Saturday, January 7
Clemson, SC
10 AM
Florida Gators
at
Orange & Purple Classic
Lloydricia Cameron looks to build on a successful sophomore campaign.
Gators Open 2017 at Orange & Purple Classic
Friday, January 6, 2017 | Track and Field
Florida will send a strong contingent of returning All-Americans to its first meet of the season
CLEMSON, S.C. – The University of Florida track and field program opens its indoor campaign Saturday (Jan. 7) at the Orange & Purple Classic, which will be the first meet on Clemson University Indoor Complex's brand-new banked 200-meter track.
Offseason Review
On the men's side, six Gators who combined for 39 of the team's 49 individual points in last year's NCAA Outdoor Championships victory are back for the Orange and Blue.
Two of them will be in action Saturday.
Junior KeAndre Bates opens his season in the long jump, an event in which he finished fourth at NCAA Indoor Championships and third at NCAA Outdoor Championships a year ago. Kunle Fasasi, who became the fifth UF freshman quarter-miler in history to score at NCAA Outdoors, gets his first run of the year in the 300 meters. Sophomore Ryan Clark (4x100 relay) and Nick Uruburu (indoor 4x400 relay), two other returning NCAA scorers, will open in the 60 meters and 500 meters, respectively. The two, along with Fasasi, will run the 300 meters as well.
UF's women will see five returning NCAA qualifiers compete in the season-opening meet.
For the women, two-time national champion Destinee Gause is back from a redshirt season, starting her return in the 60 meters and 300 meters. Redshirt sophomore Jontavia Dykes and junior All-American Lloydricia Cameron, both of whom enjoyed breakout seasons in the spring, open the year in the weight throw and shot put, respectively. Five-time All-American Darrielle McQueen and three-time All-American Yanis David will make their season debuts in the long jump.
A full timetable for Saturday's competition is below.
ORANGE & PURPLE CLASSIC MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
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Offseason Review
- Release: Futch Named to The Bowerman Preseason Watch List
- FEATURE: Holloway Gives Thanks, Touches Hearts with Hall of Fame Speech
- Release: Holloway Named to USTFCCCA Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2016
- Release: Gators Sign 11 to National Letters of Intent During Early Signing Period
- Recap: Gators Set Single-Olympiad Program Records for Gold, Overall Medals
- Recap: Arroyo Makes History at Olympics
- Recap: David Wins Long Jump Gold at IAAF World Junior Championships
- Recap: Gators Rack Up Medals at NACAC U23 Championships
- Release: 15 Gators Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual Honors
On the men's side, six Gators who combined for 39 of the team's 49 individual points in last year's NCAA Outdoor Championships victory are back for the Orange and Blue.
Two of them will be in action Saturday.
Junior KeAndre Bates opens his season in the long jump, an event in which he finished fourth at NCAA Indoor Championships and third at NCAA Outdoor Championships a year ago. Kunle Fasasi, who became the fifth UF freshman quarter-miler in history to score at NCAA Outdoors, gets his first run of the year in the 300 meters. Sophomore Ryan Clark (4x100 relay) and Nick Uruburu (indoor 4x400 relay), two other returning NCAA scorers, will open in the 60 meters and 500 meters, respectively. The two, along with Fasasi, will run the 300 meters as well.
UF's women will see five returning NCAA qualifiers compete in the season-opening meet.
For the women, two-time national champion Destinee Gause is back from a redshirt season, starting her return in the 60 meters and 300 meters. Redshirt sophomore Jontavia Dykes and junior All-American Lloydricia Cameron, both of whom enjoyed breakout seasons in the spring, open the year in the weight throw and shot put, respectively. Five-time All-American Darrielle McQueen and three-time All-American Yanis David will make their season debuts in the long jump.
A full timetable for Saturday's competition is below.
ORANGE & PURPLE CLASSIC MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
- Live Results
- Heat Sheets
- Venue: Clemson University Indoor Complex
- Division I Teams Competing: Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Florida A&M, Florida International, Georgia, Georgia State (women), Georgia Tech, North Carolina A&T
- Complete Meet Schedule
| Unless noted otherwise, all events are finals | |
| Time | Gators – Event |
| 10:00 a.m. | Jontavia Dykes; Amara Wiggan – Women's Weight Throw |
| 12:00 p.m. | Yanis David; Asa Garcia; Darrielle McQueen – Women's Long Jump |
| 12:30 p.m. | AJ McFarland – Men's Weight Throw |
| 1:15 p.m. | Brandee' Johnson, Ryann McEnany; Timetria Mitchell – Women's 60-meter Hurdles (Prelims) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Marques Burgman; Caleb Chambliss; Grant Holloway – Men's 60-meter Hurdles (Prelims) |
| 1:45 p.m. | Mikayla Barber – Women's 500 meters |
| 2:00 p.m. | Jabari Hill; Nick Uruburu – Men's 500 meters |
| 2:15 p.m. | Destinee Gause; Timetria Mitchell – Women's 60 meters (Prelims) |
| 2:30 p.m. | Michael Harris; Aaron Owens – Men's Pole Vault |
| Lloydricia Cameron – Women's Shot Put | |
| Ryan Clark; Damien Daniels; Shayne Rodney; Michael Timpson Jr. – Men's 60 meters (Prelims) | |
| 3:00 p.m. | KeAndre Bates – Men's Long Jump |
| 3:40 p.m. | Johnson; McEnany; Mitchell – Women's 60-meter Hurdles |
| 3:50 p.m. | Burgman; Chambliss; Holloway – Men's 60-meter Hurdles |
| 4:00 p.m. | Gause; Mitchell – Women's 60 meters |
| 4:10 p.m. | Clark; Daniels; Rodney; Timpson Jr. – Men's 60 meters |
| 4:20 p.m. | Sharrika Barnett; Taylor Sharpe – Women's 400 meters |
| 5:00 p.m. | Ebony Luster – Women's Triple Jump |
| Clayton Brown – Men's High Jump | |
| Connor Bandel – Men's Shot Put | |
| 5:10 p.m. | Gause; Johnson – Women's 300 meters |
| 5:30 p.m. | Clark; Kunle Fasasi; Holloway; Uruburu – Men's 300 meters |
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