ALACHUA COUNTY, FL - The Warner Royals traveled up I-75 to Gainesville, FL to compete in the Jimmy Carnes Invitational at the Alachua County Sports and Events Center at Celebration Pointe Indoor Track and Field Complex.The speeding Warner Royals proved well up against challenging large programs in the track and field world. After interviewing Head Coach Taiwo Ariyo, he shared points from the preparation of this meet to the conclusion of the competition, "I loved how everyone competed given that this meet was only the beginning of the indoor season. Coming into this meet, I wanted to see the athletes have fun and compete at the highest level possible. Seeing competition from NCAA Division 1 and NAIA schools all over, I was astonished at the grit and compassion most of them showed up with. They did not allow athletes from programs with large names such as the University of Florida, FSU, North Florida and more scurry them away making them not run their race. For our first meet, I'd say it was a complete success; being able to gauge where we are as well as the small technical things we will need to work on."
Top Performers:
- Jahhi Clarke-Broomfield placed top 10 among D1 NCAA athletes running a new PR of 7.58 in the 60 Meter Dash.
- Anton Jones placed top 15 in the 1000 Meter run coming in 11th. Being two seconds shy from his personal best he was still able to hold his own while running his own race, striding to beat all but one of our conference rivals in Lakeland.
- Anaya Findlay ran a new PR right out the gate with this first meet in the 60 Meter Dash dropping time from a 8.15 to a whooping 7.96.
- Stacy White gliding into the new season with a large PR in the Triple Jump coming from last years PR of 10.00 M to a new mark of 10.42 M.
