Gators Hosting Elite Talent at Pepsi Florida Relays

Thursday, March 28

Gainesville, FL

2 PM

Florida Gators

Pepsi Florida Relays

Gators Hosting Elite Talent at Pepsi Florida Relays

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 | Track and Field

By: Zach Dirlam

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida track and field will host numerous Olympians, including several Olympic medalists, world champions, and upwards of 100 collegiate programs and 200 high schools Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at the Pepsi Florida Relays.

Parking, ticketing, and other spectator information is available at this link.

Promotions

Rowdy Reptile check-in (8 points) is scheduled for 2:30-6 p.m. Saturday
Autographs (signing will take place near main entry gate)
- Friday (3 p.m.) – Clayton Brown, Ryan Clark, Yanis David, Amanda Froeynes, Jessica Pascoe
- Saturday (5 p.m.) – Sharrika Barnett, Grant Holloway, AJ McFarland, Nikki Stephens, Jhonny Victor
- NOTE: No outside items are allowed to be signed by student-athletes. UAA Marketing will provide materials for signing.
2019 Men's NCAA Indoor Championship, 2019 Men's SEC Indoor Championship, 2018 Women's SEC Outdoor Championship; 2018 Men's SEC Outdoor Championship Team Recognitions (Saturday, 5:50 p.m.)
Senior Day – Saturday, 3:45-4:15 p.m.

Florida's men have won two of the last three NCAA Outdoor Championships and repeated as indoor NCAA champions three weeks ago, marking the program's ninth national title since 2010. The Gators' women are coming off a sixth-place finish at NCAA Indoors, and they finished fifth at each of the last two NCAA Outdoors. The men and women enter the week ranked fourth and 10th, respectively, in the preseason national rankings.

An additional eight men's teams and eight women's teams head to Gainesville ranked in the preseason top 25.

This week will serve as the opener in primary events for numerous Gators, including defending national champion Grant Holloway (110-meter hurdles) and reigning indoor national champion Yanis David (triple jump). Florida's nation-leading men's 4x100 relay team is expected to take the track again as well.

As far as Gators alums go, 2016 World Indoor Championships gold medalist Marquis Dendy, 2016 Olympics semifinalist Andres Arroyo, 2017 World Championships finalist and American bronze medalist TJ Holmes are among the notable individual entrants competing at the Relays. Several others are expected to run for professional relay teams Saturday.

Friday's and Saturday's action will be streamed live on SEC Network +, via Watch ESPN. Results are provided by Delta Timing. Links to follow Pepsi Florida Relays via those mediums are listed below.

In other Florida track and field action this weekend, four members of the distance corps will chase NCAA East Preliminary qualifying times Friday and Saturday at the Raleigh Relays.

PEPSI FLORIDA RELAYS INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Live Results (Delta Timing)
Friday Streaming – 1-5 p.m. (SEC Network +)
Saturday Streaming – 2:30-7:45 p.m. (SEC Network +)
Pepsi Florida Relays Central (for meet schedule / entries / heat sheets)
Nationally-Ranked Teams Competing: Alabama (No. 3 men; No. 12 women), Florida State (No. 6 women; No. 11 men), Georgia (No. 10 men; No. 15 women), Georgia Tech (No. 25 women), Indiana (No. 19 men), Kentucky (No. 7 women; No. 18 men), Miami (No. 8 women), North Carolina A&T (No. 24 men), South Carolina (No. 25 men), Tennessee (No. 16 women; No. 20 men), Virginia Tech (No. 18 women)
Venue: Percy Beard Track at James G. Pressly Stadium

*Thursday, March 28 (all events are finals)*
Time	Gator – Event
2:40 p.m.	Marquis Dendy (2012-15); Cameron Mahorn – Men's 200 meters (open)
3:20 p.m.	Claudia Francis (2015-16) – Women's 400 meters (open)
3:40 p.m.	Dawson Guillory; TJ Holmes (2015-17); William Wynne (2009-12) – Men's 400 meters (open)
7 p.m.	Jacob Stanko – Men's Javelin Throw
9 p.m.	Autumn Bartlett; Sophie Ebihara; Sophia Piniella – Women's 5,000 meters
9:45 p.m.	Cavan Wilson – Men's 5,000 meters

*Friday, March 29 (unless denoted otherwise, all events are finals)*
Time	Gator – Event
11:30 a.m.	Kristina Moore – Women's Discus Throw
12 p.m.	Amara Wiggan – Women's Hammer Throw
12:15 p.m.	Grant Holloway; Eddie Lovett (2011-14) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles
	Brandee' Johnson – Women's 100-meter Hurdles
1:05 p.m.	Ryan Clark; Raymond Ekevwo; Hakim Sani Brown – Men's 100 meters
1:45 p.m.	Sharrika Barnett; Lauryn Ghee; Taylor Manson – Women's 400 meters
2 p.m.	KeAndre Bates (2015-18); Marquis Dendy (2012-15) – Men's Long Jump (invitational)
	Darrielle McQueen (2015-18); Kala Penn – Women's Long Jump (invitational)
2:10 p.m.	Jabari Hill; Cole Johnson; Cameron Mahorn; Chantz Sawyers – Men's Tyrone Kemp 400 meters
2:35 p.m.	Abbie Harrelson; Gabrielle Wilkinson – Women's 800 meters
3 p.m.	Andres Arroyo (2014-17); Kyren Hollis – Men's 800 meters
	Jhonny Victor – Men's High Jump (invitational)
	Connor Bandel; Edward Shelikoff – Men's Discus Throw
3:30 p.m.	Johnson; Nikki Stephens – Women's 400-meter Hurdles
3:55 p.m.	Denzel Villaman – Men's 400-meter Hurdles
4:30 p.m.	Clark; Holloway; Sani Brown; Sawyers – Men's 200 meters (invitational)
5:30 p.m.	Thomas Mardal; AJ McFarland – Men's Hammer Throw (invitational)
6:20 p.m.	Florida 'B' – Men's 4x400 relay (prelims)
7:30 p.m.	Megan Reed – Women's Javelin Throw
8:20 p.m.	Imogen Barrett; Elisabeth Bergh; Madison Morse; Pamela O'Brien; Maggie Parrish; Delaney Tiernan – Women's 1,500 meters
8:50 p.m.	Sam Ahrenholz; Matt Clark; Justin Pacifico; Magnus Pettersen; Dominic Williams – Men's 1,500 meters
9:20 p.m.	Grace Blair; Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell – Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase
9:50 p.m.	Carlos Carvajal; Marshall Dillon – Men's 3,000-meter Steeplechase

*Saturday, March 30 (all events are finals)*
Time	Gator – Event
11 a.m.	Thomas Mardal; Adam Shuler – Men's Discus Throw (invitational)
1 p.m.	Mike Harris; Davis Ott – Men's Pole Vault
3:10 p.m.	Florida 'A' – Men's 4x100 relay
3:30 p.m.	Connor Bandel – Men's Shot Put (invitational)
4:15 p.m.	Florida 'A' – Women's 4x800 relay
	Yanis David; Asa Garcia; Kala Penn – Women's Triple Jump
4:30 p.m.	Florida 'A' – Men's 4x800 relay
5:45 p.m.	Florida 'A' – Women's Distance Medley Relay
6:45 p.m.	Florida 'B' – Men's 4x400 relay
7:25 p.m.	Florida 'A' – Tom Jones Women's 4x400 relay (invitational)
7:35 p.m.	Florida 'A' – Jimmy Carnes Men's 4x400 relay (invitational)

RALEIGH RELAYS INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Live Results (FlashResults)
Friday Streaming – 7 p.m. through TBD (ACC Network Extra)
Venue: Paul Derr Track (North Carolina State University)

Friday, March 29 (all events are finals)
Time	Gator – Event
7:36 p.m.	Nick Deal – Men's 5,000 meters (Section 4)
8:08 p.m.	Colin Schaefer – Men's 5,000 meters (Section 6)
9:37 p.m.	Trevor Foley – Men's 10,000 meters (invitational)

Saturday, March 30 (all events are finals)
Time	Gator – Event
9:30 a.m.	Blake Lowery – Men's 10,000 meters (Section 2)

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