Gators Continue Trek to Eugene With NCAA East Preliminary Round May 29-31
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 | Track and Field
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Florida track and field teams, ranked No. 1 (men) and No. 2 (women) in the country entering the heart of the postseason, are just one sleep away from starting the next step to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.
Just 70 miles away from home, the Orange and Blue will take to the track at the 2014 NCAA East Preliminary, hosted by UNF in Jacksonville May 29-31 at Hodges Stadium, aiming for top-12 finishes in each respective event in order to advance to the NCAA Finals site at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene June 11-14.
The Gators qualified 37 individuals – 20 women's athletes and 17 Gator men – for NCAA preliminaries, announced by the NCAA May 22, including SEC Co-Women's Field Athlete of the Year Ciarra Brewer, the nation's leading triple jumper on the women's side. Brewer headlined a staggering 22 Florida student-athletes named to the 2014 All-SEC teams Tuesday.
NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
2014 NCAA East Preliminary Schedule (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Road to the Championships & Qualifying Information
Florida junior Brittany Harrell was the first Gator to punch her ticket to Eugene in the heptathlon with her score of 5,620 from the 2014 Texas Relays. The heptathlon and decathlon will not be contested at the NCAA Preliminary Championships; rather the top 24 student-athletes in each of the two events have been accepted into the NCAA Championships at Historic Hayward Field.
ABOUT NCAA TRACK & FIELD PRELIMINARIES
2014 Performance Chart | Florida Men's All-Time Top 10 | Florida Women's All-Time Top 10
· A total of 48 individual qualifiers and 24 relay teams from each region will compete at either the East or West Preliminary Rounds this weekend and the 12 individuals and 12 teams from each relay event that advance out of both the East and West regions (Fayetteville, Ark.) will compete in Oregon
· The official list of student-athletes, by event, who have been qualified from the preliminary championships competition, will be announced Tuesday, June 3
· Two of Florida's six national championships, five of them on the men's side, are outdoor national titles as the No. 1-ranked Florida men's squad struck with back-to-back outdoor titles in 2012 and 2013
THE GATORS AT NCAA EAST PRELIMINARIES
Florida Women's NCAA East Regional Champions
10 athletes, 11 titles
2003: Rachel Longfors: DT (180-11); Candice Scott: HT (214-4)
2004: Novlene Williams: 400 (51.53)
2005: Rachel Longfors: DT (181-3); Tiandra Ponteen: 400 (51.08)
2007: Abigail David, Natalie Knight, Lakecia Ealey, Zan Joseph: 400 Relay (44.03)
2008: Lekecia Ealey: 100 (11.43); Mariam Kevkhishvili: SP (57-0.75); Abigail David, Lakecia Ealey, Dominique McLeggan, Natalie Knight: 400 Relay (43.79)
2009: Mariam Kevkhishvili: SP (58-10.75); Natalie Moser: PV (13-1.75)
Florida Men's NCAA East Regional Champions
18 athletes, 18 titles
2003: Josh Walker: 110H (13.42); Brian DaCunha: PV (16-11.25); Ahmad Jasmine, Kyle Farmer, Rickey Harris, Dwight Ruff: 400 Relay (39.35); Sekou Clarke, Kyle Farmer, Rickey Harris, Dwight Ruff: 1,600 Relay (3:04.98)
2004: Ryan McIntyre: SP (61-0.75); Sekou Clarke, Reggie Witherspoon, Kerron Clement, Rickey Harris: 1,600 Relay (3:03.25)
2005: Reggie Witherspoon: 400 (45.53); Josh Walker: 110H (13.51); Mike Morrison: HJ (7-2.25); Richard Adu-Bobie, Mike Morrison, Kyle Farmer, Kerron Clement: 400 Relay (39.15); Sekou Clarke, Reggie Witherspoon, Bernard Middleton, Kerron Clement: 1,600 Relay (3:04.95)
2006: Mike Morrison: HJ (6-11); Mike Morrison: LJ (25-6.75)
2007: Wes Stockbarger: DT (201-5); Carlos Phillips, Calvin Smith, Bernard Middleton, Eric Alberter: 1,600 Relay (3:06.31)
2008: Carlos Phillips: 800m (1:46.70); Wes Stockbarger: DT (196-6); Bernard Middleton, Calvin Smith, LaMarr Davis, Eric Alberter: 1,600 Relay (3:04.36)
FLORIDA EAST PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
| Thursday (May 29) | |
| Field Events |
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| 12:00pm | W Hammer – Bostic |
| 2:00pm | M Long Jump – Dendy |
| 4:00pm | M Shot put – Zunic |
| 5:30pm | W Javelin – Miller / Vucenovic |
| 6:30pm | W Long Jump – Graham / Harrell |
| Running Events |
|
| 4:30pm | M 400 Hurdles (1st) – Aird |
| 5:00pm | W 400 Hurdles (1st) |
| 6:00pm | W 1500m (1st) – McGee / Greene / Strausa |
| 6:30pm | M 100m (1st) – Wright |
| 6:55pm | W 100m (1st) – Sanders / Davis |
| 7:20pm | M 400m (1st) – Graham, Jr./Hall/Glass/Uruburu |
| 7:45pm | W 400m (1st) – Eutsey/Reynolds/Gause |
| 8:10pm | M 800m (1st) – Obinwa/Schnulle/Arroyo |
| 9:00pm | M 10,000m (Semi) – Garcia |
| Friday (May 30) | |
| Field Events |
|
| 10:00am | M Hammer – Strawn / Levin |
| 5:00pm | M Triple Jump – Dendy |
| W High Jump – Burke / Harrell | |
| Running Events |
|
| 5:00pm | M 110m Hurdles (1st) – Lovett / Pitt |
| 5:30pm | W 100m Hurdles (1st) – Owens/Ross-Ransom |
| 6:00pm | M 400m (Quarter) – Graham, Jr./Hall/Glass/Uruburu |
| 6:15pm | W 400m (Quarter) – Eutsey/Reynolds/Gause |
| 6:30pm | M 100m (Quarter) – Wright |
| 6:45pm | W 100m (Quarter) – Sanders / Davis |
| 7:00pm | M 800m (Quarter) – Obinwa/Schnulle/Arroyo |
| 7:30pm | M 400m Hurdles (Quarter) – Aird |
| 8:00pm | M 200m (1st) – Dukes |
| 8:25pm | W 200m (1st) – Jefferson |
| Saturday (May 31) | |
| Field Events |
|
| 5:00pm | W Triple Jump – Brewer / Warner |
| Running Events |
|
| 6:00pm | M 4x100 (Quarter) – Lovett-Graham, Jr.-Wright-Dukes |
| 6:15pm | W 4x100 (Quarter) – Reynolds-Sanders-Gause-Eutsey |
| 6:45pm | W 1500m (Quarter) – McGee/ Strausa / Greene |
| 7:05pm | M 110m Hurdles (Quarter) – Lovett / Pitt |
| 7:20pm | W 100m Hurdles (Quarter) – Owens / Ross-Ransom |
| 7:35pm | M 200m (Quarter) – Dukes |
| 7:50pm | W 200m (Quarter) – Jefferson |
| 8:45pm | W 5000m (Semi) – Strausa |
| 9:25pm | M 4x400 (Quarter) – Glass-Graham, Jr. -Uruburu-Dukes |
| 9:45pm | W 4x400 (Quarter) – Reynolds-Gause-Curtis-Eutsey |
