Yep - if they'd just finished 5th in the 4x100, they'd have won. :-( On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:23 PM, mail.bobparks.com <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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]> > [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 <http://Gatorsports.com>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 <http://www.gatornet.us> >> 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 <http://www.gatornet.us> >> 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 <http://www.gatornet.us> > 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
