TAMPA, Fla. - The Florida State track and field team had a solid performance at the South Florida Invitational Friday afternoon. The Noles picked up two individual titles and one relay title during Friday's action. The 4x100m relay team had a really nice opener. The got their region mark in the books with a really good time under windy conditions, Head Coach Bob Braman said. A good day for our jumpers, but unfortunately, the wind was too strong for those marks to earn them a qualifying spot. The 4x100m relay team of Taylor Banks, Amir Willis, Don'dre Swint and Jo'Vaughn Martin shined, as they ran away with the race in the final 200 meters. The four athletes combined to for a time of 39.26, which is the ninth-fastest time this season in the country and will put the Noles in good position to qualify for the NCAA East Region Preliminaries. The Noles had two jumpers take home individual titles with Jeremiah Davis (long jump) and Jacore Irving (triple jump) each picking up ti
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State track and field program will be competing at the South Florida Invitational in Tampa, Fla., this Friday. The meet is split over two days with the men competing on Friday and the women competing on Saturday, but the Noles will just be sending a select group of men to compete on Friday. The men's sprinters, Jacore Irving, Jeremiah Davis and Nick Napier will all be competing on Friday. The Noles added this meet to the schedule on Tuesday after weather altered their plans last weekend at the Pepsi Florida Relays. The Noles competed on Friday but only three athletes were able to compete on Saturday before a six hour rain delay. The Noles did not compete following the delay. The biggest group heading down to Tampa will be the men's sprints group. Amir Willis has led that group so far this season with three great performances to start the outdoor season. Willis leads the team in both the 100m dash (10.21) and the 200m dash (20.77). Willis is No
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Trey Cunningham and Lauren Ryan each recorded record-breaking performances on Friday to lead the Florida State track and field team on the first day of the Tyson Invitational and the David Hemery Valentine Invite in Fayetteville, Ark., and Boston, Mass. We had some incredible highlights today. What Trey and Lauren did today is a once in a lifetime chance, Head Coach Bob Braman said. It was great to have Jovaughn and Isaac back. DaeQwan [Butler] and Ka'Tia [Seymour] each had really good days for us, and they will be an important piece at ACC Championships in two weeks. Cunningham continues to have a record-breaking season in the 60m hurdles. Cunningham won the event with a 7.42 time which broke his own school record and the ACC record. He climbed to No. 3 on the collegiate all-time charts and is second in the world.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State track and field team will head to Clemson, S.C. on Friday for the Clemson Opener. Friday's meet will be the earliest start of the season since the 2018-19 season when they began the year on Dec. 1 at the Colyear-Danville BU Opener in Boston, Mass. Field events will begin at 10 a.m. with running events slated to start at 11:40 a.m. Friday's 17-team field will be highlighted by FSU and their in-state rival Florida as the top two teams in the field. The Noles will also be joined by ACC counterparts Clemson and Georgia Tech as well as South Carolina. Previewing the Noles FSU enters the 2021-22 season with a load of experience, as they return a combined 18 (11 men, 7 women) All-ACC indoor athletes from last season. which is second in the conference. The women will look to defend their ACC title, as the men hope to take home their 15th ACC indoor title. Head coach Bob Braman enters his 18th season at the helm with 14 combined ACC Indoor Champio
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