UF TF: Florida Sends 23 to Compete at the NCAA Outdoor Championships

Florida travels to Austin, Texas for the NCAA Outdoor Championships

AUSTIN, Texas – On Wednesday, the Florida Gators Track and Field teams will begin the final part of their journey for the program’s fourteenth national title as they compete in the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Florida sends 23 athletes, 14 women and 9 men, who have qualified in 24 total events, 16 women’s and 8 men’s events. The 30 entries are second most in the nation.

On the men’s side of the competition Florida has nine athletes entered in eight events. Their 12 event entries are the fifth most in the country. The men’s team enters the Outdoor Championships ranked fourth in the nation and just finished sixth at the SEC Outdoor Championships. They seek to repeat as Outdoor National Champions after winning the title in 2022.

The men’s entries, seeding, and seeding times/marks can be found below.

100m

Pjai Austin (3rd)- 9.88

Robert Gregory (9th)- 9.97

200m

Robert Gregory (1st)- 19.60

Jacory Patterson (13th)- 20.21

400m

Ryan Willie (9th)- 45.70

Emmanuel Bamidele (15th)- 46.09

Jevaughn Powell (21st)- 46.68

400m Hurdles

Collin Sieffert (24th)- 51.33

4×100

Florida (2nd)- 38.82

4×400

Florida (15th)- 3:05.70

Long Jump

Malcom Clemons (3rd)- 7.90m/25’11”

Triple Jump

Sean Dixon-Bodie (1st)- 16.89m/55’5″

On the women’s side of the competition Florida has 14 athletes entered in 16 events. Their 18 event entries are the second most in the country. The women enter ranked second nationally and finished second at the SEC Outdoor Championships. They seek to repeat after taking home the first outdoor national title in women’s program history.

The women’s entries, seeding, and seeding times/marks can be found below.

100m

Kynnedy Flannel (15th)- 11.09

200m

Talitha Diggs (9th)- 22.62

Kynnedy Flannel (13th)- 22.74

400m

Talitha Diggs (9th)- 51.07

800m

Imogen Barrett (22nd)- 2:04.97

1500m

Gabrielle Wilkinson (23rd)- 4:14.80

5000m

Parker Valby (3rd)- 15:33.43

100m Hurdles

Grace Stark (12th)- 12.92

400m Hurdles

Vanessa Watson (12th)- 56.68

4×100

Florida (23rd)- 44.27

4×400

Florida (8th)- 3:31.33

High Jump

Claire Bryant (23rd)- 1.77m/5’9.75″

Long Jump

Claire Bryant (3rd)- 6.58m/21’7.25″

Jasmine Moore (5th)- 6.43m/21’1.25″

Triple Jump

Jasmine Moore (8th)- 13.47m/44’2.5″

Shot Put

Alida Van Daalen (9th)- 17.54m/57’6.5″

Discus

Alida Van Daalen (5th)- 55.57m/182’4″

Heptathlon

Sterling Lester (13th)- 5778

NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)

The first event Wednesday will begin at 7:32 p.m. ET with the men’s 4×100 team competing in the semifinal round. Malcolm Clemons will compete in the long jump, the lone final of the day for the Gators. Day one of the NCAA Outdoor Championships will include semifinals for the men’s 100m, 200m, 400m, 400m hurdles, 4×100, and 4×400.

Day two beings at 8:32 p.m. ET with the women’s 4×100 semifinal. The women will compete in the long jump and shot put finals on day two of the NCAA Championships. All other events contested, the 100m, 100m hurdles, 200m, 400m, 400m hurdles, 800m, 1500m, 4×100, and 4×400 are semifinals.

Day three consists of all men’s finals and the women’s heptathlon competition. The heptathlon begins at 3:45 p.m. ET with the 100m hurdles. Men’s events begin at 9:02 p.m. ET with the 4×100 finals.

The final day of competition belongs to the women, with all remaining women’s finals and the conclusion of the heptathlon competition.

Live Stats

Click Here<https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Outdoor/2023/index.htm>

Television Channel

ESPN2

Television Times

Wednesday (7:30 p.m. until the end of day)
Thursday (From 8:30 p.m. until the end of day)
Friday (From 9 p.m. until the end of day)

Saturday (From 9 p.m. until the end of day)

Streaming

ESPN+/ESPN2

Streaming Links

All Broadcast Links and Events<https://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor/d1/broadcast-info> (Include all Field Events)

Main ESPN2 Streams
Wednesday<https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=c8e0d77f-36f6-476a-8548-101695cf792a> (7:30 p.m. until the end of day)
Thursday<https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=6da36f5a-7b4b-4982-a6f6-7e40920f163c> (From 8:30 p.m. until the end of day)
Friday <https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=e675d242-2a30-487d-a93e-2b2f453e58cc> (From 9 p.m. until the end of day)
Saturday <https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=394b7ee7-c64b-48b6-a994-1411301fc086> (From 9 p.m. until the end of day)

Meet Location

Mike A. Myers Stadium

Wednesday, June 7th (All Times in ET) (Events are Finals Unless Otherwise Noted)

Time

Gators – Event

7:32 p.m.

Ryan Willie, Jacory Patterson, Pjai Austin, Robert Gregory: Men’s 4×100 (Semis)

8:46 p.m.

Pjai Austin, Robert Gregory: Men’s 100m (Semis)

9:00 p.m.

Malcolm Clemons: Men’s Long Jump

9:00 p.m.

Emmanuel Bamidele, Jevaughn Powell, Ryan Willie: Men’s 400m (Semis)

9:30 p.m.

Collin Sieffert: Men’s 400m Hurdles (Semis)

9:44 p.m.

Robert Gregory, Jacory Patterson: Men’s 200m (Semis)

10:48 p.m.

Jevaughn Powell, Emmanuel Bamidele, Jacory Patterson, Ryan Willie: Men’s 4×400 (Semis)

Thursday, June 8th (All Times in ET) (Events are Finals Unless Otherwise Noted)

Time

Gators – Event

8:32 p.m.

Ramiah Elliott, Grace Stark, Jayla Hollis, Kynnedy Flannel: Women’s 4×100 (Semis)

8:46 p.m.

Gabrielle Wilkinson: Women’s 1500m (Semis)

9:32 p.m.

Grace Stark: Women’s 100m Hurdles (Semis)

9:46 p.m.

Kynnedy Flannel: Women’s 100m (Semis)

10:00 p.m.

Claire Bryant, Jasmine Moore: Women’s Long Jump

10:00 p.m.

Talitha Diggs: Women’s 400m (Semis)

10:14 p.m.

Imogen Barrett: Women’s 800m (Semis)

10:30 p.m.

Alida van Daalen: Women’s Shot Put

10:30 p.m.

Vanessa Watson: Women’s 400m Hurdles (Semis)

10:44 p.m.

Talitha Diggs, Kynnedy Flannel: Women’s 200m (Semis)

11:48 p.m.

Ramiah Elliott, Talitha Diggs, Jayla Hollis, Vanessa Watson: Women’s 4×400 (Semis)

Friday, June 9th (All Times in ET) (Events are Finals Unless Otherwise Noted)

Time

Gators – Event

3:45 p.m.

Sterling Lester: Women’s Heptathlon- 100m Hurdles

4:45 p.m.

Sterling Lester: Women’s Heptathlon- High Jump

6:45 p.m.

Sterling Lester: Women’s Heptathlon- Shot Put

9:02 p.m.

Ryan Willie, Jacory Patterson, Pjai Austin, Robert Gregory: Men’s 4×100

9:10 p.m.

Sean Dixon-Bodie: Men’s Triple Jump

9:52 p.m.

Pjai Austin, Robert Gregory: Men’s 100m

10:02 p.m.

Emmanuel Bamidele, Jevaughn Powell, Ryan Willie: Men’s 400m

10:27 p.m.

Collin Sieffert: Men’s 400m Hurdles

10:37 p.m.

Robert Gregory, Jacory Patterson: Men’s 200m

10:43 p.m.

Sterling Lester: Women’s Heptathlon – 200m

11:21 p.m.

Jevaughn Powell, Emmanuel Bamidele, Jacory Patterson, Ryan Willie: Men’s 4×400

Saturday, June 10th (All Times in ET) (Events are Finals Unless Otherwise Noted)

Time

Gators – Event

5:00 p.m.

Sterling Lester: Women’s Heptathlon- Long Jump

6:15 p.m.

Sterling Lester: Women’s Heptathlon – Javelin

8:30 p.m.

Claire Bryant: Women’s High Jump

8:35 p.m.

Alida van Daalen: Women’s Discus

9:02 p.m.

Ramiah Elliott, Grace Stark, Jayla Hollis, Kynnedy Flannel: Women’s 4×100

9:10 p.m.

Jasmine Moore: Women’s Triple Jump

9:12 p.m.

Gabrielle Wilkinson: Women’s 1500m

9:42 p.m.

Grace Stark: Women’s 100m Hurdles

9:52 p.m.

Kynnedy Flannel: Women’s 100m

10:02 p.m.

Talitha Diggs: Women’s 400m

10:14 p.m.

Imogen Barrett: Women’s 800m

10:27 p.m.

Vanessa Watson: Women’s 400m Hurdles

10:37 p.m.

Talitha Diggs, Kynnedy Flannel: Women’s 200m

10:43 p.m.

Sterling Lester: Women’s Heptathlon – 800m

10:55 p.m.

Parker Valby: Women’s 5000m

11:21 p.m.

Ramiah Elliott, Talitha Diggs, Jayla Hollis, Vanessa Watson: Women’s 4×400

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