Four Gators Earn All-SEC Nods for Performances at SEC Championship Meet
Multiple distance and mid-distance athletes excelled at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Southeastern Conference has announced selections for first-team, second-team, and third-team All-SEC honors for the Indoor Track and Field Season.
Tia Wilson (first-team), Hilda Olemomoi (second-team), Jessica Edwards (third-team) and Gabrielle Matthews (third-team) each earned all-conference nods for their respective finishes in their events at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships which concluded this weekend in College Station, Texas.
Tia Wilson, the SEC Champion in the indoor mile, takes home a first-team nod from what was her first-career conference championship meet. The native of Bedford, England put together arguably the finest race of her career on day three of the meet, posting a 4:30.10 performance in the mile, a personal record by over six seconds.
Olemomoi finished with a silver medal in the 3000m, running to an 8:57.50 pace. Her second-team selection is the eighth All-SEC honor of her career, counting Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field seasons. This is her second selection as a member of the Orange and Blue
Edwards and Matthews claimed their third-team honors by running the second and third legs of Florida’s bronze-winning Distance Medley Relay team. The two were flanked by Wilson and Olemomoi, who ran the 1200m and 1600m legs respectively. Matthews took the handoff from Wilson and delivered a 52.33-second 400m split, and Edwards posted a 2:06.42 800m split before delivering the stick to Olemomoi. Both of those splits were the third-fastest in the field for their respective legs.
The honor is Matthews’ second career All-SEC selection and Edwards’ first.
The complete All-SEC Indoor Track and Field squads can be found here.
Tia Wilson (first-team), Hilda Olemomoi (second-team), Jessica Edwards (third-team) and Gabrielle Matthews (third-team) each earned all-conference nods for their respective finishes in their events at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships which concluded this weekend in College Station, Texas.
Tia Wilson, the SEC Champion in the indoor mile, takes home a first-team nod from what was her first-career conference championship meet. The native of Bedford, England put together arguably the finest race of her career on day three of the meet, posting a 4:30.10 performance in the mile, a personal record by over six seconds.
Olemomoi finished with a silver medal in the 3000m, running to an 8:57.50 pace. Her second-team selection is the eighth All-SEC honor of her career, counting Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field seasons. This is her second selection as a member of the Orange and Blue
Edwards and Matthews claimed their third-team honors by running the second and third legs of Florida’s bronze-winning Distance Medley Relay team. The two were flanked by Wilson and Olemomoi, who ran the 1200m and 1600m legs respectively. Matthews took the handoff from Wilson and delivered a 52.33-second 400m split, and Edwards posted a 2:06.42 800m split before delivering the stick to Olemomoi. Both of those splits were the third-fastest in the field for their respective legs.
The honor is Matthews’ second career All-SEC selection and Edwards’ first.
The complete All-SEC Indoor Track and Field squads can be found here.
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