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Hakim Sani Brown (left) and Raymond Ekevwo (center) are eyeing the 100 meters final at the IAAF World Championships.
12 Gators Vying for Medals at IAAF World Championships
Thursday, September 26, 2019 | Track and Field
DOHA, Qatar – A dozen Gators will represent the program over the next 10 days at the IAAF World Championships, including rising junior Hakim Sani Brown and rising senior Raymond Ekevwo, along with two superstars from Florida's 2019 campaign – Yanis David and Grant Holloway.
Sani Brown, who represents Japan, is making his third World Championships appearance. In 2015, as a 16-year-old prodigy, Sani Brown became the youngest 200 meters competitor in meet history and advanced to the semifinals. Two years ago in London, Sani Brown doubled in the 100 and 200 meters, making the semifinals in the former and succeeding Usain Bolt as the youngest finalist in history in the latter event (Sani Brown finished seventh in the final).
This past season with the Gators, Sani Brown announced himself as a rising collegiate star, breaking the Japanese 100 meters record (with a career-best 9.97 seconds) in the process.
The Tokyo, Japan native won the 100 meters title at the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships, in addition to third-place finishes in the 60 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships and the 100 and 200 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. He also ran the second leg for Florida's national championship and collegiate record-breaking 4x100 relay team.
Ekevwo was the leadoff leg for the aforementioned 4x100 relay, and he was the runner-up finisher to Sani Brown at SEC Outdoors. At the African Games earlier this month, Ekevwo ran for Nigeria and won the 100 meters gold medal, breaking his teammate's school record with a winning time of 9.96 seconds.
Both are entered in the 100 meters and are expected to run for their country's 4x100 relay team.
David and Holloway, finalists for The Bowerman, track and field's take on the Heisman Trophy, inked professional contracts following the 2019 season and are set for their first World Championships appearances.
Holloway capped one of the greatest careers in collegiate history at June's NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he broke Renaldo Nehemiah's 40-year-old collegiate record in the 110-meter hurdles with a world-leading time of 12.98 seconds. The Chesapeake, Va., native, who won eight national titles and broke three collegiate records with the Gators, followed that performance with a silver medal at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, which secured his spot for World Championships.
David will represent France in the long jump. David won a pair of national titles as a senior, the second of which came in the long jump at NCAA Outdoors. Her winning mark of 6.84 meters tied the No. 7-ranked mark on the collegiate all-time top 10 list. It also ranks tied for 14th in the world this year.
Three Gators will compete in the men's triple jump, and the trio's season-best marks rank No. 1, No. 2, and No.3 in the world this year.
Though he is ranked No. 2 at the moment, Christian Taylor has won gold at the last three global championships, in addition to the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics. Earlier this month, Taylor won the Diamond League – track and field's professional circuit – for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. Taylor's all-time best mark of 18.21 meters, set en route to gold at the 2015 World Championships, ranks second in track and field history.
Will Claye's world-leading mark of 18.14 meters ranks third in track and field history, and he is coming off silver medals at the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World Championships. He was also the silver medalist at the 2012 Olympics.
Omar Craddock rounds out the trio amid the best season of his career. Craddock's season-best mark of 17.68 meters demolished his previous personal best, and it is 15 centimeters clear of the No. 4-ranked triple jumper in the world. Craddock has appeared at two previous World Championships, with his best outing being a fourth-place finish in 2015.
TJ Holmes is making his second consecutive World Championships appearance. Holmes took fifth at the 2017 World Championships, and he enters this year's event ranked eighth among the entrants.
Shara Proctor earned her seventh career World Championships long jump appearance, tying her for the third-most appearances in the event's history. When Proctor competes 10 days from now, she will join Jackie Edwards (nine from 1991-2007), Great Britain's and Italy's Fiona May (eight from 1991-2005), Germany's Heike Daute/Drechsler (seven from 1983-97 and 2001), and Brittney Reese (seven from 2007-17 and this year) as the only women in history with seven World Championships long jump appearances.
Gators Great Genevieve Gregson (formerly LaCaze) is making her third World Championships appearance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Gregson was also chosen as captain of the Australian women's team.
Half-miler Andres Arroyo, a 2016 Olympian, and two-time Olympian shot putter Kemal Mesic are both set to make their second World Championships appearances.
2019 IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
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Sani Brown, who represents Japan, is making his third World Championships appearance. In 2015, as a 16-year-old prodigy, Sani Brown became the youngest 200 meters competitor in meet history and advanced to the semifinals. Two years ago in London, Sani Brown doubled in the 100 and 200 meters, making the semifinals in the former and succeeding Usain Bolt as the youngest finalist in history in the latter event (Sani Brown finished seventh in the final).
This past season with the Gators, Sani Brown announced himself as a rising collegiate star, breaking the Japanese 100 meters record (with a career-best 9.97 seconds) in the process.
.@Hakimsanib -9⃣.9⃣9⃣ and #SECTF 🏆@RaymondEkevwo - 🔟.0⃣2⃣ and #SECTF 🥈
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) May 11, 2019
That's a 1-2 #GatorsSWEEP in the 100 meters! #TheHolloWAY
📹: https://t.co/n0REvLtttd pic.twitter.com/f6ON3hOics
Sub-3⃣8⃣ moves 😎@RaymondEkevwo ➡️ @Hakimsanib ➡️ @Flaamingoo_ ➡️ @clarknation14#GoGators 🐊 #LessSaid 🐊 #TheHolloWAYpic.twitter.com/fwSxj7qI8c
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 8, 2019
The Tokyo, Japan native won the 100 meters title at the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships, in addition to third-place finishes in the 60 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships and the 100 and 200 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. He also ran the second leg for Florida's national championship and collegiate record-breaking 4x100 relay team.
Ekevwo was the leadoff leg for the aforementioned 4x100 relay, and he was the runner-up finisher to Sani Brown at SEC Outdoors. At the African Games earlier this month, Ekevwo ran for Nigeria and won the 100 meters gold medal, breaking his teammate's school record with a winning time of 9.96 seconds.
A look at @RaymondEkevwo's school record from #AfricaGames!
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) August 29, 2019
9⃣.9⃣6⃣ and a L E A N for 🥇 😱😱#GoGatorspic.twitter.com/FmPsiUXQ3d
Both are entered in the 100 meters and are expected to run for their country's 4x100 relay team.
David and Holloway, finalists for The Bowerman, track and field's take on the Heisman Trophy, inked professional contracts following the 2019 season and are set for their first World Championships appearances.
Holloway capped one of the greatest careers in collegiate history at June's NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he broke Renaldo Nehemiah's 40-year-old collegiate record in the 110-meter hurdles with a world-leading time of 12.98 seconds. The Chesapeake, Va., native, who won eight national titles and broke three collegiate records with the Gators, followed that performance with a silver medal at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, which secured his spot for World Championships.
*tips cap to @RenaldoNehemiah*
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 8, 2019
1⃣2⃣.9⃣8⃣ 🗣️🗣️ @Flaamingoo_#GoGators 🐊 #LessSaid 🐊 #TheHolloWAYpic.twitter.com/fzv0vqZHM3
David will represent France in the long jump. David won a pair of national titles as a senior, the second of which came in the long jump at NCAA Outdoors. Her winning mark of 6.84 meters tied the No. 7-ranked mark on the collegiate all-time top 10 list. It also ranks tied for 14th in the world this year.
That's TWO-time #NCAATF champion @Yaniis_Dav!
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) June 7, 2019
📰: https://t.co/H7e5yj5aRJ#GoGators 🐊 #WeBelieve pic.twitter.com/22vs0uc7T5
Three Gators will compete in the men's triple jump, and the trio's season-best marks rank No. 1, No. 2, and No.3 in the world this year.
Though he is ranked No. 2 at the moment, Christian Taylor has won gold at the last three global championships, in addition to the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics. Earlier this month, Taylor won the Diamond League – track and field's professional circuit – for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. Taylor's all-time best mark of 18.21 meters, set en route to gold at the 2015 World Championships, ranks second in track and field history.
2012 💎
— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) September 7, 2019
2013 💎
2014 💎
2015 💎
2016 💎
2017 💎
2019 💎
All hail @Taylored2jump
He wins a record-equaling seventh Diamond League title in Brussels pic.twitter.com/EIHITiWQad
A single day off Doha and let's recall @Taylored2jump as he bounds out to a huge last-gasp AR and WL of 18.21 (0.2) with a vengeance, second furthest mark in history, to reclaim the global throne of the men's TJ in Beijing in 2015 pic.twitter.com/j0pnMKcsU9
— Costas Goulas (@lsabre_Avenger) September 26, 2019
Will Claye's world-leading mark of 18.14 meters ranks third in track and field history, and he is coming off silver medals at the 2016 Olympics and 2017 World Championships. He was also the silver medalist at the 2012 Olympics.
TOP 3 OF ALL TIME 🌐 This one goes out to my grandmother who recently ascended to Heaven. I know she's going to continue cheering me on from up there and I'm going keep making her proud down here! #myangel pic.twitter.com/aXPz9wRLNR
— illWill (@WilliamClaye) July 3, 2019
"I called my Mom and told her: 'I don't want to compete'."
— SPIKES (@spikesmag) August 17, 2019
Just days before his 18.14m triple jump, @WilliamClaye's grandma passed away. He almost chose not to compete, but her words made him take his biggest leap to date.
📝 https://t.co/CL2rHvOnSp pic.twitter.com/vHcq7BJ1u8
Omar Craddock rounds out the trio amid the best season of his career. Craddock's season-best mark of 17.68 meters demolished his previous personal best, and it is 15 centimeters clear of the No. 4-ranked triple jumper in the world. Craddock has appeared at two previous World Championships, with his best outing being a fourth-place finish in 2015.
Omar Craddock jumps a World Lead and a new PB of 17.68m (58-0.25)!! 😳 pic.twitter.com/ntRMwtEW4C
— Jumpers World (@jumpersworld_) April 21, 2019
SHEESH 🦵
— ESPN (@espn) September 4, 2019
(via @OmarGooddness) pic.twitter.com/pwwhJTcXGN
TJ Holmes is making his second consecutive World Championships appearance. Holmes took fifth at the 2017 World Championships, and he enters this year's event ranked eighth among the entrants.
Shara Proctor earned her seventh career World Championships long jump appearance, tying her for the third-most appearances in the event's history. When Proctor competes 10 days from now, she will join Jackie Edwards (nine from 1991-2007), Great Britain's and Italy's Fiona May (eight from 1991-2005), Germany's Heike Daute/Drechsler (seven from 1983-97 and 2001), and Brittney Reese (seven from 2007-17 and this year) as the only women in history with seven World Championships long jump appearances.
Gators Great Genevieve Gregson (formerly LaCaze) is making her third World Championships appearance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Gregson was also chosen as captain of the Australian women's team.
Honoured to be named team captain of the Australian Athletics Team heading to Doha next week. I can't wait to represent my country and support the rest of the team alongside our male captain @stevesolomon10 over the next few weeks. See you all soon! 🌟🇦🇺 #OneTeam #TeamAustralia pic.twitter.com/P16SPRGhiR
— Genevieve LaCaze (@GenGen_LaCaze) September 18, 2019
Half-miler Andres Arroyo, a 2016 Olympian, and two-time Olympian shot putter Kemal Mesic are both set to make their second World Championships appearances.
2019 IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
- Live Results
- Broadcast Schedule
- Venue: Khalifa International Stadium (Doha, Qatar)
| Day 1 – Friday, September 27th | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 11:05 a.m. | Raymond Ekevwo (Nigeria); Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) – Men's 100 meters [quarterfinals] |
| 12 p.m. | Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase [preliminary] |
| 12:25 p.m. | Will Claye (United States); Omar Craddock (United States); Christian Taylor (United States) – Men's Triple Jump [qualifying] |
| 1:30 p.m. | TJ Holmes (United States) – Men's 400-meter Hurdles [preliminary] |
| Day 2 – Saturday, September 28th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 10:05 a.m. | Andres Arroyo (Puerto Rico) – Men's 800 meters [preliminary] |
| 11:05 a.m. | TJ Holmes (United States) – Men's 400-meter Hurdles [semifinals] |
| 11:45 a.m. | Raymond Ekevwo (Nigeria); Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) – Men's 100 meters [semifinals] |
| 3:15 p.m. | Ekevwo (Nigeria); Sani Brown (Japan) – Men's 100 meters |
| Day 3 – Sunday, September 29th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 2:45 p.m. | Will Claye (United States); Omar Craddock (United States); Christian Taylor (United States) – Men's Triple Jump |
| 2:55 p.m. | Andres Arroyo (Puerto Rico) – Men's 800 meters [semifinals] |
| Day 4 – Monday, September 30th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 1:05 p.m. | Grant Holloway (United States) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles [preliminary] |
| 2:50 p.m. | Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase |
| 3:40 p.m. | TJ Holmes (United States) – Men's 400-meter Hurdles |
| Day 5 – Tuesday, October 1st (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 3:10 p.m. | Andres Arroyo (Puerto Rico) – Men's 800 meters |
| Day 6 – Wednesday, October 2nd (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 1:05 p.m. | Grant Holloway (United States) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles [semifinals] |
| 3:55 p.m. | Holloway (United States) – Men's 110-meter Hurdles |
| Day 7 – Thursday, October 3rd | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 12:20 p.m. | Kemal Mesic (Bosnia) – Men's Shot Put [qualifying – Group A] |
| 1:40 p.m. | Kemal Mesic (Bosnia) – Men's Shot Put [qualifying – Group B] |
| Day 8 – Friday, October 4th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 2:05 p.m. | Raymond Ekevwo (Nigeria); Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) – Men's 4x100 relay [preliminary] |
| Day 9 – Saturday, October 5th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 10:50 a.m. | Yanis David (France); Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – Women's Long Jump [qualifying] |
| 1:05 p.m. | Kemal Mesic (Bosnia) – Men's Shot Put |
| 3:15 p.m. | Raymond Ekevwo (Nigeria); Hakim Sani Brown (Japan) – Men's 4x100 relay |
| Day 10 – Sunday, October 6th (bold italics denotes final) | |
| Time | Gators (Country) – Event |
| 12:15 p.m. | Yanis David (France); Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – Women's Long Jump |
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