May 5, 2021 Love, Martin, and Grimes Named ACC Performers of the Week
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –The Atlantic Coast Conference recognized three Florida State track and field athletes as performers of the week, as announced by the conference office on Wednesday. Shanice Love earned Women’s Co-Field Performer of the Week, Jo’Vaughn Martin named Men’s Co-Track Performer of the Week and Isaac Grimes as Men’s Field Performer of the Week.
Love shares Women’s Performer of the Week honors with Jill Shippee of North Carolina. The Kingston, Jamaica native discus throw of 59.82m (196-3) at the North Florida Invitational leads the ACC and ranks third in the nation. Her first-place throw ranked ahead of Olympian Shadae Lawrence and 31 other throwers in the talented field.
JuVaughn Harrison taking over the national lead in the high jump at 2.30m (7-6½).
Tyler Terry cracked the seasonal top-10 in the 400 at No. 10 with his 45.18.
BYU held steady at No. 2 and is being led by its 1500-meter squadron. The Cougars recently sent a bunch of athletes to the West Coast Relays in Clovis, California, and saw them add two national top-10 marks in that event –
Talem Franco is No. 6 at 3:37.55; 2020 NCAA DI Cross Country champion
Conner Mantz is No. 10 at 3:37.96. That now gives BYU four top-10 marks in the 1500.
Southern California improved one spot to No. 4. The Trojans dot the top-10 of the Descending Order List after their efforts at the UCLA vs USC Dual Meet:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida State track and field team concluded their regular season competition at the UNF Invitational on Friday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla. The final day was highlighted by multiple personal best performances as well as 10 top-five finishes.
“Edidiong Odiong had a great meet and is really emerging as a National scoring threat,” said Head Coach Bob Braman. “Jayla Kirkland has been doing a great job of showing her the way the last two meets. Maudie Skyring continues to lead our distance ladies, and the discus trio threw fantastic. On the men’s side our older guys really set the tone. Isaac Grimes, Fabian Edoki, Jacore Irving, Adriaan Wildschutt, Milton Ingraham, DaeQwan Butler, Jo’Vaughn Martin and others all competed like National players.”
The women’s sprinters battled in the 100 meters to overcome a broken clock call back after 60 meters. FSU embraced the adversity and all three women went on to race personal best times. Jayla Kirkla
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –
The Florida State track and field team closed out day one of the UNF Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla. on Thursday night. Five event wins, 11 top-five finished and two facility records highlighted the first day of competition.
“We had a really good first day,” said Head Coach Bob Braman. “Both men’s and women’s 1500m races had multiple PR’s, same for the discus competitions, and some great 200m racing as well. We definitely made some good progress for ACCs in 2 weeks.”
The Seminoles did most of their work on Thursday in the field with Shanice Love starting the day with an event win. In the women’s discus throw, Love threw a mark of 59.82m to take first place. Teammate Caisa-Marie Lindfors also had a big showing with a mark of 56.93m to take third and Amani heaven tossed a 53.13 to finish 5