Florida Finishes the Indoor Regular Season with Eight Event Titles

GAINESVILLE, FL. – On Thursday, the Gators finished their indoor regular season at the Florida University Last Chance Meet at the Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track & Field. The Gators finished out the regular season strong with 52 new personal bests during the indoor regular season.
 
Florida won event titles in the men’s long jump (Jalen Chance), men’s shot put (Logan Montgomery), women’s shot put (Alida Van Daalen), women’s 60m hurdles (Imani Carothers), women’s 60m (Grace Stark), men’s 800m (Eoin McNally), men’s mile (Reed Legg), and men’s 3000m (Cavan Wilson). In addition to the eight event titles, eight other Gators finished on the podium.
 
Freshman Alida Van Daalen had another one for the history books, finishing the shot put competition with the third-best mark in school history (17.80m/58’4.75). The mark is also a Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track facility record and the sixth best mark in the country this season.
 
Next up, the Gators travel to Arkansas for the final time this season to compete in the SEC Indoor Championship on February 24th and 25th.
 
FLORIDA UNIVERSITY LAST CHANCE MEET
Thursday’s Finals Recap
Long Jump
Men- In the first event of the day, Jalen Chance took first with a mark of 7.37m/24’2.25″. His jump was 0.24m farther than the runner-up William Jones. Jordan McCants finished fourth and jumped a new personal best (7.04m/23’0.25″).
 
Shot Put
Men- Logan Montgomery (17.37m/57′) and Calvin Bostic (16.34m/53’7.5″) take first and second respectively, in the men’s shot put. Montgomery’s mark set a new Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track facility record.
 
Women- For the second straight competition, freshman Alida Van Daalen has left her mark on the school record books. After throwing the sixth-best mark in school history last week at the Tyson Invitational, she followed it up today by besting that record with the third best mark in school history. Her mark of 17.80m/58’4.75″ today won the event, was a facility record, and the sixth best mark in the nation this year. Da’Moni Kelly also competed, finishing fourth (14.73m/48’4″)
 
60m Hurdles
Women- In yet another event, the Gators took the top two spots. In this final meet, Imani Carothers (8.18)  finished first with a new Jimmy Carnes Indoor Track facility record and Jayla Hollis (8.20) finished a strong second place.
 
60m
Men- In his second competition as a Gator, Kevar Williams made it through prelims to take third in the event (6.86). This is Williams first podium finish as a…