Members of the Florida Gators Track & Field program will participate at FSU Relays to open the 2024 Outdoor Season.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – To begin the 2024 Outdoor Season the Gators Track & Field program will compete at the Florida State University (FSU) Relays on Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22.
The Gators hope to find similar success in Tallahassee as they did in 2023 as the program had 31 athletes finish in the top-10 and nine finished in the top-3 over the two day competition.
LAST TIME OUT
The Gators last participated in the NCAA Indoor Championships where the men and women claimed third and second place finishes, respectively. The men tallied 39 points while the women accumulated 50 points.
The program’s performance was highlighted by Parker Valby who completed “The Distance Double” by claiming the individual championship in both the 3000m and 5000m. Additionally, Claire Bryant, Grace Stark and the Men’s 4x400m team all recorded runner-up finishes in their respective events. Overall, the athletes totaled 25 All-American honors.
ON THE TRACK & IN THE FIELD
Florida will be traveling a total of 30 athletes (15 men, 15 women) to compete at FSU Relays. The group features a fairly even mix of both runners and field athletes.
Both Abraham Sargent and Melanie Welsing are set to make their Gator debut during the weekend competition. Eight other Gators (Orlando Cicilioni, Allison Drummond, Zach Godbold, Akari Isaac, Da’Moni Kelly, Ashley Klingenberg, Logan Montgomery, Stephy Ormsby) are scheduled to make their 2024 Track & Field debut.
GATORS IN THE RANKS
With the first rankings for the 2024 Outdoor Season not being released until March 25, provided below is the final rankings from the 2024 Indoor Season.
Men’s Rankings
Women’s Rankings
Ranking
Team
Points
Ranking
Team
Points
1
Texas Tech
50.50
1
Arkansas
55.00
2
Arkansas
41.00
2
Florida
50.00
3
Florida
39.00
3
Georgia
33.00
4
Northern Arizona
31.00
4
Oregon
31.00
5
North Carolina
26.00
5
Ole Miss
30.00
6
Texas A&M
24.00
6
LSU
29.00
T7
Oklahoma State
23.00
7
BYU
28.00
T7
Southern California
23.00
T8
Oklahoma State
27.00
9
Iowa
21.00
T8
Southern California
27.00
10
Washington
20.00
10
Notre Dame
26.00
FSU RELAYS MEET INFORMATION
Location
Tallahassee, Florida
Date/Times
Thursday, March 21: 3:00 p.m. ET – 7:00 p.m. ET
Friday, March 22: 10:00 a.m. ET – 5:30 p.m. ET
Meet Notes (Pre)
FSU Relays Meet Notes<file:///C:/Users/ArikM/Desktop/3.21%203.22%20FSU%20Relays%20Meet%20Notes.pdf>
Live Results
FSU Relays Live Results<https://live.pttiming.com/?mid=7092>
Updates & Info
@GatorsTF on X<https://twitter.com/GatorsTF>
Results
Thursday, March 21 – Field
Events / Time (EST)
Athlete Entries
Hammer Throw (M) / 3:00 p.m.
Will Gross IV
Hammer Throw (W) / 4:30 p.m.
Imani Washington
Long Jump (W) / 6:00 p.m.
India Alix
Kendall Brown
Anthaya Charlton
Melanie Welsing
Shot Put (W) / 6:00 p.m.
Da’Moni Kelly
Gracelyn Leiseth
Imani Washington
Long Jump (M) / 6:15 p.m.
Michael Holloway II
Jordan McCants
Friday, March 22 – Track
Events / Time (EST)
Athlete Entries
100m Hurdles (W) / 1:30 p.m.
Melanie Welsing
110m Hurdles (M) / 1:45 p.m.
Joey Stravato
800m (W) / 2:00 p.m.
Ashley Klingenberg
800m (M) / 2:10 p.m.
Michael Fiore
Eoin McNally
Jonathan Pitchford
100m (M) / 3:30 p.m.
Ryan McCloskey
1500m (W) / 4:45 p.m.
Caroline Bauer
Allison Drummond
Stephy Ormsby
Rylee Pustilnik
Breanna Stuart
Liina Winborn
1500m (M) / 5:00 p.m.
Orlando Cicilioni
Ethan Geiger
Aiden Villasuso
4x400m (M) / 5:15 p.m.
Florida Relay Team
Friday, March 22 – Field
Events / Time (EST)
Athlete Entries
Javelin Throw (W) / 10:00 a.m.
Melanie Welsing
Javelin Throw (M) / 11:30 a.m.
Zach Godbold
Abraham Sargent
Shot Put (M) / 1:00 p.m.
Calvin Bostic
Logan Montgomery
Discus Throw (W) / 1:30 p.m.
Akari Isaac
Da’Moni Kelly
Gracelyn Leiseth
Triple Jump (W) / 3:00 p.m.
India Alix
Triple Jump (M) / 3:15 p.m.
Michael Holloway II
Discus Throw (M) / 3:15 p.m.
Calvin Bostic
Logan Montgomery
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