Florida Set to Host Tom Jones Memorial This Weekend

Friday, April 14

Gainesville, Fla.

Florida Gators

Tom Jones Memorial

Florida Set to Host Tom Jones Memorial This Weekend

Thursday, April 13, 2023 | Track and Field

39 teams come to Gainesville to take part in the Tom Jones Memorial

By: Dylan Sleszynski

GAINESVILLE, Fla.. – On Friday, the Florida Gators Track and Field host their final two home meet of the 2023 season as the Tom Jones Memorial begins. This year the Tom Jones Memorial features 40 teams, including the Florida Gators. Florida will have 66 athletes compete in 35 total events.

On the men's side, ten of the visiting teams enter Gainesville in the top-25 with three in the top-5, while in the women's competition nine teams are ranked in the top-25 with four positioned in the top-10 in the most recent rankings.

Florida will honor 26 seniors during the final home meet of the season with ceremonies on both Friday and Saturday. Thirteen student athletes will be recognized each day, with Friday's recognitions beginning at 4 p.m. and Saturday's recognitions beginning at 11 a.m.

At the Pepsi Florida Relays, the most recent meet of the outdoor season, the Gators captured ten event titles. Friday, Sean Dixon-Bodie and Claire Bryant won the men's (8.00m/26'3") and women's long jump invite (6.56m/21'6.25"), Robert Gregory (20.31) and Talitha Diggs (22.61) swept the men's and women's 200m events, and the 4x800 relay team captured gold (7:23.80). On Saturday, Alida van Daalen won the women's shot put invite (17.94m/58'10.25"), Pjai Austin (10.10) and Talitha Diggs (10.92) swept the 100m races, and both the men's 4x400 (3:02.01) and women's 4x100 teams (43.37) secured event titles.

So far in the 2023 outdoor season, the Gators have recorded 28 new outdoor or overall personal bests. Nineteen of these career performances have come on the track, and nine were in the field.

TOM JONES MEMORIAL MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

Florida will be honoring 26 seniors at the Tom Jones Memorial. Friday 13 seniors will be recognized beginning at 4 p.m. and on Saturday the remaining 13 seniors will be recognized starting at 11 a.m.

On Friday, the Gators will participate in 16 different events, starting with the women's long jump trio of Claire Bryant, Sterling Lester, and Jasmine Moore at 2 p.m. The Gators begin running events at 5 p.m. with the women's 200m.

Florida will compete in 19 events on day two of the competition, beginning at 9:00 a.m. with Akari Isaac, Thea Jensen, and Da'Moni Kelly competing in the women's discus competition. At noon, running event start with the women's 100m hurdles prelims followed by the men's 110m hurdles prelims.

Live Stats	Click Here
Streaming	Friday- Starting at 5:00 p.m. Saturday- Starting at 1:30 p.m.
Meet Location	James G. Pressly Stadium, Percy Beard Track

Friday, April 14^th (All Times in ET) (Events are Finals Unless Otherwise Noted)
Time	Gators – Event
2:00 p.m.	Claire Bryant, Sterling Lester, Jasmine Moore: Women's Long Jump Invite
3:00 p.m.	Malcolm Clemons, Sean Dixon-Bodie, Caleb Foster: Men's Long Invite
3:15 p.m.	Imani Washington: Women's Hammer
4:45 p.m.	Zach Godbold, Devin Willis: Men's Javelin
5:00 p.m.	Kayla Davis, Ramiah Elliott, Kynnedy Flannel, Sterling Lester, Jasmine Montgomery: Women's 200m
5:35 p.m.	Emmanuel Bamidele, Jalen Chance, Robert Gregory, Jacory Patterson, Ryan Willie: Men's 200m
6:15 p.m.	Logan Montgomery: Men's Shot Put Invite
6:15 p.m.	Vanessa Watson: Women's 400m Hurdles
6:30 p.m.	Corvell Todd: Men's High Jump Invite
6:55 p.m.	Kathryn Nohilly: Women's Steeplechase
7:00 p.m.	Jalen Chance, Jordan McCants: Men's Long Jump
7:25 p.m.	Emily Culley, Chloe Hyde, Ashley Klingenberg, Kathryn Nohilly, Rylee Pustilnik, Lucinda Rourke, Jordan Shapiro, Vasileia Spyrou, Liina Winborn: Women's 1500m
7:35 p.m.	Thea Jensen, Alida van Daalen: Women's Shot Put Intive
7:55 p.m.	Michael Fiore, Ethan Geiger, Ryan Miller, Caden Monk, Matt Mule', Jonathan Pitchford, Josh Stern, Aiden Villasuso, Joe Wester, Cavan Wilson, Mac Wright: Men's 1500m
8:15 p.m.	Liina Winborn: Women's 5000m
8:40 p.m.	Ryan Miller: Men's 5000m

Saturday, April 15^th (All Times in ET) (Events are Finals Unless Otherwise Noted)
Time	Gators – Event
9:00 a.m.	Akari Isaac, Thea Jensen, Da'Moni Kelly: Women's Discus
11:00 a.m.	Calvin Bostic, Logan Montgomery: Men's Discus
11:30 p.m.	Alida van Daalen: Women's Discus Invite
12:00 p.m.	Imani Carothers, Jayla Hollis, Sterling Lester, Grace Stark: Women's 100m Hurdles Prelims
12:25 p.m.	Caleb Foster: Men's 110m Hurdles Prelims
1:30 p.m.	Alissa Braxton, Jasmine Moore: Women's Triple Jump
1:30 p.m.	Talitha Diggs, Grace Stark, Jayla Hollis, Kynnedy Flannel: Women's 4x100
1:40 p.m.	Ryan Willie, Jacory Patterson, Pjai Austin, Robert Gregory: Men's 4x100
1:55 p.m.	Imogen Barrett, Emily Culley, Jess Edwards, Ashley Klingenberg, Kathryn Nohilly, Lucinda Rourke, Vasileia Spyrou, Gabrielle Wilkinson: Women's 800m
2:15 p.m.	Sam Austin, Adrian Bichara, Hugh Brittenham, Deshay Fernandes, Michael Fiore, Ryan Maseman, Caden Monk, Matt Mule', Jonathan Pitchford, Chase Ruskin, Joe Wester: Men's 800m
2:30 p.m.	Malcolm Clemons, Sean Dixon-Bodie, Michael Holloway II: Men's Triple Jump
2:35 p.m.	Imani Carothers, Jayla Hollis, Sterling Lester, Grace Stark: Women's 100m Hurdles
2:45 p.m.	Caleb Foster: Men's 110m Hurdles
2:55 p.m.	Kayla Davis: Women's 400m
3:00 p.m.	Da'Moni Kelly, Sterling Lester, Imani Washington: Women's Shot Put
3:25 p.m.	Emmanuel Bamidele, Jacob Miley, JeVaughn Powell: Men's 400m
4:00 p.m.	Claire Bryant: Women's High Jump Invite
4:00 p.m.	Talitha Diggs, Kynnedy Flannel, Jasmine Montgomery, Tymiah Montgomery: Women's 100m
4:15 p.m.	Calvin Bostic: Men's Shot Put
4:30 p.m.	Pjai Austin, Jalen Chance, Robert Gregory, Jacory Patterson: Men's 100m
5:35 p.m.	Ramiah Elliott, Talitha Diggs, Jayla Hollis, Vanessa Watson: Women's 4x400