Bates Headlines No. 1/6 Gators’ Season-Opening Performances at Rod McCravy Memorial
KeAndre Bates picked up right where he left off at the end of 2015's indoor season, posting a big mark in the long jump
Bates was an indoor All-American in both the long and triple jumps last season.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Florida track and field program opened its 2016 season at the Rod McCravy Memorial on Friday (Jan. 22), and sophomore KeAndre Bates wasted no time re-establishing himself among the nation's top jumpers.
On his sixth and final attempt of the evening, Bates leapt 7.73 meters (25-4.5) to take runner-up honors in the men's long jump. Among marks posted prior to today's competition, the El Paso, Texas native's jump was the fourth-best by a Division I athlete and the 11th-longest on the world indoor top 20.
Only Marquise Goodwin, the 2015 Pan American Games silver medalist who competed unattached, topped Bates.
The men's 600-yard run was arguably day one's most exciting event, as the top six times were all within 1.6 seconds of each other. Three Gators—Eric Futch (second), Nick Uruburu (fourth), TJ Holmes (sixth)—secured top-six finishes.
SEC Network Plus on Watch ESPN will provide live coverage of Saturday's (Jan. 23) competition, starting at 12 p.m. ET and ending once the meet concludes.
ROD McCRAVY MEMORIAL MEET INFORMATION & RESULTS (all times Eastern)
- Live Stream – Saturday, 12 p.m. (SEC Network + on Watch ESPN)
- Live Results
- Heat Sheets (subject to change)
- Complete Meet Schedule (subject to change)
- Venue – Nutter Field House (Lexington, Ky.)
- Participating Teams: Baylor (No. 11 women), Clemson (No. 22 women), Georgia (No. 2 women; No. 6 men), Harvard, Houston (No. 25 men), Illinois, Kentucky (No. 8 women), Miami (Fla.) (No. 17 women), Missouri, Virginia (No. 18 men), Western Kentucky
| Day One – Friday, January 22nd | |
| Event | Place, Athlete -- Result |
| WT (M) | 9. AJ McFarland – 17.76 meters (58-3.25) | No. 10 on UF's All-Time Top 10 |
| LJ (W) | 3. Darrielle McQueen – 5.75 meters (18-10.5) |
| WT (W) | 8. Lloydricia Cameron – 16.88 meters (55-4.75) |
| 9. Jontavia Dykes – 16.11 meters (52-10.25) | First indoor collegiate competition | |
| LJ (M) | 2. KeAndre Bates – 7.73 meters (25-4.25) | Top SEC mark (as of Jan. 21 results) |
| 600yd (M) | 2. Eric Futch – 1:11.10 |
| 4. Nick Uruburu – 1:11.76 | |
| 6. TJ Holmes – 1:11.90 | |
| Jabari Hill – DQ | |
| Day Two – Saturday, January 23rd | |||
| Time | Athlete -- Event | M/W | Round |
| 11:00 a.m. | Ebony Luster – Triple Jump | W | Final |
| Cameron – Shot Put | W | Final | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Harry Glasser; Aaron Owens; Jared Watkins – Pole Vault | M | Final |
| Ryann McEnany; Skylar Ross-Ransom – 60-Meter Hurdles | W | Prelims | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Marques Burgman; Caleb Chambliss; Yanick Hart; Moriel Pitt – 60-Meter Hurdles | M | Prelims |
| 12:30 p.m. | Robin Reynolds; Shayla Sanders – 60 Meters | W | Prelims |
| 12:45 p.m. | Ryan Clark; Damien Daniels; Arman Hall; Shayne Rodney; Michael Timpson Jr.; Antwan Wright – 60 Meters | M | Prelims |
| 1:00 p.m. | McEnany; Ross-Ransom – 60-Meter Hurdles | W | Final |
| 1:05 p.m. | Burgman; Chambliss; Hart; Pitt – 60-Meter Hurdles | M | Final |
| 1:10 p.m. | Reynolds; Sanders – 60 Meters | W | Final |
| 1:15 p.m. | Clark; Daniels; Hall; Rodney; Timpson Jr.; Wright – 60 Meters | M | Final |
| 2:00 p.m. | Mikayla Barber; Shamaria Lovett; Allison Richmond – 400 Meters | W | Final |
| 2:18 p.m. | Gabriel Aird; Kunle Fasasi – 400 Meters | M | Final |
| 2:35 p.m. | Claudia Francis; Kylee Strausser – 800 Meters | W | Final |
| 2:50 p.m. | Andres Arroyo; Ryan Schnulle – 800 Meters | M | Final |
| 3:45 p.m. | Francis, Kyra Jefferson, Reynolds, Taylor Sharpe; Barber, Lovett, Richmond, Strausser – 4x400-Meter Relay | W | Final |
| 4:10 p.m. | Clark, Fasasi, Najee Glass, Hall; Aird, Arroyo, Hill, Schnulle, Uruburu – 4x400-Meter Relay | M | Final |
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