Jasmine Moore Wins Long Jump, Florida Sends Six Entries to Finals

EUGENE, Ore. – Just prefer it has all season lengthy, the jumps squad delivered as soon as once more on Thursday night as the ladies opened up competitors on the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
 
Jasmine Moore jumped out to 6.72m/22-0.75 on her opening try and by no means appeared again, profitable the NCAA Outdoor Championship within the Long Jump.
 
The Grand Prairie, Texas native was extraordinarily constant throughout her complete sequence on Thursday night, hitting 4 marks in her 5 jumps that may’ve earned her the title.
 
She has now gained each accessible Long Jump title this season with each National Titles and each Conference Titles.
 
Claire Bryant earned First Team All-American standing for the fourth time in her profession, ending fifth within the Long Jump with a mark of 6.51m/21-4.25.
 
Between the pair, Florida tallied 14 factors on the opening day of competitors to transfer right into a three-way tie for second place within the crew race after six scored occasions.
 
Moore is now 7-for-7 on titles this 12 months throughout the Long Jump and Triple Jump. If she wins the Triple Jump on Saturday afternoon she would change into the primary girl in NCAA historical past to go 8-for-8 on titles within the horizontal jumps in the identical calendar 12 months.
 
If Florida’s efficiency on the runway wasn’t spectacular sufficient, the Gators went to work within the working occasions in what was an extremely-fast day on the monitor.
 
Talitha Diggs opened issues up by shattering the college document within the 400 meters to take the top-qualifying mark into Saturday’s last.
 
Diggs crossed the road in 50.08, besting the earlier faculty document set by Sharrika Barnett (50.69) in 2018.
 
Not solely was it a college document, however Diggs’ efficiency made her the No. 8-collegian of all-time within the 400 meters.
 
Anna Hall opened up her busy weekend by crushing her personal faculty document within the 400-meter hurdles, crossing the road in 54.48.
 
That time put her into Saturday’s last because the top-qualifier, making certain a busy schedule of occasions come the weekend.
 
Hall is ready to contest the seven-event Heptathlon over Friday and Saturday, the finals of the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday afternoon and a possible leg on Florida’s 4×400 crew as nicely.
 
So far this weekend, three faculty data have already fallen. Diggs (400m) and Hall (400mH) be a part of Champion Allison (400m) with new prime marks in Florida historical past.
 
Vanessa Watson earned a lane in Saturday’s finals of the 400-meter hurdles with a semifinal mark of 56.75.
 
Gabrielle Wilkinson (2:03.70) and Imogen Barrett (2:02.24) had been qualifiers into the finals of the 800 meters.
 
Taylor Manson (Second Team) and Thea Jensen (Honorable Mention) earned All-American honors after their performances within the 400 meters and Shot Put respectively.
 
To shut out the night, the quartet of Manson, Sterling Lester, Doneisha Anderson and Diggs carried the baton in 3:28.40 to put the 4×400 relay into the finals.
 
Florida has put itself in an incredible place when it comes to the crew title race. On prime of the 14 factors thus far, the Gators can have probabilities to rating extra factors throughout 12 entries on Saturday.
 
The Gators have contestants within the Heptathlon (2), Triple Jump (3), 400 Meters (1), 400-Meter Hurdles (2), 800 Meters (2), 5000 Meters (1) and 4×400 (1) remaining.
 
Lester and Hall will start competitors within the Heptathlon tomorrow afternoon with 4 occasions on the opening day.
 
The Heptathlon, 400 Meters and Triple Jump might be among the many first occasions to be contested on Saturday night.
 
Florida’s males return to the monitor tomorrow for the ultimate day of the boys’s competitors. The Gators have seven entries left on the boys’s facet throughout 5 completely different occasions.
 
The 4×100 crew of Dedrick Vanover, Tyler Davis, PJ Austin and Joseph Fahnbulleh will start issues for Florida at 6:02 PM PST/9:02 PM EST.
 
Qualified to Saturday’s Finals:
– 400m: Talitha Diggs
– 800m: Imogen Barrett
– 800m: Gabrielle Wilkinson
– 400mH: Anna Hall
– 400mH: Vanessa Watson
– 4×400: Florida
 
Point Scorers
– Jasmine Moore: 1st: Long Jump (10)
– Claire Bryant: fifth: Long Jump (4)
 
Women’s Team Title Race (Through Six Events)
1. Arizona State (18)
2. Florida (14)
2. Virginia Tech (14)
2. Nebraska (14)
5. California (12)
 

Thursday, June ninth: NCAA Outdoor Championships
Event	Place, Gators – Time / Mark | Notes
Long Jump: Final (W)	1. Jasmine Moore: 6.72m/22-0.75 | National Champion, Indoor/Outdoor Sweep of Long Jump 5. Claire Bryant: 6.51m/21-4.25 | First Team All-American
Shot Put: Final (W)	20. Thea Jensen: 16.39m/53-9.25 | Honorable Mention All-American
400 Hurdles: Semifinal (W)	1. Anna Hall: 54.48 | Personal Best, Advanced to Final, School Record, NCAA No. 14 All-Time 8. Vanessa Watson: 56.75 | Advanced to Final
800 Meters: Semifinal (W)	3. Imogen Barrett: 2:02.24 | Advanced to Final 12. Gabrielle Wilkinson: 2:03.70 | Advanced to Final
400 Meters: Semifinal (W)	1. Talitha Diggs: 50.08 | Personal Best, Advanced to Final, School Record, NCAA No. 8 All-Time 13. Taylor Manson: 51.65 | Second Team All-American
4×400 Relay: Semifinal (W)	5. Florida: 3:28.40 | Advanced to Final – Taylor Manson, Sterling Lester, Doneisha Anderson, Talitha Diggs

 
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