Florida Set to Open Official Indoor Season with Local Meet
LAST TIME OUT
On Saturday, December 6, 2025, four Gators competed in the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener where Kelvin Cheruiyot broke the Florida school record in the 5000m, while Tia Wilson and Judy Chepkoech collected top five school marks. Hilda Olemomoi finished fourth overall and first among the Gators.
WHO IS COMPETING
The Gators will feature 45 athletes in 28 individual events and two relays in Friday’s action. A full break-down of which athletes are competing in each event can be found below and are displayed in distance order.
MEET INFORMATION & DETAILS
| Location/Venue | Gainesville, FL / The Alachua County Sports Complex @ Celebration Pointe |
| Date/Times | Thursday, January 15 (Non-D1 College, Open, Masters) · First Event: 9:00 a.m. · Estimated Finish: 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 16 (D1 Universities, Professional Invite Only) · First Event: 9:00 a.m. · Estimated Finish: 5:30 p.m. |
| Meet Schedule | 2026 Jimmy Carnes Invitational Meet Schedule |
| Live Stats | Jimmy Carnes Invitational Live Stats Link |
| Streaming | FloTrack |
GATOR ENTRIES
| Friday, January 16: Running Events | |
|---|---|
| Events / Time | Athletes Entered |
| 60m (M) Prelims / 12:40 p.m. | Almond Small |
| 60m (W) Prelims / 12:20 p.m. | Jade Brown Payton Payne |
| 60m (M) Finals / 2:35 p.m. | – |
| 60m (W) Finals / 2:30 p.m. | – |
| 60mH (M) Prelims / 11:55 a.m. | Demaris Waters |
| 60mH (W) Prelims / 12:05 p.m. | Pauline Bikembo Abigail Elmore |
| 60mH (M) Finals / 2:20 p.m. | – |
| 60mH (W) Finals / 2:10 p.m. | – |
| 200m (M) / 3:30 p.m. | Garrett Fox Trent Howard Jesse Myers |
| 200m (W) / 3:10 p.m. | Jade Brown Malia Campbell |
| 300m (M) / 1:10 p.m. | Jaden Horton-Mims Malique Smith-Band |
| 300m (W) / 12:55 p.m. | Tyra Cox Quincy Penn Sydney Sutton |
| 400m (M) / 1:50 p.m. | Rios Prude |
| Mile (M) / 11:40 a.m. | Riley Novack |
| Mile (W) / 11:15 a.m. | Ashley Fitzgerald |
| 1000m (M) / 11:10 a.m. | Eddie Kepran Jonah Kirspel Gavin Nelson Miguel Pantojas Riley Smith |
| 1000m (W) / 11:00 a.m. | Layla Haynes Beth Morley Claire Stegall |
| 3000m (M) / 4:20 p.m. | Jonathan Leon Riley Novack |
| 3000m (W) / 3:55 p.m. | Kate Drummond Ashley Fitzgerald |
| 4x400m (M) / 5:05 p.m. | A: Prude, Smith-Band, Horton-Mims, Braun B: McCoy, Myers, Pantojas, Taylor, Howard C: Wright, Nilsson, Kirspel, Spikes, Johnson, Nelson D: Kepran, Fox, Small, Wiley |
| 4x400m (W) / 4:40 p.m. | A: Penn, Cox, Campbell, Sutton B: Payne, Haynes, Bikembo, Elmore |
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