No. 1/2 Gators Headed to Blacksburg for Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet
Thursday, February 5, 2015 | Track and Field
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- With just two weekends of competition remaining for the Gators before the 2015 SEC Indoor Championships, No. 1/2 Florida will continue the indoor campaign at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet in Blacksburg this weekend at Rector Field House.
The Gators will send five athletes up the east coast, as Jayla Bostic, Lloydricia Cameron and Becky Greene will represent the No. 1 women's squad, while throwers Kyle Strawn and Stipe Zunic will represent the No. 2 Gators on the men's side.
All five Florida athletes will aim to climb up the indoor performance lists in their respective events as the indoor postseason approaches. SEC Indoors are slated for Feb. 27-28 at Nutter Field House in Lexington, Ky., while NCAAs will take place March 13-14 at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
Gator fans can follow Bostic, Cameron, Green, Strawn and Zunic in Blacksburg with LIVE Results.
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE GATORS
The No. 1/2 Florida track and field team continued to show what it's capable of last weekend at the Razorback Invitational, where the squad had a number of personal-best performances and several NCAA and world-leading marks in Fayetteville to continue the success of the indoor campaign thus far. Gators' junior quartermiler Najee Glass turned in a PR, NCAA and World-leading mark with his 400m victory (45.34) to pick up USTFCCCA Division I Men's National Athlete of the Week honors, while junior sprinter Kyra Jefferson debuted 2015 with a NCAA and world-leading 23.06. Senior jumper Marquis Dendy swept the jumps in Fayetteville with his best mark in two years in the long jump (8.02m/26-3.75) to top the NCAA so far in 2015. In addition to Dendy, Glass and Jefferson, senior Bridgette Owens (8.10) leads the country in the 60mH and the Gator women's 4x400-meter relay (3:29.58) still tops the NCAA qualifying list through the first three weeks of the spring season
WEEKLY LINKS
· Najee Glass Garners USTFCCCA DI Men's National Athlete of the Week Honors
· Gators Dominate SEC Weekly Awards, Sweep Four of the Six Accolades
DOC HALE VIRGINIA TECH ELITE MEET INFORMATION
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| FRIDAY GATOR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS | |
| Field Events | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Men's Weight Throw – Strawn |
| 7:00 p.m. | Women's Weight Throw – Bostic/Cameron |
| SATURDAY GATOR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS | |
| Field Events | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Men's Shot Put – Zunic |
| 2:00 p.m. | Women's Shot Put – Cameron |
| Running Events | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Women's 3K – Greene |
IN THE POLLS
Women: No. 1
Men: No. 2
UP NEXT
Following the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite Meet this weekend, the Gators will split for the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville and the Iowa State Classic in Ames Feb. 13-14 before final preparations begin for the 2015 SEC Indoor Championships in Lexington Feb. 27-28.
