{"id":206598,"date":"2026-03-26T08:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206598\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:09:22","slug":"gators-open-outdoor-campaign-with-dual-meets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/206598\/","title":{"rendered":"Gators Open Outdoor Campaign with Dual Meets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Florida Gators track and field team will open its outdoor campaign across two meets, splitting its roster between events in Florida and North Carolina.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFlorida will send 21 athletes to Tallahassee to compete in the Terry Long FSU Relays, while eight distance runners will travel to Raleigh, N.C. for the Raleigh Relays.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBoth meets are scheduled to take place Thursday, March 26, through Friday, March 27.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLAST TIME OUT<br \/>\nThe Gators concluded a successful indoor stint at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship in Fayetteville, Ark. Florida&#8217;s men finished third overall with 26 team points across the two day competition, marking their twelfth top-three finish at the national meet since 2010. The women totaled 27 points, tying for fifth in the final team standings alongside BYU.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each of Florida&#8217;s 20 competitors earned All-America honors at the championships, highlighted by 15 first team selections and five second team nods.<\/p>\n<p>MEET INFORMATION &amp; DETAILS&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tMeet&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tTerry Long FSU Relays&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tRaleigh Relays&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tLocation\/Venue&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tTallahassee, Fla. \/ Mike Long Track&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tRaleigh, N.C. \/ Paul H. Derr Track&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tDate\/Times&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tThursday, March 26<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 First Event: 3 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 Estimated Finish: 8 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tFriday, March 27<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 First Event: 10:30 a.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 Estimated Finish: 4 p.m.&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tThursday, March 26<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 Men&#8217;s 3000mS: 5:30 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 Men&#8217;s 5000m: 6:30 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 Men&#8217;s 10,000m: 9:25 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tFriday, March 27<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 Women&#8217;s 5000m: 6:10 p.m.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\u00b7 Women&#8217;s 10,000m: 9:25 p.m.&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tMeet Schedule&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/seminoles.com\/documents\/2026\/2\/24\/Terry_Long_FSU_Relays_Schedule_final.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet Schedule<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1rLgbsDIFMv6Mox-5tqqiX3-KYBPP_2rA\/view?usp=drive_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet Schedule<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\tLive Stats&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/live.pttiming.com\/?mid=8755\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live Results<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/flashresults.com\/2026_Meets\/Outdoor\/03-26_RaleighRelays\/index.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Live Results<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nGATOR ENTRIES<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nFOLLOW THE GATORS<br \/>\nInstagram: @GatorsTF<br \/>\nX: @GatorsTF<br \/>\n#GoGators\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The Florida Gators track and field team will open its outdoor campaign across two meets,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-206598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}