The 4x400 Gator team was hardly in the race at all. The DNF was the 4x100 - they were behind in that (a bad - but successful- baton pass didn't help), but there was still hope as Demps was the anchor...but this time the pass was botched, and Demps never got the baton.
Not sure why Demps was a DNQ on the 100, I'm surprised he wasn't fast enough, but that wasn't televised on Saturday. If the Gators had just managed to place in the 100 & 4x100, they'd likely have won the National Championship. On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: > What happened? I read earlier the men’s 4x400 relay only had to finish 5 > th or better and we would have won the whole thing! > > Later I saw a dnf by them in the standings. Did someone miss the hand off? > > > > > > Oliver Barry CRS,GRI > > Real Estate Broker > > Bob Parks Realty > > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > > Gallatin TN 37066 > > Phone: 615-826-4040 > > Fax: 615-822-2027 > > Mobile: 615-972-4239 > > > > > > > > > *Men's track finishes 3rd at NCAAs* > > Special to Gatorsports.com > *Published: Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 6:01 a.m.* *Last Modified: Sunday, > June 12, 2011 at 12:12 a.m.* > > > > > > The Florida men's track and field team capped off one of the finest seasons > in program history with a third-place team finish at the NCAA Outdoor > Championships on Saturday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa. For the > Gators, it marked their third consecutive top-three finish at the NCAA > Outdoor Championships, coupled with a pair of NCAA Indoor Championships > during that span. > > ** > > ** > *Enlarge* > > Florida's Christian Taylor leaps during the triple jump at the NCAA > outdoor track and field championships on Saturday. Taylor and Will Claye > went 1-2 in the event. Taylor's leap of 58 feet, 4¾ inches would have > shattered the meet record of 57-7¾ had it not been wind-aided. Still, it > ranked as the best all-conditions jump in collegiate history. > > *The Associated Press* > > > > > > On the men's side, Texas A&M captured its third consecutive NCAA Outdoor > Championship, totaling 55 team points. Florida State was second with 54 > points, while the Gators were third with 53 points. LSU (46) and Virginia > Tech (36) rounded out the top five on the men's side. > > “We just had too many things go wrong for us to be the champions,” Florida > head coach Mike Holloway said. “It's another two-point loss and I'm almost > at a loss for words. I am the guy in charge of the program and I need to > look at myself first. I need to figure out what we have to do to quit coming > up short like this. I am proud of our team, but we didn't perform like the > champions that I know we are.” > > Texas A&M also took home its third consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championship on > the women's side, scoring 49 total points. Oregon was second with 45 points, > while LSU was third with 43.50. Oklahoma (42) and Arizona (35) rounded out > the top-five on the women's side. Florida's young women's team scored eight > team points with strong finishes in the women's steeplechase (Genevieve > LaCaze) and the women's 4x400-meter relay. > > “I am extremely proud of our women's team,” Holloway said. “We are very > young, and they just kept trusting and believing. Genevieve LaCaze coming in > and breaking the school record in the steeplechase again and finishing fifth > overall, I am very proud of her. The women's 4x4 running the No. 3 time in > school history today is just amazing. I am so, so proud of them.” > > The Gators stole the show in the men's triple jump on Saturday, as > Christian Taylor and Will Claye went 1-2 in the event. Taylor won the meet > with a jump of 17.80m/58-4.75 (+2.3) and Claye was second with a mark of > 17.62m/57-9.75 (+2.9) to put up 18 big points for Florida. Taylor's slightly > wind-aided mark goes down as the collegiate all-time, all-conditions best. > > Claye set Florida's school record and the Drake Stadium facility record in > the process with a wind-legal best jump of 17.35m/56-11.25 (+1.5) on his > third attempt. > > Junior distance runner Dumisani Hlaselo placed fifth in the men's > 1,500-meter run, clocking a time of 3:44.59 to earn four team points for the > Gators. > > The Florida men's 4x400-meter relay team finished sixth overall in a time > of 3:05.20. The quartet consisted of Taylor, sophomore Jovon Toppin, > sophomore Sean Obinwa and sophomore Tony McQuay. > > Florida, which won the 4x100 relay a year ago, botched an exchange and > failed to finish a race in which it was expected to score points. > > Junior distance runner Genevieve LaCaze set the school record in the > steeplechase for the third consecutive meet, becoming the first person in > school history to run sub-10 minutes in the event. LaCaze clocked a time of > 9:59.44 to place fifth overall. The improvement has been nothing short of > impressive, as LaCaze entered the 2011 campaign with a then-career-best > steeplechase time of 10:26.92. > > The women's 4x400-meter relay team performed well on Saturday, turning in > the third-fastest time in school history by clocking a time of 3:30.43 to > finish fifth. > > It marked the best time Florida has run on the 4x400-meter relay team since > the team's NCAA runner-up season of 1992. > > The quartet consisted of freshman Ebony Eutsey, junior Alishea Usery, > senior Danielle Williams and sophomore Ugonna Ndu. > > Freshman distance runner Cory McGee placed 10th overall in the women's > 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:19.18 to conclude a highly successful rookie > campaign. > > “We have a lot of good people coming back on both sides,” Holloway said. > “We're really excited about both our men and women. The bottom line is, it's > just a tough pill to swallow right now.” > > Texas A&M's dream of becoming the first school with three straight men's > and women's team titles came down to the final two races of the NCAA > championships. > > The Aggie men needed to take first in the 1,600-meter relay outright to > claim a third straight crown. The women needed to beat Oregon in the 1,600 > and finish in the top three to overtake LSU. > > Texas A&M won both relays and the national titles in thrilling style, > proving once again that the Aggies are the powerhouse program in outdoor > track and field. > > Up until the very end, it looked as though this might finally be the year > for the Gators — and the same went for the Ducks. But Texas A&M's talent, > depth and perseverance carried it through in the clutch. > > “Our whole school is about tradition. Just putting on a uniform you feel > it. So it means a lot winning this race and the team title,” Tabarie Henry > said. “It seems like we are always trying to prove something, to show people > they are wrong when they doubt us.” > > *The Associated Press contributed to this report.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
