Final Stop in Fayetteville: SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships

Friday, February 23

Fayetteville, AR

1:00 p.m. ET

Florida Gators

SEC Indoor Championships

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Final Stop in Fayetteville: SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships

Thursday, February 22, 2024 | Track and Field

By: Arik Morton

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Gators Track and Field teams begin the 2024 indoor postseason where they spent the majority of the regular season: Fayetteville, Ark. After competing in the Razorback and Tyson Invitational, the teams return to Randal Tyson Track Center for the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships.

LAST TIME OUT
The Gators' most recent appearances on Friday, February 9 and Saturday, February 10 at the Tyson Invitational and David Hemery Valentine Invitational were headlined by two school records and multiple other UF All-Time Top 10 finishes. Both Flomena Asekol and Parvej Khan set new school records in the mile while competing in Boston, Mass. Asekol's time of 4:26.47 broke a record that stood for 14 years, stands as the second-best time in the NCAA in 2024 and is the fourth best mark in NCAA history. Khan's time of 3:56.64 stood as both the school and Indian national record for one week until he topped this time with a 3:55.41 finish at the Terrier DMR Challenge. Khan's performance snapped a 13-year-old school record. Other Gators that tallied All-Time Top 10 marks include Malcolm Clemons, Will Gross IV, Amelia Mazza-Downie, Miguel Pantojas, Elise Thorner and the Men's 4x400m team (Reheem Hayles, Ashton Schwartzman, Jenoah McKiver, Jevaughn Powell).

GATORS TEAM SEC HISTORY
In 2023 both the Gators Men and Women placed second at the SEC Indoor Championships scoring 84 and 73 points, respectively. The Gators have totaled 29 SEC Track & Field Championships (14 Men, 15 Women) in the program's history. The most recent indoor conference title the men earned was in 2019 while the most recent indoor conference championship for the women came in 2014.

13 of the 29 titles have come under the tutelage of Florida Track & Field Head Coach Mike Holloway.

Men's SEC Indoor Titles – 1975, 1976, 1987, 1988, 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019
Women's SEC Indoor Title – 1990, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014

SEC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION & DETAILS

Location/Venue	Fayetteville, Arkansas – Randal Tyson Track Center
Date/Times	Friday, February 23: 1:00 p.m. ET – 10:00 p.m. ET Saturday, February 24: 1:00 p.m. ET – 8:00 p.m. ET
Meet Schedule	SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships Meet Schedule
Live Results	SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships Live Results
Updates & Info	@GatorsTF on X

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Date	Broadcast Links	Talent
Friday, February 23 – SECN+	2:30 p.m. – SECN+ Stream 5:00 p.m. – SECN+ Stream	Dwight Stones Dan O'Brien Larra Overton John Anderson
Saturday, February 24 – SECN+	3:00 p.m. – SECN+ Stream 5:00 p.m. – SECN+ Stream	Dwight Stones Dan O'Brien Larra Overton John Anderson

SEC TEAMS IN THE RANKS
The Southeastern Conference, historically, has been one of, if not, the most competitive conference when it comes to Track & Field and 2024 is no different. The SEC boasts the most teams of any conference on the Men's (7) and Women's (8) USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Coaches' Poll.

The table below shows the current standing of SEC Teams as of February 19, 2024.

USTFCCCA National Ranking - Men		USTFCCCA National Ranking – Women
Rank	Team	Rank	Team
3	Arkansas	1	Arkansas
6	Florida	2	Florida
9	Alabama	9	LSU
11	Kentucky	11	Texas A&M
12	Georgia	12	Alabama
14	Texas A&M	13	Georgia
16	South Carolina	14	Ole Miss
		15	South Carolina
		16	Tennessee

SEC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Men's Individual Leaders
Event	SEC Leader: Athlete, Institution (Time/Mark) Florida Leader: Athlete (Time/Mark)
60m	SEC: Favour Ashe, Auburn (6.53) Florida: Wanya McCoy (6.58)
200m	SEC: Robert Gregory, Florida (20.40) Florida: Robert Gregory
400m	SEC: Khaleb McRae, Alabama (45.13) Florida: Jevaughn Powell (46.28)
800m	SEC: Sam Austin, Florida (1:46.80) Florida: Sam Austin
Mile	SEC: Anass Essayi, South Carolina (7:39.11) Florida: Parvej Khan (3:55.41)
3000m	SEC: Anass Essayi, South Carolina (7:39.11) Florida: Ethan Geiger (8:12.43)
5000m	SEC: Peter Maru, Arkansas (13:17.86) Florida: N/A
60m Hurdles	SEC: Jaqualon Scott, Texas A&M (7.60) Florida: Joshua Brockman (7.76)
4x400m Relay	SEC: Florida: Hayles, Schwartzman, McKiver, Powell (3:02.78) Florida: Hayles, Schwartzman, McKiver, Powell
Distance Medley Relay	SEC: Arkansas (9:20.09) Florida: N/A
High Jump	SEC: Romaine Beckford, Arkansas (2.27m/7'5.25") Florida: N/A
Pole Vault	SEC: Keaton Daniel, Kentucky (5.80m/19'0.25") Florida: N/A
Long Jump	SEC: Wayne Pinnock, Arkansas (8.34m/27'4.5") Florida: Malcolm Clemons (8.17m/26'9.75")
Triple Jump	SEC: Luke Brown, Kentucky (16.80m/55'1.5") Florida: Sean Dixon-Bodie (16.07m/54'2")
Shot Put	SEC: Alexander Kolesnikoff, Georgia (20.45m/67'1,25") Florida: Kai Chang (18.32m/60'1.25")
Weight Throw	SEC: Ruben Banks, Alabama (23.88m/78'4.25") Florida: Will Gross IV (20.17m/66'2.25")
Heptathlon	SEC: Jack Turner, Arkansas (6000) Florida: Oliver Thorner (5655)

Women's Individual Leaders
Event	SEC Leader: Athlete, Institution (Time/Mark) Florida Leader: Athlete (Time/Mark)
60m	SEC: Brianna Lyston, LSU (7.07) Florida: Grace Stark (7.21)
200m	SEC: JaMeesia Ford, South Carolina (22.36) Florida: Jasmine Montgomery (23.00)
400m	SEC: Amber Anning, Arkansas (50.56) Florida: Laila Owens (53.46)
800m	SEC: Michaela Rose, LSU (1:59.49) Florida: Jess Edwards (2:06.85)
Mile	SEC: Flomena Asekol, Florida (4:26.47) Florida: Flomena Asekol
3000m	SEC: Hilda Olemomoi, Alabama (8:50.07) Florida: Flomena Asekol (8:52.57)
5000m	SEC: Parker Valby, Florida (14:56.11) Florida: Parker Valby
60m Hurdles	SEC: Alia Armstrong, LSU (7.92) Florida: Grace Stark (7.95)
4x400m Relay	SEC: Arkansas (3:25.59) Florida: Owens, Elliott, Hollis, Davis (3:32.43)
DMR	SEC: Arkansas (10:49.41) Florida: Thorner, Owens, Edwards, Asekol (10:52.06)
High Jump	SEC: Lamara Distin, Texas A&M (1.97m/6'5.5") Florida: Claire Bryant (1.84m/6'5")
Pole Vault	SEC: Heather Abadie, Texas A&M (4.38m/14'4.5") Florida: N/A
Long Jump	SEC: Claire Bryant, Florida (6.61m/21'8.25") Florida: Claire Bryant
Triple Jump	SEC: Mikeisha Welcome, Georgia (13.52m/44'4.25") Florida: N/A
Shot Put	SEC: Alida van Daalen, Florida (18.11m/59'5") Florida: Alida van Daalen
Weight Throw	SEC: Jalani Davis, Ole Miss (24.64m/80'10.25") Florida: Imani Washington (17.90m/58'8.75")
Pentathlon	SEC: Charity Hufnagel, Kentucky (4218) Florida: N/A

ATHLETE ENTRIES

Friday, February 23 – Track
Events / Time (ET)	Athletes Entered
Mile Prelims (W) / 5:00 p.m.	Flomena Asekol Lucinda Rourke Elise Thorner
Mile Prelims (M) / 5:15 p.m.	Parvej Khan
60m Prelims (W) / 5:30 p.m.	Anthaya Charlton Grace Stark
60m Prelims (M) / 5:45 p.m.	Robert Gregory Wanya McCoy
400m Prelims (W) / 6:05 p.m.	Laila Owens
400m Prelims (M) / 6:35 p.m.	Reheem Hayles Jenoah McKiver Jacob Miley Jevaughn Powell Rios Prude Jr. Ashton Schwartzman Malique Smith-Band
800m Prelims (W) / 7:05 p.m.	Jess Edwards Layla Haynes
800m Prelims (M) / 7:20 p.m.	Sam Austin Adrian Bichara Edward Kepran Ryan Maseman Miguel Pantojas
60m H Prelims (W) / 7:35 p.m.	Jayla Hollis Grace Stark
60m H Prelims (M) / 7:50 p.m.	Joshua Brockman Joey Stravato
5000m Finals (W) / 8:05 p.m.	Amelia Mazza-Downie Allison Wilson Liina Winborn
200m Prelims (W) / 8:25 p.m.	Kayla Davis Ramiah Elliott Jayla Hollis
5000m Finals (M) / 8:45 p.m.	Ethan Geiger
200m Prelims (M) / 9:05 p.m.	Robert Gregory Wanya McCoy
DMR (W) / 9:25 p.m.	Flomena Asekol, Jess Edwards, Laila Owens, Elise Thorner, Parker Valby
DMR (M) / 9:40 p.m.	Jacob Miley, Gavin Nelson, Miguel Pantojas, Joe Wester

Friday, February 23 – Field
Events / Time (ET)	Athletes Entered
Weight Throw Finals (W) / 5:15 p.m.	Imani Washington
Long Jump Finals (W) / 6:45 p.m.	Claire Bryant Anthaya Charlton
Long Jump Finals (M) / 7:30 p.m.	Malcolm Clemons Sean Dixon-Bodie Caleb Foster
Weight Throw Finals (M) / 7:45 p.m.	Will Gross IV

Friday, February 23 – Men's Heptathlon
Events / Time (ET)	Athletes Entered
60m (Heptathlon) / 1:00 p.m.	Oliver Thorner
Long Jump (Heptathlon) / 1:40 p.m.	Oliver Thorner
Shot Put (Heptathlon) / 3:05 p.m.	Oliver Thorner
High Jump (Heptathlon) / 4:00 p.m.	Oliver Thorner

ATHLETE ENTRIES

Saturday, February 24 – Track
Events / Time (ET)	Athletes Entered
Mile Final (W) / 5:05 p.m.	-
Mile Final (M) / 5:15 p.m.	-
60m Final (W) / 5:25 p.m.	-
60m Final (M) / 5:32 p.m.	-
400m Final (W) / 5:47 p.m.	-
400m Final (M) / 5:57 p.m.	-
800m Final (W) / 6:07 p.m.	-
800m Final (M) / 6:15 p.m.	-
60m H Final (W) / 6:22 p.m.	-
60m H Final (M) / 6:30 p.m.	-
200m Final (W) / 6:37 p.m.	-
200m Final (M) / 6:47 p.m.	-
3000m Final (W) / 6:55 p.m.	Flomena Asekol Amelia Mazza-Downie Rylee Pustilnik Lucinda Rourke Elise Thorner Parker Valby Allison Wilson
3000m Final (M) / 7:20 p.m.	Ethan Geiger Gavin Nelson
4x400m Relay (W) / 7:45 p.m.	Kayla Davis, Ramiah Elliott, Jayla Hollis, Laila Owens
4x400m Relay (M) / 8:00 p.m.	Reheem Hayles, Wanya McCoy, Jenoah McKiver, Jevaughn Powell, Ashton Schwartzman, Malique Smith-Band

Saturday, February 24 – Field
Events / Time (ET)	Athletes Entered
High Jump (W) / 3:15 p.m.	Claire Bryant
Shot Put (W) / 4:00 p.m.	Gracelyn Leiseth Alida van Daalen
Triple Jump (M) / 5:15 p.m.	Sean Dixon-Bodie Michael Holloway II
Shot Put (M) / 6:00 p.m.	Kai Chang

Saturday, February 24 – Heptathlon
Events / Time (ET)	Athletes Entered
60m H (Heptathlon ) / 1:00 p.m.	Oliver Thorner
Pole Vault (Heptathlon) / 1:45 p.m.	Oliver Thorner
1000m (Heptathlon) / 5:40 p.m.	Oliver Thorner

SCORING SUMMARY
The overall team score is accumulated from the placement of individual athletes in each event. Each of the top eight finishers will earn points for their team in the event. The point breakdown from said placement is shown below.