Gators Travel to UNF for Final Tune-Up Before SEC Championships

Friday, May 1

Jacksonville, FL

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East Coast Relays

2026 marks the sixth-consecutive year that the Gators will end the outdoor regular season at UNF. // Credit: Jordan Perez | UAA Athletics

Gators Travel to UNF for Final Tune-Up Before SEC Championships

Thursday, April 30, 2026 | Track and Field

No. 11/5 Florida track & field will compete at the East Coast Relays over the weekend to conclude the regular season.

By: Andrew Hile

2026 East Coast Relays
Date	Fri., May 1 – Sat., May 2
Location	Jacksonville, Fla. \| Hodges Stadium
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.– Florida track & field will conclude the regular season with a final tune-up meet over the weekend as they travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for the East Coast Relays, hosted by the University of North Florida.

Last Time Out
The Gators were busy with split-squad action the weekend of April 16-18, sending a distance crew to the Wake Forest Invitational while hosting the Tom Jones Memorial. At Wake Forest, the distance crew walked away with three school records that included: Kelvin Cheruiyot (28:25.28, 10K), Oussama Allaoui (3:35.30, 1500-meters) and Josh Ruiz (13:50.12, 5K). On the women's side, Tia Wilson and Claire Stegall posted UF top 10 outdoor marks in the 1500 at 4:06.43 and 4:06.47, respectively. Judy Chepkoech claimed the women's 5K title with a program top 10 time of 15:15.98 and Reagan Gilmore crossed the line in the women's 10K at 33:38.46, also clocking into the Gators all-time top 10 list.

The women's 4x400-meter relay squad of Quincy Penn, Tyra Cox, Gabrielle Matthews and Sydney Sutton highlighted action at the Tom Jones Memorial, racing to a school record time of 3:23.95. Also moving up the women's outdoor record book on the track was Sutton (56.62, 400-meter hurdles), Matthews (22.41, 200-meter dash), Layla Haynes (2:02.49, 800-meters) and the 4x100-meter relay team of Penn, Cox, Matthews and Sutton (43.43). In the field, Akari Isaac (56.77m/186-03, Discus) and Asia Phillips (13.44m/44-01.25, Triple Jump) also recorded top 10 marks.

Freshman Jarno van Daalen climbed the Gators outdoor record book in two events, posting a mark of 19.51m/64-00.25 in the shot put and 60.64m/198-11 in the discus throw. Fellow thrower Basel Abosina also recorded a toss to move up the record book, ending with a throw of 67.40m/221-01 in the hammer throw contest. The men's 800-meter run featured a top 10 time from Miguel Pantojas who clocked a time of 1:46.44.

Notables

The Gators remain in the top 15 of the USTFCCCA coaches poll this week, coming in at No. 5 on the women's side and No. 11 on the men's.
Entering the East Coast Relays, UF track & field owns 30 national top 25 marks in the country (11 from the men, 19 from the women).
Matthews (200m), Phillips (triple jump) and the school record 4x400-meter relay squad of Penn, Cox, Matthews and Sutton own marks in the top five of the NCAA for the women.
Allaoui (1500m) and the 4x100-meter relay team of Trenton Howard, Jaden Wiley, Almond Small and Wanya McCoy own top five times in the country on the men's side.
2026 marks the sixth-consecutive year that the Gators will end the outdoor regular season at UNF.

Day One Entries (all times ET)
Time	Event	Athletes
2:00 PM	Men's Hammer	Basel Abosina
2:00 PM	Women's Long Jump	India Alix Pauline Bikembo Asia Phillips
3:00 PM	Women's Shot Put	Gracelyn Leiseth Eden Robinson Alida van Daalen
5:00 PM	Women's Hammer Throw	Imani Washington
5:00 PM	Men's Long Jump	Temoso Masikane
5:45 PM	Women's 400m Hurdles	Marianna Wright
6:00 PM	Men's Shot Put	Jarno van Daalen
6:05 PM	Men's 400m Hurdles	Vance Nilsson
6:25 PM	Women's 200m	Jade Brown Tyra Cox Quincy Penn Sydney Sutton
7:10 PM	Men's 200m	Justin Braun Garrett Fox Ja'Neil Harris Jordaine Johnson Wanya McCoy Jesse Myers Nicholas Spikes
7:50 PM	Women's 1500m	Ashley Fitzgerald Layla Haynes
8:20 PM	Men's 1500m	Alejandro de Bastos Jonah Kirspel Jonathan Leon Graham Myers Riley Novack Miguel Pantojas Josh Ruiz
9:10 PM	Men's Steeple	Graham Myers
10:00 PM	Men's 5K	Jonathan Leon Graham Myers Riley Novack Josh Ruiz
Day Two Entries (all times ET)
11:00 AM	Men's Discus Throw	Jarno van Daalen
11:50 AM	Women's 100m Hurdles Prelim	Pauline Bikembo Eden Robinson Aleesa Samuel
12:00 PM	Women's Triple Jump	Asia Phillips Gabrielle Pierre
12:20 PM	Women's 4x100m Relay	Quincy Penn, Jade Brown, Gabrielle Matthews, Payton Payne
12:40 PM	Men's 4x100m Relay	Garrett Fox, Jesse Myers, Trenton Howard, Justin Braun
1:10 PM	Men's 800m	Alejandro de Bastos
1:40 PM	Women's 100m Hurdles Final	TBD
1:55 PM	Women's 400m	Malia Campbell Sydney Sutton
2:00 PM	Men's Triple Jump	Jaden Lippett Temoso Masikane
2:25 PM	Men's 400m	Malique Smith-Band Daneil Wright
2:30 PM	Women's Discus Throw	Akari Isaac Gracelyn Leiseth Alida van Daalen
2:30 PM	Men's Javelin Throw	Aidan Broussard Ayden Campbell
2:55 PM	Women's 100m	Tyra Cox
3:20 PM	Men's 100m	Trenton Howard
3:50 PM	Women's 4x400m Relay	Malia Campbell, Gabrielle Matthews, Layla Haynes, Marianna Wright
4:05 PM	Men's 4x400m Relay	Nicholas Spikes, Malique Smith-Band, Ja'Neil Harris, Daneil Wright Jesse Myers, Trenton Howard, Jordaine Johnson, Jonah Kirspel, Miguel Pantojas