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The ACC released the 2023 All-ACC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Academic team on Tuesday and 15 Florida State student-athletes were named to the team which requires a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must have competed in the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships and/or the NCAA Indoor Championships during the most recent season.
FSU’s top performers from the Academic Team include senior Faith Banks who broke the facility record in the women’s 400-meter with the third-best time (52.88) in FSU history in the prelims and Amani Heaven who was runner-up in the shot put with a throw of 16.54 meters.
Also posting a top-five finish at the ACC Championship and making the Academic Team was Alexandra Websters who was third in the 60-meter hurdle with a time of 8.26.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. Florida State senior Milton Ingraham totaled four throws over 58 meters including his career-best throw of 59.35 meters to win the discus at the 2023 Pepsi Relays in Gainesville, Fla. on Saturday. “It was a solid weekend for the Noles,” Head Coach Bob Braman said. “We had several NCAA Region qualifying performances as well as Top Five ACC marks. “We will have a much-needed weekend off before we return here for the Tom Jones Invitational April 14-15.” Taylor Bank’s fourth place finish in the men’s 100 meter dash with a time of 10.41 was impressive given it was his first outdoor competition of the season. Also finishing among the Top Five in his event was freshman Kynon Tathum who took third in the triple jump with a best leap of 15.38 meters. Amir Willis finished seventh in the men’s 400 meter dash with a lifetime best time of 46.49 which ranks fifth best in the ACC so far this season. James Rivera finished 22nd in the event with a time of 47. ....
While the annual FSU Relays were being held in Tallahassee, Fla., Friday, a group of Seminole distance runners headed to North Carolina’s capital city to race in the Raleigh Relays.
The Seminoles had already made big news in Raleigh on Thursday when sophomore David Mullarkey ran the third fastest 5,000 meters in school history and the fastest in the NCAA this year with a personal best time of 13:37.88.
On Friday, a select group competed in the distance events led by Alyson Churchill’s ninth-place finish in the women’s 5,000 meters with a time of 15:46.30. Freshman Emmy Van Den Berg’s time of 16:22.13 placed her among the Top 25 finishers in the event.
Senior Yasmine Abbes was Florida State’s top finisher in the women’s 1,500 meters. She finished in 18th place with a time of 4:21.53. Bieke Schipperen’s time of 4:26.59 was good for a Top 45 finish in the highly competitive field.
The Seminole track and field teams will travel to Gaine ....
Florida State sensation Jeremiah Davis won the long jump at the ACC Indoor Championship and Saturday’s finals will see lots of Seminoles as the second day of the three-day conference championships wrapped up in Louisville Friday night. “Both our men and women had a really strong day today,” FSU Head Coach Bob Braman said. “We qualified well in men’s and women’s sprints and women’s hurdles. We will also be chasing big points in the 3000m run, triple jump, 4x400 relay and women’s shot tomorrow. We are in position finish to finish among the top three and you never know when something special happens, We are not conceding the titles just yet.” Davis’ stunning junior season just keeps on going as he posted a facility record leap of 8.02m to lead the field in the long jump. Freshman Curtis Williams finished fifth in the event with a jump of 7.43m. The Seminoles will have three of the eight participants in the championship finals of the men’s 400 meter tomorrow. ....
CLEMSON, S.C. - Jeremiah Davis and Ismael Kone ended the day with a bang as each of them posted world-leading marks at the first day of the Clemson Invitational.
Kone broke the school record in the 60m dash with a time of 6.51. Kone's mark is tied for the 11th-fastest mark in NCAA history, and it broke Andre Ewers' and Dentarius Locke's school record. Davis's mark of 8.17m is good enough for third on FSU's all-time list. ....