Pepsi Florida Relays 2014

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – WKU’s dominant performances at last weekend’s Florida Relays has led to three Sun Belt Conference Track and Field Athletes of the Week for the Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers, with Jessica Ramsey, Elvyonn Bailey and Tomas Guerra all picking up league honors Wednesday.

LEXINGTON, Ky.– Kendra Harrison was named Southeastern Conference Co-Runner of the Week, the league office announced on Tuesday. Harrison earned the honor for the second week in a row after running the world-leading 400m hurdles time and breaking two school records at last weekend’s Florida Relays.

Record setting performances, US#1's, nationally ranked times, and some of the fastest elite races you will see this year! Dean Headley and our friends at Flotrack bring you all the heats, all the action, and one on one interviews with the winners from the high school to elite ranks! 

All three days of the 2014 Florida Relays brought tons of incredible performances like advertised including this amazing photo finish in the mens 4x400m relay. Jeff Adams was on-site for flrunners.com and took over 5,700 photos to capture all the action!

South Florida cleaned house on the final day of the 2014 Florida Relays producing several meet records, US#1's and nationally ranked performances. Miami Northwestern swept both the girls and boys 4x800m relays while the STA girls reeled in victories in the 4x4 and 4x1 with the Booker T. Washington boys accomplishing the same feat. Check out the full highlights as well as on-site coverage of photos, videos, and interviews from our team of Jeff Adams, Darrell Laxton, Dean Headley, and our friends at Flotrack.

On the second day of the 2014 Pepsi Florida Relays, it was all about the Orange and Blue – and the 200 and 400-meter races were all the buzz Friday afternoon as the two-day attendance at Pressly Stadium increased to 2,263 track and field faithful. Gator junior sprinter Dedric Dukes clocked a world-leading 19.97 (-0.6), the second-fastest time in Florida history and the eighth-best time in collegiate history, while sophomore Kyra Jefferson got it done on the women’s side with the fastest collegiate 200m this season and a new UF record with her 22.78 (-0.6) in a race that featured the two fastest marks in the world this year.(via www.gatorzone.com)

St. Thomas Aquinas set a national record in the girls 4x200m relay last week at the Texas Relays. So what do you do for an encore? How about re-write the record books.

Watch video from the Florida Relays of Javon Patterson (Boyd Anderson High School) posting the nation's second fastest time in the 800 meter run on Thursday with a 1:52.04 victory along with more video coverage from the 3 day meet. 

The 2014 Florida Relays lived up to it's name as one of the premier track adn field meets in the state and around the country. On day one, we saw new state leaders and nationally ranked times from the likes of Javon Patterson, and Terry Jernigan, just to name a few. Our team was on-site with thousands of photos by Jeff Adams and Darrell Laxton as well as interviews and race videos from Dean Headley and our friends at Flotrack. Coverage will be uploaded throughout the weekend so check back and check back often!

Watch this year's Florida Relays live on Flotrack and then on demand with archived videos afterwards on flrunners.com, a MileSplit US affiliate! High school events start on Thursday at 5 PM. Read on for more meet details.