Florida Set to Open Official Indoor Season with Local Meet

Thursday, January 15

Gainesville, Fla.

Florida Gators

Jimmy Carnes

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Florida Set to Open Official Indoor Season with Local Meet

Wednesday, January 14, 2026 | Track and Field

The Gators will participate in 30 different events at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational.

By: Maleah Morales

GAINESVILLE, Fla.– The University of Florida will officially open its indoor track and field season at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational at the Alachua County Sports Complex at Celebration Pointe. While the meet consists of a two day event spanning from Jan. 15-16, the Gators will take their mark on Friday, Jan. 16 for the Division I Universities and Professional Invite portion of the meet.

LAST TIME OUT
On Saturday, December 6, 2025, four Gators competed in the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener where Kelvin Cheruiyot broke the Florida school record in the 5000m, while Tia Wilson and Judy Chepkoech collected top five school marks. Hilda Olemomoi finished fourth overall and first among the Gators.

WHO IS COMPETING
The Gators will feature 45 athletes in 28 individual events and two relays in Friday's action. A full break-down of which athletes are competing in each event can be found below and are displayed in distance order.

MEET INFORMATION & DETAILS

Location/Venue	Gainesville, FL / The Alachua County Sports Complex @ Celebration Pointe
Date/Times	Thursday, January 15 (Non-D1 College, Open, Masters) · First Event: 9:00 a.m. · Estimated Finish: 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 16 (D1 Universities, Professional Invite Only) · First Event: 9:00 a.m. · Estimated Finish: 5:30 p.m.
Meet Schedule	2026 Jimmy Carnes Invitational Meet Schedule
Live Stats	Jimmy Carnes Invitational Live Stats Link
Streaming	FloTrack

GATOR ENTRIES

Friday, January 16: Running Events
Events / Time	Athletes Entered
60m (M) Prelims / 12:40 p.m.	Almond Small
60m (W) Prelims / 12:20 p.m.	Jade Brown Payton Payne
60m (M) Finals / 2:35 p.m.	-
60m (W) Finals / 2:30 p.m.	-
60mH (M) Prelims / 11:55 a.m.	Demaris Waters
60mH (W) Prelims / 12:05 p.m.	Pauline Bikembo Abigail Elmore
60mH (M) Finals / 2:20 p.m.	-
60mH (W) Finals / 2:10 p.m.	-
200m (M) / 3:30 p.m.	Garrett Fox Trent Howard Jesse Myers
200m (W) / 3:10 p.m.	Jade Brown Malia Campbell
300m (M) / 1:10 p.m.	Jaden Horton-Mims Malique Smith-Band
300m (W) / 12:55 p.m.	Tyra Cox Quincy Penn Sydney Sutton
400m (M) / 1:50 p.m.	Rios Prude
Mile (M) / 11:40 a.m.	Riley Novack
Mile (W) / 11:15 a.m.	Ashley Fitzgerald
1000m (M) / 11:10 a.m.	Eddie Kepran Jonah Kirspel Gavin Nelson Miguel Pantojas Riley Smith
1000m (W) / 11:00 a.m.	Layla Haynes Beth Morley Claire Stegall
3000m (M) / 4:20 p.m.	Jonathan Leon Riley Novack
3000m (W) / 3:55 p.m.	Kate Drummond Ashley Fitzgerald
4x400m (M) / 5:05 p.m.	A: Prude, Smith-Band, Horton-Mims, Braun B: McCoy, Myers, Pantojas, Taylor, Howard C: Wright, Nilsson, Kirspel, Spikes, Johnson, Nelson D: Kepran, Fox, Small, Wiley
4x400m (W) / 4:40 p.m.	A: Penn, Cox, Campbell, Sutton B: Payne, Haynes, Bikembo, Elmore

Friday, January 16: Field Events
High Jump (W) / 3:30 p.m.	Abigail Elmore
Long Jump (M) / 11:00 a.m.	Luke Stradley
Long Jump (W) / 11:00 a.m.	Pauline Bikembo
Triple Jump (M) / 3:00 p.m.	Nicolas Crosswhite Jaden Lippett Temoso Masikane
Triple Jump (W) / 3:00 p.m.	Asia Phillips Gabrielle Pierre
Shot Put (M) / 4:00 p.m.	Jarno van Daalen
Shot Put (W) / 2:00 p.m.	Gracelyn Leiseth Alida van Daalen Abigail Elmore
Weight Throw (M) / 12:00 p.m.	John Luke Witte
Weight Throw (W) / 10:00 a.m.	Imani Washington