Seventeen individuals and two relay teams for Florida have qualified for the 2009 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Championships at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The meet runs Wednesday through Saturday:
MEN’S QUALIFIERS
(10 individuals, 2 relay teams, 10 events, 14 scoring opportunities)
Beau Burroughs: Shot put (60 feet, 6 inches)
Jeremy Hall: 100 (10.08), 200 (20.51)
Gray Horn: Decathlon (7,389 points)
Kemal Mesic: Shot put (64 feet, 0.5 inches)
Carlos Phillips: 800 (1:48.48)
Kallinka Pitt: 110 hurdles (13.74)
Calvin Smith: 400 (44.96)
Christian Taylor: Triple jump (53 feet, 5.5 inches)
Terrell Wilks: 100 (10.15), 200 (20.64)
William Wynne: 110 hurdles (13.64)
Relays: 4×100 (38.74), 4×400 (3:02.84)
WOMEN’S QUALIFIERS
(7 individuals, 7 events, 8 scoring opportunities)
Evelien Dekkers: Javelin (173 feet, 11.5 inches)
Mariam Kevkhishvili: Shot put (59 feet, 2.75 inches)
Genevieve LaCaze: 5,000 (16:13.61)
Keely Medeiros: Shot put (54 feet, 4.5 inches)
Natalie Moser: Pole vault (13 feet, 5.5 inches)
Shara Proctor: Long jump (21 feet, 8.25 inches), Triple jump (45 feet, 1 inch)
Alishea Usery: 400 (53.27)