After opening the indoor season with 11 victories, 22 podium finishes and six personal bests, Florida track and field landed in Fayetteville, Arkansas to continue competition at the Razorback Invitational.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two-day meet at the Randal Tyson Track Center runs Thursday and Friday, marking the Gators\u2019 fourth consecutive appearance. A total of 55 athletes are entered to compete, with the first event, the women\u2019s pentathlon 60-meter hurdles, set for Friday at noon.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Florida, ranked No. 8 in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s USTFCCCA standings, already owns 37 top-10 marks at the Razorback Invitational across both programs.<\/p>\n
Some of the meet\u2019s record-holders include former Gator Anthaya Charlton, who holds the women\u2019s long jump mark at 6.98 meters set in 2025. On the men\u2019s side, Grant Holloway set the runner-up record in the 60 meters in 2019 with a time of 6.51 seconds. Amanda Froeynes ranks third all-time in the pentathlon at the Razorback Invitational, recording a score of 2:12.04, also in 2019.<\/p>\n
This meet will host 13 of the nation\u2019s top teams. On the men\u2019s side, six programs are ranked in the USTFCCCA Top 25, while the women will compete against eight ranked teams. Highlighted schools include No. 2 Georgia, No. 1 Illinois on the women\u2019s side, and No. 3 Texas Tech for the men, according to the NCAA.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Other participating programs range from Florida schools like Florida State and Miami to out-of-state schools including Oregon, LSU, Texas Tech and more.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good way to get a lot of athletes and teams together to get that high competitive adrenaline going as you make that push into the championship season,\u201d throws coach Eric Werskey said.<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s athletes will compete in 36 events this weekend. Friday\u2019s schedule includes the women\u2019s pentathlon, weight throw, long jump and distance medley relay. Saturday\u2019s action will feature the mile, 60-meter hurdles and sprints, 400 meters, shot put, triple jump, and 4\u00d7400 relays.<\/p>\n
Several athletes will make their season debut at this highly competitive meet, including senior Alida van Daalen, returning in the women\u2019s shot put after missing the Jimmy Carnes Invitational. Van Daalen enters the weekend as the 2024 SEC Outdoor Champion in the discus throw.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sophomore Abigail Elmore will not make her season debut, but she will compete in her first-ever pentathlon this meet. Elmore last competed at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational, where she finished eighth in the shot put, 10th in the high jump, 29th in the 60-meter hurdles prelims and eighth in the women\u2019s 4\u00d7400 relay. That meet marked her return to competition after missing her freshman season due to a stress reaction in her lower back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to go into this with an open mind,\u201d Abigail Elmore said. \u201cI really want to actually have fun with it. I don\u2019t need to stress myself out.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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