GAINESVILLE, Fla. - North Florida track and field put up a great effort including a school record in the first indoor meet of the season at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational Friday afternoon. Several Ospreys outperformed their contenders and placed in top slots of their respective heats.
Macauley Franks led the Ospreys in the 1600m with a national leading time. Franks broke the North Florida mile record set by Jerry Reckart in 2003 and earned the first place spot in the race with a time of 4:02.52.
Several Ospreys dominated their performance in the mile, finishing in the top. They also maintained their strength and endurance from the previous cross country season and kicked off the season strong.
FINISH LINE
Men Field Events
- Tariq Lajoie broke his 2021 indoor high jump record by .03m and cleared the 2.00m mark to place fifth overall.
- Jacob Hippo made his first intercollegiate indoor track and field debut Friday evening.
- Hippo placed just behind Lajoie earning sixth overall by clearing the 1.95m mark.
- Both runners bypassed the 1.70m mark with Lajoie beginning at 1.80m.
Women Field Events
- Kaley Petrosky commenced the meet bright and early by competing in one of the first events of the meet.
- The former All-ASUN third team performer set a personal-best mark of 1.60m in the competition.
- She also placed sixth overall and bypassed the 1.50m mark.
Men Track Events
- Franks finished first overall in the mile run by breaking UNF's program record set in 2003.
- New Smyrna Beach, Fla., native Aidan O'Gorman surpassed his indoor mile personal-best by roughly nine seconds.
- O'Gorman earned the second-place title overall in the 1600m.
- Timothy Doyle placed just behind O'Gorman finishing third consecutively in 4:10.84.
- Aiden Arnold earned the fifth slot in the top five by setting a new personal-best record of 4:11.88.
- Robert Pedroza, Ryan Douihech, Gavin O'Brien and Onix Ortiz all scored in the top 10.
- O'Brien set a lifetime mark of 4:18.78 in the mile run.
- Ryan Thomas earned tenth overall in the 60m hurdles prelims, seventh overall in the men's 60m hurdles and finished the 200m dash at 23.72, placing first in the ninth heat.
- Jordan Travieso placed second in the 10th heat of the 200m dash, finishing in 23.77.
- Mac Frank earned the first place title in the 800m run
- Ladarius Tellis finished just behind Franks, earning the second place rank overall
- Both Franks & Tellis finished the 800m run just over a 1:50.
- Seth Martinez finished second overall in the men's 3k, which earned him the top rank for the Ospreys in the event.
- Kameron Wallizada finished one second behind Martinez clocking in at 8:34.93.
- Justin Tackling was the third Osprey to cross the line and finished fourth overall debuting his first 3k competition.
- Cole Perry earned a top-five ranking overall at 8:44.67 debuting his first indoor collegiate meet.
- Thomas Weiler finished eighth overall in the 3000m run with a time of 8:52.41.
- Luke Clements also secured a slot in the top 15 with his time of 9:03.17.
Women Track Events
- Emma Jane Schlageter started the season with great momentum finishing as the top Osprey overall in the women's mile.
- She only missed her lifetime mark in the race by roughly two seconds.
- Neve Moulai finished second for the Ospreys and made her indoor collegiate athletics debut at 5:10.51 in the race.
- Mia McLain earned third in the 1600m dash finishing the competition at 5:11.40.
- Hannah Martin earned a spot in the top 10 and finished at 5:16.25.
- Jada Williams finished 11th overall debuting her first indoor meet.
- Lauren Jones and Laci Watford finished with similar strides earning times just over six minutes in the mile.
- Celine D'Anna competed in the 60m hurdle prelims for the first time collegiately and finished in the top 12.
- D'Anna also placed in the top 16 in the women's 200m dash, securing a lifetime mark of 27.44 seconds.
- Sophia Woggon placed ninth in the 400m dash
- Ella Chandler earned third in the first heat of the women's 800m dash.
- Erica Fisher earned the top spot for the Ospreys in the 3000m run.
- Isa Leen finished second in the 3000m run, as this was her first time competing in the 3k since high school.
- Raquel Lespasio secured the third place slot in the 3k earning a personal-best mark of 10:45.08.
- Emma Millson, Billie Castillo and Camryn Cooney earned top 10 slots in the 3k.
PIGG'S POINTS
"Great start to the season. The facility is tremendous. It is such a boost to have a great opportunity closer to home. Mac Franks won the mile in a national-leading time. It is also the school record. He came back and led a strong 800 [meter] performance wire-to-wire. EJ [Schlageter] ran a strong race to win the women's mile. Freshman Ella [Chandler] won the 800m in her indoor debut. Both EJ and Ella ran patient and were very tactically."
- head coach Jeff Pigg
NEXT UP
UNF will be set to return to Gainesville to compete in the RADD Sports Collegiate Invite for their first multi-day meet of the season starting on Thursday, Jan. 19.
