Florida State’s track & field teams competed at the East Coast Relays in Jacksonville, Fla. on Friday and at the University of Texas for the first day of their two-day meet.
FSU’s men made the 200 meter field at the Texas Invitational look more like the Seminole Invite led by Amir Willis who won with a time of 20.25, which is among the Top 10 best times in FSU history. Right on his heels was teammate Ismael Kone in second place with a time of 20.37. More garnet and gold led the sprint with Denzell Feagin clocked at 20.58 in a fourth place finish and Taylor Banks took seventh with a time of 20.81.
The Seminoles dominated the only other event in which they were entered in Austin with Jeremiah Davis winning the men’s long jump with a leap of 8.02 meters. Jayden Rollins finished 12th with a top leap of 7.03 meters.
At the East Coast Relays held at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, James Rivera and Dajaz Defrand recorded individual wins. Rivera led
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Florida State track and field team had one of their best outings of the season on Friday at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Fla. The Noles tallied several personal bests on the track while having great success in the field events.
"I was really pleased with our group today. That was probably the best we've competed all season, and we need to keep that momentum for tomorrow and the rest of the season," Head Coach Bob Braman said.
The return of Isaac Grimes gave the Noles a jolt in the long jump, as he and teammate Jeremiah Davis each jumped 7.92m for the top spot in the event in a stacked field. Those marks are tied for the eighth-best marks in the nation. Jacore Irving also posted an outdoor personal best in the event with a mark of 7.65m to finish eighth.
The first win of the day came from Dani Thompson in the 5000m run. Thompson picked up her first collegiate victory with a time of 17:47.57. Evie McIver finished right behind her
FAIRBURN, Ga. – Members of the No. 29/18 Florida State cross country teams competed in the collegiate races at the Alexander Asics Invite in Fairburn, Ga., at Bouckaert Farms on Saturday morning. Redshirt freshman Zach Cloud was the winner of the men’s 8K, crossing the line with a time of 25:09.23, just under six seconds ahead of the next competitor. “Zach Cloud had the highlight for today,” FSU head coach Bob Braman said. “It was really nice to see Zach come in and run a great race and it looked like he had more in the tank too. He could potentially step up for us and today was a great breakthrough for him.” In the women’s 5K, Rebecca Bergnes took bronze, finishing with a time of 17:44.30, which was just off her personal best (17:42.6). Bergnes led the Seminoles to a second place finish with a total of 84 points. “Becky ran really well,” Braman said. “She’ll be another one that will be in hunt for our ACC team. She battled with runner that took second the