In case you missed the final ‘TN’s Triple-S’ protection of Florida State Seminoles athletics, right here is the recap: Sunday Seminoles Summary: FSU Softball, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, and other sports news.
As we get additional into the autumn sports, we are going to proceed to maintain you updated on any Florida State sports information and media press releases we’re despatched from the FSU SID or that we supply ourselves.
Feel free to incorporate any other FSU associated news of any type that we could have missed within the remark part.
Most of the summaries beneath are courtesy of FSU SID, Tomahawk Nation, and the Twitters.
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We proceed our dive into the 2023 Florida State softball program, this week we check out the 2 sophomores presently returning to Tallahassee. In addition to Amaya Ross and Krystina Hartley, Lonni Alameda and her employees just lately added the addition of Katie Dack, by way of the switch portal, to the sophomore class….{continued *FOR FREE}
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Continuing our rewind collection, and the soccer BYE week, we take a look at a really historic second in FSU softball lore. After successful the nationwide championship in 2018, the 2019 Florida State softball squad regarded to get again to Oklahoma City.
After finishing the common season and successful the ACC tournament title, the ‘Noles got here again dwelling to hose the Tallahassee regional. In the primary sport, they put themselves within the winners bracket, after successful towards Bethune-Cookman. In the 1-0 sport, they matched up with the USF Bulls, and had been the designated away workforce….{continued *FOR FREE}
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We proceed our dive into the 2023 Florida State softball program, this week its half two of the redshirt gamers.
After struggling an harm in 2021, Jahni Kerr regarded to return final season. Back within the lineup in 2022, Kerr posted a .261 batting common. Her success late within the season noticed her transfer her approach up via the lineup. While on the plate she recorded 47 hits, 25 runs scored, 10 doubles, 5 dwelling runs, 35 RBI, and was walked 10 instances…{continued *FOR FREE}
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Now that the September 1st window has come and gone for faculty softball, the category of 2024 can begin saying verbal commits to their colleges. For Florida State, they’ve began to obtain verbals. This thread might be devoted to the gamers who’ve posted about committing to the Garnet and Gold beginning in 2024..{continued *FOR FREE}
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Even although it ended early, it was nonetheless a particular season for Florida State Seminoles softball.
An unbelievable run via the season was punctuated by an ACC Tournament championship title — Team 39 put up a 49-5 document for the very best successful share in an everyday season at school historical past (.907). The season confirmed the battle that personifies head coach Lonni Alameda’s groups and supplied many moments for followers to recollect.
Now that the mud has settled, we at Tomahawk Nation determined to check out the highest 5 moments that made the season spectacular…{continued *FOR FREE}
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No. 4 Florida State (10-2-2, 6-2 ACC) fell to no. 2 North Carolina (13-3, 6-2 ACC) by a 2-1 rating tonight on the Seminole Soccer Complex.
Game Recap
Florida State began the sport on the entrance foot. In the fifth minute the Noles broke the scoring ice. Jody Brown obtained the ball in midfield and drove into the attacking third. Brown drew three defenders to her earlier than discovering Jenna Nighswonger open in the course of the sector. Nighswonger shortly noticed Onyi Echegini making a run via the protection. Nighswonger slotted an amazing ball to Echegini who minimize previous Emily Moxley to get the ball. Moxley grabbed Echegini’s arm however the Seminole striker had sufficient energy to obtain the ball and ship it between Emmie Allen’s legs for the primary aim of the sport.…{continued *FOR FREE}
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- Jenna Nighswonger Named TDS and College Soccer News Player of the Week
Florida State senior midfielder Jenna Nighswonger was named the TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News National Player of the Week on Tuesday after main the Seminoles to a 5-1 win over No. 12 Duke every week in the past.
Nighswonger recorded a career-high tying three assists for the second time this season. The three assists within the Seminole Soccer Complex additionally tie a facility document. Nighswonger presently leads the Seminoles with 18 factors off 10 assists and 4 objectives. The 10 assists and 18 factors are each profession highs. Her 10 assists additionally rank because the second most within the nation.
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The Florida State soccer workforce has now handed the mid-point of the season. Therefore, it’s a good time to evaluate how the season has gone up to now and the place the workforce could also be headed as we transfer on towards the publish season.
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- Women’s Hoops Selected Ninth in ACC Predicted Order of Finish
Florida State Women’s Basketball has been picked to complete ninth within the Blue Ribbon Panel ACC Predicted Order of Finish, introduced on Wednesday evening on the brand new present ACC PM on the ACC Network.
Freshman guard Ta’Niya Latson was certainly one of six members chosen to the Blue Ribbon Panel Newcomer Watch List. The Miami native is ranked because the top-ranked taking pictures guard within the 2022 signing class and just lately earned Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball in addition to Florida’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2022.
The Blue Ribbon Panel pegged Louisville as the anticipated league champion in 2022-23, whereas Virginia Tech senior middle Elizabeth Kitley was named the preseason participant of the yr.
Latson joins Ashley Owusu of Virginia Tech, Saniya Rivers of NC State, Dyaisha Fair of Syracuse, Haley Cavinder of Miami and Clemson’s Ruby Whitehorn on the newcomer watch record. The record consists of freshmen and first-year transfers, with Latson and Whitehorn being the one freshmen within the group.
Head Coach Brooke Wyckoff begins her first season because the everlasting head coach of Florida State. When she served because the Interim Head Coach within the 2020-21 season, the Seminoles had been predicted eighth within the league’s coaches ballot and completed fourth, highlighting a exceptional achievement for Wyckoff.
The 2020-21 Seminoles are the one workforce within the league to be picked as little as eighth within the ACC preseason coaches ballot and end with a Top-4 seed because the convention expanded to its present group of groups within the 2014-15 educational yr.
A mixture of youthful expertise and veteran management highlights the FSU roster in 2022-23. Transfers Jazmine Massengill (112 video games) and Taylor O’Brien (102 video games) have every performed over 100 video games of their collegiate careers. Incoming freshmen Latson and Brianna “Snoop” Turnage give the Seminoles expert younger gamers who could make rapid impacts.
Returning All-ACC Freshmen O’Mariah Gordon and Makayla Timpson might be counted on for heavy manufacturing of their sophomore years, whereas returnees Sara Bejedi, Mariana Valenzuela, Erin Howard and Valencia Myers all performed vital minutes a season in the past and add to the workforce’s expertise.
Florida State hosts two exhibitions to get itself going previous to the beginning of the 2022-23 season. FSU hosts West Georgia on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. The Seminoles then host Flagler on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6 p.m. Both exhibitions are free to attend with common admission seating.
The Seminoles start their official season on the Donald L. Tucker Center on Monday, Nov. 7, vs. Bethune-Cookman at a particular begin time of 11 a.m. FSU will host its education game, which gives a discipline journey to a number of colleges throughout the Big Bend space.
Blue Ribbon Panel Newcomer Watch List
Ashley Owusu, Sr., G, Virginia Tech
Saniya Rivers, So., G, NC State
Dyaisha Fair, Sr., G, Syracuse
Ta’Niya Latson, Fr., G, Florida State
(tie) Haley Cavinder, Sr., G, Miami
(tie) Ruby Whitehorn, Fr., G, Clemson
Blue Ribbon Panel Predicted Order of Finish (60 voters)
Louisville (31) – 1068
Virginia Tech (17) – 984
NC State (8) – 963
Notre Dame (4) – 942
North Carolina – 895
Miami – 674
Duke – 627
Georgia Tech – 623
Florida State – 553
Syracuse – 379
Virginia – 303
Clemson – 275
Boston College – 271
Wake Forest – 256
Pittsburgh – 187
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- Noles Handle Hokies in Three Sets
The Florida State Seminoles (13-7, 5-4) snapped their two-game dropping streak on the Paint It Pink sport Friday evening, beating the Virginia Tech Hokies (11th of September, 2-7) in three units (28-26, 25-17, 25-13) at Tully Gym. The Noles improved to 9-1 within Tully Gym and are actually 19-0 towards the Hokies in Tallahassee.
The first set started shut, with groups exchanging factors again and forth. After falling behind, the Noles clawed again into the set via workforce blocks and an offensive onslaught, tallying 14 kills. Khori Louis led with 4. The finish of the set was a nail biter, with groups swapping set factors. A Sydney Conley ace, her first of the season, sealed the primary set for the Noles.
The Noles used that momentum to ignite them within the second set. FSU by no means misplaced the lead and flexed their offensive muscle groups with a number of aces and 10 kills, led by Emma Clothier and Louis with three every. Despite a late surge from VT, it wasn’t sufficient. FSU capped off the set in model, successful with a workforce block to take the second set 25-17.
The third set proved to be a lot of the identical with the Noles leaping out to an early lead and not letting it go. FSU continued their assault, with extra aces and 14 kills. FSU was in full management for the entire set, not permitting the Hokies to chain collectively factors. The Noles completed off the set with an ace to win it 25-13.
Louis led the best way with 11 kills on 14 makes an attempt to hit a powerful .718. Emma Clothier added 10 kills. The Noles had been very spectacular on the service line recording a season-high 12 aces with Clothier and Audrey Koenig every recording three.
Florida State might be again in Tully Gym at Sunday towards Wake Forest. First serve is about for 1 p.m. and will be seen on ACCNX.
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- FSU Picked To Finish Fifth in ACC
Florida State, which returns its high two and three of its high six scorers from final season, has been chosen to complete fifth within the Atlantic Coast Conference males’s basketball standings for the upcoming 2022-23 season by the attending media on the ACC Tip Off in Charlotte. It marks the fourth consecutive season the Seminoles have been chosen to complete in fifth place or higher within the closing standings of the nation’s high basketball convention.
In two of the final three seasons, the workforce chosen to complete fifth within the preseason has gained the ACC championship – the Seminoles in 2020 and Virginia Tech in 2022. Florida State gained the 2020 ACC Championship with a college document 16 wins and a 16-4 convention document through the common season.
In 4 of the final six seasons, Head Coach Leonard Hamilton has led the Seminoles to a better end within the closing standings than was predicted within the preseason. In 2017, the Seminoles had been picked to complete eighth and completed second; in 2019 the Seminoles had been picked to complete seventh and completed fourth; in 2020 the Seminoles had been chosen to complete fifth and gained the common season championship; in 2021 the Seminoles had been picked third and completed second.
North Carolina, which performed Kansas within the National Championship sport final season, was picked as the favourite within the 2022-23 ACC race for the twentieth time since 1970. The Seminoles are picked to complete within the high 5 together with North Carolina (first), Duke (second), Virginia (third) and Miami (fourth).
The Seminoles, who’re one of many high applications within the ACC, completed an injury-filled season in 2021-22 with a 17-14 general document and a 10-10 mark in ACC play. The Seminoles had been 6-2 in convention play earlier than dropping 4 of 5 starters to harm and ending with a 10-10 mark in convention play. Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Florida State is the fourth winningest program within the ACC with a 78-42 document.
Florida State might be led through the upcoming season by a core group of returning guards in Matthew Cleveland (the reigning ACC Sixth Man of the Year) and his again court docket working mates Caleb Mills (12.7 ppg) and Jalen Warley (2.5 apg). Mills and Cleveland (11.5 ppg) completed one-two in scoring for the Seminoles through the 2021-22 season. The Seminoles additionally welcome again Cam’Ron Fletcher (6.8 ppg) and middle Naheem McLeod (4.5 ppg, 2.1 rpg) whereas welcoming switch Darin Green, Jr., from UCF and an thrilling and highly-ranked group of freshmen.
Seminole followers taken with buying season tickets for all dwelling common season video games on the Donald L. Tucker Center can study extra here, or are inspired to name to the Florida State Ticket Office at 1-888-FSU-NOLE. Single sport tickets for dwelling video games in November and December will go on sale on Monday, October 24 to Seminole Boosters and Tuesday, October 25 to most of the people. January and February sport tickets will go on sale at a later date.
Predicted Order of Finish (101 complete votes)
1. North Carolina (90), 1504
2. Duke (2), 1339
3. Virginia (6), 1310
4. Miami (2), 1138
5. Florida State, 1064
6. Notre Dame, 971
7. Virginia Tech (1), 921
8. Syracuse, 700
9. Wake Forest, 672
10. NC State, 548
11. Clemson, 528
12. Louisville, 477
13. Boston College, 368
14. Pitt, 320
15. Georgia Tech, 260
First-place votes in parentheses
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- Hamilton, Jones Celebrated With ACC’s UNITE Award
Florida State Head Men’s Basketball Coach Leonard Hamilton, and former girls’s basketball standout Morgan M. Jones have been honored by the Atlantic Coast Conference as recipients of the 2022 ACC UNITE Award. The award was created in 2021 to rejoice people affiliated with the league who’ve made an impression within the areas of racial and social justice. The UNITE Award is an initiative of the ACC’s Committee for Racial and Social Justice (CORE – Champions of Racial Equity).
Hamilton is the Seminoles’ all-time winningest coach with 395 wins and is the fifth all-time winningest coach in ACC historical past with 177 wins in convention play. Jones, who graduated from Florida State in 2015, completed her profession ranked twelfth at school historical past for profession 3-point discipline objectives made (99) and sixteenth in FSU historical past with a .318 3-point discipline aim share.
“We are proud to honor the ACC UNITE Award winners who have made significant contributions in the areas of racial and social justice,” mentioned ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, Ph.D. “These 30 individuals are true pioneers who inspire us with their contributions to a more diverse and equal society. As a conference we will remain steadfast in our pursuit of racial and social justice, while assisting our student-athletes and institutions with programs that can affect change.”
The UNITE Award is offered yearly to people who greatest exemplify ACC CORE’s mission to advertise and encourage racial fairness and social justice via training, partnerships, engagement and advocacy; have helped create significant, lasting change by enhancing techniques, organizational constructions, insurance policies, practices and attitudes and who’ve been a pioneer and/or helped pave the best way for minorities both on the establishment or locally.
Florida State
Leonard Hamilton has been a pioneer of social justice, advocacy, and engagement throughout the native and nationwide group for many years. His achievements span a lifetime, his capability to empower and develop younger males, and his stature as a public chief who fights for fairness in each aspect of his work is unmatched. His dedication to integration is exceptional. Hamilton was the primary black basketball participant at each Gaston Community College and Austin Peay earlier than changing into the primary black assistant coach in Kentucky basketball historical past in 1974. Hamilton had his workforce take part within the “No Room for Racism” Classic, which was performed in 2021. “There needs to be a clear understanding of the history of these types of issues,” mentioned Hamilton. Hamilton is the winningest coach in Florida State historical past and has earned nationwide coach of the yr honors on 5 totally different events. He was named ACC Coach of the Year in 2009, 2012 and 2020.
Morgan M. Jones has devoted her life to empowering others, particularly athletes in marginalized, rural, and city communities. A identified speaker and nationwide chief, she helps athletes uncover their path, voice and function in life via merchandise, applications and impression mentorship. As a former highschool All-American, Division I and skilled athlete, Jones transitioned out of sports into gross sales. This challenged her in some ways to find the deeper function in her taking part in profession and the way to switch the talents into an genuine ardour and function. To date, Morgan has impacted greater than 5,000 student-athletes to design and outline who they’re changing into. Jones has been featured in Essence Magazine, on ABC and CBS for her bought out occasions & consulted with main manufacturers who look to develop initiatives round constructing their feminine athlete programming off the court docket.
2022 UNITE Award Recipients
Boston College: M. Quentin Williams & Dr. Constance Smith Hendricks
Clemson: Wayne Jenkins & Barbara Kennedy-Dixon (posthumously)
Duke: Michael Howard & Gracie Johnson
Florida State: Leonard Hamilton & Morgan M. Jones
Georgia Tech: Lucius Sanford & Lynn Houston-Moore
Louisville: Jim Freeman & Valerie (Owens) Combs
Miami: Corey Jones & Lauryn Harris
North Carolina: Charles Scott & Kathy Crawford
NC State: Dr. Marcus Martin & Charece Williams Gee
Notre Dame: Cason Wilburn & Niele Ivey
Pitt: Dr. Bettina Love & Herb Douglas
Syracuse: Dedrick Etan Thomas & Emily Nugent
Virginia: Marques Hagans & Hailey Barnett
Virginia Tech: André Davis & Reyna Gilbert-Lowry
Wake Forest: Jim Caldwell & Charlene Curtis (posthumously)
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The college baseball season inches nearer as new Florida State head coach Link Jarrett introduced the 2023 schedule for the Seminoles Wednesday morning. The 55-game slate consists of 31 dwelling video games at Dick Howser Stadium and 25 complete video games towards 2022 NCAA regional groups.
Season tickets are presently on sale and will be bought on Seminoles.com/tickets or by calling 888-FSU-NOLE. The deadline to resume is December 5, 2022.
The Noles will host James Madison on Opening Weekend (February 17-19) for the second consecutive season earlier than 4 straight highway video games, together with a weekend collection at TCU (February 24-26) in Fort Worth, Texas. The collection is the return portion of the home-and-home the groups began final yr in Tallahassee and is FSU’s first non-conference weekend highway collection since 2015 at Georgia.
FSU can even host FGCU (March 3-5) and Mercer (May 5-7) in non-conference collection.
In ACC play, FSU hosts Pitt (March 10-12), Boston College (March 17-19), Clemson (April 6-8), Virginia Tech (April 21-23) and Wake Forest (May 12-14). The Noles will play at Virginia (March 24-26), Miami (March 31-April 2), NC State (April 14-16) and Notre Dame (April 28-30) earlier than ending the common season at Louisville (May 18-20).
Among the in-state colleges FSU will face throughout mid-week video games are Jacksonville, USF, Bethune-Cookman, UCF, North Florida and Stetson. The Noles can even host Kennesaw State on May 16, the primary assembly between the 2 applications. FSU and Kennesaw State will play an exhibition sport on October 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Dick Howser Stadium.
FSU’s three-game collection towards Florida will happen on March 21 in Tallahassee, March 28 at 121 Financial Ballpark in Jacksonville and April 11 in Gainesville.
Jarrett led Notre Dame to the College World Series in 2022 for the third time at school historical past earlier than being named head coach at his alma mater in June. TCU, Florida, Virginia, Miami, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Kennesaw State and Louisville additionally reached the NCAA Tournament final yr.
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The No. 21/NR Florida State swimming and diving groups picked up 4 wins on Friday on the Morcom Aquatics Center.
The No. 21 males’s workforce (1-0) defeated Florida Southern (192-69) and the ladies (3-0) had been victorious over West Florida (224-73), North Florida (238.00) and FSC (232-59).
“We swam very well today,” FSU head coach Neal Studd mentioned. “We had quite a few highlights throughout the meet and we’re very pleased with the effort and attention to detail. Tomorrow is going to be a big day for us. We haven’t hosted a big opponent like Georgia at Morcom in a couple of years, so we’ll have to bring our energy and create an awesome atmosphere and be ready.”
On quick relaxation, the Seminoles will host No. 7/15 Georgia on Saturday at 12 p.m.
The girls gained 14 occasions on the day, whereas the lads picked up 12.
After a sweep of the 200 medley relay, Ella Dyjak posted a 10-second victory within the 1000 free, touching at 10:20.40.
Sophie Freeman added two wins, putting first within the 200 free (1:51.45) forward of Edith Jernstedt (1:52.23). Freeman additionally gained the 200 again (2:00.66) touching forward of Jaden Herbet in second place (2:04.93).
Herbet led the best way within the 100 again (56.52), ending first forward of Sydney Cole (58.74) in second and Natalie Peterson in third (59.37).
Rachel Moran (1:05.64) and Malaika Schneider (1:06.09) added a one-two displaying within the 100 breast and Sarah Evans (23.54) and Alexandra Dicks (23.92) adopted with one other within the 50 free.
After the break, Evans added one other victory within the 100 free (51.40) forward of Brooke Arnold (51.89) in second and Phoebe Griffiths (52.03) in third.
The Noles added one other sweep, as Sydney VanOvermeiren (2:21.36) outlasted Anna Metzler (2:21.86) for the win, forward of Moran (2:22.29) in third.
Julia Brzozowski made her debut within the Garnet and Gold, main wire-to-wire within the 500 free, touching at 5:02.51.
Aryanna Fernandes was the winner within the 200 IM, touching with a time of two:05.87 forward of Julia Mansson (2:09.54) in second place.
The girls closed out the meet with a win within the 200 free relay behind Dicks, Gloria Muzito, Freeman and Zsofia Kurdi with a time of 1:34.12.
Samantha Vear led the Noles in diving, successful each springboard occasions.
Vear began with a victory on 1-meter (301.88) ending forward of Izzy Gregersen in second (290.55) and Jessica Buntman (270.15) in third. On 3-meter, Vear turned within the high rating of 336.90, forward of Vivian Johnson (322.13) and Gregersen (319.50) for the sweep.
“For our first meet of the year I am very excited with how our women performed,” FSU head diving coach John Proctor mentioned. “I think this is a sign of good things to come.”
The males additionally opened the meet with a sweep of the 200 medley relay.
Zach Smith posted an eight-second victory within the 1000 free, touching at 9:24.31.
Yordan Yanchev added two wins, first taking the 200 free (1:38.40) forward of Jack Hall (1:40.12) in second and David Quirie (1:41.51) in third. Yanchev later added a victory within the 100 free (44.60), holding off Varis Monroe (44.72) in second and Aziz Ghaffari (45.29) in third.
Monroe’s time was a career-best.
Max Wilson made his debut for the Noles, touching first within the 100 again at 48.84 behind a private greatest, forward of Arijus Pavlidi (49.05) in second.
Mason Herbet (55.50) out-touched Marcos Egri-Martin (55.84) for the win within the 100 breast and Smith added one other victory, successful the 200 fly at 1:50.80.
The Noles had been dominant within the 50 free, led by Peter Varjasi (19.82), Jokubas Keblys (20.73) in second and Blake Moran (20.76) in third.
FSU went one-two within the 200 again, led by Tyler Hanley (1:51.52) and Quirie (1:52.07).
Brennan Hammond (49.31) led the sweep of the 100 fly, forward of Auben Nugent (50.13) and Carlos Vasquez (50.48).
Varjasi picked up his second win, touching at 1:48.25 within the 200 IM earlier than the Noles swept the 200 free relay to shut out the meet.
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- Men’s Tennis Set to Host ITA Regionals
The Florida State males’s tennis workforce is internet hosting the ITA Southeast Regional for the primary time since 2016 starting on Thursday at Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center. The match options the entire Division I colleges in Florida and Georgia.
“We want to have good opportunities against good teams and good players, so the opportunity to host it on our courts is really exciting,” head coach Dwayne Hultquist mentioned.
The doubles important draw will start on Thursday afternoon after the conclusion of all qualifying singles matches, and the singles important draw will start on Friday morning. The full schedule will be discovered here.
Fans can attend all matches and admission is free. Some of the matches can even be reside streamed here.
All 9 Seminoles might be competing within the singles important draw, and Florida State can have 4 doubles pairs competing. Two of FSU’s pairs return from stellar spring seasons collectively as Loris Pourroy will play with Andy Petrovic and Youcef Rihane might be paired with Alex Bulte. Rihane and Bulte just lately gained the ITA Summer Championships Doubles Final and competed in the primary draw of the ITA All-American Championships.
Five Seminoles competed within the singles important draw within the 2022 ITA Regionals, together with 4 present gamers. Junior Andy Petrovic superior to the spherical of 16 after beating the No. 6 seed within the match.
“The winner of this goes to Fall Championships, and the finalist as well, and we want our guys to be able to make runs,” Hultquist added.
The ITA Fall Championships are scheduled for November 2-6 in San Diego, California. The high two singles finishers and high two doubles finalists from every ITA Regional Championship routinely qualify for the ITA Fall Championships.
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- FSU Track and Field Welcomes Back Harlis Meaders, Promotes Coach Kane and Coach Argro
Florida State observe and discipline head coach Bob Braman has introduced the addition of assistant coach Harlis Meaders to his employees. Braman has additionally named Ricky Argro the Associate Head Coach of Men’s Track and Field and Matt Kane the Associate Head Coach of Women’s Track and Field.
“I’m really excited about the recent changes in our staff. Harlis and I worked hand-in-hand in building the track and field dynasty of the early 2000s, so I’m a huge fan of his coaching and really excited to welcome him,” Braman mentioned. “Coach Argro and Coach Kane have been instrumental in our program’s resurgence over the last several years. They’ve achieved great success in tough times and both of their squads are poised to make some noise on the national level this spring. Their promotions as Associate Head Coaches to the men’s and women’s programs are well-deserved.”
Meaders returns to Florida State for the second time in his 28-year teaching profession. Meaders spent 18 seasons in Tallahassee and was part of essentially the most profitable seasons in program historical past. Meaders was an assistant coach for the 2006 and 2008 males’s nationwide championship groups and coached Seminole nice Garrett Johnson who was a two-time nationwide champion within the shot put. He additionally coached two-time Olympian Dorian Scott.
In 18 years with the Seminoles, his throwers’ group earned 22 ACC titles and 22 All-America honors. In 2011, Meaders helped the Seminoles win the USTFCCCA NCAA Division I Men’s Program of the Year in 2011 and 2012. Meaders was additionally named the 2005 East Regional Assistant Coach of the Year.
After his stint with the Seminoles, Meaders returned to his alma mater to change into the North Carolina head observe and discipline coach for the subsequent seven seasons. Following his stint in Chapel Hill, Meaders has spent the final three seasons as the pinnacle coach of the Colgate observe and discipline program. Meaders was additionally the 2019 USATF World University Games Throws Coach. In complete, Meaders has coached 57 All-Americans, 49 ACC particular person champions, three nationwide champions, one Olympian and one Rhodes Scholar.
“I am excited to be back in Garnet and Gold. Coach Braman has done an excellent job of keeping this program relevant on the national scene, and I am excited to accept his invitation to rejoin the team. I am joining an amazing staff of other assistant coaches. I am eager to learn from all of them and to share some of my experiences while at FSU and other universities,” Meaders mentioned.
Argro and Kane have been staples to the Seminoles’ latest success. In the 2022 season, Argro coached Jo’Vaughn Martin and DaeQwan Butler to ACC titles and additionally helped Martin choose up his second-straight First Team All-America honor. Primarily working with the lads’s sprinters, Argro guided each the 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
“I want to thank Coach Braman and the administration for this great opportunity. This program means the world to me, and I look to continue to represent the tradition and values of Florida State to the best of my ability,” Argro mentioned. “I am truly blessed to work with an amazing staff who help me continue to grow as a coach as well as the phenomenal athletes we work with. Most importantly, thank you to my family. Their continued support of me can’t be described.”
Coach Kane has made a right away impression in three seasons for the Seminoles. This previous season, Kane guided Trey Cunningham to one of the vital profitable hurdle seasons in collegiate historical past. Cunningham gained nationwide titles within the 60m hurdles and the 110m hurdles and was additionally second within the 110m hurdles on the World Championships. Last season alone, Kane coached eight ACC particular person champions and seven All-Americans and guided the ladies’s 4x100m relay to an ACC document time of 42.78.
“It’s an honor that Coach Braman has faith in myself and Coach Argro to help grow the program. I believe we are building something special here at Florida State, and I know that Florida State will be a premier sport for collegiate women competing in track and field,” Coach Kane mentioned.
Braman has now accomplished his employees with the additions of Meaders and assistant coach Baylee Mires who’s heading the ladies’s distance crew. Mires has already had nice success in Tallahassee main the ladies’s cross nation workforce to twenty fourth within the USTFCCCA ballot and second within the South Region.
“I feel like we’ve got one of best all-around coaching staffs in the country. It’s my honor to guide them in their journey in shaping our student athletes’ lives on and off the track,” Braman mentioned.