Hoosiers Head South to Compete in The Pepsi Florida Relays
3/28/2018 5:30:00 PM | Track and Field
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University track and field will travel south to Gainesville, Fla. to compete in the three-day Pepsi Florida Relays. The Hoosiers will be represented by 30 athletes at Percy Beard Track.
There are a total of 100 teams traveling to the University of Florida including fourteen ranked teams, split evenly between the men and the women. Among the ranked teams there are four Big Ten foes: Nebraska (No. 9) and Penn State (No. 16) on the men's side and Purdue (No. 13) and Nebraska (No. 16) on the women's side.
Megan Grabowski will open the meet for the Hoosiers in the 200m on Thursday, March 29 at 2:00 pm ET. Jeyland Valentin will compete at 3:45 pm ET in the 400m hurdles.
Day two of competition, Friday, March 30, will begin at at 12:15 pm ET with Zykeria Williams and Jenna Jungels running the 100m hurdles. On the track Daniel Kuhn will make his 800m season debut joined by Teddy Browning and Jordan Huntoon. On the women's side, Kendell Wiles and Joely Pinkston will be making their 800m season debuts.
There will be 4x400m preliminaries on Friday at 4:55 pm (women) and 5:35 pm (men). The final track event of the day for the Hoosiers will be the women's 3,000m steeplechase. Haley Harris, Lexa Barrott and Hannah Stoffel are scheduled to start the race at 9:20 pm ET.
In the field, day two will feature the jumpers with Paul Galas will start the Hoosiers off in the men's high jump invite section at 1:00 pm ET. Treyton Harris will make his season debut in the men's long jump invite section at 3:00 pm ET. On the women's side Aaliyah Armstead, Jenna Jungels and Leah Moran will compete in the long jump at 5:00 pm ET.
Day three of competition, Saturday, March 31, will feature the relay teams and two field events. The Hoosiers will compete in the sprint medley relay (SMR) on the men's and women's side, the distance medley relay (DMR) women only, 4x100m women only, 4x200m women only and the 4x800 on the men's and women's side.
In the field Erica Bethea will compete in the triple jump at 4:00 pm ET. Jyles Etienne will participate in the men's high jump at 12:00 pm ET.
The Pepsi Florida Relays will be streamed on the SEC Network +. The Friday events will be streaming here from 12:15-12:59 pm and 1:25-4:10 pm. The Saturday events will be streaming here from 2:40-3:29 pm, 4:15-5:59 pm and 6:40-7:35 pm.
Live results will also be available here. All parking and spectator information can be found here.
For complete coverage of everything Indiana track and field and cross country, make sure to follow the teams via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
There are a total of 100 teams traveling to the University of Florida including fourteen ranked teams, split evenly between the men and the women. Among the ranked teams there are four Big Ten foes: Nebraska (No. 9) and Penn State (No. 16) on the men's side and Purdue (No. 13) and Nebraska (No. 16) on the women's side.
Megan Grabowski will open the meet for the Hoosiers in the 200m on Thursday, March 29 at 2:00 pm ET. Jeyland Valentin will compete at 3:45 pm ET in the 400m hurdles.
Day two of competition, Friday, March 30, will begin at at 12:15 pm ET with Zykeria Williams and Jenna Jungels running the 100m hurdles. On the track Daniel Kuhn will make his 800m season debut joined by Teddy Browning and Jordan Huntoon. On the women's side, Kendell Wiles and Joely Pinkston will be making their 800m season debuts.
There will be 4x400m preliminaries on Friday at 4:55 pm (women) and 5:35 pm (men). The final track event of the day for the Hoosiers will be the women's 3,000m steeplechase. Haley Harris, Lexa Barrott and Hannah Stoffel are scheduled to start the race at 9:20 pm ET.
In the field, day two will feature the jumpers with Paul Galas will start the Hoosiers off in the men's high jump invite section at 1:00 pm ET. Treyton Harris will make his season debut in the men's long jump invite section at 3:00 pm ET. On the women's side Aaliyah Armstead, Jenna Jungels and Leah Moran will compete in the long jump at 5:00 pm ET.
Day three of competition, Saturday, March 31, will feature the relay teams and two field events. The Hoosiers will compete in the sprint medley relay (SMR) on the men's and women's side, the distance medley relay (DMR) women only, 4x100m women only, 4x200m women only and the 4x800 on the men's and women's side.
In the field Erica Bethea will compete in the triple jump at 4:00 pm ET. Jyles Etienne will participate in the men's high jump at 12:00 pm ET.
The Pepsi Florida Relays will be streamed on the SEC Network +. The Friday events will be streaming here from 12:15-12:59 pm and 1:25-4:10 pm. The Saturday events will be streaming here from 2:40-3:29 pm, 4:15-5:59 pm and 6:40-7:35 pm.
Live results will also be available here. All parking and spectator information can be found here.
For complete coverage of everything Indiana track and field and cross country, make sure to follow the teams via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#GoIU
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