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Shara Proctor won the women's long and triple jumps for Florida at the recent SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Gainesville. Both the men and women track teams compete in the two-day NCAA Regional at Charlotte, N.C., beginning Friday./Gator Country file photo by Casey Brooke Lawson

GREENSBORO, N.C. – After winning the women’s title and finishing second in the men’s field at the recent Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the Florida track teams compete in the 2009 NCAA East Regional meet Friday and Saturday at North Carolina A&T’s Irwin Belk Track.

Coach Mike Holloway’s men enter the regional ranked No. 1 in the nation according to the latest poll from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. The women are ranked No. 16 in the latest poll.

Florida won nine events at the SEC meet held at Percy Beard Track/James G. Pressly Stadium: men’s decathlon, women’s steeplechase, women’s long jump, women’s triple jump, women’s javelin, women’s shot put, the men’s 4x100-meter relay, the men’s 200 meters and the men’s 400 meters.

Junior Calvin Sprinter captured the 2009 men’s Commissioner’s Trophy after totaling 22 points with his victory in the 400, his runner-up finish in the 200 and his legs on the 4x100 relay (first) and 4x400 relay (third) teams.

Since the NCAA went to its regional format for the outdoor season, Florida has been flourished at the East Regional. Both teams captured regional titles in 2003 and 2004. The men have never been below second since, while the women have finished third the last two seasons.

The schedule of events with Florida participants follows:

NCAA OUTDOORS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
EAST REGIONAL/GREENSBORO, N.C./NORTH CAROLINA A&T

FRIDAY
Men’s javelin (11 a.m. ET): Mario Ariet, Ben Davies, Doug Nelson.
Women’s long jump (1 p.m.): Shara Proctor.
Men’s shot put (3 p.m.): Beau Burroughs, Kemal Mesic.
Women’s pole vault (3 p.m.): Alex Black, Daisy Glasser, Lauren Menke, Natalie Moser.
Women’s 4x100 relay preliminaries (4 p.m.): Madison McNary, Alishea Usery, Danielle Williams, Ije Iheoma.
Men’s 4x100 relay preliminaries (4:15 p.m.): Chris Rainey, Calvin Smith, Terrell Wilks, Jeremy Hall.
Women’s 1,500 preliminaries (4:30 p.m.): Charlotte Browning, Kaitlin Shiver
Men’s 1,500 preliminaries (4:55 p.m.): Justin Taylor.
Women’s discus (5 p.m.): Keely Medeiros.
Men’s long jump (5 p.m.): Christian Taylor.
Men’s 110 hurdles preliminaries (5:40 p.m.): Jarius Cooper, Dennis Martin, Kallinka Pitt, William Wynne.
Women’s 100 preliminaries (6 p.m.): Madison McNary.
Men’s 100 preliminaries (6:20 p.m.): Jeremy Hall, Terrell Wilks.
Women’s 400 preliminaries (6:40 p.m.): Alishea Usery.
Men’s 400 preliminaries (7 p.m.): R.J. Anderson, Calvin Smith.
Men’s 800 preliminaries (7:40 p.m.): Carlos Phillips.
Men’s 400 hurdles preliminaries (8:20 p.m.): William Wynne.
Women’s 200 preliminaries (8:40 p.m.): Madison McNary.
Men’s 200 preliminaries (9 p.m.): Jeremy Hall, Terrell Wilks.
Women’s 5,000 (9:20 p.m.): Laura Garrow, Genevieve LaCaze, Sara Petrick.

SATURDAY
Women’s javelin (11 a.m.): Evelien Dekkers, Star Sansone.
Women’s triple jump (1 p.m.): Madara Apine, Michelle Jenije, Shara Proctor.
Women’s shot put (3 p.m.): Fidela James, Mariam Kevkhishvili, Keely Medeiros.
Men’s pole vault (3 p.m.): Eric Foran, Justin Semeyn.
Men’s discus (5 p.m.): Beau Burroughs.
Men’s triple jump (5 p.m.): Christian Taylor.
Women’s 4x100 relay finals (5 p.m.): Madison McNary, Alishea Usery, Danielle Williams, Ije Iheoma.
Men’s 4x100 relay finals (5:10 p.m.): Chris Rainey, Calvin Smith, Terrell Wilks, Jeremy Hall.
Women’s 1,500 finals (5:20 p.m.): Charlotte Browning, Kaitlin Shiver.
Men’s 1,500 finals (5:30 p.m.): Justin Taylor.
Men’s 110 hurdles finals (5:45 p.m.): Jarius Cooper, Dennis Martin, Kallinka Pitt, William Wynne.
Women’s 100 finals (6:05 p.m.): Madison McNary.
Men’s 100 finals (6:10 p.m.): Jeremy Hall, Terrell Wilks.
Women’s 400 finals (6:15 p.m.): Alishea Usery.
Men’s 400 finals (6:20 p.m.):  R.J. Anderson, Calvin Smith.
Men’s 800 finals (6:30 p.m.): Carlos Phillips.
Men’s 400 hurdles finals (6:50 p.m.): William Wynne.
Women’s 200 finals (7 p.m.): Madison McNary.
Men’s 200 finals (7:05 p.m.): Jeremy Hall, Terrell Wilks.
Women’s steeplechase (7:15 p.m.): Genevieve LaCaze, Julie Northrup.
Men’s steeplechase (7:40 p.m.): Sean Blaney.
Men’s 4x400 relay (8:20 p.m.): R.J. Anderson, Calvin Smith, Carlos Phillips, Lamarr Davis.

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