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Liburd Highlights Orange and Purple Invite
1/23/2026 6:57:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
CLEMSON, S.C. – The Florida State track and field teams wrapped up competition at the Orange and Purple Invitational on Friday in South Carolina as Kaelyaah Liburd broke a 10-year old school record.
Liburd opened the meet for the Seminoles in the women's 400-meters in record fashion, placing second overall with a new program and personal record at 51.68. Liburd erased the time that was set by Kayla Funderburk in 2015.
Leah Taylor secured the first event win of the day, crossing the line as the top runner in the women's 800 with a personal best and eighth-fastest time in program history at 2:07.56.
Senior Shenese Walker showed veteran leadership after placing first overall in the women's 60 semifinal with a new personal best and the second-fastest time in school history at 7.16. Lucy May Sleeman concluded her day in fifth at 7.32.
Suus Altorf finished second in the women's one-mile invite with a new personal best and the third-fastest time in school history at 4:31.62.
Aniol Borras led the Seminoles in the men's 800, finishing second overall with a personal best and the seventh-fastest time in FSU history at 1:50.20.
Kvyon Tatham led the men's triple jump with a personal best and seventh-farthest jump in program history at 16.01 meters.
The men's 4x400-meter relay consisting of Micahi Danzy, British Wilkerson, Amare Williams and Braeden Ofosu-Kwarteng ran the fourth-fastest time in school history of 3:06.87 for third place overall.
The Seminoles took the top three spots in the men's long jump, as Jaiden Rollins finished first overall with a mark of 7.35 meters. Curtis Williams placed second at 7.34, while Kyvon Tatham rounded out the third spot (7.28 meters).
Florida State will get an early look at the NCAA Indoor National Championship site as the Seminoles will head to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the Razorback Invitational on January 31-February 1.
NOLE SUMMARY
-Women's Weight Throw:
Zianna Curtis | 7th | 17.65m
-Men's Weight Throw:
Cooper Crowell | 8th | 17.59m
-Men's Triple Jump:
Kyvon Tatham | 1st | 16.01m
Trace White | 4th | 15.00m
Justin Woulard | 6th | 14.64m
Jayden Louis-Charles |11th | 13.74n
-Women's Triple Jump:
Kayla Pinkard | 4th | 12.84m
Ana Bulat | 6th | 12.62m
Oluwadara Soremi | 10th | 11.71m
-Women's High Jump:
Lorelai Filosa | 5th | 1.61m
-Women's Shotput:
Nafy Thiam | 3rd| 15.85m
Kaitlyn Bullock | 5th | 14.10m
-Men's Shotput:
Shamar Reid | 3rd | 17.38m
Despiro Wray | 4th | 16.91m
-Men's long jump:
Jaiden Rollins | 1st| 7.35m
Curtis Williams | 2nd | 7.34m
Kyvon Tatham | 3rd | 7.28m
-Women's long jump:
Azariah Jones | 11th | 5.64m
-Women's 400-meters:
Kaelyaah Liburd | 2nd | 51.68 (PB; school record)
Alyia Green | 3rd| 53.77
Takiyah Ferguson | 26th | 58.69
-Men's 400-meters:
Adrian Cardero |19th | 48.26
-Men's 800-meters:
Aniol Borras |2nd | 1:50.20 (PB)
Zach Trotter | 9th | 1:52.71
-Women's 800-meters:
Leah Taylor |1st | 2:07.56 (PB)
Nicole Dinan | 6th| 2:11.56
Regan Morrall | 9th | 2:14.38
-Men's 60-meter hurdles (semifinal):
Zach Extine |3rd| 7.71
Tyson Williams | 6th | 7.81
-Women's 60-meter hurdles:
Thalia Waters | 9th | 8.34
Myla Greene | 13th | 8.51
-Men's 3,000-meters:
Parker Adams | 10th | 8:26.79 (PB)
Finn Thomas | 13th | 8:26.76 (PB)
Garrett Stickley | 18th | 8:36.02 (PB)
Gino Palazzolo | 19th | 8:38.31
-Women's 3,000-meters:
Oakley Olson | 5th | 9:56.23
Ava Povich |6th | 9:56.89
-Women's 60-meter (semifinal):
Shenese Walker | 1st | 7.16
Lucy May Sleeman | 5th | 7.32
-Men's 60-meter (semifinal)
Neo Mosebi | 2nd | 6.66
-Men's one-mile:
Parker Adams | 9th | 4:16.41
Gino Palazzolo | 13th | 4:19.61
-Women's one-mile
Rylee Blade | 9th | 4:53.97
Lindy White | 11th | 4:54.65 (PB)
Ella Menke | 20th |5:02.80 (PB)
Olivia Niewald | 34th | 5:19.73
-Women's one-mile invite
Suus Altorf | 2nd | 4:31.62 (PB)
Bieke Schipperen | 5th | 4:35.09
-Womne's 200-meters:
Oludoyin Soremi | 18th| 24.75 (PB)
-Men's 200-meters:
Durian Moss | 4th | 20.94
Amare Williams | 9th | 21.23
-Men's 4x400:
Micahi Danzy, British Wilkerson, Amare Williams, Braeden Ofosu-Kwarteng| 3rd | 3:06.87
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