TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State track and field and cross country program has signed 12 athletes to the 2022 class Head Coach Bob Braman announced on Thursday morning. I'm really excited for this upcoming class, Braman said. This is one of our best women’s classes we’ve ever signed during the early period. We have signed several athletes who are in the top tier of their events in the nation. Overall, the class boasts 16 All-America honors across the 12 athletes. The Seminoles signed six distance runners, four sprinters, a hurdler and jumper. There are five transfers in the class and three athletes from the Netherlands. Highlighting the class is jumper Kayla Pinkard and sprinter Kaniya Johsnon. Pinkard is currently the No. 1 triple jumper in the nation, and Johnson leads the nation in the 60m dash and the 200m dash. On the men's side, the class is led by a couple of junior college All-Americans in Denzell Feagin and Antoine Evans Jr. Feagin was the 2021 NJCAA Outdo
Gavit Murali Kumar becomes 2nd fastest Indian in 10,000m race
Gavit Murali Kumar becomes 2nd fastest Indian in 10,000m race
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Subhayan Chakraborty | Updated on: 12 Jun 2018, 07:20:39 PM
New Delhi:
Long distance runner Gavit Murali Kumar bagged a gold in men s 10,000m race at the Gouden Spike meeting in Leiden, Netherlands to become the second fastest Indian in the event as track and field athletes continued their preparations for the upcoming Asian Games.
The 21-year-old Kumar, who hails from Gujarat, clocked a personal best of 28 minutes 43.34 seconds, the best by an Indian in the ongoing season. Current long-distance coach Surendra Singh, who holds the national record of 28:02.89, has run faster than Kumar on four occasions.