Friday January 11, 2013Gator Track and Field Kicks Off 2013 at Crimson Tide Indoor Opener
Gainesville, Fla.
Photo: Jon Elits
Gainesville, Fla.
Photo: Jon Elits
The No. 2 Florida men and No. 5 Gator women open the 2013 season on the road this weekend at the Crimson Tide Indoor Opener. The Orange and Blue take to the track Saturday, January 12 at the CrossPlex Indoor Arena in Birmingham, Ala., hosted by the University of Alabama.
Live results can be found here and on RollTide.com, and a full recap with results can be found at the end of competition on GatorZone.com.
Led by 2012 USTFCCCA National Indoor and Outdoor Head Coach of the Year Mike Holloway, the Gator men return seven 2012 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Americans, while the women welcome back nine 2012 USTFCCCA Indoor All-Americans to the track in 2013.
Nine SEC Champions will compete on Saturday, including triple jumper Ciarra Brewer (Union City, Calif.) and high jumper Taylor Burke (Medina, Ohio) on the women’s side. A 2011 SEC Champion in the mile, Cory McGee (Pass Christian, Miss.) will compete in the 800 meters on Saturday.
For the men, 2013 Bowerman Watch List honoree Omar Craddock (Killeen, Texas) will compete in the long jump on Sunday after sweeping the SEC and NCAA titles in the men’s triple jump in 2012. Craddock will jump alongside SEC Indoor Champion in the men’s long jump Marquis Dendy (Middleton, Del.).
Dedric Dukes (Miami, Fla.), Hugh Graham, Jr. (Miami, Fla.) and Leonardo Seymore (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) who ran the first three legs on the SEC and NCAA Champion men’s 4x400-meter relay, will race on Saturday, and two-time defending SEC 60-meter hurdles champion Eddie Lovett (West Palm Beach, Fla.) will compete in that event in the early afternoon on Saturday.
12 Gator freshmen will compete on Saturday as two of the highest-recruited classes in the country. These dozen athletes help comprise the No. 3 (women) and No. 7 (men) recruiting classes in the nation. Among these 12 are IAAF World Junior Champion Gino Hall (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) and Najee Glass (Woodbridge, N.J.), who claimed a gold medal at the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships in the men’s 4x400-meter relay and captured the 2012 Indoor National Championship in 46.57, good for fourth all-time in U.S. history.
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FIELD EVENTS (all times CT)
|
TIME |
EVENT |
GENDER |
ATHLETES COMPETING |
|
11:00 am |
Weight Throw |
Women |
Jayla Bostic |
|
11:30 am |
Pole Vault |
Men |
Max Lang |
|
12:00 pm |
Long Jump |
Women |
Ciarra Brewer, Lorraine Graham |
|
12:05 pm |
Long Jump |
Men |
Omar Craddock, Marquis Dendy |
|
1:00 pm |
Weight Throw |
Men |
David Levin, Kyle Strawn |
|
1:35 pm |
Pole Vault |
Women |
Caitlin Schuessler |
|
2:15 pm |
Shot Put |
Women |
Arlitha Mackey |
|
3:10 pm |
High Jump |
Women |
Taylor Burke, Alexis Muniz |
|
4:40 pm |
Triple Jump |
Women |
Gissell Warner |
|
4:45 pm |
Shot Put |
Men |
Luka Mustafic, Kyle Strawn |
RUNNING EVENTS (all times CT)
|
TIME |
EVENT |
GENDER |
ATHLETES COMPETING |
|
11:30 am |
60 Meters Trials (A Section) |
Men |
Dedric Dukes, Leonardo Seymore, Antwon Wright |
|
11:40 am |
60 Meters Trials (B Section) |
Men |
Hugh Graham |
|
11:50 pm |
60 Meters Trials (A Section) |
Women |
Shayla Sanders |
|
12:00 pm |
60 Meters Trials (B Section) |
Women |
Darshay Davis, Kyra Jefferson |
|
12:10 pm |
60-Meter Hurdle Trials (A Section) |
Men |
Eddie Lovett |
|
12:20 pm |
60-Meter Hurdle Trials (B Section) |
Men |
Moriel Pitt |
|
12:30 pm |
60-Meter Hurdle Trials (A Section) |
Women |
Lorraine Graham |
|
12:40 pm |
60-Meter Hurdle Trials (B Section) |
Women |
Ashley Favors, Paige Morton, Ugonna Ndu |
|
1:35 pm |
60-Meter Hurdle Final (B Section) |
Women |
Ashley Favors, Paige Morton, Ugonna Ndu |
|
1:40 pm |
60-Meter Hurdle Final (A Section) |
Women |
Lorraine Graham |
|
1:45 pm |
60-Meter Hurdle Final (B Section) |
Men |
Moriel Pitt |
|
1:50 pm |
60-Meter Hurdle Final (A Section) |
Men |
Eddie Lovett |
|
1:55 pm |
60 Meters Final (B Section) |
Women |
Darshay Davis, Kyra Jefferson |
|
2:00 pm |
60 Meters Final (A Section) |
Women |
Shayla Sanders |
|
2:05 pm |
60 Meters Final (B Section) |
Men |
Hugh Graham |
|
2:10 pm |
60 Meters Final (A Section) |
Men |
Dedric Dukes, Leonardo Seymore, Antwon Wright |
|
2:25 pm |
Mile |
Women |
Sarah Davis, Stephanie Strasser |
|
2:40 pm |
Mile |
Men |
Harsha Torke |
|
2:55 pm |
400 Meters |
Women |
Amani Bryant, Monique Harris, Lanie Whittaker |
|
3:25 pm |
400 Meters |
Men |
Gabe Aird, Michael Burris, Tyler Osorio, Jovon Toppin |
|
4:00 pm |
800 Meters |
Women |
Cory McGee |
|
4:05 pm |
800 Meters |
Men |
Luc Lawrence, Ryan Schnulle, Derek Wehunt |
|
4:20 pm |
200 Meters |
Women |
Ebony Eutsey, Destinee Gause, Bria Goodson |
|
4:45 pm |
200 Meters |
Men |
Najee Glass, Gino Hall |
|
5:15 pm |
3000 Meters |
Women |
Stephanie Strasser, Grace VanDeGrift |
|
5:40 pm |
3000 Meters |
Men |
Phil Duncan |
|
6:05 pm |
4 X 400m Relay |
Women |
A: Whittaker, Gause, Reynolds, Eutsey; B: Goodson, Davis, Jefferson, Ndu |
|
6:40 pm |
4 X 400m Relay |
Men |
A: Glass, Graham, Dukes, Hall; B: Burris, Osorio, Toppin, Wright |
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