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Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
Gators Shake Up NCAA Top 20 Lists at Tom Jones Memorial Invitational
Friday, April 22, 2016 | Track and Field
UF logged 11 top-20 NCAA Division I times and marks on Friday
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Even amid rainy conditions, the University of Florida track and field program took advantage of its final home meet of the season, logging 11 top-20 NCAA Division I times and marks at Friday's (April 22) Tom Jones Memorial Invitational.
The Gators also had four times and marks that either broke into or usurped previous personal bests on the program's all-time outdoor top 10. Additionally, a whopping 18 Gators logged personal records.
Three of the four UF top 10s came from throwers. Sophomore Lloydricia Cameron was the first to do so, notching the No. 3-ranked mark in program history (55.14 meters) to win the discus throw. The other two came later in the day, from javelin throwers Kike Oniwinde and Megan Reed. Oniwinde improved her No. 5 ranking on the UF all-time top 10 by over seven feet (50.94 meters) and is now the No. 17-ranked javelin thrower in Division I this season. Reed, who was on the Gators' softball team at this time last year, threw 47.60 meters, the No. 8 mark in program history.
Four of the top-20 NCAA Division I times came in the sprint and relay events.
The men's 4x100 relay team of Antwan Wright, Hugh Graham Jr., Michael Timpson Jr., and Ryan Clark finished in 39.11, the fourth-fastest time in the country this year. Graham Jr. came back to run the 4x400 relay with Kunle Fasasi, Arman Hall, and Najee Glass, helping the crew to a season-best time of 3:03.07 and the No. 3 ranking nationally.
Hall and Glass were the also top two collegians in their first 400 meters runs of the outdoor season. Hall's time of 45.17 ranks second nationally, while Glass' 45.59 checks in at fifth.
In her first 100 meters race as a collegian, redshirt junior Kyra Jefferson clocked a wind-legal 11.17, the No. 4 time in Division I this year. It also ranks fourth on UF's all-time outdoor top 10.
Claudia Francis and TJ Holmes both recorded impressive times in the 400-meter hurdles, as both cracked the Division I top 10. Francis' time of 56.13 was just one hundredth of a second off the school record.
TOM JONES MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern and subject to change)
- Results (Perfect Timing)
- Results (PDF)
- Teams: Bethune-Cookman, Coastal Carolina, Florida A&M (women), Florida Atlantic (women), Florida Gulf Coast, Florida Southern (men), Florida State (No. 20 women), Jacksonville (women), McKendree, Miami (No. 13 women), North Florida, Northern Iowa (men), TCU (No. 25 men), UCF (women), VCU
| Gators' Meet Results | |
| Event | Place, Athlete – Time/Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| HT (M) | 4. AJ McFarland – 59.66 meters (195-9) |
| Angel Parra – FOUL | |
| LJ (W) | 4. Darrielle McQueen – 6.28 meters (20-7.25) [+1.6] |
| 5. Yanis David – 6.27 meters (20-7) [+0.7] | Tied No. 15 mark in Division I | |
| DT (W) | 1. Lloydricia Cameron – 55.14 meters (180-11) | No. 3-ranked mark in UF history; No. 15 mark in Division I; No. 7 mark in East Region |
| 7. Jontavia Dykes – 46.73 meters (153-4) | |
| HT (W) | 11. Dykes – 49.24 meters (161-6) |
| DT (M) | 5. Christopher Olson – 51.80 meters (169-11) | Topped PR by 2 feet, 3 inches |
| 8. McFarland – 47.47 meters (155-9) | First collegiate discus throw competition | |
| 100mH (W)# | 5. Skylar Ross-Ransom – 13.52 [+0.7] | Advanced to final (time) |
| 6. Ryann McEnany – 13.67 [+1.0] | Advanced to final (time); Wind-legal PR | |
| 16. Tyjah Eady – 14.11 [+0.7] | |
| 110mH (M) # | 2. Yanick Hart – 13.94 [+1.8] | Advanced to final (time) |
| 7. Caleb Chambliss – 14.52 [+0.6] | Advanced to final (time) | |
| 8. Marques Burgman – 14.59 [+1.8] | Advanced to final (time) | |
| 4x100 (M) | 1. Antwan Wright-Hugh Graham Jr.-Michael Timpson Jr.-Ryan Clark – 39.11 | No. 4-ranked time in Division I; No. 2 time in East Region; No.3 time in SEC |
| SP (W) | 2. Cameron – 15.98 meters (52-5.25) |
| 3kSC (M) | 5. Bryce Statham – 9:57.18 |
| 100mH (W) | McEnany – DNF |
| Ross-Ransom – DNS | |
| 110mH (M) | 1. Hart – 13.82 [+0.8] | No. 19 time in Division I; No. 10 time in East Region |
| 5. Burgman – 14.47 [+0.8] | Topped PR by 0.09 seconds | |
| 8. Chambliss – 14.74 [+0.8] | |
| 100m (W) | 4. Kyra Jefferson – 11.17 [+0.2] | No. 4-ranked time in UF history; No. 4 time in Division I; No. 2 time in East Region and SEC; Top collegiate finisher |
| 100m (M) | 13. R. Clark – 10.35 [+0.2] | Top collegiate finisher |
| 17. Timpson Jr. – 10.37 [+0.2] | Third place among collegians; topped PR by 0.03 | |
| 19. Wright – 10.50 [+0.2] | Fourth place among collegians | |
| 25. Damien Daniels – 10.66 [+0.6] | Ninth place among collegians; topped all-conditions PR by 0.03 seconds, wind-legal PR by 0.19 | |
| JT (W) | 1. Kike Oniwinde – 50.94 meters (167-1) | Topped PR by 7 feet, 1 inch; No. 17-ranked mark in Division I; No. 8 mark in East Region |
| 2. Megan Reed – 47.60 meters (156-2) | No. 8-ranked mark on UF's all-time top 10; No. 20 mark in East Region | |
| 400m (W) | 5. Sharrika Barnett – 52.81 | No. 21 time in Division I; No. 17 time in East Region; second place among collegians |
| 9. Robin Reynolds – 53.24 | |
| 17. Taylor Sharpe – 54.97 | |
| PV (M) | Jordan Mansour – NH |
| Jared Watkins – NH | |
| 400m (M) | 3. Arman Hall – 45.17 | No. 2 time in Division I; top collegiate finisher |
| 5. Najee Glass – 45.59 | No. 5 time in Division I; second place among collegians | |
| 14. Graham Jr. – 46.57 | No. 17 time in East Region; third place among collegians | |
| 16. Nick Uruburu – 47.19 | Tied No. 39 time in East Region; fifth place among collegians | |
| 800m (W) | 1. Taylor Tubbs – 2:10.76 |
| TJ (M) | 2. KeAndre Bates – 15.89 meters (52-1.75) [+0.6] | Top collegiate finisher |
| 800m (M) | 4. Jack Beitter – 1:52.16 | Second place among collegians |
| 400mH (W) | 2. Claudia Francis – 56.13 | No. 4 time in Division I; SEC and East Region-leading time; top collegiate finisher |
| 5. Mikayla Barber – 59.50 | No. 28 time in East Region; second place among collegians; topped PR by 0.99 seconds | |
| 12. Gina Louis – 1:03.14 | |
| 400mH (M) | 3. TJ Holmes – 50.48 | No. 7 time in Division I; top collegiate finisher |
| 11. Maurice Dix – 52.38 | No. 24 time in East Region; PR | |
| 18. Gabriel Aird – 53.52 | |
| 3,000m (M) | 1. Charles Chambers – 8:40.69 |
| 7. Elliott Clemente – 9:02.76 | |
| 200m (W) | 7. Reynolds – 24.03 [-0.2] | Top collegiate finisher |
| 200m (M) | t-9. R. Clark – 20.92 [-0.2] | Third place among collegians |
| 13. Kunle Fasasi – 20.98 [-0.2] | No. 31 time in East Region; fifth place among collegians | |
| 19. Uruburu – 21.55 [-0.2] | Sixth place among collegians | |
| 21. Timpson Jr. – 21.61 [-0.2] | Eighth place among collegians | |
| 38. Shayne Rodney – 22.55 [-1.2] | |
| 39. Daniels – 22.61 [-1.2] | |
| 1,500m (W) | 1. Elisabeth Bergh – 4:25.02 | PR |
| 2. Macy Huskey – 4:31.94 | |
| 3. Amber Johnson – 4:33.25 | |
| 4. Devin McDermott – 4:35.67 | PR | |
| Taylor Tubbs – DNF | |
| 1,500m (M) | 1. Andres Arroyo – 3:44.89 | No. 16 time in East Region |
| 4. Mac Reynolds – 3:48.99 | Second place among collegians; topped PR by 6.03 seconds | |
| 5. Magnus Pettersen – 3:49.46 | Third place among collegians | |
| 8. Eddie Garcia – 3:53.43 | Fifth place among collegians | |
| 10. Jack Rogers – 3:54.30 | Seventh place among collegians; topped PR by 5.41 seconds | |
| 11. Carlos Miranda – 3:54.43 | Eighth place among collegians | |
| 15. Trey LaNasa – 3:58.53 | 12th place among collegians; PR | |
| t-17. Jimmy Clark – 4:02.58 | Tied for 13th place among collegians | |
| 19. Mark Mutz – 4:02.70 | 15th place among collegians; PR | |
| 22. Austin Decker – 4:09.56 | 18th place among collegians; first collegiate 1,500m | |
| 4x400 (W) | 1. Francis-Barnett-Sharpe-Jefferson – 3:34.63 |
| 4x400 (M) | 2. Fasasi-Hall-Graham Jr.-Glass – 3:03.07 | No. 3-ranked time in Division I |
Note: All NCAA Division I and East Region rankings are for the 2016 season and based on times and marks through April 21 and Tom Jones Memorial Invitational results; # - denotes preliminary race
HEARING OUT (COACH) HOLLOWAY
On Florida's overall performance on Friday…
"Very pleased. I thought the throwers had a phenomenal meet—big PRs in the javelin, the discus on both sides. Thought the (men's) 4x400 did a good job, Claudia Francis getting close to the school record in a great (400-meter hurdles) run. Really proud of TJ Holmes, who gets a little better each week and is coming along.
"The men's 400 (meters) was big for us. Watching Najee (Glass) and Arman (Hall) run well tonight was really good. Then maybe the highlight of the day was Kyra Jefferson running 11.17 (in the 100 meters). I've been telling her if she trusted her abilities and was patient with the start, she could do that."
On the rainy weather causing delays early in the day…
"It rains. We're an outdoor sport. You're going to get rain delays. It happens sometimes. I was very proud of not just the Florida Gators athletes but all the athletes from the other schools, internationals, and post-collegiate athletes who were here, because everybody just kept running. We delayed a little bit, put the spikes back on, and we ran."
On the number of Gators who competed in events that weren't their specialty…
"With Kyra, running the 100 was more about working on her speed. She's always been strong and been able to finish things, so now we're just working on her ability to start, ability to accelerate. She has big goals, dreams, and aspirations of being an Olympian, and to make the U.S. Olympic team you have to run 21 seconds, I believe.
"And I've always run our 400 guys in the 200 (meters). (The 200) was affected the most by the rain, because it got the downpour and we never stopped the meet. Everybody's warmup was greatly interrupted by that. But (in the event) you work on your foot speed in the 200 and that allows you to come through the first leg of the 400 better."
On next weekend's trips to Penn Relays and LSU Invitational…
"The LSU meet is a great meet. Anytime you can get four or five SEC teams in the same place, there's going to be fireworks. We're just going to go in there and engage in the party like everybody else. Penn Relays is kind of a special trip. Najee is from there and I promised him we'd go there before he graduated. We're going to go up there and see if we can have a little fun."
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