UF TF: Day One of the Tom Jones Memorial Comes to a Close

Florida Gators Track & Field

FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 2023

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Day One of the Tom Jones Memorial Comes to a Close

Florida recorded 16 new personal bests on the first day of the Tom Jones Memorial

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The first day of the Tom Jones Memorial started with Jasmine Moore winning yet another long jump title. Moore competed in her first competition since winning the NCAA Indoor long and triple jump titles. Her jump of 6.98m/22’10.75″ would have been a school record had it had been wind legal. Claire Bryant joined Moore on the long jump invite podium finishing third (6.75m/22’1.75″). Malcolm Clemons also finished third on the men’s side of the long jump invite competition (7.76m/25’5.5″).

The Gators finished three other competitors on the podium. Corvell Todd earned silver for the second consecutive meet (2.14m/7’0.25″) and has finished on the podium in the high jump in all three outdoor competitions he has competed in as a Gator. Alida van Daalen continued her incredible freshman campaign finishing second in the shot put invite (18.14m/59’6.25″), earning the Dutch field athlete a new outdoor personal best. Robert Gregory rounded out the podium finishers, placing second in the 200m (19.78).

Florida finished the first day of competition with 16 new outdoor or overall personal bests. 13 of these career performances came in the men’s and women’s 1500m events.

Tomorrow the Gators start the second day of the Tom Jones Memorial at 9:00 a.m. ET with Akari Isaac, Thea Jensen, and Da’Moni Kelly competing in the women’s discus followed by the men’s discus featuring Logan Montgomery and Calvin Bostic. Running events will begin at noon with the women’s 100m hurdles. Florida will compete in 19 events on day two of the competition.

The remaining 13 seniors who were not honored today will be recognized in a senior day ceremony tomorrow at 11 am.

TOM JONES MEMORIAL MEET

Friday’s Finals Recap

Long Jump

Men- Jordan McCants (7.26m/23’10”) and Jalen Chance (7.19m/23’7.25″) finished seventh and ninth respectively, in the long jump competition.

Long Jump Invite

Men- Malcolm Clemons and Caleb Foster both competed in the men’s long jump invitational. Clemons finished third overall (7.76m/25’5.5″) and Foster (7.64m/25’0.75″) finished seventh.

Women- Jasmine Moore once again soared past the competition. Moore finished first with a jump of 6.98m/22’10.75″, which was the farthest jump in the country this year and would have been a new school record in the women’s outdoor long jump if the wind had not exceeded 2.0 meters per second. Since the wind was 2.7 m/s the jump was not considered wind legal. Claire Bryant finished third (6.75m/22’1.75″) recording a new outdoor personal best and the second farthest jump in the country this year. Sterling Lester finished eleventh (5.81m/19’0.75″).

High Jump Invite

Men- Corvell Todd finished with silver for the second consecutive meet (2.14m/7’0.25″). Todd has now finished on the podium in the high jump in all three outdoor competitions he participated in as a Gator.

Shot Put Invite

Men- Logan Montgomery finished ninth in the men’s shot put invite (17.77m/58’3.75″).

Women- Alida van Daalen earns silver in the women’s shot put invite (18.14m/59’6.25″). Her mark is a new outdoor personal best, improving upon her fourth-best mark in school history. Thea Jensen finishes eighth (15.52m/50’11”) in the competition.

Hammer Throw

Women- Freshman Imani Washington finished ninth in the women’s hammer throw (52.14m/171′).

Javelin

Men- Devin Willis finished tenth in the men’s javelin (56.45m/185’2″). Willis has not finished outside the top-10 in his collegiate javelin career.

200m

Men- Four of the five Gators who competed in the 200m ran in heats with the wind level over 2.0 meters per second, making them ineligible for personal bests or records. Robert Gregory was the top Gator finisher, placing second (19.78). Jacory Patterson also finished in the top-5, earning fifth (20.13). Emmanuel Bamidele (20.39) and Ryan Willie (20.75) were the final two runners to run wind aided races, finishing seventh and fourteenth respectively. Jacob Miley was the lone Gator to run in wind legal race. He finished sixtieth (21.59).

Women- Five Gators competed in the women’s 200m competition. Kynnedy Flannel was the top finisher placing twentieth (23.11). Ramiah Elliott ran a new personal best in the event (23.29), finishing twenty-sixth. Sterling Lester (23.78) and Jasmine Montgomery (23.81) finished fourth-eighth and fiftieth respectively. In her 200m debut, Kayla Davis placed seventy-fifth (24.41).

400m Hurdles

Men- On senior day in his season debut, Collin Sieffert finished fourteenth in the men’s 400m hurdles (51.04).

Women- Vanessa Watson crossed the finish line fifth in the 400m hurdles (56.33).

1500m

Men- Eleven Gators competed in the men’s 1500m. Joe Wester (3:43.99) and Matt Mule’ (3:44.29) were the top finishing Gators, placing fifth and seventh. Caden Monk (3:47.62), Ethan Geiger (3:48.07), and Jonathan Pitchford (3:49.37) finished fourteenth through sixteenth in the 1500m. Michael Fiore finished twenty-first (3:50.41) in his event debut. Cavan Wilson finished twenty-seventh (3:51.47), Aiden Villasuso finished twenty-ninth (3:52.69), Hugh Brittenham finished thirty-fourth (3:54.39), Ryan Miller (3:54.63) finished thirty-fifth, and Josh Stern finished forty-fifth (3:57.16). Wester, Mule’, Geiger, Pitchford, Wilson, Villasuso, and Stern all finished with new personal bests.

Women- Nine Florida Gators raced in the women’s 1500m. Lucinda Rourke (4:18.70), Kathryn Nohilly (4:21.76), and Ashley Klingenberg (4:22.64) finished fifth, ninth, and tenth. All three recorded new personal bests in the event. Vasileia Spyrou (4:27.22) finished thirteenth, Emily Culley (4:29.37) finished seventeenth, and Jordan Shapiro (4:31.47) finished twenty-third, rounding out the Gators in the top-25. The remaining Gators were Rylee Pustilnik (4:38.72) who finished thirty-seventh, Liina Winborn (4:42.85) finishing forty-second, and Chloe Hyde (4:52.43) placing forty-seventh.

Tom Jones Memorial Results (All events are finals unless otherwise noted)

Event

Place, Gators (Time/Distance), Notes

Long Jump (M)

7. Jordan McCants (7.26m/23’10”)

9. Jalen Chance (7.19m/23’7.25″)

Long Jump Invite (M)

3. Malcolm Clemons (7.76m/25’5.5″)

7. Caleb Foster (7.64m/25’0.75″)

Long Jump Invite (W)

1. Jasmine Moore (6.98m/22’10.75″) Farthest Jump in the Country this Year

3. Claire Bryant (6.75m/22’1.75″) Outdoor Personal Best, Second Farthest Jump in the Country this Year