Saturday, June 8
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6:30 PM
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NCAA Outdoor Championships
Gators Finish Sixth at NCAA Outdoors
Saturday, June 8, 2019 | Track and Field
AUSTIN, Texas. – Florida's women posted a trio of top-four finishes and broke a school record to close the NCAA Outdoor Championships Saturday evening. The Gators finished sixth in the team standings, giving them a third consecutive top-six finish at the outdoor national meet. They were fifth each of the past two years, and only the Gators and Southern California have finished in the top six each of the last three years.
Senior Yanis David capped her historic career with a runner-up finish in the triple jump. David, the only woman in history on the collegiate all-time top 10 in both horizontal jumps, took the lead in the sixth and final round with a mark of 13.93 meters (45 feet, 8.5 inches), but she was usurped by six centimeters on the last jump of the competition.
David finishes her outdoor career as the No. 2-ranked triple jumper in collegiate history, tied for the No. 7 spot on the long jump collegiate all-time top 10, and holding school records in both those events. The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native also finished third in 2016 and 2017, then second in 2018 and 2019 in the NCAA Outdoors triple jump.
Senior Sharrika Barnett turned in the best NCAA Championships finish of her career in the 400 meters, as she took third place with a time of 51.00 seconds. Barnett finished in the top five at three of the last four national meets prior to Saturday.
Barnett came back on the 4x400 relay later in the evening and anchored the Gators to a fourth-place finish, as well as the second-fastest time in program history (3:27.02). The first three legs of the team were freshman Doneisha Anderson, and sophomores Taylor Manson and Nikki Stephens.
Sophomore Amanda Froeynes finished sixth in the heptathlon, but she set personal records in the javelin throw and 800 meters en route to a school-record overall score of 5,891 points. Froeynes, who finished fifth at last year's NCAA Outdoors, topped Brittany Harrell's seven-year-old school record of 5,838 points.
Although she just missed scoring, redshirt junior Jessica Pascoe finished ninth in the 5,000 meters – which marked the highest finish by a Gators runner since Rebecca Lowe was fifth in 2008.
NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
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Senior Yanis David capped her historic career with a runner-up finish in the triple jump. David, the only woman in history on the collegiate all-time top 10 in both horizontal jumps, took the lead in the sixth and final round with a mark of 13.93 meters (45 feet, 8.5 inches), but she was usurped by six centimeters on the last jump of the competition.
David finishes her outdoor career as the No. 2-ranked triple jumper in collegiate history, tied for the No. 7 spot on the long jump collegiate all-time top 10, and holding school records in both those events. The Lamentin, Guadeloupe native also finished third in 2016 and 2017, then second in 2018 and 2019 in the NCAA Outdoors triple jump.
"To my younger self,
— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) June 8, 2019
You will grow into a person who is not scared to smile, who is not scared of the unusual, and who won't ever give up."
2019 #ncaaTF Women's Outdoor Long Jump Champion Yanis David | @GatorsTF pic.twitter.com/mKI9bJuYFz
Senior Sharrika Barnett turned in the best NCAA Championships finish of her career in the 400 meters, as she took third place with a time of 51.00 seconds. Barnett finished in the top five at three of the last four national meets prior to Saturday.
Barnett came back on the 4x400 relay later in the evening and anchored the Gators to a fourth-place finish, as well as the second-fastest time in program history (3:27.02). The first three legs of the team were freshman Doneisha Anderson, and sophomores Taylor Manson and Nikki Stephens.
Sophomore Amanda Froeynes finished sixth in the heptathlon, but she set personal records in the javelin throw and 800 meters en route to a school-record overall score of 5,891 points. Froeynes, who finished fifth at last year's NCAA Outdoors, topped Brittany Harrell's seven-year-old school record of 5,838 points.
Although she just missed scoring, redshirt junior Jessica Pascoe finished ninth in the 5,000 meters – which marked the highest finish by a Gators runner since Rebecca Lowe was fifth in 2008.
NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
- Results (Flash Results)
- Day One Recap
- Day Two Recap
- Day Three Recap
- Meet Notes (PDF)
- Venue: Mike A. Meyers Stadium (University of Texas)
| Wednesday, June 5 (only scorers listed; see Day One Recap for full results) | |
| Event | Place (Points), Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| HT (M) | 4 (5). Thomas Mardal – 73.10 meters (239 feet, 10 inches) | Topped own No. 2-ranked mark on UF's All-Time Top 10 by 10 centimeters (4 inches) |
| 6 (3). AJ McFarland – 71.68 meters (235 feet, 2 inches) | Topped own No. 3-ranked mark on UF's All-Time Top 10 by 39 centimeters (1 foot, 4 inches) | |
| Thursday, June 6 (only scorers listed; see Day Two Recap for full results) | |
| Event | Place (Points), Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| LJ (W) | 1 (10). Yanis David – 6.84 meters (22 feet, 5.25 inches) [+1.5] | Tied 10th-farthest mark in collegiate history; tied No. 7 performer in collegiate history; broke Shara Proctor's 10-year-old school record by 13 centimeters (5 inches); topped personal record by 17 centimeters (6.5 inches) |
| Friday, June 7 (only scorers listed; see Day Three Recap for full results) | |
| Event | Place (Points), Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 100m (M) | 3 (6). Hakim Sani Brown – 9.97 [+0.8] | Japanese record; broke Bernard Williams' 19-year-old school record (9.99 at 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championships) |
| 200m (M) | 3 (6). Sani Brown – 20.08 [+0.8] | No. 4-ranked time on UF's All-Time Top 10; No. 2-ranked performance in Japanese history; topped personal record by 0.05 seconds |
| 400m (M) | 7 (2). Chantz Sawyers – 45.24 | No. 10-ranked time on UF's All-Time Top 10; topped personal record by 0.16 seconds |
| 110mH (M) | 1 (10). Grant Holloway – 12.98 [+0.8] | Collegiate record; Tied No. 18-ranked performance on World All-Time List; NCAA Outdoor Championships record; facility record |
| 4x100 (M) | 1 (10). Raymond Ekevwo-Sani Brown-Holloway-Ryan Clark – 37.97 | Collegiate record; first team in collegiate history to break 38 seconds |
| 4x400 (M) | 2 (8). Benjamin Lobo Vedel-Sawyers-Denzel Villaman-Holloway – 2:59.60 | School record; Tied fourth-fastest time in collegiate history |
| Saturday, June 8 (all events are finals) | |
| Event | Place (Points), Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 400m (W) | 3 (6). Sharrika Barnett – 51.00 | Highest career finish at NCAA Championships |
| 5,000m (W) | 9. Jessica Pascoe – 16:17.82 | Highest finish by a Gator since 2008 |
| 4x400 (W) | 4 (5). Donesiha Anderson-Taylor Manson-Nikki Stephens-Barnett – 3:27.02 | No. 2-ranked time on UF's All-Time Top 10 |
| TJ (W) | 2 (8). Yanis David – 13.93 meters (45 feet, 8.5 inches) [-0.2] |
| 12. Kala Penn – 13.17 meters (43 feet, 2.5 inches) [-1.5] | |
| Heptathlon | 6 (3). Amanda Froeynes – 5,891 points | Broke school record by 53 points |
| Heptathlon Day 2 Event-by-Event Scoring | |
| LJ | 11. Froeynes – 5.90 meters (19 feet, 4.25 inches) [-0.6] | 819 points |
| JT | 3. Froeynes – 44.73 meters (146 feet, 9 inches) | 758 points; topped personal record by 10 centimeters (4 inches) |
| 800m | 4. Froeynes – 2:11.42 | Topped personal record by 0.55 seconds |
| Heptathlon Day 1 (Friday) Event-by-Event Scoring | |
| 100mH | 17. Froeynes – 14.15 [+2.0] | 957 points; topped personal record by 0.11 seconds |
| HJ | 6. Froeynes – 1.75 meters (5 feet, 8.75 inches) | 916 points |
| SP | 9. Froeynes – 12.14 meters (39 feet, 10 inches) | 670 points |
| 200m | 21. Froeynes – 25.66 [+0.8] | 827 points |
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