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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida State’s track and field program pulled off an upset last year at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships and they are hoping for the same kind of performance this year at the conference championships being held at NC State Thursday-Saturday.
“We were picked to finish third in the league on the men’s side last year and fifth on the women’s,” said Head Coach Bob Braman who leads all active ACC coaches with 12 men’s outdoor championships and five women’s titles. “We ended up winning the men’s championship by the largest scoring margin in ACC history and the women were only nine points shy of a title of their own.
“This feels like a similar scenario, but it would be very difficult to have as monstrous a meet as we had last year,” Braman said.
The Seminoles will count on their leaders at the always-challenging conference championships and they have been up to the task all season. Jeremiah Davis, Dajaz DeFrand, Amir Wil
The Annual FSU Track & Field Relays finished Saturday afternoon with impressive performances throughout the field that included eight collegiate teams. The Seminoles posted several Top Five national marks by both men and women.
Florida State’s men’s 4x100 relay team consisting of Taylor Banks, Amir Willis, Jovaughn Martin and Ismael Kone is already emerging as one of the nation’s top teams. The four flew around the track winning with a time of 39.04 which is the second fastest time in the NCAA this year.
Senior Milton Ingraham has also had an outstanding start to the outdoor season winning the discus with a throw of 60.45 meters that is not only the third-best in the nation this season but is the third-longest in Florida State history.
FSU also took the win in the men’s 400 meters with senior James Rivera powering past the field with a winning time of 51.51.
A pair of sophomores had sensational performances in the hurdles. Alexandra Webster won the 100 met