The No.
3 Florida men and No. 7 Florida women begin the 2013 outdoor season at the UCF
Invitational and FSU Relays this weekend. The Gators will compete at the UCF
Invitational, Friday-Saturday, March 22-23 in Orlando. Select Gator athletes
will race at the FSU Relays on Friday, March 22 in Tallahassee.
Competing
this weekend is 2013 SEC Champion in the men’s weight throw and a First Team
All-America, David Triassi (Jacksonville, Fla.), who will be joined by
fellow All-American Jeremy Postin (Andover, Kan.) in the men’s hammer
throw Saturday afternoon at the UCF Invitational. A 2012 NCAA Champion in the
men’s 4x4, Leonardo Seymore (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) will race in the
men’s 100 meters Saturday afternoon at the UCF Invitational.
The
distance corps will compete at the FSU Relays on Friday afternoon, as First
Team All-America Agata Strausa (Riga, Latvia) will compete in both the
women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase and 1,500 meters. Also doubling up on Friday
is Mark Parrish (Tampa, Fla.), who will race in the men’s 3,000-meter
steeplechase and 1,500 meters. 2013 SEC Champions competing at the FSU Relays
include Sean Obinwa (Tampa, Fla.), who won the title in the men’s 800
meters, Mandy Perkins (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Strausa, who were both
members of the women’s distance medley relay who won the SEC title in
Fayetteville.
