Florida Men Take Seventh, Jefferson Highlights Women’s Closing Day at NCAA Indoor Championships

Saturday, March 12

Birmingham, AL

Florida Gators

NCAA Indoor Championships

Kyra Jefferson totaled 10 points for the Gators in the 200 and 400 meters.

Florida Men Take Seventh, Jefferson Highlights Women’s Closing Day at NCAA Indoor Championships

Saturday, March 12, 2016 | Track and Field

The Gators saw the third-longest streak of top-three finishes at the NCAA Indoor Championships history snapped

By: Zach Dirlam

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Florida men's and women's track and field teams finished seventh and tied for 14th, respectively, at the NCAA Indoor Championships, hosted by the Birmingham CrossPlex.

Senior sprinter Kyra Jefferson was a bright spot on an otherwise gloomy day for the Gators. The Detroit, Mich. native took runner-up honors in the 200 meters and seventh place in the 400 meters, totaling 10 points in the events. It is just the ninth time in NCAA Indoor Championships history an athlete totaled double-digit points in those events.

The seventh-place finish marks the first time since 2008 the Gators finished outside the top three of the men's competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The program's streak of seven consecutive top-three finishes was the third-longest in Division I history. The women finished outside the top 10 for just the second time since 2012.

A highlight-based replay of the meet will be broadcast at 7 p.m. ET Sunday (March 13) on ESPN2.

NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTES & NUMBERS

Kyra Jefferson is the eighth woman since 1999, and the first since Hazel Ann Regis (LSU) in 2005 to score in both the 200 and 400 meters
For the fourth time since 1999, multiple Gators (Jefferson, Claudia Francis) scored in the women's 400 meters
- The other UF tandems were Lanie Whittaker and Ebony Eutsey (2012), Tiandra Ponteen and Novlene Williams (2004), and Yolanda Brown-Moore and Nadia Graham (1999)
This is just the second time since 2009 the Gators did not have an individual men's national champion

NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern and subject to change)

Television Replay – Sunday, March 13, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Results (Flash Results)
Venue: Birmingham CrossPlex (Birmingham, Ala.)

Day Two – Saturday, March 12th
Event	Place (Score), Athlete – Time/Mark \| Notes
60m (W)	7 (2). Shayla Sanders – 7.22
TJ (W)	13. Darrielle McQueen – 12.80m (42-0)
	14. Yanis David – 12.60m (41-4.25)
400m (M)	4 (5). Arman Hall – 46.44
	6 (3). Najee Glass – 46.60
400m (W)	7 (2). Kyra Jefferson – 52.28
	8 (1). Claudia Francis – 52.84
200m (M)	Arman Hall – DNF
200m (W)	2 (8). Kyra Jefferson – 22.83
4x400 (M)	2 (8). Eric Futch-Kunle Fasasi-Nick Uruburu-Najee Glass – 3:05.17
4x400 (W)	7 (2). Robin Reynolds-Kyra Jefferson-Sharrika Barnett-Claudia Francis – 3:32.16

Day One – Friday, March 11th
Event	Place (Score), Athlete – Time/Mark \| Notes
LJ (M)	4 (5). KeAndre Bates – 7.73 meters (25-4.5)
60mH (M)*	14. Yanick Hart – 7.94
60mH (W)*	14. Skylar Ross-Ransom – 8.19 \| 0.01 seconds off of PR
60m (M)*	12. Ryan Clark – 6.65 \| 0.01 seconds off of PR; missed final by 0.03 seconds
60m (W)*	3. Shayla Sanders – 7.17 \| Advanced to final (time)
400m (M)*	1. Najee Glass – 46.31 \| Advanced to final (time)
	7. Arman Hall – 46.59 \| Advanced to final (time)
LJ (W)	13. Darrielle McQueen – 6.11 meters (20-0.5)
400m (W)*	7. Kyra Jefferson – 52.54 \| Advanced to final (time)
	8. Claudia Francis – 53.09 \| Advanced to final (time)
	10. Robin Reynolds – 53.18 \| Missed final by 0.09 seconds
800m (M)*	15. Andres Arroyo – 1:50.66
200m (M)*	4. Arman Hall – 20.85 \| Advanced to final (time)
200m (W)*	4. Kyra Jefferson – 23.14 \| Advanced to final (time)

* - denotes preliminary race

Men's Top Five Teams
Place	Team	Points
1.	No. 1 Oregon	62
2.	No. 2 Arkansas	39
3.	No. 6 Tennessee	34
4.	No. 5 LSU	28
5.	No. 7 Texas	25
7.	No. 3 Florida	21

Women's Top Five Teams
Place	Team	Points
1.	No. 2 Oregon	53
2.	No. 4 Arkansas	50
3.	No. 3 Georgia	45
4.	No. 5 Texas	44
5.	No. 7 Notre Dame	35
T-14.	No. 1 Florida	15

HEARING OUT (COACH) HOLLOWAY
On his overall assessment of the weekend…
"It was an incredibly disappointing weekend, almost to the point of embarrassment. It's one of those things where I'd love to tell you what happened. I have no clue. At the end of the day, bottoming out with everybody, I'm the head coach, that's my responsibility. I've got to figure out what's wrong.

"All I can say is that we will be better outdoors. We have to be. We are a much better team than we showed. On the men's side we got a little dinged up in places, but we still had to step up and do better. I'm just very, very disappointed."

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