KeAndre Bates is one of six men (and three Gators) ranked in the top five nationally in multiple NCAA Championship events.
Barnett, Bates Earn Weekly SEC Accolades
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 | Track and Field
Barnett and Bates combined for three event victories and three national top-five times/marks at last weekend's Razorback Invitational
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Florida sprinter Sharrika Barnett and jumper KeAndre Bates were awarded weekly Southeastern Conference honors Tuesday (Jan. 31), with Barnett nabbing Women's Runner of the Week and Bates collecting Men's Field Athlete of the Week.
Barnett won the Razorback Invitational 400 meters title in 52.07 seconds, the No. 3-ranked time in Division I and the top time among SEC runners this year. In addition, Barnett joined Robin Reynolds and Tiandra Ponteen as the only Gators underclassmen in history to break 52.40.
The Orlando, Fla. product topped the next-fastest SEC runner in the field by more than a full second, and she is now one of two SEC runners to break 53.45 seconds this year.
The huge personal record also made Barnett:
Bates scored a pair of victories at the Razorback Invitational, sweeping the horizontal jumps.
The El Paso, Texas native won the triple jump by over three feet, tying the national lead with a top mark of 16.66 meters (54 feet, 8 inches). Bates and Arkansas' Clive Pullen share a mark that leads the third-best jump this year by 28 centimeters.
Bates also improved his season-best long jump mark to 7.84 meters (25 feet, 8.75 inches), which ranks fourth nationally.
For added perspective, Bates' jumps last weekend make him:
The Gators, whose men lead the nation with four national leads, nine national top 5s, and 10 national top 10s in NCAA Championship events, will see their throwing corps compete at this weekend's Virginia Tech "Doc Hale" Elite Meet.
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Barnett won the Razorback Invitational 400 meters title in 52.07 seconds, the No. 3-ranked time in Division I and the top time among SEC runners this year. In addition, Barnett joined Robin Reynolds and Tiandra Ponteen as the only Gators underclassmen in history to break 52.40.
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— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) January 28, 2017
Sharrika Barnett WINS the #RazorbackInvite title in 52.07!
No. 3?? nationally and No. 5?? on the ???? all-time list ?? pic.twitter.com/gUqZeshWP2
The Orlando, Fla. product topped the next-fastest SEC runner in the field by more than a full second, and she is now one of two SEC runners to break 53.45 seconds this year.
The huge personal record also made Barnett:
- Eighth SEC underclassman since 2003 to break 52.10
- Fifth SEC underclassman since 2002 to break 52.10 prior to NCAA Indoor Championships
- Shamier Little, Texas A&M (51.37, 2015), Tiandra Ponteen, Florida (51.47, 2005), Robin Reynolds, Florida (51.77, 2014), Natasha Hastings, South Carolina (51.85, 2005
- No. 5-ranked 400 meters runner on UF's all-time indoor top 10
Bates scored a pair of victories at the Razorback Invitational, sweeping the horizontal jumps.
The El Paso, Texas native won the triple jump by over three feet, tying the national lead with a top mark of 16.66 meters (54 feet, 8 inches). Bates and Arkansas' Clive Pullen share a mark that leads the third-best jump this year by 28 centimeters.
.@ijump_524 Summary:
— Gators T & F and XC (@GatorsTF) January 28, 2017
Ties NCAA lead - 16.66m / 54-8
Improves No. 5?? mark on ???? all-time list
Wins #RazorbackInvite by 3+ feet #GoGators pic.twitter.com/0pVzmsjFIM
Bates also improved his season-best long jump mark to 7.84 meters (25 feet, 8.75 inches), which ranks fourth nationally.
For added perspective, Bates' jumps last weekend make him:
- One of six men in Division I (and one of three Gators) ranked in the top five nationally in multiple NCAA Championship events this season
- Fourth Division I man since 2006 and eighth Division I man since 2002 to long jump over 7.80 meters and triple jump over 16.65 meters prior to NCAA Indoor Championships
- Eric Sloan, USC (17.03m / 7.85m – 2016), Marquis Dendy, Florida (17.23m / 8.02m – 2015), Will Claye, Florida (17.17m / 7.95m – 2011), Aarik Wilson, Indiana (16.83m / 8.12m – 2005), Lejuan Simon, LSU (16.91m / 8.27m – 2004), Leevan Sands, Auburn (17.02m / 8.10m – 2004; 16.71m / 7.82m – 2003), Walter Davis, LSU (17.13m / 8.09m – 2002)
- No. 5-ranked triple jumper on UF's all-time indoor top 10
The Gators, whose men lead the nation with four national leads, nine national top 5s, and 10 national top 10s in NCAA Championship events, will see their throwing corps compete at this weekend's Virginia Tech "Doc Hale" Elite Meet.
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