Gators Chase Trophies at NCAA Indoor Championships

Friday, March 9

College Station, TX

6:30 PM

Florida Gators

NCAA Indoor Championships

Kunle Fasasi (left) and Benjamin Lobo Vedel helped the Gators to one of the fastest 4x400 relay times in history earlier this year.

Gators Chase Trophies at NCAA Indoor Championships

Thursday, March 8, 2018 | Track and Field

Florida's men seek redemption after a half-point runner-up finish last season, while its women chase their first podium finish since 2015

By: Zach Dirlam

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Florida enters this weekend's NCAA Indoor Championships, hosted by Texas A&M, ranked No. 3 on the men's side and No. 6 on the women's side of the USTFCCCA National Team Rankings.

The Gators were the men's national runner-up, by half a point, at last year's NCAA Indoors. Florida's men have finished third or higher at 17 of the last 18 NCAA Championships, including eight of the last nine indoors. The Gators also boast seven national titles and top-two finishes at 19 of the 30 NCAA Championships for which Mike Holloway has been head coach. Florida's women are seeking their first podium finish since 2015.

Four of the men's entries rank fifth or higher—which is tied with Arkansas, Georgia, Houston, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech for the most in the nation. Those entries include defending national champions KeAndre Bates (long jump) and Grant Holloway (60-meter hurdles), now the collegiate record holder.

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All seven women's entries rank seventh or higher, a total only matched or exceeded by Georgia (nine), Arkansas (eight), and LSU (seven). Leading the way is 2017 NCAA Indoors triple jump runner-up Yanis David (ranked No. 2 nationally) and quarter-miler Sharrika Barnett (ranked No. 4 nationally). The team's lone SEC individual champion this year, Lloydricia Cameron, ranks fifth in the shot put.

.@Yaniis_Dav (???? + ????) has English down pretty well after three years in the U.S.

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— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) March 7, 2018

ESPN3 will provide live streaming Friday (March 9) at 6:30 p.m. ET and Saturday (March 10) at 5 p.m. ET. A condensed television replay will air Sunday, March 11 at 7 p.m. on ESPN2, and again at 9 p.m. on ESPNU. A third replay will air Monday, March 12 at 1 p.m. on ESPNU.

NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Meet Notes (PDF)
Live Results (Flash Results)
Friday Stream – 6:30 p.m. (ESPN3)
Saturday Stream – 5 p.m. (ESPN3)
Television Replays: Sunday, March 11 – 7 p.m. (ESPN2); 9 p.m. (ESPNU); Monday, March 12 – 1 p.m. (ESPNU)
Venue: Gilliam Indoor Stadium (Texas A&M University)

*Friday, March 9 (unless denoted otherwise, all events are finals)*
Time	Gator – Event
1:15 p.m.	Amanda Froeynes – Women's 60-meter Hurdles [Pentathlon]
	Froeynes – Women's High Jump [Pentathlon]
	Froeynes – Women's Shot Put [Pentathlon]
	Froeynes – Women's Long Jump [Pentathlon]
6:15 p.m.	Lloydricia Cameron – Women's Shot Put
6:30 p.m.	Froeynes – Women's 800 meters [Pentathlon]
	KeAndre Bates; Grant Holloway – Men's Long Jump
7:40 p.m.	Sharrika Barnett – Women's 400 meters (prelims)
7:55 p.m.	Holloway – Men's 60-meter Hurdles (prelims)
8:10 p.m.	Yanis David; Darrielle McQueen – Women's Long Jump

*Saturday, March 10 (all events are finals)*
Time	Gator – Event
3 p.m.	Thomas Mardal; AJ McFarland – Men's Weight Throw
4:30 p.m.	Yanis David – Women's Triple Jump
6 p.m.	Sharrika Barnett – Women's 400 meters
	KeAndre Bates; Clayton Brown – Men's Triple Jump
6:10 p.m.	Grant Holloway – Men's 60-meter Hurdles
7:40 p.m.	Kunle Fasasi-Holloway-Chantz Sawyers-Benjamin Lobo Vedel – Men's 4x400 Relay
7:55 p.m.	Taylor Sharpe-Taylor Manson-Lauryn Ghee-Barnett – Women's 4x400 Relay