Track & Field Gators Take on Starkville for SEC Outdoor Championships
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 | Track and Field
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- The No. 3/4 Florida track and field teams descend upon Starkville looking to make history this weekend at the Mike Sanders Track and Field Complex. While the Gators own nine SEC outdoor championships combined, UF's men are aiming for their first outdoor crown since 2010; the women last won SEC outdoors in 2009.
While team championships are always a goal, the Gators have the potential to turn in a number of special performances in Starkville, starting with three-time defending triple jump champion Ciarra Brewer. Brewer will look to cap off her senior season with her fourth straight outdoor triple jump title to become the first ever to accomplish the feat. Senior defending SEC and NCAA javelin champion Fawn Miller joins Brewer as a defending champ on the women's side. In men's action, seniors Stipe Zunic and Marquis Dendy both return shooting to defend their titles, Zunic in the shot put and Dendy in the triple jump. Zunic, who has a SEC crown in the javelin from 2012, won the shot put last year in 2014 and will add discus -- in addition to shot put -- to his lineup this season.
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The Gators boast the top mark in the league in six events entering the conference championships, including NCAA leading 4x4 relays on both sides.
A wealth of new faces and a deep squad will make for a fun SEC Outdoors for the Orange and Blue crew. Take sophomore transfer Eric Futch, the SEC leader in the 400-meter hurdles, SEC Indoor Champions Najee Glass (400), Kyra Jefferson (200) and Ryan Schnulle (800) all ready to hit the track in Starkville. Then there's senior distance guru Mark Parrish and freshman two-time indoor All-American jumper KeAndre Bates. Florida's men won the 2015 SEC Indoor title and were the NCAA runner-up. The Florida women were the SEC runner-up indoors and finished fourth at NCAA Indoors just two months ago.
SEC OUTDOORS SNAPSHOT
The Orange and Blue own nine combined SEC Outdoor titles entering the 2015 championships:
· Men: ('53, '56, '87, '10)
· Women: ('92, '97, '98, '03, '09)
RETURNING INDIVIDUAL SEC CHAMPIONS & NOTES | University of Florida Track & Field Meet Notes
· CIARRA BREWER: The three-time defending triple jump champion, Brewer will aim to be the first-ever four-time SEC Outdoor Triple Jump Champion (Gator Shara Proctor won three straight from 2008-10)
· FAWN MILLER: Looking for her third SEC Outdoor title in the javelin (2011, 2014), aiming to give UF its eighth SEC outdoor jav title in nine years
· MARQUIS DENDY: The five-time national champion is looking for his sixth SEC individual title, having won four jumps titles indoors and his first outdoors in the triple jump last season. Dendy will look to give the Gators six straight SEC outdoor triple jump titles
· STIPE ZUNIC: The 2012 SEC javelin champion, Zunic has transitioned to the shot put and enters 2015 SECs as the defending shot put champion. He's won a javelin SEC Outdoor title in 2012, shot put in 2014 and will also compete in the discus throw this season
2015 SEC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION | Mike Sanders Track and Field Complex
· SEC Outdoor Central | Meet Schedule & Information
· Friday SEC Network+ Stream (starts at 4:40pm ET)
· Saturday SEC Network+ Stream (starts at 3:50pm ET)
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· Women: No. 4
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PERFORMANCE LISTS: W Outdoor Top 10 | M Outdoor Top 10 | 2015 Outdoor Performance Chart
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2015 SEC OUTDOORS GATORS MEET SCHEDULE (All times CT)
Thursday Schedule
| 11:00AM | WOMEN'S HAMMER PRELIM & FINAL – Bostic / Cameron |
| 2:30PM | MEN'S HAMMER PRELIM & FINAL – Strawn |
| 6:30PM | MEN'S 800M PRELIM – Schnulle / Arroyo |
| 6:45PM | WOMEN'S 800M PRELIM – Francis |
| 7:05PM | MEN'S 200M PRELIM – Dukes / Wright / Daniels |
| 7:25PM | WOMEN'S 200M PRELIM – Jefferson / Gause |
| 7:40PM | MEN'S 400M HURDLES PRELIM – Futch / Holmes / Aird / Dix |
| 8:15PM | MEN'S 10,000M FINAL – Clark / Garcia |
| 9:00PM | WOMEN'S 10,000M FINAL – Brasure |
Friday Schedule
| 2:00PM | MEN'S LONG JUMP PRELIM & FINAL – Dendy / Bates |
| 2:00PM | WOMEN'S LONG JUMP PRELIM & FINAL – McQueen |
| 4:00PM | MEN'S SHOT PUT PRELIM & FINAL – Zunic |
| 4:00PM | WOMEN'S HIGH JUMP FINAL – Burke |
| 5:00PM | WOMEN'S DISCUS PRELIM & FINAL – Cameron / Dykes |
| 3:45PM | MEN'S 1500M PRELIM – Chambers |
| 4:00PM | WOMEN'S 1500M PRELIM – Tubbs / Perry / Huskey / Hayes / Greene |
| 4:20PM | MEN'S 110M HURDLES PRELIM – Hart / Pitt / Chambliss |
| 4:40PM | WOMEN'S 100M HURDLES PRELIM – Owens / McEnany / Favors / Eady |
| 5:00PM | MEN'S 400M PRELIM – Glass / Hall / Uruburu |
| 5:20PM | WOMEN'S 400M PRELIM – Reynolds / Washington / Nunn |
| 5:40PM | MEN'S 100M PRELIM – Dukes / Wright / Daniels / Osorio |
| 5:55PM | WOMEN'S 100M PRELIM – Sanders |
| 6:20PM | MEN'S STEEPLECHASE FINAL – Parrish |
| 6:40PM | WOMEN'S STEEPLECHASE FINAL - McDermott |
Saturday Schedule (all finals competitors pending qualification from prelims Thursday and Friday)
| 1:00PM | WOMEN'S JAVELIN PRELIM & FINAL – Miller / Oniwinde |
| 1:00PM | WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP PRELIM & FINAL – Brewer / McQueen / Warner |
| 1:00PM | MEN'S TRIPLE JUMP FINAL – Dendy / Bates |
| 2:30PM | MEN'S POLE VAULT FINAL – Glasser / Amodio / Watkins |
| 3:30PM | MEN'S DISCUS PRELIM & FINAL – Zunic |
| 4:00PM | WOMEN'S SHOT PUT PRELIM & FINAL – Cameron |
| 4:00PM | MEN'S HIGH JUMP FINAL – Victor |
| 3:00PM | MEN'S 4X100M FINAL – Wright-Hall-Futch-Glass (Hart, Graham, Jr.) |
| 3:10PM | WOMEN'S 4X100M FINAL – Reynolds-Sanders-Gause-Jefferson (Washington, Owens) |
| 3:20PM | MEN'S 1500M FINAL – Chambers |
| 3:30PM | WOMEN'S 1500M FINAL – Tubbs / Perry / Huskey / Hayes / Greene |
| 3:40PM | MEN'S 110M HURDLES FINAL– Hart / Pitt / Chambliss |
| 3:50PM | WOMEN'S 100M HURDLES FINAL– Owens / McEnany / Favors / Eady |
| 4:00PM | MEN'S 400M FINAL– Glass / Hall / Uruburu |
| 4:10PM | WOMEN'S 400M FINAL– Reynolds / Washington / Nunn |
| 4:20PM | MEN'S 100M FINAL– Dukes / Wright / Daniels / Osorio |
| 4:30PM | WOMEN'S 100M FINAL – Sanders |
| 4:40PM | MEN'S 800M FINAL – Schnulle / Arroyo |
| 4:50PM | WOMEN'S 800M FINAL – Francis |
| 5:00PM | MEN'S 400M HURDLES FINAL – Futch / Holmes / Aird / Dix |
| 5:10PM | WOMEN'S 400M HURDLES FINAL |
| 5:20PM | MEN'S 200M FINAL – Dukes / Wright / Daniels |
| 5:30PM | WOMEN'S 200M FINAL – Gause/Jefferson |
| 5:40PM | MEN'S 5000M FINAL – Chambers / Clark / Garcia / Parrish |
| 6:00PM | WOMEN'S 5000M FINAL – Tubbs / Brasure / Greene / Huskey / McDermott / Perry |
| 6:25PM | MEN'S 4X400M FINAL – Uruburu-Dukes-Futch-Glass (Hall, Graham, Jr.) |
| 6:35PM | WOMEN'S 4X400M FINAL – Reynolds-Jefferson-Gause-Francis (Washington) |
