GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After competing in two meets during the 2024 Indoor Season, the Florida Gators Men's and Women's Track & Field teams are ranked No. 6 and No. 3, respectively, in the Week 1 USTFCCCA NCAA Division I National Coaches' Poll.
Florida's women are one of the top-three teams in Week 1 for the first time since 2015. The Gators have recorded seven national top-10 efforts early in the 2024 season headlined by a collegiate record in the 5000m by
Parker Valby (14:56.11). Other top-two efforts are credited to
Claire Bryant in the long jump (6.61m/21'8.25") and
Grace Stark in the 60m hurdles (7.97).
The men hold sixth place in the Week 1 rankings after recording four first place finishes at the McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational headlined by the third best collegiate mark in the long jump by
Malcolm Clemons (8.00m/26'3"), the fifth best 200m recorded by
Robert Gregory (20.47), and fourth best 4x400m relay (3:05.89).
A complete list of the USTFCCCA Week 1 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Ranking is provided below.
2024 USTFCCCA NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S & WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD COACHES' POLL – WEEK 1
| Men |
Women |
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Rank |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
Texas Tech |
168.13 |
1 |
Illinois |
131.26 |
| 2 |
Texas |
134.68 |
2 |
Arkansas |
121.03 |
| 3 |
Northern Arizona |
130.08 |
3 |
Florida |
116.57 |
| 4 |
Southern California |
105.87 |
4 |
Southern California |
99.46 |
| 5 |
Kentucky |
67.14 |
5 |
Texas A&M |
95.46 |
| 6 |
Florida |
62.75 |
6 |
Tennessee |
94.76 |
| 7 |
Georgia |
59.93 |
7 |
BYU |
92.13 |
| 8 |
Oklahoma State |
57.28 |
8 |
Oregon |
83.37 |
| 9 |
Kansas |
51.45 |
9 |
Texas Tech |
82.83 |
| 10 |
Illinois |
51.44 |
10 |
Iowa |
76.68 |
| 11 |
Oklahoma |
51.10 |
11 |
Texas |
75.53 |
| 12 |
New Mexico |
50.71 |
12 |
Northern Arizona |
70.75 |
| 13 |
Ole Miss |
50.08 |
13 |
Oklahoma State |
70.51 |
| 14 |
Nebraska |
49.87 |
14 |
LSU |
64.76 |
| 15 |
Kansas State |
46.86 |
15 |
Alabama |
60.64 |
| 16 |
Wisconsin |
45.00 |
16 |
Baylor |
55.01 |
| 17 |
Iowa |
44.56 |
17 |
Ole Miss |
53.56 |
| 18 |
Iowa State |
43.24 |
18 |
Kentucky |
49.66 |
| 19 |
Alabama |
43.20 |
19 |
Georgia |
49.03 |
| 20 |
Auburn |
40.54 |
20 |
Minnesota |
45.43 |
| 21 |
Stanford |
40.22 |
21 |
Ohio State |
42.65 |
| 22 |
Louisville |
38.69 |
22 |
Rutgers |
41.65 |
| 23 |
Miami (Fla.) |
37.99 |
23 |
Washington |
39.73 |
| 24 |
Harvard |
36.75 |
24 |
Nebraska |
37.83 |
| 25 |
Notre Dame |
36.15 |
25 |
Colorado State |
36.93 |
UPCOMING ACTION
The Gators' Track & Field program continues the 2024 Indoor Season on January 26-27 when they travel to Fayetteville, Ark. For the 2024 Razorback Invitational.
2024 FLORIDA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD REMAINING SCHEDULE
| Date |
Meet |
Location |
| 1/26-1/27 |
Razorback Invitational |
Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 2/9-2/10 |
Tyson Invitational |
Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 2/9-2/10 |
David Hemery Valentine Invitational |
Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2/23-2/24 |
SEC Indoor Championships |
Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| 3/8-3/9 |
NCAA Indoor Championships |
Boston, Massachusetts |
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