Gators Duo Makes History with National Awards
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 | Track and Field
NEW ORLEANS – Florida horizontal jumper Yanis David and all-around standout Grant Holloway became the first Gators in history to receive outdoor national awards from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, as the organization announced the honors Tuesday afternoon.
David was named USTFCCCA National Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, while Holloway was named USTFCCCA National Co-Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year. Both earned the same distinctions indoors as well, though sweeps have been relatively common as of late.
The pair garnered national recognition with their sensational performances at last week's NCAA Outdoor Championships.
David won the long jump title – with a mark that tied the 10th-farthest jump in collegiate history – and took second in the triple jump. The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native's 18 points were the most by a field athlete and the second-highest total among all competitors at NCAA Outdoors.
This past March, David won her first career national title, finishing 20 centimeters clear of the NCAA Indoor Championships triple jump silver medalist. That, along with a third-place finish in the long jump and her showing at NCAA Outdoors, make her the highest-scoring woman at this year's NCAA Championships (34 points).
Additional Yanis David 2019 Outdoor Season Achievements
Holloway set a pair of collegiate records and a school record at NCAA Outdoors. The Chesapeake, Va. native won his third consecutive 110-meter hurdles title and broke Renaldo Nehemiah's 40-year-old collegiate record of 13.00 seconds. The victory made Holloway the only collegian in history to sweep the indoor and outdoor high hurdles titles three consecutive years.
Holloway won his sixth hurdles title with a wind-legal time of 12.98, making him one of three men since the start of 2016 (Omar McLeod, Sergey Shubenkov) to break 13 seconds. And it put Holloway into a tie with Americans Mark Crear (1999) and Jason Richardson (2012) for the No. 18 ranking on the world all-time list.
Fastest 110 Hurdles Times in the World Since 2016
Holloway's incredible hurdles performance was sandwiched between his leg for Florida's 4x100 relay team – which won the national title with a collegiate-record time of 37.97 seconds – and his 43.7-second anchor split for Florida's 4x400 relay team that broke the school record and equaled the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history (2:59.60).
Additional Grant Holloway 2019 Outdoor Season Achievements
Back in March, Holloway turned in one of the most impressive seasons in indoor track and field history, capping an incredible three months with 27.5 individual points at NCAA Indoor Championships, just a half-point behind the meet record of 28, set by Oregon's Edward Cheserek in 2017.
He became the third man in Division I history to complete the straightaway sweep (60 meters, 60-meter hurdles) at NCAA Indoors, and he did it with the fastest single-day combined time in the sport's history (13.85 seconds).
His winning time of 7.35 seconds in the 60 hurdles broke the American and collegiate records, in addition to being the fourth-fastest time in history and making him the No. 3 performer on the world all-time list. Roughly 40 minutes later, Holloway tied the 10th-fastest 60 meters time in collegiate history (6.50 seconds) to win another national title.
Holloway also took third place in the long jump, finishing just two centimeters behind the national champion despite only taking three of a possible six jumps (he led until late in the fifth round of attempts). And to top it all off, he ran second for Florida's 4x400 relay team, which finished third overall.
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David was named USTFCCCA National Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, while Holloway was named USTFCCCA National Co-Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year. Both earned the same distinctions indoors as well, though sweeps have been relatively common as of late.
The pair garnered national recognition with their sensational performances at last week's NCAA Outdoor Championships.
David won the long jump title – with a mark that tied the 10th-farthest jump in collegiate history – and took second in the triple jump. The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native's 18 points were the most by a field athlete and the second-highest total among all competitors at NCAA Outdoors.
That's TWO-time #NCAATF champion @Yaniis_Dav!
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 7, 2019
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— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 7, 2019
This past March, David won her first career national title, finishing 20 centimeters clear of the NCAA Indoor Championships triple jump silver medalist. That, along with a third-place finish in the long jump and her showing at NCAA Outdoors, make her the highest-scoring woman at this year's NCAA Championships (34 points).
Additional Yanis David 2019 Outdoor Season Achievements
- Only woman in history to crack the collegiate all-time top 10 lists for both horizontal jumps
- Seventh woman in NCAA Outdoors history to score 18-plus points in the horizontal jumps
- Second woman in history to sweep the horizontal jumps titles at both SEC Indoor and Outdoor Championships in the same year
- Posted the third-farthest triple jump mark and No. 2-ranked triple jump performance (14.35 meters / 47 feet, 1 inch) in collegiate history to win the SEC Outdoors title
- Tied the 10th-farthest long jump mark and tied the No. 7-ranked long jump performance (6.84 meters / 22 feet, 5.25 inches) in collegiate history to win the NCAA Outdoors title
- SEC Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year; USTFCCCA South Region Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
- Posted four wind-legal triple jumps of 14-plus meters, a distance no other collegian reached this year
What does the No. 3⃣ triple jump in @NCAATrackField history look like?
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 15, 2019
* @Yaniis_Dav scrolls through camera roll *
📹👇 #GoGators 🐊 #WeBelieve pic.twitter.com/1Y8RxjuQNL
Holloway set a pair of collegiate records and a school record at NCAA Outdoors. The Chesapeake, Va. native won his third consecutive 110-meter hurdles title and broke Renaldo Nehemiah's 40-year-old collegiate record of 13.00 seconds. The victory made Holloway the only collegian in history to sweep the indoor and outdoor high hurdles titles three consecutive years.
*tips cap to @RenaldoNehemiah*
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 8, 2019
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Holloway won his sixth hurdles title with a wind-legal time of 12.98, making him one of three men since the start of 2016 (Omar McLeod, Sergey Shubenkov) to break 13 seconds. And it put Holloway into a tie with Americans Mark Crear (1999) and Jason Richardson (2012) for the No. 18 ranking on the world all-time list.
Fastest 110 Hurdles Times in the World Since 2016
- McLeod – 12.90 (2017)
- Shubenkov – 12.92 (2018)
- Shubenkov – 12.95 (2018)
- McLeod – 12.96 (2017)
- Shubenkov – 12.97 (2018)
- Grant Holloway (2019) / McLeod (2016) – 12.98
Holloway's incredible hurdles performance was sandwiched between his leg for Florida's 4x100 relay team – which won the national title with a collegiate-record time of 37.97 seconds – and his 43.7-second anchor split for Florida's 4x400 relay team that broke the school record and equaled the fourth-fastest time in collegiate history (2:59.60).
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— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 8, 2019
THIS is how you F I N I S H!!!
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 8, 2019
2⃣:5⃣9⃣.6⃣0⃣ for a #Gators record
4⃣3⃣.7⃣ anchor and an all-out effort from @Flaamingoo_ to cap one of the greatest collegiate careers of all time 😭😭😭pic.twitter.com/bz3rprQAUl
Additional Grant Holloway 2019 Outdoor Season Achievements
- Posted four additional 110 hurdles times that rank among the 11 fastest in collegiate history (13.07 / 13.10 / 13.12 / 13.16) this season
- Posted five of the 10 fastest 110 hurdles times in the world this year, including the world leader, along with the No. 12, No. 14, and No. 18 times on the 2019 world list
- Broke Marquis Dendy's school record for career individual national titles (eight)
- Second man in collegiate history to win three consecutive outdoor high hurdles national titles (Southern California's Jack Davis won three straight 120-yard hurdles crowns from 1951-53)
- 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
- Totaled 14 points at SEC Outdoors – finished second in 110 hurdles, ran for Florida's second-place 4x100 relay, anchored Florida's 4x400 relay to a fifth-place finish, took sixth in the long jump
Back in March, Holloway turned in one of the most impressive seasons in indoor track and field history, capping an incredible three months with 27.5 individual points at NCAA Indoor Championships, just a half-point behind the meet record of 28, set by Oregon's Edward Cheserek in 2017.
He became the third man in Division I history to complete the straightaway sweep (60 meters, 60-meter hurdles) at NCAA Indoors, and he did it with the fastest single-day combined time in the sport's history (13.85 seconds).
His winning time of 7.35 seconds in the 60 hurdles broke the American and collegiate records, in addition to being the fourth-fastest time in history and making him the No. 3 performer on the world all-time list. Roughly 40 minutes later, Holloway tied the 10th-fastest 60 meters time in collegiate history (6.50 seconds) to win another national title.
Holloway also took third place in the long jump, finishing just two centimeters behind the national champion despite only taking three of a possible six jumps (he led until late in the fifth round of attempts). And to top it all off, he ran second for Florida's 4x400 relay team, which finished third overall.
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