TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –
The Florida State Track and Field team will begin their championship season as they travel to Raleigh, N.C to compete in this year’s ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday, Friday and Saturday inside Paul Derr Track.
The men’s and women’s team, which rank fifth and eleventh respectively on the latest USTFCCA NCAA Division l Outdoor Track & Field national polls, will enter the championship meet with 11 NCAA top-10 times and marks, including six that rank among the five-best in the nation and one that leads the NCAA.
Jo’Vaughn Martin, who ranks in the top 10 nationally in the 100 and 200 meters, will be competing in his first ACC Outdoor Championship while headlining the 200 meters event. Martin ranks No. 1 in the nation in the 100 meters with a personal-record time of 9.94, while sitting at No. 7 in the NCAA ranks for the 200 meters with a time of 20.22.
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
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –
The Atlantic Coast Conference recognized four Florida State track and field athletes as performers of the week, as announced by the league office on Wednesday. Jo’Vaughn Martin and Adriaan Wildschutt earned Men’s Co-Track Performer of the Week, Maudie Skyring was named Women’s Co-Track Performer of the week and Ruta Lasmane as Women’s Field Performer of the Week.
In his 100 meters season debut, Martin posted a blazing time of 9.94 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida. The Houston native’s personal best time stands as No. 1 in the world this year and sits atop the NCAA Leaderboard (the next closest is 10.00). His performance this past weekend also ranks as the third-fastest time among FSU sprinters on the all-time list.
Favour Ofili clocked 22.30w over 200 for the No. 1 time on the Descending Order List.
Milan Young also picked up a season best effort in the 100H, moving to No. 7 with a time of 12.95.
No. 2
Arkansas moved up in the National TFRI thanks to a three spot improvement from last week’s billing, moving ahead of now No. 3
Southern California. The Razorbacks saw two performances sit within the top-3 nationally:
Krissy Gear ran the No. 2 time in the steeplechase (9:45.10);
Kennedy Thomson is ranked No. 3 in the 1500 (4:12.38).
For the Women of Troy, the hurdle duo of
Anna Cockrell and
Jasmine Jones earned season best efforts in the 100H at the Long Beach Invitational. Cockrell moved up to No. 2 (12.84) on the Descending Order List, while Jones sits at No. 5 with a time of 12.89.
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