Bulls Close Regular Season at Tom Jones Memorial

Friday, April 26

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Tom Jones Memorial

Bulls Close Regular Season at Tom Jones Memorial

April 25, 2019 | Track & Field

MEET: Tom Jones Memorial
DATE: April 26-27
LOCATION: Gainesville, Fla.
FACILITY: James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track
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TAMPA, APRIL 25 2019 – The USF track and field team puts the finishing touches on the regular season this weekend when the Bulls travel to Gainesville, Fla., to take part in the Tom Jones Memorial from the James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track on the campus of the University of Florida.

Competition begins Friday at 3 p.m. with the women's discuss, men's hammer throw, men's pole vault and men's high jump kicking off field events. Running events start at 7 p.m. with the women's 800 meters.

Field events resume Saturday at 10 a.m. with the men's discus and the women's hammer throw, while running events continue at 1 p.m. with the women's 100 meter hurdles.

USF enters the meet coming off a weekend that saw the Bulls win 11 individual titles at the South Florida Collegiate at the USF Track and Field Stadium.
On the women's side, freshman Shaneylix Davila (Kissimmee, Fla.) won the individual title in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 13.88 seconds. Davila also placed second in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:05.92.

Senior Chelsea Francis (Jacksonville) claimed the title in the 400 meters with a time of 56.59 seconds.

Sophomore Javonia Ellis (Lake Minneola, Fla.) won the long jump with a distance of 18-7.25, and senior Kirby Powers (Orange Park, Fla.) placed first in the high jump with a height of 5-3.00. Freshman Arielle Boone (Land O' Lakes, Fla.) continued the jump success for USF by winning the triple jump with a distance of 40-0.50 to post the seventh-longest outdoor jump in school history.

Senior Stephanie Lambeth (Frankenmuth, Mich.) won the pole vault with a height of 13-0.75 to register the fifth-best outdoor mark in school history. Sophomore Brittany Krug (Loretto, Pa.) captured the crown in the javelin throw with a distance of 144-11.00, while senior Ashley Wilson (Tampa) won the hammer throw with a distance of 173-10.00.

Sophomore Kiara Miles (Tampa) won the heptathlon by placing first in two events and collecting 4,283 points. Miles took first in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.54 seconds and in the shot put with a distance of 38-6.75.

Junior Maurice Nock (Sanford, Fla.) placed first in the 100 meters for the men's team with a time of 10.36 seconds.

In field events, junior Taquon Terry (Alachua, Fla.) won the long jump with a distance of 23-7.50, while freshman Hunter Hummel (Kissimmee, Fla.) posted the 10th-best outdoor distance in school history in the discus throw with a mark of 161-4.00.

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About USF Track and Field
Led by 14th-year head coach Warren Bye, the USF track and field team has produced 22 All-America selections since 2008 and at least one All-American in nine of the last 11 years. 2016 graduate Matthew O'Neal is USF's first six-time NCAA All-American. USF has posted two NCAA runner-up finishes since 2013 - O'Neal (triple jump, 2016) and Courtney Anderson (high jump, 2013). The Bulls hosted the 2018 NCAA Track and Field East Preliminary at the USF Track and Field Stadium.