Jumper Natricia Hooper secured Florida's first qualification of the day with her first leap in the triple jump. The junior logged a mark of 13.72 meters (45 feet 0.25 inches) [+1.9] to finish second and earn her first-career NCAA Outdoor Championships berth.
On the track, redshirt freshman Grace Stark matched her personal-best time of 12.88 [-1.6] seconds in the 100-meter hurdles to secure her ticket to Eugene. That time is the fourth-fastest in school history.
Sprinters Talitha Diggs and Taylor Manson also posted qualifying times that rank on UF's All-Time Outdoor Top 10 list.
Diggs ran the fifth-fastest time in program history, crossing in 51.04 seconds for a new personal record and a trip to Oregon. Manson will join Diggs out west, having crossed in 51.38 seconds. A new personal record for Manson, that time ranks seventh in UF history.
On the distance side, redshirt sophomore Gabrielle Wilkinson will represent the Gators in the 800 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The SEC champion in the 1,500 meters finished third in the 800 Saturday with a time of 2:02.04 to secured her second-career trip to nationals.
Florida's No. 1-seeded 4x400-meter relay team, comprised of Manson, Sterling Lester, Doneisha Anderson and Diggs, capped off the night with a first-place finish and the Gators' 10th consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championships berth. The squad logged a facility record time of 3:27.51, one 100th of a second short of their season best.
The top 48 individual and top 24 relay declarations within the East and West Regions earned berths to their respective preliminary meet, and only 12 from each regional competition advanced to the championship meet in Eugene, Oregon, slated for June 9-12.
NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
| Thursday, May 27 (* denotes preliminary race; all other events are finals) | |
| Event | Place, Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 400m (W) | 2. Talitha Diggs – 51.04 | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (first berth), fifth-fastest time in school history, new personal record. |
| 4. Taylor Manson – 51.38 | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (third consecutive berth), seventh-fastest time in school history, new personal record. | |
| 20. Doneisha Anderson – 53.22 | |
| 800m (W) | 9. Gabrielle Wilkinson – 2:02.04 | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (second consecutive berth) |
| 17. Imogen Barrett – 2:05.14 | |
| 5,000m (W) | 32. Stephy Ormsby – 16:43.86 |
| 4x400 (W) | 1. Taylor Manson, Sterling Lester, Doneisha Anderson & Talitha Diggs – 3:27.51 | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifiers (tenth consecutive berth) |
| 100mH (W) | 4. Grace Stark – 12.88 [-1.6] | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (first berth), fourth-fastest time in school history. |
| TJ (W) | 2. Natricia Hooper – 13.72 meters (45 feet 0.25 inches) [+1.9] | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (first berth) |
| Thursday, May 27 (* denotes preliminary race; all other events are finals) | |
| Event | Place, Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 200m (W)* | 39. Sterling Lester – 23.95 |
| 400m (W)* | 1. Talitha Diggs – 51.43 | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 2. Taylor Manson – 52.01 | Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 16. Doneisha Anderson – 52.94 | Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 800m (W)* | 13. Gabrielle Wilkinson – 2:05.03 | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 18. Imogen Barrett – 2:05.73 | Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 41. Abbie Harrelson – 2:08.78 | |
| 1,500m (W)* | 41. Vasileia Spyrou – 4:30.84 |
| 100mH (W)* | 2. Grace Stark – 12.77 [+2.1] | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 27. Sterling Lester – 13.36 [+1.7] | |
| LJ (W) | 1. Claire Bryant – 6.64 meters (21 feet, 9.50 inches) [+1.3] | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (first berth) |
| SP (W) | 37. Thea Jensen – 15.21 meters (49 feet, 11 inches) |
| JT (W) | 7. Arianne Duarte-Morais – 51.89 meters (170 feet, 3 inches) | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (first berth) |
| Wednesday, May 26 (* denotes preliminary race; all other events are finals) | |
| Event | Place, Gators – Time / Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 100m (M)* | 8. Dedrick Vanover – 10.19 [+1.9] | Advanced to final (automatic), new personal record |
| 17. Joseph Fahnbulleh – 10.26 [+1.3] | Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 200m (M)* | 1. Joseph Fahnbulleh – 20.22 [+2.1] | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 12. Dedrick Vanover – 20.76 [+2.1]| Advanced to final (automatic) | |
| 18. Tyler Davis – 20.86 [+1.7] | Advanced to final (time), new personal record | |
| 400m (M)* | 10. Ryan Willie – 45.82 | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 1,500m (M)* | 38. Caden Monk – 3:49.62 |
| 47. Marshall Dillon – 3:55.57 | |
| 400mH (M)* | 13. Denzel Villaman – 51.17 | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| LJ (M) | 26. Caleb Foster – 7.27 meters (23 feet, 10.25 inches) [-0.3] |
| SP (M) | 4. Connor Bandel – 19.52 meters (64 feet, 0.50 inches) | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (second consecutive berth) |
| HT (M) | 1. Thomas Mardal – 71.29 meters (233 feet, 10 inches) | NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier (third consecutive berth) |
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