University of Florida junior Candice Scott claimed the sixth Southeastern Conference title of her career Saturday with a win in the weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships in Lexington, Ky. Scott helped the women's track and field team move into second place with 36 points. The Gator men's team is in fourth with 18 points.

Novlene Williams set the school record in the 400m dash with her third-place time of 51.88 in the preliminaries of the event. She broke teammate Tiandra Ponteen's record, which she set two weeks ago at the Tyson Invitational. Ponteen also qualified for the finals with a fifth-place time of 52.54. Amber Hickman also competed in the event, finishing 24^th in 57.57.

"I think we're in pretty good shape. We've just got to get it done tomorrow," said UF Women's Head Coach Tom Jones. "We know where our quality points are, and we've got to go out and get them. On the whole, I'm pretty pleased. We're still in the hunt, and I'm proud of what our team did today."

Ryan McIntyre got the Gator men on the board with a fourth-place finish in the shot put with a personal-best mark of 18.09m/59-4.25, moving into seventh place in UF history. Jeff Rubenstein finished ninth in the event with a mark of 16.94m/55-7.00, and Jet Theriac placed 15^th with a personal-best throw of 15.82m/51-11.00.

Mike Morrison and Alex Harris added points for the Florida men, finishing fifth and seventh, repsectively. Morrison jumped 7.66m/25-1.75, which is a season-best, and Harris recorded a mark of 7.42m/24-4.25.

In the final scoring event of the day, Steve Zieminski recorded a four-second seasonal best in the 3,000m, finishing fifth in 8:10.56, and Daniel Parker added three points with a sixth-place finish, clocking in at a personal-best 8:12.59.

"Coming into the day, I had some ideas of who we wanted to get into the finals, and I think we probably qualified 98 percent of the people we sent to the line," said Florida Men's Head Coach Mike Holloway. "We're in great position, and we've got to come out and finish it. We cannot come out tomorrow and look at it as we've won the meet. We've put ourselves into position to win the meet. Now tomorrow we've got to come out and win it. We've won nothing. Arkansas is a great program, and they have a great tradition. They're going to come out and fight tomorrow, and we've got to be ready to fight with them."

Scott's winning throw of 22.74m/74-7.25 set an SEC Indoor meet record and the Nutter Field House record. Scott led five Gators in scoring in the event. Kim Barrett finished second with her mark of 21.76m/71-4.75, and Jukina Dickerson placed third with a mark of 21.41m/70-3.00. LaQuanda Cotten's throw of 21.06m/69-1.25 was good for fifth place, and Rachel Longfors rounded out thew scoring for the Gators with an eighth-place throw of 19.22m/63-00.75. All totaled, Florida scored 29 points in the weight throw alone.

Cameal Rhule finished seventh in the long jump for the Gators, scoring two points with her jump of 5.97m/19-7.00. Carly Brown finished ninth in the high jump with a personal-best mark of 1.70m/5-7.00, moving into 10^th place in school history with that mark.

In the 60m hurdle preliminaries, Andrea Bliss finished second with a personal-best time of 8.17 to automatically move on to Sunday's finals. Kamille Bratton finished third in her heat and fourth overall in the 800m dash, crossing the finish line in 2:05.44 to qualify for the finals.

Ebony Shotwell finished 10^th in the prelims of the 60m dash, finishing in 7.48. Mason Cathey finished 16^th in the mile in 5:07.42 and did not advance to the finals. Carling Cookerly finished 11^th in the women's 3,000m, crossing the finish line in a personal-best time of 10:03.97.

Josh Walker was the top qualifier in the men's 60m hurdles, clocking in at 7.73, while Kerron Clement won his heat of the event, finishing in 7.80, and Rickey Harris crossed the finish line in 7.89. All three of those times were good enough to move on to the finals of the event. Dwight Ruff finished 11^th overall in 8.13.

In the 60m dash, Kyle Farmer finished seventh in 6.77 to advance to the finals. Farmer was one of four athletes to finish in 6.77, and after the times were broken down, Farmer was the fastest of the four, finishing in 6.7612. Ahmad Jasmine placed 11^th in 6.82 and did not advance to the finals.

The most successful qualifying event of the day for the men's team was the 400m dash in which four Gators will advance to Sunday's final. Kerron Clement was the runner-up in the prelims with a personal-best time of 46.10. Rickey Harris clocked in at 46.66 to finish seventh, which Stefan Pastor finished eighth in a personal-best time of 46.68 and Reggie Witherspoon finished ninth in 46.72. Sekou Clarke just missed advancing to the finals, finishing 11^th in 47.23.

Clement qualified for Sunday's finals in his third event of the day, finishing fourth overall in the 200m dash in 21.04. Farmer finished third overall in 20.89 - a season best - and Reggie Witherspoon finished ninth in 21.21 to advance to the finals. As did Farmer in the 60m dash, Witherspoon qualified for the finals after his time was broken down to 21.2014, edging out Alabama's Chauncey Harris for the final qualifying spot.

In the men's mile, Moise Joseph finished third in his heat to place sixth overall in the preliminaries, crossing the finish line in 4:07.15. Shane Stroup finished eighth in 4:07.42 and also qualified for the finals.

Joseph came back in the 800m and finished second in his heat to automatically advance to Sunday's final, clocking in at 1:49.76.

Due to a problem with the arrival of LSU's poles, the men's pole vault was postponed until Sunday. The women's pole vault will go on as scheduled at 11 a.m., while the men's pole vault will begin at 2 p.m.

Women (1): Candice Scott - weight throw, 22.74m/74-7.25

Men (14): Kerron Clement - 60m hurdles, 7.80, 200m dash, 21.04, 400m dash, 46.10; Kyle Farmer - 60m dash, 6.77, 200m dash, 20.89; Rickey Harris - 60m hurdles, 7.89, 400m dash, 46.66; Moise Joseph - 800m, 1:49.76; mile, 4:07.15; Stefan Pastor - 400m dash, 46.68; Shane Stroup - mile, 4:07.42; Josh Walker - 60m hurdles, 7.73; Reggie Witherspoon - 200m dash, 21.21, 400m dash, 46.72

Women (4): Andrea Bliss - 60m hurdles, 8.17; Kamille Bratton - 800m, 2:05.44; Tiandra Ponteen - 400m dash, 52.54; Novlene Williams - 400m dash, 51.88