The final day of the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships inside Icahn Stadium saw a pair of Florida Gators earn top-five finishes.
Parker Valby, a five-time NCAA individual champion in events of 3,000 meters or longer, made her first appearance at the USATF Outdoor Championships on Sunday. The rising redshirt senior took an early lead in the women's 5000-meter run before finishing third with a time of 15:06.25.
Claire Bryant, an eight-time All-American and 2025 World Indoor champion who was a senior last season, qualified for the finals on her last attempt of the opening round in the long jump with a mark of 6.54m/21-5.50 (-1.3). The world's eighth-ranked woman in the event ultimately finished fourth, scoring a leap of 6.77m/22-2.50 (-0.7)
in her final attempt.
Overall, the Orange and Blue recorded four top-five finishes and two medals, with Malcolm Clemons opening the meet with a silver in the men's long jump on day one and Valby joining him on Sunday with her bronze.
Florida Gators at USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships
DAY ONE RESULTS
- Men's Long Jump
- Malcolm Clemons - 8.07m/26-5.75 (+0.7) - Silver Medal
- Men's 100m First Round
- Pjai Austin - 10.22 (+0.2), Automatic Qualifier to Semifinal - 15th Place
- Women's 1500m Semifinal
- Claire Stegall - 4:05.61, Time Qualifier to Final - 9th Place
DAY TWO RESULTS
- Men's 100m Semifinal
- Pjai Austin - 10.10 (+2.1) - 12th Place
- Women's 400m Semifinal
- Talitha Diggs - 52.63 - 12th Place
DAY THREE RESULTS
- Women's 1500m Final
- Claire Stegall - 4:10.24 - 5th Place
DAY FOUR RESULTS
- Women's 5000m
- Parker Valby - 15:06.25 - Silver Medal
- Women's Long Jump
- Claire Bryant - 6.77m/22-2.50 (-0.7) - 4th Place
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