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
Florida State’s men’s indoor track and field team finished second and the women sixth at the 2023 ACC Indoor Championships that finished Saturday in Louisville, Ky. Jeremiah Davis’ wins in both the men’s long and triple jump led the team’s performances over the three-day meet.
“Our men competed really well,” FSU Head Coach Bob Braman said. “We scored a few more points than last year at the ACC Indoors where we also finished as runner-up.
“A year ago, we followed this meet with a 50-point win at the ACC Outdoor Championships which is an ACC record. Let’s hope history repeats itself.”
Davis set a facility record in winning the men’s triple jump with a leap of 16.36 meters, passing a pair of All-Americans to do so. Xavion Lockwood was also outstanding finishing fifth with a leap of 15.49 meters which is over a foot further than his previous best. Kyvon Tatham’s best jump of 13.52 meters was good for 14th place.
Coming off a slow start, FSU s
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Florida State track and field team continued its early season momentum on Friday evening at the Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville, Tenn. With a limited number of athletes in Nashville, the Seminoles made the most of the opportunity. The men's 200m dash was the highlight for the Seminoles as Ismael Kone (21.21), Amir Willis (21.23) and Denzell Feagin (21.66) to finish first, second and fifth in the event. Taylor Banks (22.07) finished 10th in the invite. Curtis Williams continued the Noles' success in the jumps with a mark of 7.74 in the long jump to win the event. Kyvon Tatham jumped a personal best 7.47m to finish sixth in the event. The Seminoles will be back in action tomorrow beginning with the men's 60m dash at 1:45 p.m. SEC Network+ will have the coverage. For updates and exclusive content, follow the Noles on Twitter (FSU Track), Instagram (fsu track) and Facebook (Florida State Track and Field).
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State track and field team will be returning to action at the Vanderbilt invitational this Friday and Saturday. Action will take place at the Commodores Indoor Facility with events starting at 3:30 p.m. on Friday and at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday. ESPN+ will be live streaming the event Previewing the Noles Starting the indoor season off strong, the Seminoles will enter the weekend with the confidence that their hard work is paying off in the record books. Ismael Kone now holds the school record for fastest 60m dash with a mark and personal best of 6.51. Honored as Men's Track ACC Performer of the Week, Kone will compete in the 200m dash this week. As for the jumper’s, ACC Performer of the Week, Jeremiah Davis will return to the runway in the triple jump. Davis jumped an indoor personal best mark of 16.04m in the event at the Clemson Invitational. Curtis Williams, Kyvon Tatham and Jaiden Rollins will all look to improve their long jump marks. Tatham