Trio of Gators Garner USTFCCCA Regional Honors
Friday, May 31, 2019 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – Florida horizontal jumper Yanis David, all-around standout Grant Holloway, and head coach Mike Holloway were all recipients of regional awards, as announced Friday afternoon by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
David was tabbed as the USTFCCCA South Region Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, Holloway garnered the USTFCCCA South Region Men's Outdoor Runner of the Year accolade, and Coach Holloway received USTFCCCA South Region Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year honors.
David, who was named Southeastern Conference Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year earlier this week, swept the horizontal jumps at the SEC Outdoor Championships three weeks ago.
The senior won the triple jump crown with the third-farthest jump in collegiate history (14.35 meters / 47 feet, 1 inch). David has four wind-legal jumps of 14 meters this outdoor season, while no other collegian has a wind-legal mark better than 13.77 meters.
She also posted the nation's No. 2-ranked long jump mark (6.65 meters / 21 feet, 10 inches) to win that league title by 12 centimeters.
Paired with her sweep of those titles at February's SEC Indoor Championships, David joined Gator Great and Olympian Shara Proctor (2010) as the only other woman in conference history to win all four horizontal jumps titles – indoor and outdoor long jump and triple jump – in the same year.
Holloway ran three of the five fastest 110-meter hurdles times in collegiate history at SEC Outdoors and the NCAA East Preliminary.
The junior tied second-fastest time in collegiate history (13.07 seconds) to break his own SEC Outdoors record in the preliminary round. In the SEC final, Holloway clocked 13.12, now the fifth-fastest time in collegiate history, and finished behind Kentucky's Daniel Roberts, who tied the meet record of 13.07. The Chesapeake, Va., followed that up with the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history (13.10), which broke the NCAA Outdoor Championships record, since the East Preliminary is technically part of the national meet.
Holloway's top 110 hurdles time is tied for the world lead, and he also holds three of the top four, and six of the top 12 times in the world this year.
Holloway totaled 14 points at SEC Outdoors, as he helped Florida's 4x100 relay team to a silver medal, anchored the 4x400 relay team to a fifth-place finish, and took sixth in the long jump.
Paired with his season-best long jump mark of 8.00 meters, Holloway is the only man in outdoor track and field history to break 13.10 seconds in the 110 hurdles and wind-legally long jump at least 8.00 meters, according to athlete bios maintained by the IAAF.
Coach Holloway led the Gators to a runner-up finish at SEC Outdoors, and Florida's men enter next week's NCAA Outdoors as the No. 2-ranked team in the nation, only trailing out-of-region Texas Tech. In addition to his work with Grant Holloway, Coach Holloway helped sophomore Hakim Sani Brown and junior Raymond Ekevwo to a 1-2 finish in the SEC Outdoors 100 meters. Sani Brown ran a personal best of 9.99 seconds, while Ekevwo clocked 10.02 seconds. It was the first sweep of its kind since 2014.
Nine of the Gators 16 NCAA Outdoors entries are in the sprints, hurdles, and relays – all of which are Holloway's primary coaching areas.
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David was tabbed as the USTFCCCA South Region Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, Holloway garnered the USTFCCCA South Region Men's Outdoor Runner of the Year accolade, and Coach Holloway received USTFCCCA South Region Men's Outdoor Coach of the Year honors.
David, who was named Southeastern Conference Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year earlier this week, swept the horizontal jumps at the SEC Outdoor Championships three weeks ago.
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— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 16, 2019
Here's the #SECTF 🏆🏆 SWEEP that put @Yaniis_Dav on @thebowerman Watch List!#GoGators 🐊 #WeBelieve pic.twitter.com/3jr1OrN98Z
The senior won the triple jump crown with the third-farthest jump in collegiate history (14.35 meters / 47 feet, 1 inch). David has four wind-legal jumps of 14 meters this outdoor season, while no other collegian has a wind-legal mark better than 13.77 meters.
She also posted the nation's No. 2-ranked long jump mark (6.65 meters / 21 feet, 10 inches) to win that league title by 12 centimeters.
Paired with her sweep of those titles at February's SEC Indoor Championships, David joined Gator Great and Olympian Shara Proctor (2010) as the only other woman in conference history to win all four horizontal jumps titles – indoor and outdoor long jump and triple jump – in the same year.
Holloway ran three of the five fastest 110-meter hurdles times in collegiate history at SEC Outdoors and the NCAA East Preliminary.
The junior tied second-fastest time in collegiate history (13.07 seconds) to break his own SEC Outdoors record in the preliminary round. In the SEC final, Holloway clocked 13.12, now the fifth-fastest time in collegiate history, and finished behind Kentucky's Daniel Roberts, who tied the meet record of 13.07. The Chesapeake, Va., followed that up with the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history (13.10), which broke the NCAA Outdoor Championships record, since the East Preliminary is technically part of the national meet.
1⃣3⃣.0⃣7⃣ 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 10, 2019
🐊 #SECTF Outdoors Record
🐊 🌎 Leader
🐊 John McDonnell Field Record@Flaamingoo_ just did all that in a PRELIM. LAWD 😨😨😱😱
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Holloway's top 110 hurdles time is tied for the world lead, and he also holds three of the top four, and six of the top 12 times in the world this year.
Holloway totaled 14 points at SEC Outdoors, as he helped Florida's 4x100 relay team to a silver medal, anchored the 4x400 relay team to a fifth-place finish, and took sixth in the long jump.
Paired with his season-best long jump mark of 8.00 meters, Holloway is the only man in outdoor track and field history to break 13.10 seconds in the 110 hurdles and wind-legally long jump at least 8.00 meters, according to athlete bios maintained by the IAAF.
Coach Holloway led the Gators to a runner-up finish at SEC Outdoors, and Florida's men enter next week's NCAA Outdoors as the No. 2-ranked team in the nation, only trailing out-of-region Texas Tech. In addition to his work with Grant Holloway, Coach Holloway helped sophomore Hakim Sani Brown and junior Raymond Ekevwo to a 1-2 finish in the SEC Outdoors 100 meters. Sani Brown ran a personal best of 9.99 seconds, while Ekevwo clocked 10.02 seconds. It was the first sweep of its kind since 2014.
9⃣.9⃣9⃣ 🇯🇵 @Hakimsanib
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 18, 2019
🔟.0⃣2⃣ 🇳🇬 @RaymondEkevwo
A 🥇🥈 finish, and two 🌎 and Olympic standards 🔥🔥🔥#GoGators 🐊 #TheHolloWAY pic.twitter.com/5IKt8u6ixR
Nine of the Gators 16 NCAA Outdoors entries are in the sprints, hurdles, and relays – all of which are Holloway's primary coaching areas.
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