Gators to Face Ranked Squads at Razorback Invitational

Friday, January 25

Fayetteville, AR

1:25 PM

Florida Gators

Razorback Invitational

Sharrika Barnett, the defending outdoor SEC champion, runs her first 400 of the season Saturday.

Gators to Face Ranked Squads at Razorback Invitational

Thursday, January 24, 2019 | Track and Field

By: Zach Dirlam

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Florida track and field opened its indoor season strong last weekend, and it will have the chance to flex a little more Friday and Saturday at the Razorback Invitational, with several Gators competing in their primary events for the first time.

Friday Live Streaming – 7 p.m. (SEC Network +)
Saturday Live Streaming – 2 p.m. (SEC Network +)
Saturday Live Television Broadcast – 2-5:30 p.m. (SEC Network)

Senior Yanis David, who entered the season as the nation's top returner in both horizontal jumps, will open her triple jump season against a field that features three of the top five women in the country. That group includes fellow senior Asa Garcia (No. 4 nationally), as well as Kentucky's Marie-Josee Excel, the NCAA leader. David tied the nation's top long jump mark in her season opener last weekend.

The men's triple jump is headlined by junior Clayton Brown, the reigning SEC Indoor Championships winner who went on to finish fourth at NCAA Indoor Championships.

Florida's quarter-milers will also get their first 400 meters action of the year. Senior Sharrika Barnett, last year's outdoor SEC champion, and Taylor Manson headline the women's group, while sophomores Benjamin Lobo Vedel and Chantz Sawyers lead the men's contingent.

Junior Grant Holloway, the top returner in the long jump, opens his season in that event, and he will face NCAA leader Rayvon Grey and fifth-ranked JuVaughn Harrison from LSU. Holloway will follow that up with his first-ever run in the 60 meters against teammates Ryan Clark and Hakim Sani Brown, both of whom are tied for seventh nationally.

Sophomore Amanda Froeynes will take part in her first pentathlon of the season, and sophomore Cory Poole will look to improve on his 60-meter hurdles personal record from a week ago against two of the nation's top five runners.

RAZORBACK INVITATIONAL INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Live Results (FlashResults)
Teams Competing: Arkansas (No. 1 women; No. 12 men), Iowa State, Kansas State, Kentucky (No. 8 women), LSU (No. 8 men; No. 9 women), Mississippi State, Oklahoma State, Oregon (No. 10 women; No. 17 men), Purdue
Venue: Randal Tyson Indoor Track Center (University of Arkansas)

*Friday, January 25 (all events are finals)*
Time	Gators – Event
1:25 p.m.	Kristine Akervold; Amanda Froeynes – Women's Pentathlon 60-meter Hurdles
2 p.m.	Akervold; Froeynes – Women's Pentathlon High Jump
4 p.m.	Akervold; Froeynes – Women's Pentathlon Shot Put
5 p.m.	Akervold; Froeynes – Women's Pentathlon Long Jump
6:15 p.m.	Akervold; Froeynes – Women's Pentathlon 800 meters
6:30 p.m.	Davis Ott – Men's Pole Vault
6:45 p.m.	Grant Holloway – Men's Long Jump
	Kala Penn – Women's Long Jump
7 p.m.	Imogen Barrett-Nikki Stephens-Gabrielle Wilkinson-Jessica Pascoe – Women's Distance Medley Relay
	Clayton Brown; Jhonny Victor – Men's High Jump
7:15 p.m.	Justin Pacifico-Dawson Guillory-Sam Ahrenholz-Marshall Dillon – Men's Distance Medley Relay
7:25 p.m.	Sharrika Barnett; Shakira Dancy; Lauryn Ghee; Taylor Manson – Women's 200 meters
8:05 p.m.	Ryan Clark; Benjamin Lobo Vedel; Chantz Sawyers – Men's 200 meters

*Saturday, January 26 (unless denoted otherwise, all events are finals)*
Time	Gators – Event
12:35 p.m.	Grace Blair; Sophie Ebihara; Morgan Hull; Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell – Women's 3,000 meters
12:48 p.m.	Nick Deal; Marshall Dillon; Trevor Foley; Blake Lowery; Jesse Millson; Colin Schaefer – Men's 3,000 meters
1 p.m.	Shakira Dancy; Lauryn Ghee – Women's 400 meters
1:20 p.m.	Dawson Guillory – Men's 400 meters
2:03 p.m.	Sharrika Barnett; Taylor Manson – Women's 400 meters (Invite)
2:13 p.m.	Benjamin Lobo Vedel; Chantz Sawyers – Men's 400 meters (Invite)
2:23 p.m.	Timetria Mitchell – Women's 60-meter Hurdles (prelim)
2:31 p.m.	Cory Poole – Men's 60-meter Hurdles (prelim)
2:55 p.m.	Ryan Clark; Grant Holloway; Hakim Sani Brown – Men's 60 meters (prelim)
3 p.m.	Clayton Brown – Men's Triple Jump
	Yanis David; Asa Garcia; Natricia Hooper; Kala Penn – Women's Triple Jump
3:11 p.m.	Imogen Barrett; Abbie Harrelson – Women's 800 meters
3:21 p.m.	Dillon; Justin Pacifico – Men's 800 meters
3:31 p.m.	Gabrielle Wilkinson – Women's 800 meters (Invite)
3:36 p.m.	Kyren Hollis – Men's 800 meters (Invite)
4:10 p.m.	Mitchell – Women's 60-meter Hurdles
4:15 p.m.	Poole – Men's 60-meter Hurdles
4:25 p.m.	Clark; Holloway; Sani Brown – Men's 60 meters
4:41 p.m.	Jessica Pascoe – Women's Mile (Invite)
4:50 p.m.	Sam Ahrenholz – Men's Mile (Invite)
4:58 p.m.	Nikki Stephens-Manson-Doneisha Anderson-Barnett – Women's 4x400 relay (Invite)
5:13 p.m.	Lobo Vedel-Holloway-Poole-Sawyers – Men's 4x400 relay (Invite)
5:30 p.m.	Clark-Hollis-Guillory-Pacifico – Men's 4x400 relay
5:40 p.m.	Brandee' Johnson-Ghee-Dancy-Wilkinson (Harrelson) – Women's 4x400 relay