Florida dominated the Day 2 of the UAB Blazer Invitational at the Birmingham CrossPlex on Saturday.
The Gators finished their first meet of the season with 13 event victories and 10 meet records, which included UF top-10 all-time performances and two CrossPlex records.
"We leave this meet with a very good taste in our mouth," coach Mike Holloway said in a release.
"We have an extremely special group of men’s and women’s athletes."
With several top marks in the country so far this season, UF set the scene.
Senior hurdler Eddie Lovett won the men’s 60-meter hurdles in a time of 7.81 seconds.
Moriel Pitt won Section B, clocking in at 7.97 seconds.
In the men’s 60-meter dash, Hugh Graham Jr. ran a 6.66-second meet record to win the event.
Antwan Wright also won Section B in a 6.63 sprint.
"We had great effort from Antwan (Wright) and (Hugh) Graham, Jr., to get us started this morning in the 60m — a big PR for Antwan," Holloway said.
The Gators also ran for two CrossPlex records.
In the men’s 4x4, Najee Glass, Graham Jr., Nick Uruburu and Arman Hall ran a meet record time of 3:06.11 to win the event.
In the women’s 4x4, Robin Reynolds, Destinee Gause, Kyra Jefferson and Ebony Eutsey took the event with a time of 3:37.83.
Eutsey also claimed the 200-meter dash in 23.70 seconds, a meet record.
"I thought our hurdlers did great and I was impressed with Robin (Reynolds) in the long jump, a PR for her," Holloway said.
Holloway said Bridgette Owens and Cory McGee had great races, and both 4x4 teams came up big.
McGee ended up taking the women’s 800-meter with a meet record time of 2:07.47.
UF cleared their first meet, but Holloway doesn’t want early success to diminish the focus ahead.
After wrapping up in Birmingham, Ala., the Gators will have 11 days before they head to Lexington, Ky., to compete at the Rod McCravy Memorial on Jan. 24.
"The thing we have to keep in mind is this is the first meet of the season and nobody is going to care about this meet next week," Holloway said.
"We’re going to get back to Florida, rest up and get back to training Monday."
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Eddie Lovett (left) races in the 55m hurdles at the Gator Invitational in the O’Connell Center on Jan. 17, 2013. Lovett won the men’s 60-meter hurdles on Saturday.
