Weekend Review Part 2 Florida Relays

Women's Review


Florida Relays

This was interesting weekend for the Women. The host, The University of Florida, is in serious rebuild mode at this time. Majority of the teams big points come from freshman. From South Carolina University indoor 60 meter champion LaKya Brookins also had a so-so performance in the 100 meter dash. Brookins finished 6th overall with a time of 11.64. That time is not indicative of her great 7.09 60 meter performance and the indoor championship. It is still April and Brookins has a lot of time to improve. This meet was not a major firecracker for the women.

The most outstanding performance of the weekend goes to Francena McCrory. On Day 1 McCrory stunned the crowd with a phenomenal performance in the 400 clocking in at 50.50. McCrory's time is currently ranked number 1 in the world. This time really should not have been a surprise last indoor season she ran 50.54 indoors to set an indoor American record. McCrory is certainly capable of a sub 50.0 performance and can be considered for medal contention this outdoor season at the World Championships.

Cory McGee was a bright spot for the Gators. The talented freshman displayed her versatility as a distance runner by winning the 800. McGee clocked in at 2:07.45 to claim the victory. She did not compete in her best event the 1,500. McGee is amongst a great crop of female middle distance runners in the United States. The future is looking bright for American distance running and for the University of Florida.

Ti'erra Brown a senior from Miami also had a noteworthy performance this past weekend. Brown clocked in at 56.91 to win the 400 meter hurdles. Brown did not compete in the high hurdles all indoor season and may solely be focusing on the 400 hurdles to prepare for the latter part of the outdoor season. Brown is the defending USA National Champion and a runner up from the NCAA Championship last outdoor season. Brown is getting off to a great start to her season.

In Day 2 the Relays were ruled by the professional athletes. The Speed Divas which consisted of Marshevet Myers, Natasha Hastings, Lauryn Williams and Bianca Knight, won the 4x100 relay, 4x200 relay and 4x400 relay. The Divas clocked in at 42.75 in the 4x100 relay to set a new meet record, 1:31.02 in the 4x200 relay and the only team under 3:30 in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:29.67. The Divas will be competing at the Texas Relays which should have its own great professional competition.

Top collegiate performance go to the Central Florida Knights who finished 2nd in two events with times of 43.53 and 1:32.81 respectively. Clemson was 2nd in the 4x400 relay in 3:35.18. The 4x800 relay belong to the ladies of North Carolina with a winning time of 8:53.92. The time does not excite you but was still a great performance.


It is still early in the season and although there were no noteworthy field performances at the Florida Relays there have been some great collegiate performances this season elsewhere. We will discuss those performances in our next post.

Next Post: A quick weekend recap of other meets.