competition Dates: March 26-29 | Mike A. Myers Stadium | Austin, Texas
UNF INVITE MEET INFORMATION – field, distance & hurdler groups
Competition Dates: March 28-29 | Hodges Stadium Track & Field facility | Jacksonville, Fla.
ADIDAS RALEIGH RELAYS MEET INFORMATION -- distance
Competition Dates: March 28-29 | Paul Derr Track & Field facility | Raleigh, N.C.
