No. 1/3 T&F Qualifies 23 for NCAA Indoor Championships March 13-14
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 | Track and Field
2015 NCAA Female Qualifiers | 2015 NCAA Male Qualifiers
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- A total of 23 Gator track and field athletes are among the accepted competitors to the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, announced by the Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee Tuesday in advance of the indoor championships March 13 & 14 at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville.
The No. 1/3 Gators will take a group of 25 athletes to NCAA Indoors, including two relay alternates, as the women's squad qualified 12 with 13 event entries, second-most in the country, and the men's team 11 athletes with a nation-leading 14 event entries for 2015 indoors.
The Orange and Blue own a combined four NCAA Indoor Championships, including one on the women's side in 1992 and three straight for the Florida men from 2010-12. Both University of Florida squads finished third at last year's NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, marking the men's sixth-straight top-three finish and the highest finish for the women's program indoors under head coach Mike Holloway. On the women's side, Florida's 40.5 points at indoor nationals were its most in 10 years, while the Gators' 20 All-America honors were the most in program history.
ESPN3 will stream the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships live March 13 & 14 beginning at 7 p.m. ET. A tape delay of the championships will air March 23 on ESPN at 7 p.m.
2015 NCAA INDOOR QUALIFIERS
WOMEN | 12 individual qualifiers, one relay alternate (13 total): Bostic, Brewer, Burke, Francis, Gause, Harrell, Jefferson, McQueen, Owens, Reynolds, Sanders, Warner, Washington (alt)
· Jayla Bostic: WT (20.86m/68-5)
· Ciarra Brewer: TJ (13.77m/45-2.25)
· Taylor Burke: HJ (1.84m/6-0.5)
· Claudia Francis: 800m (2:04.49)
· Destinee Gause: 200m (23.22)
· Brittany Harrell: Pentathlon (4226)
· Kyra Jefferson: 200m (22.81)
· Darrielle McQueen: LJ (6.30m/20-8)
· Bridgette Owens: 60mH (8.02)
· Robin Reynolds: 400m (52.27)
· Shayla Sanders: 60m (7.21)
· Gissell Warner: TJ (12.97m/42-6.75)
· Destiny Washington: 4x4 alternate
· Florida 4x4: Robin Reynolds, Destinee Gause, Kyra Jefferson, Claudia Francis (Destiny Washington): 3:29.58
MEN | 11 individual qualifiers, one relay alternate (12 total): Arroyo, Bates, Dendy, Dukes, Futch (alt), Glass, Graham, Jr., Hall, Parrish, Schnulle, Uruburu, Zunic
· Andres Arroyo: 800m (1:46.78)
· KeAndre Bates: LJ (7.84m/25-8.75) & TJ (16.06m/19-10.75)
· Marquis Dendy: LJ (8.02m/26-3.75) & TJ (17.23m/56-6.5)
· Dedric Dukes: 200m (20.91)
· Eric Futch: 4x4 alternate
· Najee Glass: 400m (45.34)
· Hugh Graham, Jr.: 400m (45.98)
· Gino Hall: 400m: 45.97
· Mark Parrish: 5K (13:41.87)
· Ryan Schnulle: 800m (1:47.29)
· Nick Uruburu: 400m (46.31)
· Stipe Zunic: SP (20.61m/67-7.5)
· Florida 4x4: Najee Glass, Dedric Dukes, Nick Uruburu, Gino Hall (Eric Futch): 3:04.28
WEEKLY LINKS
· 2015 SEC Indoor Championships Recap: No. 1 Men Win SEC Title, No. 3 Women Runners-Up
· VIDEO: SEC Indoor Individual Champions Interviews
· READ: Antonya English -- For Gators' Holloway, it's all about staying on track
· VIDEO: Head Coach Mike Holloway Monday Press Conference
2015 NCAA INDOOR MEET & BROACAST INFORMATION
RECAPPING SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
· The No. 1 Gator men's track and field team won the SEC Indoor Championship Saturday, the program's seventh indoor conference title in school history and its first since 2011 behind five SEC individual titles and a wealth of depth. On the women's side, No. 3 Florida earned a runner-up finish with 86 points behind the team from Arkansas (130). The ladies squad finished in the top two at the conference championships for the fourth time in the last six seasons
· For head coach Mike Holloway, the SEC Indoor title marked his eighth SEC title, indoors and outdoors, at the helm of the program, including his third indoors title as head coach of the Florida men
· Junior Kyra Jefferson, the women's 200m SEC Champion and 400m runner-up, helped lead the No. 3 Florida women's squad that secured seven podium performances over the weekend
· On the men's side, Florida's rise to the top was the result of multiple factors, including a double in both the triple and long jump from senior Marquis Dendy. Dendy tied for the Cliff Harper High Point Trophy for contributing 20 points towards UF's tally
· The Gators additionally boasted SEC Champions in Najee Glass (400m), Ryan Schnulle (800m) and Stipe Zunic (shot put)
· SEC Track & Field Highlight Show: March 9, 2015 | ESPNU | 7:30-9 p.m.
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