Thursday, May 23
Jacksonville, FL
12 PM
Florida Gators
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NCAA East Preliminary
Florida's hammer throw trio and associate head coach Steve Lemke following their three NCAA Outdoors qualifiers.
Gators Open NCAA East Preliminary with Five Austin Berths
Thursday, May 23, 2019 | Track and Field
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida punched five NCAA Outdoor Championships tickets and advanced 11 of its 16 runners to finals on the opening day of the NCAA East Preliminary.
Florida's hammer throw trio is headed to NCAA Outdoors for a second consecutive year, as sophomore Thomas Mardal, redshirt senior AJ McFarland, and senior Anders Eriksson were all well inside the top 12. Last year, in Eugene, Ore., Eriksson took national runner-up honors, while Mardal and McFarland finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
Junior Grant Holloway flirted with the 12-man cut line in the men's long jump, but he finished seventh after his third and final attempt of the afternoon reached 7.68 meters (25 feet, 2.5 inches). Senior Yanis David, a four-time SEC champion, was also near the cut line in the women's long jump, yet managed to survive by three centimeters.
Five of the 11 Gators who advanced on the track did so by winning their respective heats. That group was comprised of senior Sharrika Barnett (women's 400 meters), junior Raymond Ekevwo (men's 100 meters), sophomore Hakim Sani Brown (men's 100 meters), sophomore Chantz Sawyers (men's 400 meters), and junior Denzel Villaman (men's 400-meter hurdles). Villaman also set a personal record by almost a quarter of a second.
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.
NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
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Florida's hammer throw trio is headed to NCAA Outdoors for a second consecutive year, as sophomore Thomas Mardal, redshirt senior AJ McFarland, and senior Anders Eriksson were all well inside the top 12. Last year, in Eugene, Ore., Eriksson took national runner-up honors, while Mardal and McFarland finished seventh and eighth, respectively.
Junior Grant Holloway flirted with the 12-man cut line in the men's long jump, but he finished seventh after his third and final attempt of the afternoon reached 7.68 meters (25 feet, 2.5 inches). Senior Yanis David, a four-time SEC champion, was also near the cut line in the women's long jump, yet managed to survive by three centimeters.
Five of the 11 Gators who advanced on the track did so by winning their respective heats. That group was comprised of senior Sharrika Barnett (women's 400 meters), junior Raymond Ekevwo (men's 100 meters), sophomore Hakim Sani Brown (men's 100 meters), sophomore Chantz Sawyers (men's 400 meters), and junior Denzel Villaman (men's 400-meter hurdles). Villaman also set a personal record by almost a quarter of a second.
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.
NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
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- Venue: Hodges Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla. – University of North Florida)
| Thursday, May 23 (* denotes preliminary race; all other events are finals) | |
| Event | Place, Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 100m (M)* | 2. Hakim Sani Brown – 10.26 [-0.2] | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 7. Raymond Ekevwo – 10.29 [-0.3] | Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 27. Ryan Clark – 10.48 [-0.6] | |
| 400m (M)* | 3. Chantz Sawyers – 45.60 | Season-best time; advanced to final (automatic) |
| 14. Benjamin Lobo Vedel – 46.38 | Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 37. Cole Johnson – 47.35 | |
| 400m (W)* | 4. Sharrika Barnett – 52.21 | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 5. Taylor Manson – 52.61 | Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 30. Doneisha Anderson – 53.99 | |
| 800m (W)* | 3. Gabrielle Wilkinson – 2:04.96 | Topped personal record by 0.07 seconds; advanced to final (automatic) |
| 45. Abbie Harrelson – 2:11.82 | |
| 1,500m (M)* | 45. Justin Pacifico – 3:59.70 |
| 1,500m (W)* | 23. Imogen Barrett – 4:23.12 | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 400mH (M)* | 6. Denzel Villaman – 50.79 | Topped personal record by 0.24 seconds; advanced to final (automatic) |
| 7. Cory Poole – 50.84 | Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 400mH (W)* | 13. Nikki Stephens – 58.68 | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| PV (M) | t-19. Mike Harris – 5.11 meters (16 feet, 9.25 inches) | Season-best mark; outperformed seed by 19 places |
| LJ (M) | 7. Grant Holloway – 7.68 meters (25 feet, 2.5 inches) [+0.8] | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (third consecutive year) |
| LJ (W) | 10. Yanis David – 6.07 meters (19 feet, 11 inches) [+0.2] | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (fourth consecutive year) |
| 25. Kala Penn – 5.91 meters (19 feet, 4.75 inches) [+0.1] | |
| 26. Amanda Froeynes – 5.91 meters (19 feet, 4.75 inches) [+0.6] | |
| HT (M) | 4. Thomas Mardal – 70.25 meters (230 feet, 5 inches) | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (second consecutive year) |
| 5. AJ McFarland – 69.74 meters (228 feet, 10 inches) | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (second consecutive year) | |
| 9. Anders Eriksson – 68.44 meters (224 feet, 6 inches) | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (third time in four years, second consecutive year) | |
| JT (W) | 20. Megan Reed – 47.73 meters (156 feet, 7 inches) | Outperformed seed by 10 places |
| Friday, May 24 (unless denoted otherwise, events are finals) | |
| Time | Gators (East Region Seed) – Event |
| 12 p.m. | Jacob Stanko (27) – Men's Javelin Throw |
| 4 p.m. | Connor Bandel (25); Edward Shelikoff (45) – Men's Discus Throw |
| 4:30 p.m. | Brandee' Johnson (t-22); Timetria Mitchell (43) – Women's 100-meter Hurdles (prelim) |
| 5 p.m. | Grant Holloway (t-1) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles (prelim) |
| 5:30 p.m. | Sharrika Barnett (1); Taylor Manson (9) – Women's 400 meters |
| 5:45 p.m. | Chantz Sawyers (20); Benjamin Lobo Vedel (35) – Men's 400 meters |
| 6:15 p.m. | Hakim Sani Brown (1); Raymond Ekevwo (2) – Men's 100 meters |
| 6:30 p.m. | Gabrielle Wilkinson (10) – Women's 800 meters |
| 7 p.m. | Nikki Stephens (23) – Women's 400-meter Hurdles |
| 7:15 p.m. | Cory Poole (4); Denzel Villaman (16) – Men's 400-meter Hurdles |
| 7:55 p.m. | Sani Brown (8); Ekevwo (27); Ryan Clark (t-39) – Men's 200 meters (prelim) |
| Saturday, May 25 (all events are finals) | |
| Time | Gators (East Region Seed) – Event |
| 2:45 p.m. | Connor Bandel (10) – Men's Shot Put |
| 3 p.m. | Yanis David (1); Kala Penn (t-10); Asa Garcia (t-10) – Women's Triple Jump |
| 4 p.m. | Jhonny Victor (t-4) – Men's High Jump |
| 6:15 p.m. | Raymond Ekevwo-Hakim Sani Brown-Grant Holloway-Ryan Clark (2) – Men's 4x100 relay |
| 6:30 p.m. | Imogen Barrett (12) – Women's 1,500 meters |
| Clayton Brown (13) – Men's Triple Jump | |
| 7:05 p.m. | Brandee' Johnson (t-22); Timetria Mitchell (43) – Women's 100-meter Hurdles |
| 7:20 p.m. | Holloway (t-1) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles |
| 7:50 p.m. | Sani Brown (8); Ekevwo (27); Clark (t-39) – Men's 200 meters |
| 8:05 p.m. | Jessica Pascoe (11) – Women's 5,000 meters |
| 9:25 p.m. | Taylor Manson-Sharrika Barnett-Nikki Stephens-Doneisha Anderson (2) – Women's 4x400 relay |
| 9:45 p.m. | Jabari Hill-Chantz Sawyers-Denzel Villaman-Holloway (3) – Men's 4x400 relay |
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