GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Come summer 2017, the University of Florida track and field program will once again welcome one of the nation’s top signing classes, as it inked 11 high school student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during this year’s early signing period, followed by the addition of four more signees in April.
“Very excited about the class as a whole,” Holloway said. “I want to give a big shout-out to Coach (Mellanee) Welty, Coach (Adrain) Mann, Coach (Steve) Lemke, Coach (Nic) Petersen, and Coach (Paul) Spangler for all their hard work in putting the class together.
“What I see in this class is a lot of diversity. We covered most of the event areas. This group has a chance to make an immediate impact on the program. They don’t have to come in here and carry the program, so that will give them some time to grow and get better as young student-athletes.
"But by the time they’re all sophomores, juniors, and seniors, they will have a great impact and be NCAA-level scorers for us.”
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MEN’S SIGNEES
Personal Bests: 10.05 (100 meters); 20.32 (200 meters)
- 2017 IAAF World Championships 200m finalist (youngest in meet history)
- 2017 IAAF World Championships 100m semifinalist
- Two-time 2017 Japanese Senior Champion (100m; 200m) -- qualified for IAAF World Championships in both
- Two-time 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships Gold Medalist (100m & 200m)
- 2015 IAAF World Championships semifinalist (200m -- youngest competitor in history)
- Ranked No. 2 in the 200 meters on the All-Time World Youth Records List
- Broke Usain Bolt’s 12-year-old World Youth Championships 200m record (20.34)
- Broke the World Youth Championships 100m record (10.28)
- 2015 IAAF Rising Star of the Year
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Personal Bests: 4:15.48 (1,600 meters); 9:07.36 (3,200 meters); 15:14 (5k, XC)
- Led Creekside to its first-ever FHSAA Cross Country State Championships victories in 2015 and 2016
- Three-time 2017 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor Finals champion (1,600m; 3,200m; 4x800)
- Runner-up finisher at 2016 FHSAA Class 3A Cross Country State Championships
- Third-place finisher at 2016 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor Finals (3,200 meters)
- Fifth-place finisher at 2015 FHSAA Class 3A Cross Country State Championships
- Younger brother of Jimmy Clark, a UF alum and 2013 SEC Outdoor Championships 10,000 meters winner
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Personal Bests: 4:17.14 (1,600 meters); 9:12.31 (3,200 meters)
- Led Creekside to its first-ever FHSAA Cross Country State Championships victories in 2015 and 2016
- Third-place finisher at 2016 FHSAA Class 3A Cross Country State Championships
- Third-place finisher at 2017 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor Finals (3,200m)
- 2017 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor FInals champion (4x800)
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Personal Bests: 48.10 (400 meters)
- Ran his personal best at the Texas Region III-6A Meet, finishing fifth for Clear Lake High School
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Personal Bests: 2.04 meters (high jump); 7.79 meters (long jump); 15.61 meters (triple jump)
- 2017 U20 European Championships fifth-place finisher (long jump)
- Two-time 2017 CARIFTA Games U20 Division Bronze Medalist (long jump; triple jump)
- 2016 CARIFTA Games U18 Division Gold Medalist (triple jump)
- 2016 CARIFTA Games U18 Division Silver Medalist (long jump)
- Two-time 2015 European Youth Olympics Gold Medalist (long jump; triple jump)
- 2015 CARIFTA Games U18 Division Co-Bronze Medalist (high jump)
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Personal Bests: 58.68 meters (discus throw); 68.34 meters (hammer throw)
- Finished 10th at 2017 U23 European Championships (hammer throw)
- 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships qualifier (discus throw)
- 2015 European Junior Championships qualifier (discus throw)
- Two-time 2016 Norwegian Junior Champion (discus throw; hammer throw)
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Personal Bests: 48.71 (400-meter hurdles)
- NOTE: Kyron McMaster signed a professional contract with Puma in July 2017 and will no longer attend Florida
- 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships Bronze Medalist (400mH)
- 2016 NJCAA Indoor Championships winner (400m)
- 2014 IAAF World U20 Championships qualifier (400mH)
- 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships qualifier (200m & 400m)
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Personal Best: 4.72 meters (pole vault)
- 2017 FHSAA Class 4A Outdoor Finals bronze medalist (pole vault)
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Personal Bests: 7.63 (60-meter hurdles); 13.64 (110-meter hurdles); 49.88 (400-meter hurdles)
- 2017 Pan American U20 Championships Bronze Medalist (400mH)
- 2017 USATF Outdoor Junior Championships Silver Medalist (400mH)
- Two-time New Balance Nationals Outdoor Silver Medalist (400mH -- 2016, 2017)
- 2016 Gatorade New Jersey Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year
- 2017 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Gold Medalist (4x400)
- Five-time New Jersey Outdoor State Meet of Champions winner (110mH & 400mH -- 2016, 2017)
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Personal Bests: 21.15 (200 meters); 46.35 (400 meters)
- 2017 New Balance Nationals Indoor bronze medalist (400m)
- 2017 Jamaican Junior Championships Gold Medalist (400m)
- 2017 Jamaican Junior Championships bronze medalist (100m)
- Three-time 2016 NCISAA Class 3A State Championships winner (200m, 400m, 4x400 relay)
- Two-time 2015 NCISAA Class 3A State Championships winner (200m & 400m)
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Personal Bests: 45.85 (400 meters)
- 2017 European U23 Championships bronze medalist
- 2017 European Indoor Championships fourth-place finisher
- 2015 European Junior Champion
- 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships qualifier
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WOMEN’S SIGNEES
Personal Bests: 1.77 meters / 5'10" (high jump)
- 2016 IHSAA State Championships winner
- 2016 Post-Tribune Track Athlete of the Year
- 2015 IHSAA State Championships fourth-place finisher
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Personal Bests: 5,493 points (heptathlon); 1.77 meters (high jump); 2:15.97 (800 meters)
- 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships 11th-place finisher
- Set her heptathlon personal best at World Junior Championships
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Personal Bests: 11.56 (100 meters); 22.97 (200 meters); 38.33 (300 meters); 53.48 (400 meters)
- 2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Silver Medalist (200m)
- Two-time 2016 VHSL Class 6A Outdoor State Championships winner (100m & 200m)
- Three-time 2016 VHSL Class 6A Indoor State Championships winner (55m, 300m, 500m)
- Two-time 2015 VHSL Class 6A Outdoor State Championships winner (100m & 200m)
- 2015 VHSL Class 6A Indoor State Championships winner (300m)
- Holds Virginia state records in the indoor 500m and outdoor 200m
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Personal Bests: 2:10.71 (800 meters); 4:40.93 (1,500 meters); 4:57.81 (1,600 meters)
- 2017 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor Finals silver medalist (800m)
- 2017 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor Finals bronze medalist (1,600m)
- 2017 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor finals champion (4x800)
- Scored second for Niceville’s 2016 FHSAA Class 3A Cross Country State Championships-winning team
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Personal Bests: 7.57 (60 meters); 11.58 (100 meters)
- Two-time NJSIAA Outdoor Meet of Champions winner (100m -- 2016, 2017)
- 2017 NJSIAA Indoor Meet of Champions winner (55m)
- 2016 NJSIAA Outdoor Meet of Champions runner-up (200m)
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Personal Bests: 53.21 (400 meters)
- 2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Silver Medalist (400m)
- 2017 MHSAA Division 1 State Championships winner (400m)
- 2016 MHSAA Division 1 State Championships runner-up finisher (400m)
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Personal Bests: 4,856 points (Heptathlon); 14.25 (100-meter hurdles); 55.10 (400 meters); 2:16.5 (800 meters); 5-7 (high jump)
- 2016 USATF Junior Olympics Gold Medalist (Heptathlon)
- 2016 Washington State Combined Events Championships winner (Heptathlon)
- Two-time 2016 WIAA Class 4A State Championship runner-up finisher (100mH & 400m)
- 2015 WIAA Class 4A State Championship runner-up finisher (400m)
- 2015 Washington State Combined Events Championships third-place finisher (Heptathlon)
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Personal Bests: 24.03 (200 meters); 38.77 (300 meters); 53.89 (400 meters); 1:14.42 (500 meters); 41.21 (300-meter hurdles); 59.02 (400-meter hurdles)
- Two-time New Balance Nationals Outdoor Gold Medalist (400mH -- 2016, 2017)
- 2015 VHSL Class 6A Outdoor State Championships winner (400m)
- 2014 VHSL Class 6A Indoor State Championships winner (300m)
- Totaled 27 individual points at 2016 VHSL Class 6A Outdoor State Championships
- Scored 26 individual points at 2017 VHSL Class 6A Outdoor State Championships
