Gators Make NCAA East Preliminary Declarations

Amanda Froeynes is not among the 44 NCAA East Preliminary entries, because she's already headed to NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Gators Make NCAA East Preliminary Declarations

Thursday, May 16, 2019 | Track and Field

By: Zach Dirlam

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Complete men's and women's entry listings for the NCAA Outdoor Championships were released Thursday afternoon, with the University of Florida track and field program combining for 44 entries for next weekend's NCAA East Preliminary meet, scheduled for May 23-25 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla.

The top 48 individual and top 24 relay declarations within the East and West Regions earned berths to their respective preliminary meet.

Only 12 individuals and 12 relays from each regional competition advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas, slated for June 5-8.

Florida's women already boast one NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier, though: sophomore Amanda Froeynes, who ranks fifth nationally and is coming off an SEC title in the heptathlon. The heptathlon and decathlon are not contested at the preliminary meets. Instead, the top 24 declared individuals in each of those events earn berths for NCAA Outdoors.

Both the men and women have a pair of No. 1 seeds.

Two-time defending 110-meter hurdles national champion Grant Holloway is tied for first in that event, while SEC champion Hakim Sani Brown leads the men's 100 meters entries, with teammate and SEC runner-up Raymond Ekevwo checking in right behind him. All three are key cogs in Florida's 4x100 relay team, which heads to Jacksonville as the No. 2 seed.

Four-time SEC champion and indoor triple jump national champion Yanis David is the top seed in the triple jump, and ranks second in the long jump. Sharrika Barnett enters as the top seed in the 400 meters, in addition to helping the Gators' 4x400 relay team secure the second seed.

FloTrack will provide live streaming for all three days of competition, though it requires a paid subscription. Links to the streaming information, as well as ticketing and additional meet information are below.

NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Meet Information Page
Streaming Information – FloTrack ($$ Subscription Required)
Complete Men's Entries List
Complete Women's Entries List
Complete Meet Schedule
Ticket Information
Venue: Hodges Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla. – University of North Florida)

Florida's 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships East Preliminary Entries
Event	Seed, Gator – Qualifying Time/Mark [Wind]
100m (M)	1. Hakim Sani Brown – 9.99 [+1.8] \| 2019 SEC champion; tied for school record
	2. Raymond Ekevwo – 10.02 [+1.8] \| 2019 SEC runner-up
	t-30. Ryan Clark – 10.30 [+2.2]
200m (M)	8. Sani Brown – 20.36 [+2.4]
	27. Ekevwo – 20.79 [+3.9]
	t-39. Clark – 20.95 [-0.8]
400m (M)	20. Chantz Sawyers – 46.26
	35. Benjamin Lobo Vedel – 46.52
	41. Cole Johnson – 46.64
400m (W)	1. Sharrika Barnett – 50.96
	5. Doneisha Anderson – 52.15
	9. Taylor Manson – 52.53
800m (W)	10. Gabrielle Wilkinson – 2:05.03
	29. Abbie Harrelson – 2:06.64
1,500m (M)	30. Justin Pacifico – 3:45.21
1,500m (W)	12. Imogen Barrett – 4:17.29 \| 2019 SEC champion
5,000m (W)	11. Jessica Pascoe – 15:03.96 \| 2019 SEC champion at 10,000 meters
110mH (M)	t-1. Grant Holloway – 13.07 [+0.8] \| Two-time defending NCAA champion
100mH (W)	t-22. Brandee' Johnson – 13.39 [+1.1]
	43. Timetria Mitchell – 13.55 [+0.2]
400mH (M)	4. Cory Poole – 50.35
	16. Denzel Villaman – 51.03
400mH (W)	23. Nikki Stephens – 58.86
4x100 (M)	2. Ekevwo-Sani Brown-Holloway-Clark – 38.52 \| 2019 SEC runner-up
4x400 (M)	3. Jabari Hill-Sawyers-Villaman-Holloway – 3:03.25
4x400 (W)	2. Manson-Barnett-Stephens-Anderson – 3:27.76
HJ (M)	t-4. Jhonny Victor – 2.23 meters (7 feet, 3.75 inches)
PV (M)	t-38. Mike Harris – 5.07 meters (16 feet, 7.5 inches)
LJ (M)	t-5. Holloway – 8.00 meters (26 feet, 3 inches) [+1.3]
LJ (W)	2. Yanis David – 6.65 meters (21 feet, 10 inches) [+1.3] \| 2019 SEC champion
	9. Kala Penn – 6.43 meters (21 feet, 1.25 inches) [+2.1]
	t-42. Amanda Froeynes – 6.11 meters (20 feet, 0.5 inches) [+2.8]
TJ (M)	13. Brown – 15.92 meters (52 feet, 2.75 inches) [+1.5] \| 2019 SEC runner-up
TJ (W)	1. David – 14.35 meters (47 feet, 1 inch) [+1.8] \| 2019 SEC champion; 2019 NCAA Indoors champion
	t-10. Penn – 13.36 meters (43 feet, 10 inches) [+1.1]
	t-10. Asa Garcia – 13.36 meters (43 feet, 10 inches) [+2.3]
SP (M)	10. Connor Bandel – 19.14 meters (62 feet, 9.5 inches)
DT (M)	25. Bandel – 54..61 meters (179 feet, 2 inches)
	45. Edward Shelikoff – 52.10 meters (170 feet, 11 inches)
HT (M)	4. Mardal – 73.00 meters (239 feet, 6 inches)
	8. AJ McFarland – 70.99 meters (232 feet, 11 inches)
	11. Anders Eriksson – 69.12 meters (226 feet, 9 inches)
JT (M)	27. Jacob Stanko – 65.90 meters (216 feet, 2 inches)
JT (W)	30. Megan Reed – 47.78 meters (156 feet, 9 inches)

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