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The No. 2 Gators men’s track and field team opened the 2011
Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships with the fast start
they were looking for.
Jeremy Postin had a school-record throw in the hammer toss,
collecting Florida six points on the first day of competition
Thursday in Athens, Ga.
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The sophomore’s toss of
66.69m/218-9 landed him in third place behind LSU’s Walter Henning
and Georgia’s Justin Welch.
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Fellow thrower David Triassi also scored for the Gators with his
eighth place finish, which brought UF’s tally to seven points.
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“[Jeremy] just continues to get better week-by-week, and I’m really
proud of him,” associate head coach Steve Lemke said.
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“At this level, we expect everyone to do their job, and today we
expected both Jeremy and David to score points for us. To come away
with seven points is a really good start for our team.”
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After one day, Florida’s men’s team sits in third place behind the
Bulldogs (eight points) and Tigers (11 points).
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Through five events in the men’s decathlon, two-time defending SEC
Outdoor Champion Gray Horn sits in second place with 4,022
points.
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The junior got off to a rocky start with a seventh-place finish in
the 100-meter dash, but responded with a runner-up finish in the
long jump and a personal-best, 13.13m/43-1 toss in the shot put.
Horn trails UGA’s Michael Ayers by 100 points.
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In multi-event action on the women’s side, freshman Brittany
Harrell was also sparked by personal-bests in all four of her
opening heptathlon events. She currently sits in fourth place
overall with 3,245 points.
Both the women’s heptathlon and men’s decathlon will finish
Friday.
