Florida Sends 49 Entries to the NCAA East Preliminaries

Florida Sends 49 Entries to the NCAA East Preliminaries

Friday, May 19, 2023 | Track and Field

Florida sends 30 women’s entries and 19 men’s entries to the NCAA East Preliminaries

By: Dylan Sleszynski

GAINESVILLE, Fla – The Florida Gators Track & Field program will send 49 entries to Jacksonville, Florida to the NCAA East Preliminaries on May 24-27. The top 12 finishers in each event will advance to the NCAA National Championships, which will be held June 7-10 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.

The Gators women's team qualifies 30 entries, while the men qualify 19 and of Florida's 49 qualifiers, 26 are seeded in the top-12 of their event.

Below is a list of the qualified Florida athletes, their seeds in each event, and qualifying times/marks.

NCAA East Preliminaries Qualifiers
Event	Place, Gators (Time/Distance), Notes
100m (M)	9. Pjai Austin (10.09) 26. Robert Gregory (10.20) 43. Jacory Patterson (10.26)
100m (W)	13. Kynnedy Flannel (11.25)
200m (M)	2. Robert Gregory (19.78) 5. Jacory Patterson (20.13)
200m (W)	6. Talitha Diggs (22.61) 13. Kynnedy Flannel (22.84) 30. Jayla Hollis (23.23) 37. Sterling Lester (23.33)
400m (M)	1. Ryan Willie (44.27) 4. Emmanuel Bamidele (44.71) 7. Jevaughn Powell (45.17)
400m (W)	1. Talitha Diggs (50.74) 34. Laila Owens (53.33) 36. Ramiah Elliott (53.38) 42. Kayla Davis (53.55)
800m (M)	6. Sam Austin (1:47.00)
800m (W)	2. Imogen Barrett (2:00.96)
1500m (W)	15. Gabrielle Wilkinson (4:15.65) 30. Lucinda Rourke (4:17.92)
5000m (W)	1. Parker Valby (15:25.03)
100m Hurdles (W)	4. Grace Stark (12.83) 13. Jayla Hollis (13.06) 23. Sterling Lester (13.25) 31. Imani Carothers (13.35)
400m Hurdles (M)	22. Collin Sieffert (50.99)
400m Hurdles (W)	3. Vanessa Watson (55.59)
Steeplechase (W)	23. Kathryn Nohilly (10:14.29)
4x100 (M)	2. Ryan Willie, Jacory Patterson, Pjai Austin, Robert Gregory (37.93)
4x100 (W)	5. Talitha Diggs, Grace Stark, Jayla Hollis, Kynnedy Flannel (43.23)
4x400 (M)	1. Jevaughn Powell, Emmanuel Bamidele, Jacory Patterson, Ryan Willie (2:57.76)
4x400 (W)	5. Ramiah Elliott, Talitha Diggs, Jayla Hollis, Vanessa Watson (3:29.27)
High Jump (W)	9. Claire Bryant (1.82m/5'11.5")
Long Jump (M)	6. Malcolm Clemons (7.96m/26'1.5") 12. Caleb Foster (7.83m/25'8.25") 24. Jordan McCants (7.63m/25'0.5")
Long Jump (W)	1. Jasmine Moore (6.98m/22'11") 2. Claire Bryant (6.75m/22'1.75")
Triple Jump (M)	9. Sean Dixon-Bodie (16.21m/53'2.25") 23. Michael Holloway II (15.55m/51'0.25")
Triple Jump (W)	1. Jasmine Moore (14.14m/46'4.75") 11. Alissa Braxton (13.29m/43'7.25")
Shot Put (M)	13. Logan Montgomery (19.04m/62'5.75") 35. Calvin Bostic (18.02m/59'1.5")
Shot Put (W)	1. Alida van Daalen (18.14m/59'6.25") 34. Thea Jensen (15.67m/51'5")
Discus (W)	6. Alida van Daalen (59.02m/193'8") 37. Akari Isaac (51.12m/167'8")