Thursday March 21, 2013Gators Split to Open Outdoor Season at UCF Invitational and FSU Relays
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UCF Invitational Schedule | UCF Invitational Heat Sheets | FSU Relays Schedule | FSU Relays Performance List
The No. 3 Florida men and No. 7 Florida women begin the 2013 outdoor season at the UCF Invitational and FSU Relays this weekend. The Gators will compete at the UCF Invitational, Friday-Saturday, March 22-23 in Orlando. Select Gator athletes will race at the FSU Relays on Friday, March 22 in Tallahassee.
Competing this weekend is 2013 SEC Champion in the men’s weight throw and a First Team All-America, David Triassi (Jacksonville, Fla.), who will be joined by fellow All-American Jeremy Postin (Andover, Kan.) in the men’s hammer throw Saturday afternoon at the UCF Invitational. A 2012 NCAA Champion in the men’s 4x4, Leonardo Seymore (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) will race in the men’s 100 meters Saturday afternoon at the UCF Invitational.
The distance corps will compete at the FSU Relays on Friday afternoon, as First Team All-America Agata Strausa (Riga, Latvia) will compete in both the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase and 1,500 meters. Also doubling up on Friday is Mark Parrish (Tampa, Fla.), who will race in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase and 1,500 meters. 2013 SEC Champions competing at the FSU Relays include Sean Obinwa (Tampa, Fla.), who won the title in the men’s 800 meters, Mandy Perkins (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Strausa, who were both members of the women’s distance medley relay who won the SEC title in Fayetteville.
Live results for the UCF Invitational can be found on UCFAthletics.com and fans can follow along live at the FSU Relays at Seminoles.com. A full recap and results from both meets will be available on GatorZone.com.
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UCF INVITATIONAL :: FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 22-23, 2013 :: ORLANDO, FL
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FRIDAY, MARCH 22 |
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2:00 p.m. |
Women’s Pole Vault |
Caitlin Schuessler, Cristina Valdes |
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3:30 p.m. |
Women’s Long Jump |
Lorraine Graham |
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4:00 p.m. |
Men’s Pole Vault |
Max Lang, Jared Watkins, Kyle Mailloux |
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SATURDAY, MARCH 23 |
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9:00 a.m. |
Women’s Discus Throw |
Kaitlin Davis, Ashley Miller, Manuela Burtsher |
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10:00 a.m. |
Women’s Triple Jump |
Trish Leger, Gissell Warner |
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11:00 a.m. |
Women’s Hammer Throw |
Jayla Bostic |
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11:00 a.m. |
Women’s Shot Put |
Arlitha Mackey |
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1:00 p.m. |
Men’s Hammer Throw |
David Levin, David Triassi, Kyle Strawn, Jeremy Postin |
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1:45 p.m. |
Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles |
Lorraine Graham, Ashley Favors, Katrina Dekrey |
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2:10 p.m. |
Women’s 400 Meters |
Dierdre Lee |
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2:20 p.m. |
Men’s 400 Meters |
Jovon Toppin, Michael Burris |
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2:40 p.m. |
Men’s 100 Meters |
Leonardo Seymore |
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3:00 p.m. |
Women’s Javelin Throw |
Fawn Miller |
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3:10 p.m. |
Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles |
Ugonna Ndu, Amani Bryant, Paige Morton, Monique Harris, Zari Whittaker |
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3:25 p.m. |
Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles |
Moriel Pitt, Gabe Aird, Kadesh Roberts |
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5:00 p.m. |
Men’s Javelin Throw |
Zane Breakiron |
FSU RELAYS :: FRIDAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 22-23, 2013 :: TALLAHASSEE, FL
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5:15 p.m. |
Women’s 3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
Agata Strausa |
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5:35 p.m. |
Men’s 3,000-Meter Steeplechase |
Mark Parrish |
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6:20 p.m. |
Men’s 1,500 Meters |
Jimmy Clark, Elliot Clemente, JL Hines, Josh Izewski, Luc Lawrence, Mark Mutz, Sean Obinwa, Mark Parrish, Ryan Schnulle, Daniel Wehunt, Derek Wehunt |
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6:35 p.m. |
Women’s 1,500 Meters |
Shelby Hayes, Macy Huskey, Julie Macedo, Florence Ngetich, Mandy Perkins, Stephanie Strasser, Agata Strausa |
