LEXINGTON, Ky. – Florida Gators Track and Field competed in the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday, with five athletes scoring points in event finals and six more qualifying for tomorrow’s final races.
Highlights
Jumps
Florida’s biggest wins of the day came in the horizontal jumps, headlined by Anthaya Charlton’s individual title in the Women’s Long Jump. Her title stands as just one highlight in a breakout season that includes and NCAA all-time No. 2 indoor Long Jump, the current NCAA No. 2 outdoor Long Jump for 2025, a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and now an SEC outdoor title. The individual championship is the first of her career at the conference or national level.
Her 6.47m [21′ 2.75″] third attempt was enough to stave off the competition and secure victory. Her win earned ten team points for the Orange and Blue, and Alyssa Banales’s seventh-place finish in the Long Jump earned an additional two points.
Malcolm Clemons posted a season-best 7.91m [25′ 11.5″] mark in the Men’s Long Jump, and earned himself SEC Bronze in the process. Clemons’ performance marked a milestone in his comeback, as he reached the podium after an indoor season in which he was hampered by injury and failed to reach the final jumps at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships. Now, back in the condition that made him an Olympian in 2024, Clemons appears poised for a strong run in the NCAA Championship meets.
Distance
All three Gator entries advanced in the Women’s 1500m preliminaries. Tia Wilson, the SEC Indoor champion of the Mile; Hilda Olemomoi, the SEC silver medalist in yesterday’s 10,000m; and Beth Morley, Florida’s lone qualifier in the Mile for this season’s NCAA Indoor Championships all earned spots in tomorrow’s final. The race marked the first 1500m race for Olemomoi in over a year, and just the second in her Division I career.
Wilson won her heat and Olemomoi finished third, automatically qualifying them for the next round. Morley’s time was the 11th-fastest in the field, and she advanced based on her time.
Throws
Gracelyn Leiseth and Alida van Daalen each scored in the Women’s Shot Put, finishing fifth and sixth with their respective 17.74m [58′ 2.5″] and 17.51 [57′ 5.5″] marks. They earned a combined seven team points.
Sprints/Hurdles
Freshman sensation Habiba Harris delivered yet another incredible performance in the 100m Hurdles. After setting the collegiate lead at the Pepsi Florida…
Highlights
Jumps
Florida’s biggest wins of the day came in the horizontal jumps, headlined by Anthaya Charlton’s individual title in the Women’s Long Jump. Her title stands as just one highlight in a breakout season that includes and NCAA all-time No. 2 indoor Long Jump, the current NCAA No. 2 outdoor Long Jump for 2025, a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and now an SEC outdoor title. The individual championship is the first of her career at the conference or national level.
Her 6.47m [21′ 2.75″] third attempt was enough to stave off the competition and secure victory. Her win earned ten team points for the Orange and Blue, and Alyssa Banales’s seventh-place finish in the Long Jump earned an additional two points.
Malcolm Clemons posted a season-best 7.91m [25′ 11.5″] mark in the Men’s Long Jump, and earned himself SEC Bronze in the process. Clemons’ performance marked a milestone in his comeback, as he reached the podium after an indoor season in which he was hampered by injury and failed to reach the final jumps at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships. Now, back in the condition that made him an Olympian in 2024, Clemons appears poised for a strong run in the NCAA Championship meets.
Distance
All three Gator entries advanced in the Women’s 1500m preliminaries. Tia Wilson, the SEC Indoor champion of the Mile; Hilda Olemomoi, the SEC silver medalist in yesterday’s 10,000m; and Beth Morley, Florida’s lone qualifier in the Mile for this season’s NCAA Indoor Championships all earned spots in tomorrow’s final. The race marked the first 1500m race for Olemomoi in over a year, and just the second in her Division I career.
Wilson won her heat and Olemomoi finished third, automatically qualifying them for the next round. Morley’s time was the 11th-fastest in the field, and she advanced based on her time.
Throws
Gracelyn Leiseth and Alida van Daalen each scored in the Women’s Shot Put, finishing fifth and sixth with their respective 17.74m [58′ 2.5″] and 17.51 [57′ 5.5″] marks. They earned a combined seven team points.
Sprints/Hurdles
Freshman sensation Habiba Harris delivered yet another incredible performance in the 100m Hurdles. After setting the collegiate lead at the Pepsi Florida…
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