Raleigh, N.C. - Florida State’s men’s and women’s teams find themselves in the same eighth place in the team standings going into the final day of the 2023 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships being held on NC State’s campus.
The finals are set in virtually every event with a handful having finished today and two Seminoles earned visits to the podium with top-three finishes on Friday.
Amani Heaven finished second in the women’s shot put with her personal best career throw of 16.98 meters. Caisa-Marie Lindfors finished ninth with a best toss of 15.99 meters.
Jeremiah Davis’ top leap in the men’s triple jump was measured at 16.08 meters good for third place in the ACC. Kayvon Tatham finished seventh with a jump of 15.20 meters.
Alexandra Webster will be in contention for the ACC Championship in the women’s 110 meter hurdles after qualifying with the best time in the field at 13.30. Faith Banks did not reach the finals of the women’s 400 meter
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
BATON ROUGE, La. Florida State’s Curtis Williams recorded a personal best and his first-ever collegiate win in the long jump at the LSU Alumni Invitational in Baton Rouge on Saturday. Williams’ leap of 7.87 meters topped an outstanding field, and teammate Jaiden Rollins finished seventh in the event with a top jump of 7.26 meters.
It was an outstanding day all around for the Seminoles who saw several personal best recorded including a win by multiple All-American Jeremiah Davis in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 16.78 meters. In fact, the Noles had a very strong showing in the event with Kyvon Tatham taking sixth with a jump of 15.18 meters just ahead of Xavion Lockwood in seventh at 14.94 meters.
Amir Willis finished second in the men’s 200 meters with a time of 20.30 and Milton Ingraham also finished runner-up in the men’s discus at 58.32 meters.
A pair of Seminole turned in top-level performances in third place finishes with James Rivera clocked at 50
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Florida State senior Milton Ingraham totaled four throws over 58 meters including his career-best throw of 59.35 meters to win the discus at the 2023 Pepsi Relays in Gainesville, Fla. on Saturday. “It was a solid weekend for the Noles,” Head Coach Bob Braman said. “We had several NCAA Region qualifying performances as well as Top Five ACC marks. “We will have a much-needed weekend off before we return here for the Tom Jones Invitational April 14-15.” Taylor Bank’s fourth place finish in the men’s 100 meter dash with a time of 10.41 was impressive given it was his first outdoor competition of the season. Also finishing among the Top Five in his event was freshman Kynon Tathum who took third in the triple jump with a best leap of 15.38 meters. Amir Willis finished seventh in the men’s 400 meter dash with a lifetime best time of 46.49 which ranks fifth best in the ACC so far this season. James Rivera finished 22nd in the event with a time of 47.
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