GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida junior
Jacob Stanko threw close to a two-meter personal record in the javelin to headline a light opening day of competition at the Pepsi Florida Relays. The Gators, as well as the three-day event itself, truly get into gear Friday afternoon.
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Friday Promotions
- Autographs (signing will take place near main entry gate)
Stanko eclipsed his personal best for the second consecutive week, hurling the javelin 62.25 meters. That mark was 1.88 meters farther than his 60.37-meter throw at FSU Relays last Friday – which was a PR of 2.61 meters).
Looking to the rest of the weekend, 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 traveled to Gainesville ranked in the preseason top 25.
Friday and Saturday will serve as the outdoor 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.
SEC Network +, via Watch ESPN, will provide live streaming, with Delta Timing providing results. Links to follow Pepsi Florida Relays via those mediums are listed below.
Also in Gators track and field action Friday, three members of the distance corps will chase NCAA East Preliminary qualifying times 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) |
| Event |
Place, Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 200m (M) |
49. Marquis Dendy (2012-15) – 21.42 [+3.6] |
|
66. Cameron Mahorn – 21.76 [+0.1] | Season-best time |
| 400m (M) |
17. TJ Holmes (2015-17) – 47.70 |
|
35. William Wynne (2009-12) – 48.79 |
|
38. Dawson Guillory – 48.87 |
| 400m (W) |
7. Claudia Francis (2015-16) – 53.54 |
| 5,000m (M) |
39. Cavan Wilson – 15:15.54 | First collegiate 5,000 meters race |
| 5,000m (W) |
30. Sophia Piniella – 17:41.30 | First collegiate 5,000 meters race |
|
32. Sophie Ebihara – 17:43.38 | First collegiate 5,000 meters race |
|
42. Autumn Bartlett – 19:05.73 | First collegiate 5,000 meters race |
| JT (M) |
6. Jacob Stanko – 62.25 meters (204 feet, 3 inches) | Topped personal record by 1.88 meters |
| 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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