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The Gators continued their momentum into the second home meet of the 2024 Outdoor season. Senior Grace Stark followed her last olympic-qualifying home performance with a new personal best in the women’s 100 meter hurdles. Stark’s time of 12.56 seconds is the new No.1 mark in the NCAA for 2024.
The Gators home crowd erupted in cheers as 2019 Bowerman winner Grant Holloway was welcomed back to the Percy Beard Track. Representing Gainesville Elite, former Gators Grant Holloway, PJ Austin, Joseph Fahnbulleh and Erriyon Knighton won the Olympic Division men’s 4x100 relay with a time of 37.67 seconds. Their time marks a new Percy Beard Track record, Pepsi Florida Relays meet record and a world lead.
Florida’s strongest performances came in the field events. Senior Abraham Sargent placed 1st in the men’s javelin throw with his personal record distance of 77.46 meters. This marked 5th on UF's All-Time Top 10 List and 6th in the NCAA for 2024. Senior Melanie Welsing placed 3rd in the women’s javelin throw with a personal best throw of 30.72.
Led by Junior Parker Valby’s two individual championships, the Florida women’s track and field team (50 points) secured the silver medal at the National Collegiate Athletics Association Indoor Track and Field National Championships at New Balance Track in Boston, Massachusetts. The men’s team earned the bronze medal with 39 points.
Despite having the No. 1-ranked player in the country, senior Maisie Filler, the Gators women’s golf team failed to capture a victory in the Gators Invitational at Mark Bostick Golf Course. Florida earned third place in the tournament with a total score of 852 (12-over-par) through 54 holes.
Florida track and field athlete Sam Austin stands at the line, shakes his left hand twice and takes a deep breath. The 800-meter run is about to start. The gun fires and Austin takes off, careful to keep a good pace out of the gate.
A program-record-tying round of 62 (-8) led by freshman Ian Giligan, allowed the University of Florida’s men’s golf team to blow out their competition to win the Gators Invitational at Mark Bostick Golf Course for the fifth straight year. With a score of 814 (-26), the Gators were twice as far under par as the University of North Florida team [827 (-13)] who placed second.
The Gators track and field teams traveled back to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the Tyson Invitational, their fourth and final regular season meet of the indoor season. Part of the team headed north for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University.
The Florida gymnastics team (5-1, 2-1 SEC) defeated the Georgia Bulldogs (1-4, 0-4 SEC) 197.425-197.300 in their second road meet of 2024.
In the pivotal anchor leg of the quad 400-meter relay, redshirt junior Jevaughn Powell took charge after his teammates – senior Reheem Hayles, sophomore Wanya McCoy and junior Ashton Schwartzman – who had successfully navigated the first three legs.
Solutions by The State News
