Three Gators Win USTFCCCA South Region Awards
Friday, March 1, 2019 | Track and Field
David was named USTFCCCA South Region Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, Holloway was voted USTFCCCA South Region Men's Indoor Runner of the Year, and Coach Holloway was tabbed USTFCCCA South Region Men's Indoor Coach of the Year.
David became the fourth woman in history to sweep the horizontal jumps titles at SEC Indoor Championships, tying for the Cliff Harper Trophy (individual high points award) in the process. The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native is also the only woman ranked in the top 10 nationally in both horizontal jumps. David is the NCAA leader in the triple jump and ranks second nationally in the long jump, with both her season-best marks coming in her SEC Indoors wins.
Moreover, David joins Mariam Kevkhishvili (2009) as the only other Gators student-athlete in history to win the award.
"I had expectations, and I met them this weekend."
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) February 27, 2019
🗣️ - 2-time #SETF Champion, @Yaniis_Dav pic.twitter.com/aU00CzoGEL
Holloway became the fourth man in history to repeat as the region's top runner, putting him with the likes of Tennessee's Christian Coleman (2016-17), Georgia's Torrin Lawrence (2009-10), and Tennessee's Rubin Williams (2007-08). This also marks the fifth time in the last seven seasons a Gators runner earned the award—Najee Glass (2015), Arman Hall (2014), Eddie Lovett (2013).
Holloway was the brightest star of the SEC Indoor Championships, as he set the meet's individual scoring record with 28 points and helped the Gators capture the team title. Prior to last weekend, no man had scored more than 22.5 points at SEC Indoors.
Set the SEC Indoors scoring record ✅
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) February 24, 2019
Break the SEC Indoors 60m hurdle record ✅
Become the 2nd man in history to sweep the 60m AND 60m hurdles ✅
What can't @Flaamingoo_ do? pic.twitter.com/49jXOemnCC
Within 2.5 hours Friday, @Flaamingoo_:
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) February 23, 2019
▪️Ran the fastest 60m prelim (6.57)
▪️Broke the 60 Hurdles #SECTF Indoors record (7.48)
▪️Took 🥈 in the long jump (7.84m)
What's he have in store for us today? 👀👀#LessSaid pic.twitter.com/aKFUYeBCxC
The Chesapeake, Va., native also joined South Carolina's Terrence Trammell (1999-2000) as the only other man in history to win the 60 meters and 60-meter hurdles titles at SEC Indoors. The night prior to his sprints-hurdles sweep, Holloway finished second in the long jump, missing gold by just two centimeters.
Holloway boasts five of the seven fastest 60 hurdles times in the world this year, including the second- and third-fastest times in collegiate history.
7⃣.4⃣3⃣ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥@Flaamingoo_ misses his own collegiate record by 0.01 seconds 😅
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) February 9, 2019
He now owns 3⃣ of the 5 fastest times in collegiate history #LessSaid
📹: https://t.co/fOzmKgni1T pic.twitter.com/EX2BXI0xK1
Fastest 60-meter Hurdles Times in the World (2019)
- Holloway – 7.43 (Feb. 8 – Tyson Invitational)
- Holloway – 7.44 (Feb. 23 – SEC Indoor Championships)
- Holloway – 7.48 (Feb. 22 – SEC Indoor Championships)
- Daniel Roberts, Kentucky – 7.48 (Feb. 23 – SEC Indoor Championships)
- Holloway – 7.49 (Jan. 18 – Clemson Invitational)
- Holloway – 7.49 (Jan. 18 – Clemson Invitational)
- Orlando Ortega, Spain – 7.49 (Feb. 6 – Copernicus Cup)
The Chesapeake, Va. native also holds the NCAA lead and third-fastest time in the world (6.51 seconds) in the 60 meters, which broke Olympian and five-time national champion Jeff Demps' school record of 6.52. In addition, Holloway is a key cog for Florida's 4x400 relay team, which ranks third nationally.
6⃣.5⃣1⃣ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) January 26, 2019
🌎 Lead; School Record; Tied No. 9⃣ Collegian in HISTORY.
Say less, @Flaamingoo_. Say less. #LessSaid
Watch more on @SECNetwork: https://t.co/IHIy1G3y7M pic.twitter.com/C2ImuAM08t
3⃣:0⃣3⃣.1⃣7⃣@BenjaminVedel97, @Flaamingoo_, @CoryP_Jr, and @ChantzSawyers were MOVIN' by themselves 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) February 9, 2019
Watch the No. 3⃣ time in @NCAATrackField, and one of the top 15 relay times in collegiate history! pic.twitter.com/eb7wJHXfLD
For more information and historical perspective on Holloway's achievements this season, follow this link to a release for his latest appearance on The Bowerman Watch List.
This is Coach Holloway's fourth time receiving the regional coaching laurel, the second-highest total in the award's history. Holloway also won the award in 2010, 2011, and 2015.
Holloway led the Gators to the eighth SEC Indoors team title in program history. It was the fourth such title under his leadership. Florida won three individual titles and tallied seven additional medal finishes at SEC Indoors. The Gators ran away from the field, winning the meet by 15 points despite scratching one of its two 200 meters finalists and its 4x400 relay team.
Florida and its 18 NCAA Indoor Championships entrants compete in Birmingham, Ala., next Friday and Saturday.
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