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Gators Begin Outdoors in Tallahassee

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | Track and Field

By: Arik Morton

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – To begin the 2024 Outdoor Season the Gators Track & Field program will compete at the Florida State University (FSU) Relays on Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22.

The Gators hope to find similar success in Tallahassee as they did in 2023 as the program had 31 athletes finish in the top-10 and nine finished in the top-3 over the two day competition.

LAST TIME OUT
The Gators last participated in the NCAA Indoor Championships where the men and women claimed third and second place finishes, respectively. The men tallied 39 points while the women accumulated 50 points.

The program's performance was highlighted by Parker Valby who completed "The Distance Double" by claiming the individual championship in both the 3000m and 5000m. Additionally, Claire Bryant, Grace Stark and the Men's 4x400m team all recorded runner-up finishes in their respective events. Overall, the athletes totaled 25 All-American honors.

ON THE TRACK & IN THE FIELD
Florida will be traveling a total of 30 athletes (15 men, 15 women) to compete at FSU Relays. The group features a fairly even mix of both runners and field athletes.

Both Abraham Sargent and Melanie Welsing are set to make their Gator debut during the weekend competition. Eight other Gators (Orlando Cicilioni, Allison Drummond, Zach Godbold, Akari Isaac, Da'Moni Kelly, Ashley Klingenberg, Logan Montgomery, Stephy Ormsby) are scheduled to make their 2024 Track & Field debut.

GATORS IN THE RANKS
With the first rankings for the 2024 Outdoor Season not being released until March 25, provided below is the final rankings from the 2024 Indoor Season.

Men's Rankings			Women's Rankings
Ranking	Team	Points	Ranking	Team	Points
1	Texas Tech	50.50	1	Arkansas	55.00
2	Arkansas	41.00	2	Florida	50.00
3	Florida	39.00	3	Georgia	33.00
4	Northern Arizona	31.00	4	Oregon	31.00
5	North Carolina	26.00	5	Ole Miss	30.00
6	Texas A&M	24.00	6	LSU	29.00
T7	Oklahoma State	23.00	7	BYU	28.00
T7	Southern California	23.00	T8	Oklahoma State	27.00
9	Iowa	21.00	T8	Southern California	27.00
10	Washington	20.00	10	Notre Dame	26.00

FSU RELAYS MEET INFORMATION

Location	Tallahassee, Florida
Date/Times	Thursday, March 21: 3:00 p.m. ET – 7:00 p.m. ET Friday, March 22: 10:00 a.m. ET – 5:30 p.m. ET
Meet Notes (Pre)	FSU Relays Meet Notes
Live Results	FSU Relays Live Results
Updates & Info	@GatorsTF on X

Results

Thursday, March 21 – Field
Events / Time (EST)	Athlete Entries
Hammer Throw (M) / 3:00 p.m.	Will Gross IV
Hammer Throw (W) / 4:30 p.m.	Imani Washington
Long Jump (W) / 6:00 p.m.	India Alix Kendall Brown Anthaya Charlton Melanie Welsing
Shot Put (W) / 6:00 p.m.	Da'Moni Kelly Gracelyn Leiseth Imani Washington
Long Jump (M) / 6:15 p.m.	Michael Holloway II Jordan McCants

Friday, March 22 – Track
Events / Time (EST)	Athlete Entries
100m Hurdles (W) / 1:30 p.m.	Melanie Welsing
110m Hurdles (M) / 1:45 p.m.	Joey Stravato
800m (W) / 2:00 p.m.	Ashley Klingenberg
800m (M) / 2:10 p.m.	Michael Fiore Eoin McNally Jonathan Pitchford
100m (M) / 3:30 p.m.	Ryan McCloskey
1500m (W) / 4:45 p.m.	Caroline Bauer Allison Drummond Stephy Ormsby Rylee Pustilnik Breanna Stuart Liina Winborn
1500m (M) / 5:00 p.m.	Orlando Cicilioni Ethan Geiger Aiden Villasuso
4x400m (M) / 5:15 p.m.	Florida Relay Team

Friday, March 22 – Field
Events / Time (EST)	Athlete Entries
Javelin Throw (W) / 10:00 a.m.	Melanie Welsing
Javelin Throw (M) / 11:30 a.m.	Zach Godbold Abraham Sargent
Shot Put (M) / 1:00 p.m.	Calvin Bostic Logan Montgomery
Discus Throw (W) / 1:30 p.m.	Akari Isaac Da'Moni Kelly Gracelyn Leiseth
Triple Jump (W) / 3:00 p.m.	India Alix
Triple Jump (M) / 3:15 p.m.	Michael Holloway II
Discus Throw (M) / 3:15 p.m.	Calvin Bostic Logan Montgomery