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CLEMSON, S.C – Florida track and field opened its 2020 season Saturday at Clemson's Orange & Purple Elite meet, and the Gators got their indoor campaign rolling with strong showings on the straightaway and in the field, highlighted by Clayton Brown's NCAA-leading mark in the triple jump.
 
Brown's winning mark of 16.46 meters (54 feet) was the second-farthest legal jump of his career, and it was his first legal jump of at least 16.45 meters since the 2017 SEC Championships. That year, as a freshman, Brown posted his personal record of 16.58 meters (54 feet, 6 inches), which still occupies the No. 6 spot on Florida's All-Time Indoor Top 10 list.
 
Newcomer Jonathan Miller, a sophomore transfer from Nebraska, took second to Brown with a top mark of 16.04 meters (52 feet, 7.5 inches) and tied the No. 9 ranking on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10. Brown and Miller are, for the time being, the only two collegiate triple jumpers over 16 meters this season.
 
Senior horizontal jumper Kala Penn stood out as the Gators opened the season, finishing second overall and first among collegiate entrants in the triple jump. Her top mark of 13.20 meters (43 feet, 3.75 inches) ranks seventh on the school's All-Time Indoor Top 10. It also ranks second nationally.
 
Redshirt junior Connor Bandel beat his indoor personal record of 18.84 meters on three of his final four throws, including his last attempt, which measured 19.29 meters (63 feet, 3.5 inches) and moved him from No. 7 to No. 4 on the program's All-Time Indoor Top 10 list. That mark was also a centimeter shy of his overall personal record, which he set at last year's NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Freshman Semira Killebrew made a splash in her collegiate debut, finishing second among collegians and fourth overall in the 60 meters. The Indianapolis, Ind., native crossed in 7.29 seconds, tying the No. 3-ranked time on the program's All-Time Indoor Top 10.
 
Both Bandel's and Killebrew's marks rank sixth nationally in the very early goings of this indoor season.
 
A pair of Gators sped to times on the program's All-Time Top 10 in the women's 60-meter hurdles, as senior Brandee' Johnson topped her own fourth-ranked time (from nearly two years ago) by one hundredth of a second, and freshman Grace Stark posted the No. 5-ranked time in her collegiate debut.
 
Johnson crossed in 8.25 seconds, while Stark followed her 8.29 in the preliminary with 8.27 in the final.
 
Junior Cory Poole tied the second-fastest time of his career in the 60-meter hurdles, opening his season with a time of 7.76 seconds. Poole's personal record of 7.73 seconds, set last January, ranks fifth on Florida's All-Time Indoor Top 10.
 
And although it came in an event that will not be contested at either the SEC or NCAA Indoor Championships, sophomore Doneisha Anderson clocked a winning time of 37.17 seconds in the 300 meters, just one tenth of a second off the 10th-fastset time in collegiate history. Fellow quarter-miler Taylor Manson was not far behind, as she crossed in 37.36 seconds.
 
The Gators continue their indoor season next Friday and Saturday at the Gamecock Open in Columbia, S.C.
 
ORANGE & PURPLE ELITE MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

• Results (Adkins Results)
• Venue: Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex

 

Saturday, January 11 (* denotes preliminary; all other events are finals)
Event	Place, Gators – Time / Mark | Notes
60m (M)	5. Cameron Miller – 6.80
	6. Joseph Fahnbulleh – 6.81
60m (M) *	6. C. Miller – 6.77 | Advanced to final (time); collegiate debut
	8. Fahnbulleh – 6.80 | Advanced to final (time); collegiate debut
	11. Tyler Davis – 6.89 | Collegiate debut
60m (W)	4. Semira Killebrew – 7.29 | Tied No. 3 time on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10
	8. Stark – 7.44
60m (W) *	4. Killebrew – 7.42 | Advanced to final (automatic); collegiate debut
	6. Stark – 7.47 | Advanced to final (automatic)
	10. Kala Penn – 7.51 | First-ever collegiate 60m race
	22. Timetria Mitchell – 7.95
300m (M)	2. C. Miller – 33.11
	3. Fahnbulleh – 33.42
	8. Davis – 34.49
	11. Cameron Mahorn – 34.69
300m (W)	1. Doneisha Anderson – 37.17
	2. Taylor Manson – 37.36 | Topped personal record by 0.56 seconds
400m (M)	7. Dawson Guillory – 48.82 | Topped indoor personal record by 0.92 seconds
400m (W)	9. Shakira Dancy – 1:00.43 | Indoor personal record
600m (M)	2. Justin Pacifico – 1:18.59
	3. Denzel Villaman – 1:19.65
	5. Jacob Miley – 1:21.96 | Collegiate debut
600m (W)	2. Nikki Stephens – 1:30.96
	3. Abbie Harrelson – 1:32.28
	4. Amanda Froeynes – 1:32.41
800m (M)	1. Dehsay Fernandes – 1:57.88 | Collegiate debut
	3. Chase Ruskin – 2:00.50 | Collegiate debut
1,000m (W)	12. Madison Morse – 3:01.06
Mile (W)	1. Caitlin McQuilkin-Bell – 4:59.60
	13. Colleen Carney – 5:33.01 | Florida debut
60mH (M)	3. Cory Poole – 7.76 | Tied second-fastest time of his career
60mH (M) *	7. Poole – 7.89 | Advanced to final (time)
	12. Osaji Skyers – 8.11 | Collegiate debut
60mH (W)	5. Brandee' Johnson – 8.25 | Topped own No. 4 time on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10 by one hundredth of a second
	6. Grace Stark – 8.27 | No. 5 time on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10
60mH (W) *	3. Stark – 8.29 | Advanced to final (time); collegiate debut
	9. Johnson – 8.61 | Advanced to final (automatic)
	10. Stephens – 8.62
	16. Mitchell – 8.78
	21. Froeynes – 9.15
LJ (M)	3. Jalen Chance – 7.40 meters (24 feet, 3.5 inches) | Collegiate debut
	15. Michael Holloway II – 6.52 meters (21 feet, 4.75 inches) | Collegiate debut
LJ (W)	4. Stephens – 5.82 meters (19 feet, 1.25 inches) | Topped personal record by six centimeters
	5. Froeynes – 5.79 meters (19 feet)
TJ (M)	1. Clayton Brown – 16.46 meters (54 feet) | NCAA-leading mark
	2. Jonathan Miller – 16.04 meters (52 feet, 7.5 inches) | Tied No. 9-ranked mark on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10; topped personal record by 39 centimeters (1 foot, 3.25 inches); Florida debut
	4. Jalen Chance – 14.88 meters (48 feet, 10 inches) | Collegiate debut
TJ (W)	2. Kala Penn – 13.20 meters (43 feet, 3.75 inches) | No. 7-ranked mark on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10; tied second-best mark of collegiate career
SP (M)	1. Connor Bandel – 19.29 meters (63 feet, 3.5 inches) | No. 4-ranked mark on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10; topped indoor personal record by 45 centimeters (1 foot, 5.75 inches)
SP (W)	3. Thea Jensen – 15.25 meters (50 feet, 0.5 inches) | Collegiate debut
WT (W)	1. Amara Wiggan – 19.03 meters (62 feet, 5.25 inches) | Third 19-meter throw of career; tied second-best throw of career

 

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