ALBUQUERQUE, NM. – The Florida Gators wasted no time making a mark on the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships. In the first event of the day, Sterling Lester placed fourth in the women’s pentathlon (4358), earning the Gators five points. Her performance was the second-best in school history, behind only 2022 SEC Indoor Pentathlon Champion Anna Hall.
Shortly after, in the long jump Jasmine Moore’s firsts jump of the day broke the collegiate, meet, and facility record with a mark of 7.03m/23’0.75″. This initial jump was enough to take home gold and the Gators first individual national title of the Indoor Championships.
Claire Bryant, Moore’s jumping partner, finished with the bronze medal in long jump after jumping 6.88m/22’7″, a personal best. Her bronze medal is her first NCAA medal since the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships where she won silver in the long jump. The Gators took gold and bronze in the long jump, thanks to the spectacular performances of Moore and Bryant.
Talitha Diggs punched her ticket to the 400m finals after coming in second place (50.79) in the semifinals. She seeks to repeat as the NCAA Indoor 400m champion.
At the conclusion of day one of the women’s competition, the Florida Gators lead with 21 points.
The men’s competition began with the men’s long jump where Pjai Austin, kept the party rolling. On his first jump of the day in the long jump competition, Austin jumped the eighth best mark in school history (8.01m/26’3.5″), also a personal best, to earn seventh in the long jump finals. Caleb Foster ended his day in the long jump in an impressive fashion as well. Foster’s jump of 8.05m/26’5″ was just as inspiring, marking a personal best of his own and the fourth best indoor jump in school history.
On the track, Pjai Austin earned his second personal best of the day in the 60m semifinals. His time of 6.53 is the third fastest time in school history. In the 200m, both Robert Gregory (2.27) and Jacory Patterson (20.35) advanced to the finals. Gregory’s time is the second fastest in school history and the third fastest in the world this year. Ryan Willie advanced to the finals of the 400m after finishing second overall in the semifinals (45.37). The final men’s runner to advance to the finals was Sam Austin in the 800m. Austin earned first in the semifinals with a time of 1:47.65.
The men’s end day one of the competition in seventeenth place with five points, with most of their finals coming on day…
Shortly after, in the long jump Jasmine Moore’s firsts jump of the day broke the collegiate, meet, and facility record with a mark of 7.03m/23’0.75″. This initial jump was enough to take home gold and the Gators first individual national title of the Indoor Championships.
Claire Bryant, Moore’s jumping partner, finished with the bronze medal in long jump after jumping 6.88m/22’7″, a personal best. Her bronze medal is her first NCAA medal since the 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships where she won silver in the long jump. The Gators took gold and bronze in the long jump, thanks to the spectacular performances of Moore and Bryant.
Talitha Diggs punched her ticket to the 400m finals after coming in second place (50.79) in the semifinals. She seeks to repeat as the NCAA Indoor 400m champion.
At the conclusion of day one of the women’s competition, the Florida Gators lead with 21 points.
The men’s competition began with the men’s long jump where Pjai Austin, kept the party rolling. On his first jump of the day in the long jump competition, Austin jumped the eighth best mark in school history (8.01m/26’3.5″), also a personal best, to earn seventh in the long jump finals. Caleb Foster ended his day in the long jump in an impressive fashion as well. Foster’s jump of 8.05m/26’5″ was just as inspiring, marking a personal best of his own and the fourth best indoor jump in school history.
On the track, Pjai Austin earned his second personal best of the day in the 60m semifinals. His time of 6.53 is the third fastest time in school history. In the 200m, both Robert Gregory (2.27) and Jacory Patterson (20.35) advanced to the finals. Gregory’s time is the second fastest in school history and the third fastest in the world this year. Ryan Willie advanced to the finals of the 400m after finishing second overall in the semifinals (45.37). The final men’s runner to advance to the finals was Sam Austin in the 800m. Austin earned first in the semifinals with a time of 1:47.65.
The men’s end day one of the competition in seventeenth place with five points, with most of their finals coming on day…
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