I think I'm going to be sick. To lose it by 2 points! Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 615-972-4239 615-816-4040 Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 13, 2011, at 11:33 AM, sandra alonso <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 5th > 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 -- 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
