NCAA

Three More Gators Secure their Spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships

Three More Gators Secure their Spot at the NCAA Outdoor Championships


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Day two of the NCAA East Prelims featured the women competing for the first time at the NCAA East Preliminaries and three Gators punched their ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Alida van Daalen was the first of the day to secure her spot in Austin, finishing third overall in the competition (17.54m/57’6.5″). The freshman has qualified for both NCAA Championships she has been eligible for as a Gator. The long jump pairing of Claire Bryant and Jasmine Moore once again heads to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Moore and Bryant have qualified for every NCAA Championship in 2022 and 2023 in the long jump. Bryant earned first in the competition with a mark of 6.58m/21’7.25″ and Moore secured second (6.43m/21’1.25″).
 
The first running event of the day was the women’s 100m hurdles and three Gators advanced to the next round of competition. Grace Stark (12.86) and Jayla Hollis (13.15) both automatically advanced after finishing in the top-3 of their heats. Sterling Lester also qualified after finishing twenty-fourth in the first round with a time of 13.31.

In the next event, Gabrielle Wilkinson won her 1500m heat (4:20.76) and automatically advanced to the next round of the 1500m competition. Shortly after, Kynnedy Flannel ran a new 100m personal best (11.15) and automatically qualified for the next round of the 100m event.

 

Talitha Diggs (51.78) and Laila Owens (53.43) both advanced to the next round in the 400m. Diggs finished first overall in the first round of 400m qualifying . Following the 400m, Imogen Barrett won her 800m heat (2:06.52) and advanced to the final round of the 800m prelims.

 

The seventh runner of the day to advance through the first round of prelims was Vanessa Watson. Watson won her heat and placed fourth overall in the 400m hurdles.

 

In the final event of the day, both Talitha Diggs (22.43) and Kynnedy Flannel (22.50) ran season bests and finished second and third respectively in the first round of the 200m competition. Both automatically advanced to the next round.

 

In total, the Gators advanced nine female runners through the first round of the NCAA East Prelims.

 

Tomorrow the Gators men’s team returns to action for the final day of the men’s competition. Day three begins with the men’s 4×100 competition at 5 p.m. ET and ends with the 4×400 relay.

 

NCAA EAST PRELIMINARIES MEET

Thursday’s Finals Recap

Shot Put

Women- Alida van Daalen qualified for her…

CLICK HERE to Read the Full Original Article at Florida Gators…