No. 1/6 Gators Ready to Open Indoor Season at Rod McCravy Memorial

Friday, January 22

Lexington, KY

Florida Gators

Rod McCravy Invitational

Najee Glass and the Gators are looking to validate their preseason rankings this weekend.

No. 1/6 Gators Ready to Open Indoor Season at Rod McCravy Memorial

Thursday, January 21, 2016 | Track and Field

Florida's national title pursuit begins this weekend in Lexington, Ky.

By: Zach Dirlam

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Florida track and field program's march toward the NCAA Indoor Championships begins on Friday (Jan. 22) and Saturday (Jan. 23), when it opens the 2016 campaign at the Rod McCravy Memorial, hosted by the University of Kentucky.

The Gators, ranked No. 1 on the men's side and No. 6 on the women's side in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Preseason National Team Rankings, return to this meet for a third consecutive year.

Last season, UF broke meet records in both the men's and women's 4x400-meter relay. Former Gator Sean Obinwa's 2014 meet record in the men's 800 meters (1:48.20) still stands, but might get a scare this weekend from the dynamic duo of Andres Arroyo and Ryan Schnulle.

Najee Glass returns to Nutter Field House holding the facility record in the men's 400 meters (45.37), which won him the league title at last season's SEC Indoor Championships.

Of the 12 programs bound for Lexington, four men's teams are nationally ranked, while six women's clubs find themselves in the initial top 25.

Three of the most competitive events will be the men's and women's 60 meters, as well as the men's 60-meter hurdles. All three feature a host of athletes already boasting top-16 national times and returning athletes who were lauded in the preseason event rankings.
SEC Network Plus on Watch ESPN will provide live coverage of Saturday's competition, starting at 12 p.m. ET and ending once the meet concludes.

ROD McCRAVY MEMORIAL MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Live Stream – Saturday, 12 p.m. (SEC Network + on Watch ESPN)
Live Results
Heat Sheets (subject to change)
Complete Meet Schedule (subject to change)
Venue – Nutter Field House (Lexington, Ky.)
Participating Teams: Baylor (No. 11 women), Clemson (No. 22 women), Georgia (No. 2 women; No. 6 men), Harvard, Houston (No. 25 men), Illinois, Kentucky (No. 8 women), Miami (Fla.) (No. 17 women), Missouri, Virginia (No. 18 men), Western Kentucky

Day One – Friday, January 22nd
Time	Athlete -- Event	Gender	Round
3:00 p.m.	AJ McFarland – Weight Throw	Men	Final
	Darrielle McQueen – Long Jump	Women	Final
6:00 p.m.	Lloydricia Cameron; Jontavia Dykes – Weight Throw	Women	Final
	KeAndre Bates – Long Jump	Men	Final
7:02 p.m.	Eric Futch; Jabari Hill; TJ Holmes; Nick Uruburu – 600 yards	Men	Final

Day Two – Saturday, January 23rd
Time	Athlete -- Event	Gender	Round
11:00 a.m.	Ebony Luster – Triple Jump	Women	Final
	Cameron – Shot Put	Women	Final
12:00 p.m.	Harry Glasser; Aaron Owens; Jared Watkins – Pole Vault	Men	Final
	Ryann McEnany; Skylar Ross-Ransom – 60-Meter Hurdles	Women	Prelims
12:15 p.m.	Marques Burgman; Caleb Chambliss; Yanick Hart; Moriel Pitt – 60-Meter Hurdles	Men	Prelims
12:30 p.m.	Robin Reynolds; Shayla Sanders – 60 Meters	Women	Prelims
12:45 p.m.	Ryan Clark; Damien Daniels; Arman Hall; Shayne Rodney; Michael Timpson Jr.; Antwan Wright – 60 Meters	Men	Prelims
1:00 p.m.	McEnany; Ross-Ransom – 60-Meter Hurdles	Women	Final
1:05 p.m.	Burgman; Chambliss; Hart; Pitt – 60-Meter Hurdles	Men	Final
1:10 p.m.	Reynolds; Sanders – 60 Meters	Women	Final
1:15 p.m.	Clark; Daniels; Hall; Rodney; Timpson Jr.; Wright – 60 Meters	Men	Final
2:00 p.m.	Mikayla Barber; Shamaria Lovett; Allison Richmond – 400 Meters	Women	Final
2:18 p.m.	Gabriel Aird; Kunle Fasasi – 400 Meters	Men	Final
2:35 p.m.	Claudia Francis; Kylee Strausser – 800 Meters	Women	Final
2:50 p.m.	Andres Arroyo; Ryan Schnulle – 800 Meters	Men	Final
3:45 p.m.	Francis, Kyra Jefferson, Reynolds, Taylor Sharpe; Barber, Lovett, Richmond, Strausser – 4x400-Meter Relay	Women	Final
4:10 p.m.	Clark, Fasasi, Najee Glass, Hall; Aird, Arroyo, Hill, Schnulle, Uruburu – 4x400-Meter Relay	Men	Final